>>> Item number 30059 from WRITERS LOG9405C --- (374 records) ---- <<< Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 18:35:02 JST Reply-To: WRITERS Sender: WRITERS From: Mike Barker Subject: TECH: My SF Marketing Lists... NOTE: I have neither had time or a copy of the books for this year - so these market listings are almost certain to contain errors! If you can check them, do - and let us know where I'm wrong or what I've forgotten... And may all your subs be snapped up by hungry editors! tink Extracted from 1993 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market Markets: Pro SF Magazines Listed in Approximate Highest Pay to Lowest Magazine: PLAYBOY Fiction Editor: Ms. Alice K. Turner Address: 680 North Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60611 Needs: SF/F/DF, 1000-6000 words (Serious, contemporary) Length: unknown Pays: $2,000-5,000 story Reading Time: 37 days Magazine: OMNI Fiction Editor: Ms. Ellen Datlow Address: 1965 Broadway New York, NY 10023-5965 Needs: SF/F/DF, 2000-10000 words (Literate, thought-provoking) Length: unknown Pays: $1,300-2,250 (13 cents and up) Reading Time: 43 days Magazine: ABORIGINAL SCIENCE FICTION Editor: Mr. Charles C. Ryan Address: P.O. Box 2449 Woburn, MA 01888-0849 Needs: Hard SF, humor, space opera, science fantasy Length: unknown Pays: $250/story Reading Time: 82 days Magazine: AMAZING STORIES MAGAZINE Editor: Mr. Kim R. Mohan Address: P.O. Box 111 Lake Geneva, WI 53147 Needs: SF/F/DF, 1000-25000 words (Particularly needs SF & not dark, contemporary F) Length: unknown Pays: 6-10 cents/word Reading Time: 69 days. Magazine: ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION AND FACT Editor: Dr. Stanley Schmidt Address: 1540 Broadway New York, NY 10036 Needs: SF, -20000 words (SCIENCE fiction, technological) Length: unknown Pays: 5-8 cents/word Reading Time: 40 days Magazine: ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION Editor: Mr. Gardner Dozois Address: 1540 Broadway New York, NY 10036 Needs: SF/F, -20000 words (Character-oriented, literate, thoughtful) Length: unknown Pays: 5-8 cents/word Reading Time: 56 days Magazine: EXPANSE Editor: Mr. Steven E. Fick Address: 7982 Honeygo Blvd., Suite 49 Baltimore, MD 21236 Needs: SF, -5000 words (Hard/soft SF, positive) Length: unknown Pays: 5-8 cents/word Reading Time: 97 days Magazine: THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION Editor: Ms. Kristine Kathryn Rusch Address: P.O. Box 11526 Eugene, OR 97440 Needs: SF/F/DF, -25000 words (Strong characterization, literate) Length: unknown Pays: 5-7 cents/word Reading Time: 63 days Magazine: SCIENCE FICTION AGE Editor: Mr. Scott Edelman Address: P.O. Box 369 Damascus, MD 20872-0369 Needs: SF/F/DF/SS, 2000-10000 words (Hard/soft SF, magic realism, literate, ambitious) Length: unknown Pays: 4-8 cents/word Reading Time: 8 days Magazine: SCI-FI CHANNEL MAGAZINE Editor: Mr. John Davis Address: P.O. Box 111000 Aurora, CO 80011 Needs: SF/F/DF/H (Traditional, PG-13) Length: unknown Pays: 10 cents/word Reading Time: 114 days Magazine: TOMORROW Editor: Mr. Algis Budrys Address: P.O. Box 6038 Evanston, IL 60204 Needs: Wants: SF/F/DF/H, -10000 words (Traditional speculative fiction) Length: unknown Pays: 3-7 cents/word Reading Time: 8 days Extracted from 1993 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market Markets: Semi-Pro SF Magazines Listed in Approximate Highest Pay to Lowest Magazine: FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLES MAGAZINE Editor: Mr. Ray F. Bowman Address: P.O. Box 167 Carmel, IN 46032 Needs: SF, -5000 words (Campbellian SF) Length: unknown Pays: 2-3 cents/word Reading Time: unknown Magazine: STRANGE PLASMA Editor: Mr. Stephen Pasechnick Address: P.O. Box 380264 Cambridge, MA 02238 Needs: SF/F/SS, 4,500-10,000 words (odd, literary work) Length: unknown Pays: 3 cents/word Reading Time: 14 days Magazine: GLIMPSES Editor: Mr. Michael F. Haynes Address: P.O. Box 751 Bowling Green, OH 43402 Needs: SF/F/DF/H, -6000 words (Not excessive, surprising, no SS) Length: unknown Pays: 1-2 cents/word Reading Time: 39 days Magazine: HOBSON'S CHOICE Editor: Ms. Susannah C. West Address: P.O. Box 98 Ripley, OH 45167 Needs: SF/F, 2000-10000 words (Technological, hopeful, strong female, humor/satire) Length: unknown Pays: 1-4 cents/word Reading Time: 26 days Magazine: NON-STOP SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY Editor: Mr. K.J. Cypret Address: P.O. Box 