Top Online Markets

Most market lists are searchable by markety type of at least you can scan down and see. e.g. ralan and storypilot (both .com)

I'm not certain by "top" online markets if you mean top in terms of payment or prestige or chance for publication but here are some of the leading online journals that publish short fiction.

Glimmer Train Stories.....well-known, respected, well paying, competititive

Story South - well known, good clip to have (check their million writers list)

Scrivener's Pen - same

smallspiralnotebook - same

Mississippi Review

Pedestal Magazine

The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

Amarillo Bay




These are just a few of the best. Use your favorite search engine to find more and also look for links. Many of these - and other - online journals offer links to magazines that they also respect.

I'm very partial to Amarillo Bay. The folks who run the site are good eggs, and they do a great job of publishing a diverse array of stories and verse.

It was also the first place I was published, so that understandably deepens my affection for them.

I use http://www.ralan.com It has up-to-date listings of a lot of different short story markets. As for individual online markets, http://www.alienskinmag.com is good.

You know, I've heard a lot of good things about Alienskin. I'll probably submit something there soon.

Hi Craig and all,

Alienskin won't be accepting full length fiction again until April 15, according to their website. They are accepting flash fiction, though. You can check the guidelines on the site to see if there are any recent updates re: submissions.

Nocturnal Ooze, published by the same folks, is another good market. I haven't visited them for a while, though, so before submitting it would be a good idea to pop over and have a look at their guidelines.

In my opinion, the top online genre markets are:

- Sci-Fiction
- Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com)
- Ideomancer (http://www.ideomancer.com)
- Anotherealm (http://www.anotherealm.com)
- Kenoma (http://www.kenomazine.com)

Best.

Ahmed

I stumbled upon a website called http://www.go-ezines.com/index.html that has a list of ezines. It looked alright. You may wanna check it out.

ahmedakhan said:

In my opinion, the top online genre markets are:

- Sci-Fiction
- Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com)
- Ideomancer (http://www.ideomancer.com)
- Anotherealm (http://www.anotherealm.com)
- Kenoma (http://www.kenomazine.com)

Best.

Ahmed

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I've submitted to the top three on that list before, so I can second recommending them. I've submitted shorts to an Australian site - Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (www.andromedaspaceways.com)

I've had no luck at them all, of course but maybe one day...

Has anyone here gotten into Glimmer Train? They pay at least $500 for an accepted short story. I've been too timid to send them anything.

warm regards, susie

I've submitted to Glimmer Train a few times (not the contest), and their reading periods are Jan, April, July, Oct. They have an easy-to-use online submission form. Haven't had an acceptance from them yet, but I keep trying....

sherri234 said:

Has anyone here gotten into Glimmer Train? They pay at least $500 for an accepted short story. I've been too timid to send them anything.

warm regards, susie

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I'm waiting for a rejection from them right now. I don't think Ill make the cut, but hey, I figured start at the top paying and work my way down. Can't hurt.

Hey, you think your brave, I am waiting on a rejection from Zoetrope!

LOL! Now, who's submitted to the New Yorker? That'll beat all of us!

Blue,

do i get the prize . . . also waiting on a letter from the New Yorker. hummmm.

I have a poem under consideration at the New Yorker. I know they're considering it, because if they didn't want it, they would have rejected it outright--I sent it in early October. Thus . . . they're considering it.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it

JAlpha

Good for you, you two brave souls! One of these days I'll get the nerve.

just do what i did . . . sat with a buddy, had a few too many beers, and let him put the poem in the mail (well email that is).

BlueTexas said:

Good for you, you two brave souls! One of these days I'll get the nerve.

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Just do it Blue Texas,

It takes them so long to respond, you'll have plenty of time to get up the nerve while you wait

What is it that you want to send them?

JAlpha

I'm of two minds on this. One mind is wrong, right?

On the one mind, why reject myself? Send it to the top market, at least give them the chance to accept it. (Like the lottery, you can't win if you don't buy a ticket.) Then send it to the next and so on.

On the other mind, if I've sent it to a place where it is verrrrry unlikely to be accepted, then my piece could very well be in suspension for months while I wait for that slip before I can send it to some place that might actually take it. (Like the essay I sent to Women's Day is now -- limbo. By this time, it's probably lost.)

What do you do with these two minds?

-paprikapink

Pick your markets wisely? Obviously, don't send romance to a sci-fi market, but I think there will be a lot of waiting no matter how well you do your research.

Shoot for the stars and hope you get a twinkle?

yeah, i sent one piece to the new yorker once. got rejected of course!

but yeah, why not aim high? I like to start at the top =) You never know...