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How to Research the Right Short Story Market

Finding the right market to submit your short story to requires several kinds of research. To increase your chances of being accepted and published, you must submit to the right short story market. Utilizing market listing websites, examining writer submission guidelines, and reading sample issues of the magazine or ezine are all important. This article [...]

Where to Start Submitting?

There are two schools of thought about where to start submitting short stories. The scary one says you should start at the top and work your way down until someone accepts your short story. The other one says you should start at the bottom (or near it) and use those credits to help [...]

Getting Short Stories Published

Magazines or ezines? Professional, semi-pro, paying, token, for the love, copies?
The vast array of places to get short stories published confuses the heck out of me.
Should I start with the pro markets and work my way down? Is it totally a waste of time? Do I really have to read sample copies [...]