Do you submit to magazines outside your home country?

If I didn't submit outside my country, I'd be very limited in my options.

So yes.

Mags

Yes, often, but very seldom to Canada.

Southern_girl29 said:

I've been looking at a few Canadian magazines to send my stories to. I live in the United States. I was just wondering how many people sent stories outside of the country they live?

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Virtually every submission I make is to markets outside the UK (Including a novella that's recently been "shortlisted" for an anthology!)

I also don't have to many options at home...

Canada doesn't pay well and there aren't a lot of magazines... but if you find ones your interested in send it to them!
one caveat, check the guidlines carefully, some of them particularly are looking for "Canadian" writers and that may put you on a lower footing.

good luck!
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Yes, definitely. Ireland is oh soooo limited for markets for my genre.

Yep. I send to the UK, usually via email. And will do to Canada (when I can get myself over to the Post Office to get the right stamps and all).

Of course!

Marketing literary/contemporary stories in NZ is a joke. We have only three markets that pay over $20.

Oz has some great literary markets and pays well.
Canada is my favourite place with at least sixty literary mags and most paying $25-$50 a published page.
The UK has all those women's magazines and good literary markets.

Online there are now some zines which pay quite nicely and will take your story after you've used up the print rights.

Europe, Eire, and South Africa all have a small number of English paying markets worth submitting to.

If your story is very American it won't sell unless the magazine says it likes international subs.
If your themes are general and you can use people and place names from the country you submit to then that does help.

Literary stories are easier to sell overseas. I should think trying to find even one paying market in NZ for SF would be impossible.

There are many small press mags in the UK open to American subs.

I like to sell my stories to as many countries as possible. If you want to do this remember that American markets are the most difficult as they want to be first to publish a story. So try them first, then sell your other 1st Rights to other countries. Often I prefer to sell to Canada first and ignore the US as many mags in Canada now want N American 1st rights, they pay well, and they don't chide me about my spelling and grammar. It helps that NZ and Canada are both Commonwealth countries and so have more in common than with the US!

Count one here.

Yes to The Lady, Ireland is a small market. I'm told I have fans there -- probably a case of mistaken identity.

I can't say that I have. Ignorant question though it may be, can someone tell me the advantages (or disadvantages, perhaps) of submitting outside my country?

I mean, it makes sense if I lived in Ireland, but I live in America (God, but that sounds high-handed; please know that it isnt' meant that way). Why should I submit to Canada?

I haven't tried it yet, I think I will now.

As I live in Oz, the short story scene is a little bit, um, like, non-existent, especially for a horror writer.

I'm getting The Australian Writer's Market for Christmas, so we'll see if that shows me some new places to sub - it better, the thing is like a phone book!

I live in Canada and all the stories I've sold have been to the USA (although the magazines are distributed in Canada as well as USA). I am now submitting to the British women's weekly magazine market. It's important to write the kind of stories that most interest you; then you are more likely to be able to write something that fits the style and tone. Most editors are looking for the next really good story, no matter where the writers live.

Best of luck!

PeeDee said:

I can't say that I have. Ignorant question though it may be, can someone tell me the advantages (or disadvantages, perhaps) of submitting outside my country?

I mean, it makes sense if I lived in Ireland, but I live in America (God, but that sounds high-handed; please know that it isnt' meant that way). Why should I submit to Canada?

I haven't tried it yet, I think I will now.

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Canada has some good publications, just like the UK (Interzone, as an example for SF/F), targeted at different markets. And they pay. If you write really mainstream stuff, or are known and loved by the big guys in the magazine world, then you probably can just stay U.S. centric. Me, I need to spread the love around. LOL

I am in Canada and while I haven't been accepted anywhere, imo there are magazine markets that pay quite well, depending on your interests. If you are writing for women, "Chatelaine" is arguably the most well known and most purchased woman's magazine here - dealing with a myriad of topics (fiction, home, food, health, fashion). "Canadian Living," and "Homemakers" are also well paying and similar. A new one is called "Wish" and I believe it is a more fashion oriented magazine but still contains other topics. I think they all have websites which would give you some indication as to what their mandate is.

Huh?

Pee-Dee, the story you sold in the USA, providing you only sold the 1st US Serial Rights, can be sold again in all those other countries.

You can sell Can, UK, NZ, Oz, SA, and EC countries like Eire 1st Serial Rights if you are clever enough to find good markets for it. (Canada is tricky as most US mags want North American rights. So that means you have to choose either the US or Canada.)

If you have to pay the bills then selling a story to several different countries makes sense. Why shouldn't one story earn four, five or more fees from the sale of its 1st Serial Rights?

And that's not all you can do.

A short story could start off in a competition and you might even win a prize.
Then it goes to market.
Sell the 1st SR in several different countries spread out over a few years. Next the reprint/anthology rights if you know of a good anthology or magazines that accept those.
After that there are several radio markets for short stories in different countries, tape/talking book markets and of course it goes to an online market.
Your story then earns you halo points, your good deed is letting it go for free to Talking Books/Books for the Blind.

Every one of your stories should earn its keep that way. If you wish to be xenophobic then sell your story once in the US but it's a shame not to have a wider readership when there are so many other markets for your work around the world.

Being Dutch and writing in English, I only submit to magazines outside my home country...

I'm Canadian, of course I submit to the US as well as Canada.

Until only about a month ago, I had subbed to mags within only my home country. But I branched out and sent some genre pieces to a couple of American mags. I write mainly literary fiction, so I find there are a lot of places to which I can submit in Canada before I give up and look further afield. The genre pieces are more difficult to sell in Canada.

This is a good question and I think I'm learning something here.

Southern_girl29 said:

I've been looking at a few Canadian magazines to send my stories to. I live in the United States. I was just wondering how many people sent stories outside of the country they live?

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I'm also US-based, but have submitted stories to magazines in Canada and the UK. So far I've had one story publication in a UK-based magazine, some encouraging rejections from Canada, and a couple of essays published in Canadian literary magazines. I've been paid for all (not for the rejections!). So I encourage that path.

If you haven't yet discovered this site, check placesforwriters for some good info on Canadian litmags.

Best,
Erika D.

Yes, most Dutch magazines won't take English stories anyway. I'm still looking to find more than one Dutch literary mag, though.