Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Where to Submit Short Stories

Apex Magazine newest SFWA qualifying market!

Today the board of directors of SFWA unanimously voted to add Apex Magazine to the list of SFWA qualifying markets. When Apex moved online in June of 2008, one of editor Jason Sizemore’s reasons was to be able to pay his authors SFWA pro-rates and to get them a wider audience.

Tags: Apex Magazine, Ben Bova, Glenn Lewis Gillette, Jennifer Pelland, qualifying market

Where Can I Send My Stories?

Today, thanks to the internet age, it is no longer necessary to pore over pages of microscopic script in order to learn where to submit your fiction. There are a number of online venues that specialize in providing just such information. Allow me to share some of my favorites.

Tags: Duotrope, Fulda, market listings, Nancy Fulda, Ralan

The Sobering Saga of Myrtle the Manuscript

From March, 1986, until its untimely demise in February, 1989, I was the Editor-in-Chief of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine, and Editorial Director of its “twisted sister” publication, Night Cry. During that time, we received an average of one hundred manuscripts per week, in addition to a backlog of more than 2000 manuscripts left behind by my predecessor.

Tags: manuscript, Publishing, Tappan King

Selling to Foreign Short Fiction Markets

An article by Douglas Smith on selling to foreign short fiction markets.

Tags: Douglas Smith, Intermediate, Smith, writing

Does “SFWA Member” help sell your story? Top SF editors comment

The question arises from time to time, “Should I put SFWA member on my cover letter.” Here are what some editors had to say about that from an article in 1998.

Gardner Dozois says, “I take membership in a professional organization like SFWA or HWA as an indication that I should pay more attention to [...]