Dragon is allowing open submissions for fiction again.

6-cents per word, huge circulation, been around forever. Definitely a pro/SFWA-qualified venue.

Only problem is -- unless I'm reading this wrong -- they buy ALL rights to the story. Forever. Yes, for only 6-cents.

Oh, and they're PG-13 only. So I think I have 1 story I can send them :)

Grr. My best stories are at "no-simultaneous submisstions" markets, and are likely to be stuck there for a while. Frustration now walks on chicken-legs, like a man. :P

I understand why they do it, and I can sympathize with them, but still. 'Tisn't fun.

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Apex Magazine -- a semi-pro SFH market that has 10 honorable mentions in the Years Best Fantasy and Horror (that's a lot folks!) -- is having a subscription drive so they can pay writers more ( Read more... )

The copy edits are finally finished on another Short Story, this one Sci Fi in nature. Since I believe that SF and Fantasy settings are just tools to help you focus in on real world problems -- not platforms to show off your nifty-cool science theories or to tour-guide your nifty new cultures -- the little dash of science in it is believable but ( Read more... )

http://thefix-online.com/
A Short Story review magazine. A Good way to keep in the loop.
stolen from tobias_buckell (thanks!:) )

Noctem Aeternus is trying to build circulation.
It also pays $0.10/word -- top rates for short stories -- and has a superb lineup of authors for its first issue.
http://www.michaelknost.com/