3009, 2014

9 Slush Pile Mistakes: A Guest Post by 2 Slush Readers

Beverly Bambury/ September 30, 2014/ authors, editing, Publishing, Submissions, Useful Stuff, writers, Writing Markets/ 1 comments

Welcome to Adam Shaftoe (slush reader for Daily Science Fiction) and Patrick Icasas (slush reader for Flash Fiction Online). I’ve known Adam for a few years now thanks to the Toronto-area convention scene and I very much admire his reviewing skills. Read his blog, people! I met Patrick only recently via my LAB•B work, and it turned out we had lots of interests in common, and I even helped him get a very well-known comic book writer on his new blog, How to Suck Less. Woo!In any case, Patrick and Adam work hard at what they do, and they have some wisdom to share with you short fiction writers. Read and learn, my friends. Read and learn. –Beverly Short fiction can be an unfair game. Though talent,

2308, 2014

Calls for Submission #7

Beverly Bambury/ August 23, 2014/ Calls for Submission, Submissions, Useful Stuff, Writing Markets/ 0 comments

This week Selene MacLeod once again brings us the occasional column Calls for Submission (CfS). You can see all of the CfS columns here. Don’t forget to joint Selene’s Facebook groups Call for Submissions: Poetry, Fiction, Art and Open Call: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Pulp, as well as similar active groups Open Call: Horror Markets, Open Call: For the Love of Horror, and Open Call: Crime, Thriller and Mystery Markets. Finally, you should sign up to receive my news and columns by email; make sure you don’t miss useful stuff in the social media shuffle!Thanks for reading. – Beverly I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. It’s hard to believe that school starts in just a few weeks. As the weather cools down, hopefully you’ve got some writing projects on the go.

3105, 2014

Calls for Submission #6 Plus Sources

Beverly Bambury/ May 31, 2014/ Calls for Submission, Submissions, Useful Stuff, Writing Markets/ 0 comments

This week Selene MacLeod once again brings us the occasional column Calls for Submission (CfS). You can see all of the CfS columns here. Don’t forget to joint Selene’s Facebook groups Call for Submissions: Poetry, Fiction, Art and Open Call: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Pulp, as well as similar active groups Open Call: Horror Markets, Open Call: For the Love of Horror, and Open Call: Crime, Thriller and Mystery Markets. Finally, you should sign up to receive my news and columns by email; make sure you don’t miss useful stuff in the social media shuffle! Now here’s Selene with various calls, some with deadlines today and tomorrow! I bolded deadlines in the next week to make it easier to skim for them! – Beverly This month, I’m going to let you in

1203, 2014

Calls for Submission #5

Beverly Bambury/ March 12, 2014/ Calls for Submission, Submissions, Useful Stuff, Writing Markets/ 4 comments

This week Selene MacLeod once again brings us the occasional column Calls for Submission (CfS). You can see all of the CfS columns here. Don’t forget to joint Selene’s Facebook groups Call for Submissions: Poetry, Fiction, Art and Open Call: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Pulp, as well as similar active groups Open Call: Horror Markets, Open Call: For the Love of Horror, and Open Call: Crime, Thriller and Mystery Markets. Finally, you should sign up to receive my news and columns by email; make sure you don’t miss useful stuff in the social media shuffle! Now here’s Selene with various calls, some with quickly-approaching deadlines! – Beverly Greetings! I hope everyone is staying warm and looking forward to spring. I know I am! This time around, there seems to be

2502, 2014

Calls for Submission #4

Beverly Bambury/ February 25, 2014/ Calls for Submission, Submissions, Useful Stuff, Writing Markets/ 0 comments

Thanks, as ever, to Selene MacLeod who brings us the occasional column Calls for Submission (CfS). You can see all of the CfS columns here. Don’t forget you can check out Selene’s Facebook groups Call for Submissions: Poetry, Fiction, Art and Open Call: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Pulp, as well as similar active groups Open Call: Horror Markets, Open Call: For the Love of Horror, and Open Call: Crime, Thriller and Mystery Markets. Finally, don’t forget to sign up to receive my news and columns by email; make sure you don’t miss useful stuff in the social media shuffle! Enough of me. You’re here for Selene. Enjoy! – Beverly I hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying Women in Horror Month. Be sure to check out some of the great blogs

0701, 2014

Calls for Submission #3

Beverly Bambury/ January 7, 2014/ Calls for Submission, Submissions, Useful Stuff, Writing Markets/ 2 comments

Once again I bring you Selene MacLeod with Calls for Submission (CfS). You can see all of the CfS columns here. Enjoy, and Happy New Year! – Beverly Happy New Year! I hope you had a joyous and wonderful holiday and are feeling productive. Myself, I like to hibernate during the winter months, but this year, there is too much going on. First, a plea. Crossed Genres Magazine, a pro market and all-around cool e-mag, needs to sell subscriptions to keep going. Check them out here: http://crossedgenres.com. They’ve got several upcoming submission calls, so be sure to take a look at their guidelines while you’re there. Pro Markets seeking submissions: Fantasy & Science-Fiction. Special guest editor CC Finlay. No special theme for the July/August

0612, 2013

Calls for Submission #2

Beverly Bambury/ December 6, 2013/ Calls for Submission, Submissions, Useful Stuff, Writing Markets/ 0 comments

Greetings! Thanks to Beverly, and to you readers, membership on the Facebook Call For Submissions groups is growing every day. In this week’s column, I’d like to bring everyone’s attention to the upcoming changes to the SFWA’s membership requirements. At present, both the Horror Writers’ Association (HWA) and SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) consider professional payment to be $0.05 per word. In order to become a member of the SFWA, one must have three paid sales to a Qualifying Professional Market, for a cumulative total of at least $250. As of July 1, 2014, in order to qualify as a professional market, the minimum payment will be raised to $0.06 per word. The HWA has not announced any plans to change

2211, 2013

Calls for Submission #1

Beverly Bambury/ November 22, 2013/ Calls for Submission, Submissions, Useful Stuff, Writing Markets/ 0 comments

Figuring out where to submit your short stories and novels? This is the first of a reoccurring column by Selene MacLeod, who administers Facebook groups Call for Submissions: Poetry, Fiction, Art and Open Call: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Pulp. Sign up to receive this blog’s posts by email; make sure you don’t miss useful stuff in the social media shuffle! Today’s post is an introduction as well as a listing. With that, I’ll leave the rest to Selene. Greetings to Beverly’s readers! Whenever I see Beverly’s name, I always think of that nursery rhyme “with bells on her fingers and bells on her toes.” Kind of hard to type that way, but it’s a pretty picture. As promised, I will be giving you a taste of

1611, 2013

Coming Soon: Calls for Submission Column

Beverly Bambury/ November 16, 2013/ Announcements, Facebook, Guest Post, Publishing, Submissions, Useful Stuff/ 0 comments

In the next week or two I’ll have the first of a reoccurring column aggregating calls for submission. It will be by Selene MacLeod who also administers the successful Facebook group Calls for Submissions (Poetry, Fiction, Art). If this is what you like to see, sign up for email notifications of new posts so that you don’t miss a thing!