I wrote a short story that everyone who has read it says should be published, and rejection should be accepted at first..& I should submit it many times.
I'm leary of publishers who want to 'steal' your work, and want a list of very reputable publishers. Can anyone provide this?
2006-09-24 09:54:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's hard to provide a list because you don't really give any details about your story. Different magazines and journals have very different criteria as to what they are looking for in a story, and you really have to do your homework and make sure you are submitting to a publisher that wants things like you wrote.
You shold take a look at the book "Writer's Market"-- they have an extensive listing of magazines, journals, and other types of publishers in just about every imaginable genre. Which means you can search for the one that is just right for your story. If you don't want to spend the money on it, head down to your local public library and see if they have a copy. Every listed entry is reputable. You really have to worry very little about publishers stealing your work-- it's not as common as people seem to think it is.
Another excellent resource for sniffing out scams is Preditors and Editors. They list agents, publishers, contests, and much more. I highly recommend researching there:
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
Your friends are right, everyone gets rejected. But if you are persistant, your story will find a home!
2006-09-24 13:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by Obi_San 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do not worry that publishers will "steal" your story. There are far too many stories out there and publishers are always looking for good ones to print.
The place to publish depends upon what kind of story you have written. If you can afford it, buy a copy of the writer's market for the current year at your local bookstore. If you can't afford it, go to your local library and look it up. The market guide will list who is publishing what, what they pay, if they take submissions without an agent (not usually necessary for a short story).
Once you find a publisher you think might be interested, make sure all grammar, spelling and punctuation errors are corrected, put your story into acceptable manuscript format (look for this online), print it out, put it in an envelope with a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope- how much postage depends on if you want the story back or if the manuscript is disposable). Then mail out the story and start writing again while you wait to hear from this editor.
If you are writing genre stories, you can look up online for type of story + markets, for example, www.ralan.com has markets for sci fi, fantasy, horror.
Good luck.
2006-09-24 10:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by Aunt Biwi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 21:50:06 · answer #3 · answered by templeman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.poets&writer's.com
Keep trying. I have been there too and still not published. I will not give up the fight. God Bless and good luck.
2006-09-24 09:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by stickinthemud 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