Hey guys,
Music to write by: “Butterfly” by Crazy Town
Welcome to post 5 in the Markets for New Genre Writers series. If you missed it, the previous post was on the print magazine Prism Quarterly.
Next up: Bewildering Stories.
Background
Founded in “Jaugustuly” of 2002 by Don Webb and Jerry Wright, Bewildering Stories aims to be a meeting place for new writers as well as a fiction ‘zine. The magazine is published in an aggresive weekly format (they’re at issue 249 as of this “printing”). They boast an impressively well attended and active forum, as well keeping links to an array of writer’s resources.
Why is the magazine attractive to you?
One of the biggest reasons you should submit here is their weekly format. Your story is not likely to languish in the slush pile for too long. Because they’re a donation only site, you also won’t have competition from snobs that only submit to paying magazines. The site also recently started up Bewildering Press which publishes anthos and books, so it’s possible to double-dip and get your story published twice (there’s talk of a Best-Of antho).
Genre
Any. Really.
Payment
Exposure, but only asks for one-time non-exclusive electronic rights. Works up to 9,000 words are accepted but longer pieces may be serialized.
2 Comments(+Add)
Hi, Jordan,
That’s an excellent summary of what Bewildering Stories is and does. Succinct, factual and accurate. Thank you!
Since you’ve kindly provided the space, I’ll just ramble on a bit. We consider reviews one of our strong points. And we’ve been very fortunate in receiving contributions from some remarkable poets.
We think that our weekly format is especially practical for giving longer works a place on the Net. Our novels began with Cyrano de Bergerac’s “The Other World” (the original, uncensored version of “Voyage to the Moon”). We’ve published other outstanding works, some of which have since appeared in print or are scheduled to.
Our Second Quarterly Review of 2007 is scheduled for July 2. The Reviews are probably the best place for newcomers to start: Bewildering Stories is big, and it’s all on line, all the time.
Thanks again, Jordan, and keep up the good work!
Don Webb, Editor
Bewildering Stories
http://www.bewilderingstories.com
Don,
Thanks for commenting! I know a few authors that have got their start at Bewildering Stories. You guys are doing great work over there! I especially like the range of stories you publish. Someone over there sure knows how to pick them!