2000 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, 2000) (Paperback)

~ Barbara Kuroff (Editor), Tricia Waddell (Editor)

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For writers of fiction intent on publishing, there is no better resource than the annual Novel & Short Story Writer's Market. Each update of the guide, which lists over 2,000 places to publish fiction (including magazines literary and otherwise, zines, and book publishers large and small), acts as a kind of annual industry checkup. What publications are out there? What are they publishing? What kinds of fiction are hot, and not? This year's edition tells us that freshness, short shorts, originality, neatness, simple fonts, risk taking, good endings, and humor are all in. Workshop writing, thinly veiled autobiography, gimmickry, splatter fiction, and grammatical errors are not. Still, the best, and perhaps most often repeated advice throughout is: To thine own self be true. Write what you want or feel compelled to write, and worry about publication later. There is a market for almost everything, including climbing fiction (The Climbing Art), black-lesbian erotica (Black Lace), baseball stories (Spitball), tales of oppression and rebellion (Struggle), hot-air ballooning stories (Balloon Life)--even fiction featuring large-breasted characters (Gent).

While contact information, payment terms, and the like provide the backbone of the listings, it is the advice from the publishers that makes this book so eminently browsable. "Forget formulas," says the editor at The Café Irreal; "Write about what you don't know, take me places I couldn't possibly go." "Write as if words were your bread, your water, a great vintage wine, salt, oxygen," say the folks at Collages and Bricolages. "Even though we are jaded old teachers and editors," confide the jaded old teachers and editors at The Distillery, "we still want to feel a chill run down our spines when we read a perfect description or evocative line of dialogue." And don't forget: "If an editor says, 'try again,'" remind the editors of Acorn Whistle, "try again ... and again!"

New this year: listings for over 60 literary agents; a section on screenwriting markets; overviews of the mystery, romance, and science-fiction & fantasy markets; and short interviews with Olivia Goldsmith (The First Wives Club), Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha), Ann Beattie, Rick Bass, Mary Higgens Clark, Amanda Scott, and others. --Jane Steinberg --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

Publish your fiction! This guide will help you make it happen, providing completely updated information on book publishers, magazines, literary agents and script houses -all interested in work from writers like you. Inside you'll find publishing opportunities for virtually every genre, from Romance to New Age, and each listing features the crucial details you need to make the most of every submission.

In addition, you'll receive hard-won advice from some of the most respected figures in fiction publishing today, including Alice McDermott, National Book Award winner for Charming Billy; Russell Banks, author of The Sweet Hereafter and Cloudsplitter; Janet Fitch, author of Oprah's Book Club pick, White Oleander; and Jonathon Galassi, editor-in-chief of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and editor of such acclaimed authors as Tom Wolfe and Scott Turow.

You'll also find important tips on self-promotion, formatting submissions and writing query letters, and this guide includes extensive listings of writing contests, conferences and organizations to help you get connected, build your career and improve your work.

Product Details

• Paperback: 675 pages
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books; 9th ed 1989 edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898799341
• ISBN-13: 978-0898799347
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,462,332 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great resource, March 21, 2000

By A Customer

This is great. I have the Writer's Market which is good for general publishing, but doesn't really highlight the novel or fshort story in the way this book does. This offers all the small presses, large presses, the lit mags etc. as well as awards offered throughout the year. I use it all the time.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have Book for all fiction writers!, April 6, 2000

By	Brenda Grolle (Elyria, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 1999 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (Novel and Short Story Writer's Market) (Paperback)

It had been a few years since I'd last updated my Novel & Short Story Writer's Market and, boy, what a mistake that was! As the Internet as enhanced our lives, so has Writer's Digest enhanced this market guide. The listings contain editorial email addresses, magazine/publisher website addresses, publication size and number of pages (magazines), clear symbols indicating paying vs. non-paying markets (no more wading through all that small print), online markets only, and so much more! New to this edition is a section listing literary agents that are open to working with new writers and special sections on craft and technique for writers of mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy. This is a Must-Have Book for fiction writers.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Right Market Book for Fiction Writers, November 15, 2000

By	TAMI Cowden (Henderson, NV USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One of the first thing an aspiring writer hears is "Get the Writer's Market" from Writer's Digest. This is good advice for anyone who wants to sell their work. The problem is - too many people think there is only one 'Writer's Market.' The big one is great for someone trying different types of writing, including magazine articles or nonfiction books. But for FICTION WRITERS - this one has tailor made information.

Don't sift through page after page of magazines or publishers who don't publish fiction. This book has basic guidelines for the publishers that are looking for short stories and novels. The category index makes it especially easy to use.

And remember - when a new edition comes out - expect to buy that one, too.