Markets
- Speculative Fiction Market Lists
- Resources for Speculative Fiction Writers
- Resources for Children’s Writers
- Children’s Magazine Markets
Speculative Fiction Market Lists
Okay, you’ve run your manuscript through the workshop wringer and it’s perfect. Time to send it into the wide, wide world.
Here are some links to comprehensive market lists. None of these sites is, or claims to be, all-inclusive, but all together, they’re excellent resources.
Bonnie Mercure’s Market List
Duotrope’s Digest of Fiction Fields – has a nice search function.
Erotica Readers & Writers Association Author Resources
GilaQueen’s Guide to Markets
The Market List – A Resource for Genre Fiction Writers.
MaryAnn Mamohanraj’s Literary Market List
Mary Soon Lee’s Market List
Paula Fleming’s Market List
Preditors and Editors – A guide to publishers and writing services for serious writers.
Quintamid Market Database – Has a very nice sort feature.
Ralan Conley’s Market List – Excellently put together and updated frequently. Highly recommended.
SFWA’s Magazine Links – From the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s of America – lots of e-zines.
Specficmarkets – LiveJournal Community for SF/F/H writers to exchange market information.
SpicyGreen Iguana – The Speculative Fiction Magazine Resource Site For Writers, Readers and Artists.
StoryPilot’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Market Engine – A search engine.
The Write Market – The web’s oldest and largest online writer’s market list.
Some places chock full of excellent information for writers:
Absolute Write – Over 1,000 pages of articles, columns, interviews, announcements, and writing markets and contests.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) – Writer’s organization founded in 1965.
Writer Beware – The public face of the SFWA’s Committee on Writing Scams.
Writing–World.com – "A world of writing tips . . . for writers around the world."
Resources for children's writers:
Aaron Shepard's Kidwriting Page – Resources for writing and publishing children's books from this award–winning children's author.
Blue Oasis Online Support Teams (BOOST) – A supportive community for children's writers. Includes a forum, critique groups, helpful articles, and market listings.
Kid Magazine Writers – Excellent site devoted to the "redheaded stepchild of the children's writing world," children's magazine writers.
The Purple Crayon – Harold Underdown's excellent website on writing, illustrating, and publishing children's lit.
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) – A professional organization for writers and illustrators of children's books.
Verla Kay's Website for Children's Writers and Illustrators – Resources for children's writers including forum, live chat, and articles from this published children's author.
Write4Kids.com – "The Children's Writing Supersite."
Writing for Children @ Writing–World.com – A wealth of articles on the how's and what's on writing for children and also the home of my monthly column, Writing for Young Readers