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WESTERN MARKETS Updated 4/2/2012 (at the bottom)

LITERARY AGENTS – listing western genre as one of their fiction interests as of October 6, 2011. (If you haven’t used agentquery, clicking on a name below will take you to that agents information on agentquery – not a lot. From there you need to look at that agent on their company’s website – sometimes what’s listed at agentquery does not agree with what’s on the website. Also, look for the agent in the AW Bewares and Background Checks thread and look them up on Preditors and Editors (http://pred-ed.com/) But, above all else, take your time and do your research. A too hasty query for a work that’s not ready loses that agent as a possibility for your work – and with so few agents looking at western, you don’t want that to happen.

From Agentquery http://www.agentquery.com/

Kim Lionetti, BookEnds, LLC Gillette, NJ

Cherry Weiner, Cherry Weiner Literary Agency Manalapan, NJ

Gina Panettieri, Talcott Notch Literary Services Milford, CT 06460

James Schiavone, Schiavone Literary Agency West Palm Beach, FL

Laurie McLean, Larsen Pomada Literary Agency La Honda, CA

Cori Deyoe , 3 Seas Literary Agency Madison, WI

Jacques de Spoelberch , J de S Associates.South Norwalk, CT

Peter Riva, International Transactions Gila, NM

Ann Collette, Rees Literary Agency Boston, MA

Amy Boggs, Donald Maass Literary Agency New York, NY

James McGinniss, McGinniss Associates Literary Agency New York, NY

BOOK PUBLISHERS – Be sure to check out all publishers at Preditors and Editors (http://pred-ed.com/peba.htm) and at AW in Bewares and Background Checks. If you decide to submit, be sure to pay close attention to the publishers requirements for works and submissions.

Genre Novel “Rules” – set in the old west (west of the Mississippi), before 1900, three dimensional characters, strong plot with hero facing a conflict, do not rely on cliches. Length 45,000 to 75,000
http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/2009/06/genre-fiction-rules-find-out-if-your-novel-meets-publishers-and-literary-agents-criteria-for-publication/

Link to recently published westerns novels. A good way to research who published (and agented) them
http://www.ropeandwire.com/MainPages/western_writers.html

Condor Publishing – small publisher of adult westerns and children’s books - http://www.condorpublishinginc.com/

Running Press Book Publishers, Philadelphia (Longhorns, 2007 – gay cowboy, adult/adult western)

“MICHAEL MCGARRITY TO PEN EPIC WESTERN TRILOGY
New York, New York – August 15, 2011 —Brian Tart, president and publisher of Dutton, announced today the acquisition of a Western epic trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Michael McGarrity. Barney Karpfinger of The Karpfinger Agency made the sales of North American rights and Mr. Tart will edit. The first installment in the trilogy, Hard Country, is scheduled for publication in June 2012. (Penguin Group)

Black Horse Westerns - http://blackhorsewesterns.com/bhe7/ (Robert Hale, London)

Moonlight Mesa – specializing in fiction and non-fiction western books - closed to fiction 10/17/2011 http://moonlightmesa.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-voices-in-western-genre.html

Has published at least one western – Avatar Press (Streets of Glory) apparently publisher of comic books

Has published at least one western (Revenge of the Mountain Man, 2006) Kensington Publishing Corp.

Has published a contemporary western (Mineral Spirits) Bridge Works Publishing

INDIES - http://www.bookmarket.com/101publishers.htm (also has link for top “dependent publishers” Some of these below may only be non-fiction.

August House, Ted and Liz Parkhurst, Publishers, P O Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203; 501-372-5450; 800-284-8784. Fax: 501-372-5579. Email: [email protected]. Founded in 1980. Specialties: storytelling, folklore, regional and multicultural titles

John F. Blair Publisher, Carolyn Sakowski, President, 1406 Plaza Drive, Winston-Salem NC 27103; 336-768-1374; 800-222-9796; Fax: 336-768-9194. Email: [email protected]. Founded in 1954, this independent family-owned company publishes about 20 titles per year. Specialties: fiction, regional.


Clear Light Publishers, Harmon Houghton and Marcia Keegan, Publishers, 823 Don Diego, Santa Fe NM 87501; 505-989-9590; Fax: 505-989-9519. Email: [email protected]. Specialties: Native American, new age, Southwest cooking and culture.


Gem Guides Book Company, 315 Cloverleaf Drive #F, Baldwin Park CA 91706; 626-855-1611; 800-824-5118; Fax: 626-855-1610. Email: [email protected]. Publishes and distributes books on rocks and minerals, jewelry making, Western interest, Native America, outdoor recreation, and travel.


