Music to write by: “Crazy” by Gnarles Barkeley

Welcome to post 7 in the Markets for New Genre Writers series. If you missed it, the previous post was on the print and e-zine DKA Magazine.

Next up: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine.

Background

Australian short fiction magazine Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine was founded with the goal of publishing stories that are light-hearted and ‘un-serious’.  They also focus on helping first-time authors get published, which is a big reason why they made this list.

It was difficult to track down any information on the magazine’s founding, but they’ve been in business since at least August of 2002, and in that time they’ve won several awards, including the “Tin Duck Award”, the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award (Ditmar), and the Aurealis Peter MacNamara Award for Publishing and Editing. The blog, 101 Reasons to Stop Writing, recently conducted an excellent three part interview with the slush readers. It gives a lot of insight into the process of reading slush, which, in itself, makes it a great resource.

Instead of listing all the names of the staff at this awesome little print magazine, I’ll just point you at their staff directory.

Why is the magazine attractive to you?

This magazine should be one of a new writer’s first stops for submissions. Here’s why:

• The magazine looks beautiful, as you can see from the above cover.
• They’re a paying market,
• They (sometimes) offer limited feedback on submissions.
• The magazine also publishes a Best-Of Anthology, so there’s a possibility of double exposure.
• Best of all, they submit all their stories to award committee, so if you’ve got a real gem, here’s where it’ll get noticed.

Genre

Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Light-hearted only.

Max Word Count

10,000. Query for longer.

Payment

1.25c / word AU. Min $20 per piece.

Submission Guidelines are here.