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Hi Everyone,
Hope you can help me a bit. I have a short story ready for submission. I am unpublished except for a few poems (most recently in a college publication), and still pretty wet behind the ears as far as submitting goes.
What I'm curious about is whether I should submit to the big-name guys before I start submitting to lesser-known publications?
I've heard different ways of going about it: starting with the big name publishers first, then if those don't accept, moving lower and lower on the rung. Then there's starting with the lesser known publications because you're more likely to be published there.
What do you think is the best way to go about it?
And as a side question, should I mention in any cover letters that I have had poetry published, or is this beside the point?
Thanks for any responses and/or links to previous threads concerning this...
Hope you can help me a bit. I have a short story ready for submission. I am unpublished except for a few poems (most recently in a college publication), and still pretty wet behind the ears as far as submitting goes.
What I'm curious about is whether I should submit to the big-name guys before I start submitting to lesser-known publications?
I've heard different ways of going about it: starting with the big name publishers first, then if those don't accept, moving lower and lower on the rung. Then there's starting with the lesser known publications because you're more likely to be published there.
What do you think is the best way to go about it?
And as a side question, should I mention in any cover letters that I have had poetry published, or is this beside the point?
Thanks for any responses and/or links to previous threads concerning this...