981, Peck Slip Station New York, NY 10272-0981 Needs: SF/F/DF, -10000 words Length: unknown Pays: 1-3 cents/word Reading Time: 15 days Magazine: THE SILVER WEB Editor: Ms. Ann Kennedy Address: P.O. Box 38190 Tallahassee, FL 32315 Needs: SF/DF/H, -8000 words (Thought-provoking, surprising, bizarre) Length: unknown Pays: 1-3 cents/word Reading Time: 43 days Magazine: HARSH MISTRESS: SF ADVENTURES Fiction Editors: Mr. Warren Lapine and Mr. Kevin Rogers Address: P.O. Box 13 Greenfield, MA 01302 Needs: SF, -25000 words (Action & adventure, like Heinlein) Length: unknown Pays: 1.5 cent/word Reading Time: 18 days Magazine: NOIR STORIES Editor: Mr. Brian Hall Address: 1825 Linhart Ave, Unit #12 Fort Myers, FL 33901 Needs: SF/F/DF/H, -5000 words (Suspenseful, supernatural, dark) Length: unknown Pays: 1 cent/word Reading Time: 25 days Magazine: SPACE & TIME Editor: Mr. Gordon R. Linzner Address: Address: 138 W 70th St, Apt. 4B New York, NY 10023-4432 Needs: SF/F/DF/H/SS, -10000 words (Hard/soft SF, supernatural horror) Length: unknown Pays: 1 cent/word Reading Time: 42 days Magazine: STRANGE DAYS Editor: Mr. Peter Bianca Address: P.O. Box 564 Worcester, MA 01613 Needs: SF/F/DF/H, 1000-4000 words (Bizarre, the unexpected, thought provoking) Length: unknown Pays: 1 cent/word Reading Time: unknown Magazine: TALES OF THE UNANTICIPATED Editor: Mr. Eric M. Heideman Address: P.O. Box 8036, Lake Street Station Minneapolis, MN 55408 Needs: SF/F/DF/H, -12000 words (themes) Length: unknown Pays: 1 cent/word Reading Time: 8 days, READING PERIODS Magazine: YEAR 2000 Editor: Ms. Blythe Ayne Address: P.O. Box 2752 Vancouver, WA 98668 Needs: SF/F/DF, (Literary, but accessible, magic realism, positive, no violence) Length: unknown Pays: 1 cent/word Reading Time: unknown Magazine: 2AM MAGAZINE Editor: Ms. Gretta M. Anderson Address: P.O. Box 6754 Rockford, IL 61125-1754 Needs: SF/F/DF/H, 500-5000 words (Horrific, ironic) Length: unknown Pays: half-1 cent/word Reading Time: 36 days Magazine: FIGMENT Editors: Mr. J.C. Hendee & Ms. Barb Hendee Address: P.O. Box 3128 Moscow, ID 83843-1906 Needs: SF/F/DF/SS, 1000-10000 words ("not cute" F, "not corny" SS, thoughtful) Length: unknown Pays: half-1 cent/word Reading Time: 18 days Magazine: GASLIGHT: TALES OF THE UNSANE Editor: Ms. Melissa Gish Address: P.O. Box 21 Cleveland, MN 56017-0021 Needs: SF/F/DF/H, -2500 words (themes) Length: unknown Pays: fourth-2 cents/word Reading Time: READING PERIODS Magazine: AFTER HOURS Editor: Mr. William G. Raley Address: PO Box 538 Sunset Beach, CA 90742-0538 Needs: F/DF/H/SS, 2000-6000 words (All at NIGHT) Length: unknown Pays: 1 cent/word Reading Time: 21 days Magazine: CEMETERY DANCE MAGAZINE Editor: Mr. Richard T. Chizmar Address: PO Box 858 Edgewood, MD 21040 Needs: Wants: DF/H, -5000 words (Horrific, cross-genre, crime-based) Length: unknown Pays: 3-5 cents/word Reading Time: 60 days Magazine: DEAD OF NIGHT MAGAZINE Editor: Ms. Lin Stein Address: 916 Shaker Rd, Suite 228 Longmeadow, MA 01106-2416 Needs: Wants: SF/F/DF/H, -2500 words (Vampirism) Length: unknown Pays: 3 cents/word Reading Time: READING TIMES (NO Jun-Aug) 14 days Magazine: FANTASY MACABRE Editor: Ms. Jessica A. Salmonson Address: PO Box 20610 Seattle, WA 98102 Needs: DF/H, -3000 words (Morbid, menacing atmosphere, beauty of terror) Length: unknown Pays: 1 cent/word Reading Time: 17 days Magazine: MANIFEST DESTINY Editor: Mr. David K. Hobaugh Address: P.O. Box 4066 Greensburg, PA 15601-7066 Needs: SF, (Hard-core SCIENCE Fiction, creditable tech, crime, aliens, no graphic sex) Length: unknown Pays: half-1 cent/word Reading Time: unknown Magazine: MINDSCAPES Editor: Ms. Catherine Asaro Address: P.O. Box 1379 Laurel, MD 20725 Needs: SF/F/DF/H/SS, -4000 words (Hard/soft SF, any genre science key role) Length: unknown Pays: 2-4 cents/word Reading Time: 64 days Magazine: THE TOME Editors: Mr. David N. Wilson (H), Mr. Richard Rowand (SF) & Mr. Brian Hopkins (F) Address: 454 Munden Avenue Norfolk, VA 23505 Needs: SF/F/SS/DF/H, -6000 words (Surreal, moody, no surprise endings or humor, vamp) Length: unknown Pays: half-1 cent/word Reading Time: unknown Magazine: THE URBANITE Editor: Mr. Mark McLaughlin Address: P.O. Box 4737 Davenport, IA 52808 Needs: SF/DF/H, -3000 words (#3: The Search for Happiness, #4: Pets, urban setting - I.E. THEMES!) Length: unknown Pays: 2 cents/word. Reading Time: unknown -------------------------------------------------------------