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Hello everyone,
I need some advice. I'm inexperienced in the world of submitting so I need all the help I can get.
I'm not new to writing but new to submitting, and I got my first piece accepted to an online mag recently that doesn't pay but that I like ( I got three rejections for that piece already, so it's not like it was my first try)
Here's the advice I need: I got another acceptance (yay) in a magazine that is new. It looks great, and the editors are young, talented and overall they seem like lovely people. They were excited about my story and had very nice things to say about it, so that's all I can ask for, right?
Buttt....
They don't pay, but they sent a contract that looks good nothing sketchy except for this: They retain the EXCLUSIVE rights to publish my story (digital mag, podcasts) for six months. SIX MONTHS! That's a long time. Also, if in those six months if they do a podcast out of my short story the clock starts again, and they keep the rights for six more months! I mean, it's great all the things that they're planning to advertise their authors and stuff, but I don't feel comfortable giving the rights for so long. Is this normal? Usually, after publication, rights revert to the author, no?
I'm waiting on four other magazines but they are top literary magazines, and it's unlikely they'll say yes.
Thank you guys in advance.
I need some advice. I'm inexperienced in the world of submitting so I need all the help I can get.
I'm not new to writing but new to submitting, and I got my first piece accepted to an online mag recently that doesn't pay but that I like ( I got three rejections for that piece already, so it's not like it was my first try)
Here's the advice I need: I got another acceptance (yay) in a magazine that is new. It looks great, and the editors are young, talented and overall they seem like lovely people. They were excited about my story and had very nice things to say about it, so that's all I can ask for, right?
Buttt....
They don't pay, but they sent a contract that looks good nothing sketchy except for this: They retain the EXCLUSIVE rights to publish my story (digital mag, podcasts) for six months. SIX MONTHS! That's a long time. Also, if in those six months if they do a podcast out of my short story the clock starts again, and they keep the rights for six more months! I mean, it's great all the things that they're planning to advertise their authors and stuff, but I don't feel comfortable giving the rights for so long. Is this normal? Usually, after publication, rights revert to the author, no?
I'm waiting on four other magazines but they are top literary magazines, and it's unlikely they'll say yes.
Thank you guys in advance.