Weird Tales Magazine

[Shadow Dragon]

This is one market that I'm definetely keeping an eye on to send one of my short storie wips. Here's their website: http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/ and they come recommended by Preditors and Editors. Have you guys heard any news about them, or worked with them in the past?

 

[Unimportant]

They're top-notch -- and a very tough market to crack.

 

[Ken]

thanks for the link.
Looks like a cool pub.
Been around for 85 years :-O

 

[triceretops]

I can attest to the fact that they are a huge standard that's been around for ages--I have the rejection slips from 20 years ago to prove it.

Tri

 

[Dara]

Definately hard to sell to. I'm another one with a stack of those Weird Tales rejections.

 

[Horseflye]

Weird Tales?

Anyone have experience with them? Do they prefer snail/e mail? The website gives both options. Thanks!

 

[Haggis]

Anyone have experience with them? Do they prefer snail/e mail? The website gives both options. Thanks!

I've always submitted to them via email.

 

[Horseflye]

Then so will I. Thanks!

 

[Haggis]

Then so will I. Thanks!

De nada.

Good luck with the sub. I haven't made it there yet, but I keep trying.

BTW, if you write Weird Tales kinds of stories, stop over and visit us in the Horror Forum. You might like it there.

 

[Horseflye]

Thanks haggis...I'll keep it in mind.

 

[Brevity]

In regards to Weird Tales specifically, would anyone happen to know if submissions have been re-opened as of January? Their site claims this (January 2011) as the time they had planned to re-open. However, the site itself has not reflected this as of yet. I did query an editor several weeks previous, but have not heard from him.

Any and all replies are appreciated.

Cordially,


Brevity

PS: I apologize if this is the wrong thread to address. I am fairly green when it comes to message boards.

 

[Monomaniac]

In regards to Weird Tales specifically, would anyone happen to know if submissions have been re-opened as of January? Their site claims this (January 2011) as the time they had planned to re-open. However, the site itself has not reflected this as of yet. I did query an editor several weeks previous, but have not heard from him.

Any and all replies are appreciated.

Cordially,


Brevity

PS: I apologize if this is the wrong thread to address. I am fairly green when it comes to message boards.

I would wait till they give the official go ahead.

 

[stormie]

I would wait till they give the official go ahead.

I've clicked on their (Weird Tales ) submissions guidelines every day since the 1st. Still not open to any subs. So I believe that also goes for their micro-tales.

 

[LBlankenship]

Submitted a story to Weird Tales back on March 7, and somehow got it in my head not to ask about it before 8 weeks... but now I'm trying to double check on that and I can't find it anywhere. Does that sound right to you all?

I did get an auto-acknowledgement and I've checked its status every so often.

eta: never mind, found it. 60 days. I'll give it a couple more weeks...

 

[Haggis]

Submitted a story to Weird Tales back on March 7, and somehow got it in my head not to ask about it before 8 weeks... but now I'm trying to double check on that and I can't find it anywhere. Does that sound right to you all?

I did get an auto-acknowledgement and I've checked its status every so often.

eta: never mind, found it. 60 days. I'll give it a couple more weeks...

I got a 60 day rejection on one I subbed to them at the end of January. They're generally very good about moving the stories through their slush pile.

 

[Foinah]

I subbed a story to Weird Tales on 2/11...
Status still says received -- hmmmm.
Approaching that sixty day mark!

I subbed a story a year and a half ago by snail mail and never heard anything back. I even sent a query about it six months later, and never got a reply to my email. I'm glad they switched to the online submission form. At least you get a confirmation of receipt now ;-)

 

[CaoPaux]

Updating link: http://weirdtalesmagazine.com/

Formerly published by Wildside Press (et al.), is now with Nth Dimension Media.

Currently weathering blowback over its editor's promotion of a self-published book widely considered racist. (Screencap of original post and comments, click to enlarge.)

 

[benbradley]

I saw this on Twitter, a Google Cache of the original post, which may load easier than the screen capture (and might have different content in the comments, depending on when each was saved):
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...&sugexp=chrome,mod=2&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[Polenth]

Also relevant is when they switched owners, the previous editor (who'd been responsible for the editing when the magazine won a Hugo) was replaced. All this latest stuff is a whole new crew.

 

[James D. Macdonald]

Best line from the (now deleted) comment thread on the (now-deleted) editorial (Weird Tales appears to be in full Damage Control mode):

Next time you have a mid-life crisis, perhaps you should just buy a Ferrari and wreck that instead.

 

[defcon6000]

Best line from the (now deleted) comment thread on the (now-deleted) editorial (Weird Tales appears to be in full Damage Control mode):

Heh, that was my favorite line too.

If anyone's curious, here's their "apology". Apparently, no one did their research.

 

[Nathaniel Katz]

Jeff VanderMeer brings some behind the scenes knowledge in, questions the apology, and ends by quoting Anne VanderMeer's resignation: http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2012/08/20/weird-tales-ann-vandermeer-and-utter-stupidity/

 

[MaraudingDon]

I've been reading about this today. Their damage control is just making it worse.

 

[nkkingston]

Ah, this explains why so many other small presses are announcing they'd love to see the stories everyone's been pulling from WM.

 

[Jamiekswriter]

ODL what a train wreck!