The Busy Exec’s Guide to the Short Story Market - Part One: Genre Magazines
Where you should be looking for good sci-fi, horror, etc.
Hi again,
We joke that short stories are so popular among Hollywood people because none of us have time to read a book, but short stories are truly just a fantastic medium for writers to refine strong ideas and interesting worlds. It makes perfect sense that everyone’s looking for IP from this space, but learning about the short story market can seem daunting since there are so many players and the market is constantly evolving.
Let’s start with a breakdown of the most promising literary magazines - yes, Substack and the neo-blogosphere do seem to be the way of the future, but many writers still aspire for the accreditation (and slightly more predictable money) that comes from traditional publishing.
This first post in the series will cover genre magazines, (sci-fi, fantasy, horror) and the next will cover literary magazines (fiction, nonfiction, and mystery/crime).
(Are these labels arbitrary? Perhaps. But the short story space is MASSIVE and Substack has new limits on how long posts can be before they don’t work on email so help me out here!)
As always I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
All best,
TIP
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