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5.3 Genre Fiction (Market Listings and Reports - misc.writing Recommended Reading List)




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This article is from the misc.writing Recommended Reading List FAQ, by Terry L Jeffress jeffress@xmission.com with numerous contributions by others.

5.3 Genre Fiction (Market Listings and Reports - misc.writing Recommended Reading List)

"Gila Queen's Guide to Markets" <http://www.gilaqueen.com/>
Kathy Ptacek, editor
P.O. Box 97
Newton, NJ 07860

The "Gila Queen's Guide to Markets" has annual issues on
sf/f/h, romance, mystery/suspense, children/YA markets.

Subscarkets.

Subscription rate: $45/year, 10 issues ($49 Canada); Sample
copy $6.00. Make checks payable in US funds to Kathryn Ptacek.
Email: <kathryn@gilaqueen.com> or
<GilaQueen@worldnet.att.net>.

"Locus"
Locus Publications
P.O. Box 13305
Oakland, CA 94661

A better source of industry gossip than "SF Chronicle;" I
suspect a working SF writer could live without it, though.
Richard Curtis's industry column has ended, removing one good
reason to subscribe.^ Locus also prints market reports, but
these are done irregularly, and tend to have a "theme", such
as pro market or book publisher or small press. Locus prints
updates as available.

Subscription rate: $35.00/year.

"The Report"
Pulphouse Publishing
Box 1227
Eugene, OR 97440

Pulphouse's blurb says, "a writer's magazine, filled with
writers talking about all aspects of writing." Primarily for
people interested in speculative fiction (SF, fantasy,
horror). Comes out more-or-less quarterly.

Subscription rates: $2.95/copy, $10.00/four issues.

"Scavenger's Newsletter"
Janet Fox, editor
519 Ellinwood
Osage City, KS 66523-1329
1 (913) 528-3538

"This little zine focuses on market information, covering, in
the current issue, 91 magazines and fanzines" (SFWA
Newsletter).

Subscription rates: Bulk mailing with advertising flyers
$14/year or $7/6 months; 1st class mail without advertising
flyers $18/year or $9/6 months.

"Science Fiction Chronicle"
P.O. Box 2730
Brooklyn, NY 11202-0056

Has quarterly Market Report sections. Useful source of
information on new theme anthology, semipro magazines and
other non-obvious markets, and editor shifts.

Subscription rate: $30/year.

"SFWA Bulletin" <http://www.sfwa.org/bulletin/>
1436 Altamant Ave
PMB 292
Schenectady, NY 12303-2977

The quarterly publication of the Science Fiction and Fantasy
Writers of America <http://www.sfwa.org>.

Subscription rate: $18/4 issues, $30/8 issues, $iption rate:
$18/4 issues, $30/8 issues, $42/12 issues. Sample copy $3.95.
Make checks payable in US funds to SFWA Bulletin.

Tompkins, David G. "The Science Fiction Writer's Market Place and
Sourcebook." Writer's Digest Books, 1994. ISBN 0-89879-692-X,
hardcover, 494 pp., $19.99.

The essential market reference for writers of speculative
fiction; this book tells everything you need to know to turn a
saleable manuscript into a sale. One hundred seventy pages of
magazine markets; three to five pages given to each major
magazine and a page each for secondary markets. Eighty pages
on novel markets; three to five pages each to the dozen major
novel publishers, focusing on what editors want, how they
think, and what basic strategy each publisher uses. Other
sections include: trends in sf, craft and technique, how to
get an agent, the editorial process, and a long list of other
resources. The latter includes a complete list of Hugo and
Nebula awards, sf bookstores, organizations, conventions,
workshops, online references, pointers on other sources of up-
to-date market information, and much more.
-- Alexander von Thorn <alex@worldhouse.com>

 

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