If you write fiction, the 2001 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market is the first, crucial step to your publishing success. Inside you'll find completely updated market entries for book publishers, magazines, literary agents and contests, plus brand new information on e-publishers, including interviews with industry experts, editors of e-magazines and more! Whether you write literary short stories or whodunit mysteries, other-worldly science fiction or passionate romance, each listing provides you with all the information you need to reach those people who can get your work in print. Margaret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, John Jakes, Dave Eggers and the editors at McSweeney's, House of Leaves author Mark Danielewski, and the editors from Seventeen. Harper's and Blue Moon Review share their secrets in special Insider reports and interviews. Youill also receive exciting insights into the romance and mystery markets from Diana Gabaldon and Otto Penzler. All this, plus answers to your frequently asked e-book questions in a single volume make 2001 Novel & Short Story Writeris Market the most important book youill buy this year.
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So you've finished your magnum opus. Or perhaps that MFA is completed and you're ready to unveil your fabulous array of short stories. In any case, to achieve publication, you've got to know where to send your work, how to send it, and, most important, who's buying. For fiction of any length, the 2001 Novel and Short Story Writer's Market is a useful guidebook through the maze of publishers, markets, and agents. Every year brings us a slew of freshly researched Writer's Guides; in the 2001 version, you'll find the latest contact names at publishing giants, academic presses, and consumer magazines, along with respected awards and contests, conferences, and micropresses. The book lets you know which editors are seeking new work, which ones use only agent-represented submissions or handle specific types of work, and when to send the all-important SASE or crack the international or online markets. Each entry includes up-to-date contact information, in-depth details for submission of your work, and often market-specific tips like "We look for strong characters, vivid detail, and believable dialogue." Advice is geared for genres like romance, mystery, screenwriting, and horror, and authors of these special sections are either successfully published authors or editors who've worked in the field for years. If the only thing stopping you from being published is the final step of finding a publisher, this is one book you can't live without. --Jill Lightner
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Notes from a published novelist and short story writer,
By Debbie Lee Wesselmann (the Lehigh Valley, PA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (2008 HOLIDAY TEAM) (REAL NAME)
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Where to begin? While many professional writers avoid this guide because of its incomplete listings and sometimes (but not often) amateurish suggestions, I buy this book every year because it has the most comprehensive entries of any market guide. I use it almost exclusively to market my short stories, although, if you read on, you'll see how useful the book publisher section can be. For the novice writer, the sections on manuscript mechanics and submission procedures will probably be the most helpful, but once you've read and learned them, you'll be able to skip them in subsequent editions. Despite what another reviewer claims, you CAN sell your novel without an agent; I know because I sold my first this way, using this guide as a starting point. While many large publishers are reluctant to give an unagented writer a serious reading, this guide contains listings for many smaller presses, most of which are eager to receive high quality work from anyone, agented or not. These presses are a growing force in today's market because they publish quality fiction that might not have the commercial appeal many of the major houses want. The articles and sidebars are often interesting, but not always helpful. You really want to get at the meat here: the individual entries that contain addresses, names, needs, page limits, submission procedures, and writers each has published previously. Pay attention! Don't send a literary story to a mag that publishes horror. If a publisher wants a query first, do it. If they state they only accept unsolicited manuscript in the fall, don't submit in the spring. Don't make the mistake of relying only on this guide. Research the markets beyond what you find here: track down a small publisher's books at your bookstore, read (or better yet, subscribe) to the magazines you think most likely to accept your story, understand what editors expect. Attend author readings and workshops to better understand the business. You should be aware that many magazines and publishers don't submit listings; if you can't find a particular entry, you'll have to do the research on your own. Yes, you need to buy a new edition of this book every year. Many listings change yearly due to employee turnover and finanical hardship. If you are serious about pursuing a career in writing, you can't afford to use old or faulty information. This book won't help improve your writing - only practice and constant reading will do that - but, if used properly, can be an excellent tool to teach you about the fiction market.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Useful, but.......,
By Hapworth (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 2001 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, 2001) (Paperback)
Every year (or just about) I purchase a copy of Novel and Short Story Writer's Market. Is the guide useful? Well, yes, but I feel I need to qualify that "yes." Writer's Digest, the publisher, does a decent job, but like so many Writer's Digest books, their guides seem aimed at a broad, rather general, audience. If you're a newbie on the scene (and I'm directing this review more towards the literary writer rather than the genre writer), you'll soon learn that the Novel and Short Story Writer's Market's listings of literary magazines are cursory rather than comprehensive. There are lots of small yet respectable literary publications that simply aren't mentioned in this guide. The result: you'll potentially miss out on places to break in to publishing (especially for new writers). My advice: check out the much more in depth International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses. I don't know of a serious literary writer who doesn't rely heavily on this book.Don't get me wrong. Novel and Short Story Writer's Market is an interesting place to start, but there's a lot of filler (all the interviews at the beginning of the book, some of which are interesting, some not; the listing of literary agents (if you land some decent publications, trust me, the agents will get in touch with you!); the articles on craft, etc). Nevertheless, I'd recommend this book in tandem with the International Directory of Little Magazines because, after all, the Int'l Directory doesn't focus on book publishers and large circulation publications.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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THE MUST HAVE BOOK FOR FICTION WRITERS,
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This review is from: 2001 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, 2001) (Paperback)
The Novel and Short Story Writer's Market is the most important book in the library of any writer who wants to sell fiction. The Writer's Market, twice the size of this book, is useful for those selling nonfiction as well as fiction, but this collection of contacts cuts to the chase -- here are the publications looking for fiction. It includes book publishers, magazines, journals, online publications, and even a large listing of contests -- frequently an avenue for a writer to bypass the slushpile and get a foot in the door of a publishing house. The genre listings make the writer's job even easier, enabling easy location of those publishers looking for science fiction or mystery or literary works or whatever. As an added bonus, there are also useful articles on craft. Authored by editors or experienced writers, these offer useful insights into selling your work and honing your skills. I must respectfully disagree with the naysayer whose review appears below. There are, in fact, numerous publishers of fiction, particularly the mass market publishers of genre fiction, who will accept unagented material. The 2001 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market identifies these publishers for you. Knowing who accepts unagented material can save you time and energy, and perhaps some bitterness. If you want to sell your writing, you have to do your homework and study the market. This is the textbook on the market.
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