Market Watch

Here is a new site (to me anyway). You can put in various criteria and it will list the markets.

http://engine.freeshell.org

A friend sent me a link for his newly self-published book on iUniverse. Does anyone have any feedback about the self-publishing concept?

I bought the Writer's Market book a few days ago. Looking through it there are two contests that close at the end of the month.

L. Ron Hubbard's - Writers of the Future www.writersofthefuture.com

and

Glimmer Train - http://www.glimmertrain.com/

The first is for new writers and Glimmer Train has an open contest and one for new writers. New writers are ones who have not sold anything or just a few stories. You'll have to read the rules. Glimmer train cost $12 and Writers of the Future is free.

Dave K

I love this:

Effective Immediately:
Please note a change in policy regarding rejection notices: If you do not hear from us within six weeks of submitting, you can assume that we are unable to use your material(s).

I used to think there was nothing worse than a form letter rejection. These guys can't even be bothered to do that.

Plus it's an electronic submission. All they have to do is: copy, paste, send.

Anyone tried this?

www.writersmarket.com

I bought a 1 year subscription for around $20, and I have been happy with it so far. The online version is cheaper than the book and it's updated constantly.

It allows you to search through a large, complete, and constantly updated database for fiction and nonfiction markets. It found some markets for me that I never knew about. It is missing a few markets that I had found elsewhere, so I wouldn't rely on it as your only source.

You can personalize things, like create Favorites lists of markets you want to keep tabs on.

It also has a simple submission tracker. You enter your story, select a market from their database or from your favorites (or add a new one), put a date on it, and submit. You can see at a glance where your stories are and where they've been.

Subscription also gives you access to their library of articles. Some are very interesting, like the interviews with editors and agents.

I read on a F & SF author website that Weird Tales is several months behind on submissions. I sent a story there two months ago and I haven't gotten my rejection yet. Guess I won't hold my breath.