Is there a market for publishing short stories online?

Question

I have some short stories and would like to publish them (not to make money just so as many people as possible can read them). I have the means to publish the stories to the Internet - is there a market for this? Do I have the potential to get a large base of readers if the stories are good and the site is found on the search engines?

Note: I don't want to make ANY money from this

I am a web designer and search engine optimiser by trade so I can publish the works myself - I'm asking - is there a market out there for it? I.e. Is there the potential to get a lot of traffic.

Answer 1

First get to know how good you are.
Why not join an online forum

I found you one, actually I'm a member:

www.everyauthor.com/forum

for poetry: www.everypoet.org/pffa

and here are some publications:
www.stickmanreview.com
www.barcelonareview.com


Goodluck!

Answer 2

Most authors know journals barely pay if at all and online journals generally don't pay at all.

However, if you want to see your work in print. Try these:

Spoon River Creative Writers has a new Ezine http://srcw.us --it's a cool website and a solid organization. The Ezine should be worthwhile. Nothing to join here. The website also has good links.

http://www.abctales.com For prose only.

http://www.newpages.com/npguides/litmags.htm--Lists journals both electronic and paper. This is a good place to start exploring the world of publishing either electronically or in print.

Best of luck.

Answer 3

I'm not aware of specific companies but you could also look into doing it yourself. A couple free resources – check out the sources box for links: 1) Create a blog pertaining to your field 2) Use Yahoo! 360 & Yahoo! Groups Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!