See You at Colorado Gold! Sneak Peek

I'll be at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Colorado Gold conference this weekend, and I hope to see some of you there! I'll be presenting a workshop on Friday at 5 pm in the Big Thompson room called "In the Middle: Pluses and Minuses of Small-Press Publishing."

I decided to talk about this topic because I've noticed that in a lot of writers' conferences and events I've been to, there's a lot of talk about "Big Six" publishing and a lot of talk about self-publishing but not a lot of talk about all the opportunities that lie between these two options. I've had a good amount of success with smaller presses, and I wanted to discuss this sector for those who might be frustrated with the Big Six and not quite comfortable with the self-pub option. There's a big, bright world out there for you to explore.

If you're going to be at Colorado Gold and are interested in attending the workshop, my handouts are available for download at http://www.rmfw.org/conference/handouts/ . (I've been scribbling additional notes on them, though, so you'll miss out on my last-minute brainstorms, numerous asides, dorky goof-ups, and irrelevant stories if you don't attend the workshop.) There'll also be a Twitter hashtag for the session at #rmfwsmallpress so you can follow along whether you're at the conference or not. I hope folks will take advantage of the Twitter option, because I think it's a great idea.

Friday evening starting at 8, I'll be signing books, too, in Ballroom B, so drop by and say hi!

Flash Fiction Markets

This is a list I put together for my own use, but I figured I'd share. Paying markets for Flash Fiction. Submissions/payment information accurate as of the time I compiled the list, which is 3-15-13, 8:37 PM, 7:20 into the third period of the second game of the Stanley Cup Finals, Chicago vs. Boston. 


http://www.abyssapexzine.com/submissions/ $.05/word. Prefers under 1500. Has specific submission windows, so check date before submitting.

http://www.fearandtremblingmag.com/submissions/ Currently closed (until "summer" 2013--check back.) Horror flash.

http://www.echapbook.com/submissions.htm Flash compilations--$65/compilation. See July 1 for new cycle: theme is fiction, memoir and poetry

http://www.kazkapress.net/713flashfiction/ 713-1000 words. Speculative. See site for themes and submissions deadlines.

http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines 100-10,000--particularly in need of short-shorts. $.08/word

http://www.flashfictiononline.com/submit.html 500-1000 words. $50/story. No genre specifications but like SF/F

http://grandsciencefiction.com/category/submissions/ Exactly 100 or exactly 1,000 words. $.05/word. SF. Might not be currently open for submissions.

https://darkfuse.submittable.com/submit/20777 99-999 words. $.05/word. Buys lifetime e-rights plus first time worldwide. Dark fiction.

http://lamplightmagazine.com/submissions/ up to 1,000 words, $50 flat pay rate. Literary dark fiction.

http://www.funnytimes.com/submissions.php#.Ub0gc-tSssE 500-700 words--funny. $60/story

http://www.perihelionsf.com/submit.htm 400-1000 words, flat $25. Longer stories a penny a word up to $75. Hard SF.

http://pittsburghflashfictiongazette.com/submission-guidelines/ 500-800 words, $15 "Flash fiction about sex is always popular"

http://www.leodegraunce.com/anthology-submissions.html Under 200 words, $5

http://eggplantproductions.com/general-guidelines/guidelines-for-miscellanea/ $10 for 300-word excerpt of non-existent literature

http://vestalreview.net/Guidelines41.html up to 500 words--payment based on word count.

https://twitter.com/microcosms 140 characters. $1

http://nanoism.net/submit/ 140 characters. Also Twitter serials. $1.50, $5 for serials.

http://safetypinreview.com/submission-guidelines/ 30 words max, $1


Friday Flash--Twitter #fridayflash  No payment--consolidated hashtag and can list your story in their database for further exposure. http://madutopia.com/blog/fridayflash/what-is-fridayflash/