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Fiction: Publishing & Markets II

Fiction: Publishing & Markets II. Frederic Murray, M.L.I.S. Reference Librarian. Review Major Concepts. Study the Market Polish your Work Follow Submission Guidelines . Review Major Concepts. Study a magazine’s guidelines Word Count, Manuscript Format, Dates Check a magazine’s website

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Fiction: Publishing & Markets II

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  1. Fiction: Publishing & Markets II Frederic Murray, M.L.I.S. Reference Librarian

  2. Review Major Concepts • Study the Market • Polish your Work • Follow Submission Guidelines

  3. Review Major Concepts • Study a magazine’s guidelines • Word Count, Manuscript Format, Dates • Check a magazine’s website • New Information, Opportunities • Read several current issues of the target • Learn what the editors are publishing • Learn what their readers are expecting

  4. Submit Professionally • Polite • Formal • Businesslike • Be Aggressive

  5. Fiction Markets • Contests & Awards • Conferences • Small Presses • Consumer Magazines • Vanity/Self-Publishing

  6. Contests & Awards • Can Launch a successful career • Most require a small submission fee: 10-15$ • Again, do the research • Read the requirements carefully. Do you match the guidelines? Are you qualified? • Find out about the previous winners. • Contact before submitting, a lot of small magazines fold every year.

  7. Conferences • Workshops • Feedback, Editorial Help, Publishing Tips • Quiet beautiful places to work • Networking Opportunities • Meet other writers, agents, publishers • Affords Discipline: Scheduled Writing Time

  8. Small Presses • Best Place to shop your short stories • In lieu of payment, free copies awarded • Outside of Awards/Contests best Market around • If you don’t like what you find…Start your own.

  9. Consumer Magazines • Esquire • Atlantic Monthly • Good Housekeeping • Most do not accepted unagented fiction submissions

  10. Journals • Poets & Writers • The Writer • World Literature Today • Published by University of Oklahoma

  11. The New Wave? • Relentless Aaron • Penguin Books • Fictlets

  12. Query & Cover Letters • 201 killer cover letters, bySandra Podesta, Andrea Paxton • 175 high-impact cover letters, by Richard H. Beatty • Gallery of best cover letters, by David F. Noble • Al Harris Library has 26 books on this topic….

  13. Reference Books • Writer’s Market 2007: R 051 W93 • Literary Market Place 2007 (LMP): R 070.5025 L712 • Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities: R 070. 5088865 C111 • Poet’s Market: R 070.5 P752

  14. Thanks And Good Luck ! Frederic Murray, M.L.I.S.

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