Novel & Short Story Writer's Market
Encyclopedia
The most current edition is the 2009 book, edited by Rachel Macdonald, which contains over 1,300 market listings.
The Market Listings
For 26 years, NSSWM has listed hundreds of U.S. and international magazines and book publishers who are open to submissions from fiction writers. Listings provide current contact information, editorial needs, schedules, submission guidelines, and payment and contract terms. All listings are updated annually.The Articles
In addition to the market listings, the book contains interviews with and essays by best-selling and award-winning writers, as well as editors and agents.Writer's Digest Books
Market
A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services in exchange for money from buyers...
books" published each year by Writer's Digest Books - the most famous of which is Writer's Market
Writer's Market
Writer's Market is an annual resource book for writers who wish to sell their work. The publication is released by Writer's Digest Books and usually hits bookstores around June of each year...
, a book that lists thousands of magazine and book publishers listings for writers. Others include: Photographer's Market, Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market, Guide to Literary Agents, Artist and Graphic Designer's Market, Poet's Market and Songwriter's Market. Each book is designed to give creatives instructions on how to submit work for publication.
See also
- Preditors and EditorsPreditors and EditorsPreditors and Editors is a website started in 1997, managed by Dave Kuzminski. The site was designed to be a reference source for the writer, composer, and game designer...
- PublishingPublishingPublishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
- Writer's DigestWriter's DigestWriter's Digest is an American magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles....
- Writer's MarketWriter's MarketWriter's Market is an annual resource book for writers who wish to sell their work. The publication is released by Writer's Digest Books and usually hits bookstores around June of each year...
- Guide to Literary AgentsGuide to Literary AgentsGuide to Literary Agents is a book that compiles hundreds of listings for literary agents and writers' conferences in the USA. The book is an annual resource for writers who wish to find an agent and sell their work to publishing houses...
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- royaltiesRoyaltiesRoyalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...
- Authors Guild