THE FOLLOWING LINKS SHOULD STILL BE VALID. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THEY ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL, OR VALID.
Thanks,
Petra--
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Mystery/Thriller
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Over My Dead Body
http://www.overmydeadbody.com
Please query (by mail or e-mail) before sending manuscripts. Your query letter should include the title of the story, word count, type of story (cozy, hardboiled, psychological suspense, crime, etc.), and an SASE or e-mail address, for our response. Pays $.01/word for fiction.
Submission Guidelines: http://www.overmydeadbody.com/wguide20.htm
Links tested and valid as of 07/09/08
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Mainstream
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Espresso Fiction
http://www.espressofiction.com
an innovative web service is expanding into children's and teen fiction. We are looking for great short stories under 2500 words. Please read full guidelines before submitting. Stories may be submitted online. Payment is US$30 per story and also includes a 6 month subscription to Espresso Fiction.
Submission Guidelines: http://www.espressofiction.com/information_writers.php
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Glimmer Train
http://www.glimmertrain.com
Accepts mainstream short story submissions. Pays $500. Please check site for full submission guidelines.
http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html
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Vestal Review
http://www.vestalreview.net
**Will not accept submission during the months of March, June, September and December**
E-Mail: editor@stny.rr.com
Flash fiction (under 500 words) of most genres, other than children's, syrupy romance or hard science fiction, are accepted - and we love humor.
Payment:
Stories up to 100 words (excluding the title) - 10 cents a word.
Stories between 101 and 200 words - 5 cents a word.
Stories between 201 and 500 words - 3 cents a word.
Stories of great merit receive up to $25 flat fee; 3 cents a word is a minimum pay in any case.
Submission Guidelines: http://www.vestalreview.net/submissions.htm
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Zoetrope: All-Story
http://www.zoetrope-stories.com
Zoetrope: All-Story considers submissions of stories and one-act plays under 7,000 words; screenplays, treatments, and excerpts from larger works are not accepted. First serial rights and a film option are required. Submissions accompanied by an SASE will receive a response within five months. Send to 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10019. The magazine does not accept submissions from June 1 through August 31.
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Romance
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Romance and Beyond Magazine
http://members.aol.com/rbeyond/romance.html
Seeking fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, and other speculative fiction (up to 10,000 words) in which a romantic relationship develops between the hero and heroine. We pay 1/2 (one-half) cent per word, two free copies of the magazine in which your work appears, and a discount on future orders.
** Currently alytering format to annual anthology collection. Please see siste for more deatails.
Submission Guidelines: http://members.aol.com/RBeyond/Guidelines.html
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Humor
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AdBusters Magazine
"We relish all truly political materials, whether they be scholarly probes into the decline of civilization, environmental forays into the forests, sci-fi carpet rides into cyberspace or humorous spoofs about commercial culture. More than anything, we seek compelling ideas that further the critical perspective and offer - at the same time - activist solutions."
With subscribers in 40 countries, our circulation is fast approaching 100,000. Seeking politically oriented SF, humor. Pay varies, from 50¢/word for solicited pieces to smaller lump sum payments for shorter pieces (up to $100 a printed page) for FNASR, up to 2k words
Submission Guidelines: http://adbusters.org/information/guidelines/
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ByLine
Seeking mainstream, literary, humor, all genres. For fiction pays $100 for 2-4k words; Nonfiction (instructive or motivational articles for writers), $75 for 1.5-1.8k; First Sale, $20 for 250-300 words; End Piece (essay related to writing), 700 words, $35; Departments (Only When I Laugh, 100-600 words; Great American Bookstores!, 500-600 words), $15-40; poetry (must deal with the subject of writing -- writer's block, "the muse", and inspiration that comes in the middle of the night have been overdone), $10
Submission Guidelines: http://www.bylinemag.com/guide.htm
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Funny Times
Looking for Humor, Politics, and Fun. Prints columns, stories, & cartoons. Circulation: 55,000. Pays $50 for humor piece of 500-700 words, $20-30 per cartoon for One-time Print Rights, POP. "Any kind, any subject but it must make us laugh. (TIP:) All submissions must be funny!"
Submission Guidelines: email ft@funnytimes.com