YOU CAN find the names of
hundreds of possible markets for your fiction by picking up a copy
of The Writer’s Market or Novel
and Short Story Writer’s Market. These books are available
in any book store or you can order on line. You may also find a copy
at your library. To make life somewhat easier, we decided to include
a list of what we consider the top markets under the categories of
Women’s Fiction, Men’s Fiction, General Fiction, and Literary
Quarterlies. The top markets in Women’s, Men’s, and General
can be very tough nuts to crack. They receive hundreds, if not thousands,
of submissions each month and publish only a handful every year. Many
publish mainly agented material. On the other hand, there are hundreds
of literary quarterlies. Most pay in copies. However, if getting an
agent is something you intend to do, it is often necessary to have
a publication or two under your belt. Literary quarterlies can offer
an easier route to that goal.
WOMEN’S FICTION
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
959 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10019
Contact: Fiction Editor
Original short fiction and novel condensations. Looks for reader identification.
Freelancer’s odds are overwhelming, but all submissions are read
Send complete ms. Manuscripts will not be returned. Response on acceptance
only. Length:1500 words (short-shorts); 5000 words (short stories);
novel, no restriction
Pays $1000 minimum to new writers
REDBOOK MAGAZINE
224 W. 57th Street, NY, NY 10019
Contact: Fiction Department
Looks for reader identification (young married women, 25-44). Freelancer’s
odds are overwhelming, but good writing receives encouragement. Send
ms. with SASE
Pays $1000 minimum
WOMAN’S WORLD
270 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Contact: Johnene Granger, Fiction Editor
Light contemporary romantic fiction with fast moving plots, vivid
dialogue and action Specify ‘Short Story’ on envelope
Length: 1500 words. Include SASE
Pays $1000
SEVENTEEN
850 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10022-6258
Contact: Fiction Editor
Publishes 4-5 new writers/year. Literary short stories which include,
but are not limited to female teenage experience
Length: 750-3500 words
Pays $700-2500
MEN’S FICTION
ESQUIRE
250 W. 55th Street, NY, NY 10019
Contact: Literary Editor
Literary excellence is the only criterion
Accepts work mainly from agents
PLAYBOY MAGAZINE
680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611
Contact: Fiction Editor. Query first
Length: 7500 words maximum
GENERAL FICTION
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY
77 N. Washington St., Boston, MA 02114
Contact: C. Michael Curtis, Senior
Editor
Buys 12-15 mss/year. 2000-6000 words
Not a market for beginners
HARPER’S MAGAZINE
666 Broadway, 11th Floor, NY, NY 10012
Contact: Lewis H. Lapham, Managing
Editor or submit through agent
Website: www.harpers.org
Publishes one short story per month. Buys 1 unsolicited manuscript/year
Length: 1000-5000 words
Pays $500-1000
OPEN SPACES
Open Spaces Publications, Inc., PMB 134, 6327-C SW Capitol Hwy.,
Portland, OR 97239
Contact: Ellen Teicher, Fiction Editor
Buys 8 mss/year. Send complete ms. with credits
Pay varies.
THE SUN
The Sun Publishing Company, 107 N. Robertson St., Chapel Hill, NC
27516
Website: www.thesunmagazine.org
Contact: Sy Safransky, Editor
Buys literary fiction, no genre. Buys 30 mss/year
7000 words maximum
Pays $300-500
BOSTON REVIEW
Boston Critic, Inc., E53-407, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
Website: http://bostonreview.mit.edu/
Contact: Junot Diaz
Literary fiction, no genre. Buys 4-6 mss/year
Length: 4000 words maximum
Pays $50-100 plus 5 copies
THE NEW YORKER
4 Times Square, NY, NY 10036
Send complete ms. with SASE to Fiction Department
electronic submission through web site
http://www.newyorker.com/site/contact/
Payment varies
LITERARY QUARTERLIES
ANTIOCH REVIEW
P.O. Box 148, Yellow Springs, OH 45387-0148
Contact: Robert S. Fogarty, Editor
Quality fiction, only
Length: 2000-8000 words
Pays $10/published page
http://review.antioch.edu/wg.html
BLACK WARRIOR REVIEW
P.O. Box 862936, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0027
Contact: Sarah Blackman, Fiction Editor
Buys 10 mss/year
Pays up to $150 and 2 copies
http://www.webdelsol.com/bwr/submit.html
GLIMMER TRAIN PRESS
1211 NW Glisan Street, #207, Portland, OR 97209
Website: www.glimmertrain.com
Contact: Linda Burmeister Davies, Co-Editor.
Length: 1200-8000 words
Buys 32 mss/year
Send mss in Jan., Apr., July and Oct. only
Pays $500
Accepts on-line submissions
GRANTA
Submissions Dpt., 2-3 Hanover Yard, Noel Road, London NI 8BE England
Contact: Bella Shand
Literary fiction only
Buys 1-2 mss/year. Query by mail
Length: varies
Pays 75-5000 British pounds
http://www.granta.com/guidelines
THE KENYON REVIEW
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022
Website: www.kenyonreview.org
Contact: Nancy Zafris, Fiction Editor
Accepts on-line submissions
THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW
Editorial Office, South College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
MA 01003-9934
Website: www.massreview.org
Contact: Corinne Demas, Fiction Editor
Publishes 2-3 short stories per issue
Length: 25-30 pages maximum
No mss. considered June-October
Pays $50
THE MISSOURI REVIEW
Fiction Editor, 1507 Hillcrest Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia,
MO 65211
Website: www.missourireview.org
Mainstream, literary, novel excerpts. No genre
Buys 25 mss/year
Pays $15-20/printed page up to $750
NEW ENGLAND REVIEW
Fiction Editor, New England Review, Middlebury College, Middlebury,
VT 05753
Website: http://cat.middlebury.edu/~nereview/guidelines.html
Reads Sept. 1 to May 31
Serious literary, only. Novel excerpts
Buys 25 mss/year
Pays $10/page, minimum $20 plus 2 copies
PLOUGHSHARES
Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
Website: http://www.pshares.org/
Literary, mainstream
Submissions accepted August 1-March 31 only
Buys 25-35 mss/year
Length: 300-6000 words
Pays $25/printed page
THE SOUTHERN REVIEW
The Editors, 43 Allen Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
LA 70803-500l
Website: http://appl003.lsu.edu/southernreview.nsf/index
Literary and novel excerpts
No submissions during June, July, August
Length: 4000-8000 words
Pays $30/page
TRIQUARTERLY
Editors, 629 Noyes Street, Evanston, IL 60208-4302
Website: http://www.triquarterly.org/
Buys 20-50 unsolicited mss/year
Does not accept or read between April 1 and September 30
Payment varies
VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW
University of Virginia, One West Range, PO Box 400223, Charlottesville,
VA 22904-4223
Website: http://www.vqronline.org/
Contact: Ataige D. Glackford, Editor
Length: 2000-4000 words
Pays $10/page
THE YALE REVIEW
Yale University, PO Box 208243, New Haven, CT 06520-8243
Contact: Editorial Office
http://www.yale.edu/yalereview/
Quality fiction
Length: 3000-5000 words
Pays $100-500
THE PARIS REVIEW
541 E. 72nd Street, NY, NY 10021
Literary
Contact: Fiction Editor
Pays up to $1000
http://www.theparisreview.com/
NIMROD
Nimrod International Journal
University of Tulsa
600 South College
Tulsa, OK 74104
Literary
Payment: two contributor copies
http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod
PRAIRIE SCHOONER
Fiction Editor
Prairie Schooner
201 Andrews Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0334
Literary
Considers all submissions for annual prizes
http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/psmain.htm
BELLINGHAM REVIEW
Fiction Editor
Bellingham Review
MS—9053
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225
Submit: Oct 1-Feb 1
Payment as funds permit
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~bhreview/
ARTS & LETTERS
Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture
Campus Box 89
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, GA 31061
Submit: Sept 1-Apr 1
Payment: $10.00/original printed page
http://al.gcsu.edu/
CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW
Southern Illinois University
Dpt. of English
Carbondale, IL 62901-4503
Submit: Mar-Nov
http://www.siu.edu/~crborchd/index.html
HUNGER MOUNTAIN
Vermont College, 36 College St.
Montpelier, VT 05602
No submissions during Feb and Mar
http://www.hungermtn.org
SPEAKEASY
The Loft Literary Center
Suite 200, Open Book
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
http://www.speakeasymagazine.org/
LITERARY PRESS
MILKWEED EDITIONS
A non-profit literary press that publishes 15-20 books/year
address fiction submissions to:
Fiction Reader
Milkweed Editions
1011 Washington Avenue South
Open Book, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55415
http://www.milkweed.org/
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