Gibbs Smith, Publisher, Gibbs Smith, Publisher; Madge Baird, Editorial VP; 96 W Gentile Street, P O Box 667, Layton UT 84041; 801-544-9800; 800-748-5439; Fax: 801-544-5582. Email: [email protected]. Founded in 1969. Specialties: Western humor, cookbooks, Rocky Mountain regional titles, Native American, animals, architecture & design, nature, children's books, etc.


Golden West Publishers, Lee Fischer, 4113 N Longview, Phoenix AZ 85014; 602-265-4392; 800-658-5830; Fax: 602-279-6901. Specialties: regional, general. Only historical (and I'd say non-fiction), specialty is railroads


Johnson Books, Barbara Johnson Mussil, Publisher; Stephen Topping, Editorial Director, 1880 South 57th Court, Boulder CO 80301; 303-443-9766; 800-258-5830; Fax: 303-443-1106. Email: [email protected]. Specialties: regional, recreation, nature, archaeology, western history.


Mountain Press Publishing Company, John Rimel, Publisher, 1301 South 3rd Street W, P O Box 2399, Missoula MT 59806; 406-728-1900; 800-234-5308; Fax: 406-728-1635. Email: [email protected]. Specialty: cowboys, geology, history, nature, regional, recreation.


Paladin Press, Peder Lund, Publisher, Gunbarrel Tech Center, 7077 Winchester Circle, Boulder, CO 80301; 303-443-7250; Fax: 303-442-8741. Email: [email protected]. Founded in 1970. 600 titles in print. Specialty: military, guns, self-defense


The Permanent Press, Martin Shepard, Publisher, Noyac Road, Sag Harbor NY 11963; 516-725-1101; Fax: 516-725-1101; 631-725-1101. Email: [email protected]. Web: http://www.thepermanentpress.com. Also Second Chance Press. Specialty: quality fiction.


Quill Driver Books, Steve Blake Mettee, Publisher, 1254 Commerce Avenue, Sanger CA 93657; 559-876-2170; Fax: 559-876-2180. Email: [email protected]. Also Word Dancer Press. Specialties: regional, history, writing, books for people over 50. Non-fiction only


Sourcebooks Inc., Dominique Raccah, Publisher, 1935 Brookdale Road #139, Naperville IL 60563; 630-961-3900 #224; 800-727-8866; Fax: 630-961-2168. Email: [email protected]. Founded in 1987. Imprints: Casablanca Press, Hysteria, Sphinx Publishing. Specialties: general, children's, romance, beauty, fiction, multimedia. The fastest growing independent publisher out there.


Travelers' Tales, James O'Reilly, Editor and Associate Publisher, 853 Alma Street, Palo Alto CA 94301; 650-462-2110; Fax: 650-462-2114. Email: [email protected]. Founded in 1993, this company is owned by the same family who owns O'Reilly & Associates (see above). They have won the Lowell Thomas Award for best travel book three times in their five-year history. Specialties: travel (especially travel stories), travel humor, misadventure, romance, and food.


MAGAZINES
Roundup Magazine, the publication of the Western Writers Association – Membership in the Western Writer’s Association is limited to already published authors – minimum requirement for associate membership is three magazine articles or one novel. www.westernwriters.org

Wild West (bi-monthly) Weider History Group - www.historynet.com/magazines/wild_west Does not publish fiction (even fact based on actual events), only non-fiction

Cowboys & Indians - www.cowboysindians.com – Does not appear to publish fiction but has previously had contests.


American Cowboy - www.americancowboy.com – Does not appear to publish fiction

True West - http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/# Does not publish fiction or poetry

Guns of the old West – magazine – only found subscription info on subscription agent sites

Persimmon Tree Magazine http://www.persimmontree.org/submissions.php – publishes fiction and non-fiction under 3500 words and twice a year poetry by women over 60, primarily those coming from the central states

Western Mule Magazine - www.westernmulemagazine.com - nonfiction

Elbow Creek - www.elbowcreek.com - fiction, poetry, etc. Pays $20 per item used. Stories between 1,500 and 10,000 words. Also some contests. Apparently has been inactive for a while but says it’s back. Old West

Prairie Times - www.prairietimes.com (eastern Colorado) Wants “clean” family-friendly stories

Post # 15 - Frontier Tales appears to still be an active website for western fiction. Don't think it pays anything, but ...


GENERAL FICTION MARKETS - be sure to check the main website

http://www.jbwb.co.uk/markets.html
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine pays 7c a word on acceptance for stories to 14,000 words. Fiction with ghosts, futuristic theme or suspense must contain a crime or the suggestion of one. Contact: Alfred Hitchock Mystery Magazine, 475 Park Ave South, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. Website: http://www.themysteryplace.com/ahmm/index.shtml http://www.themysteryplace.com/ahmm/
(Also link to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

All Hallows magazine, published by the Bram Stoker Award-winning Ash-Tree Press, Canada wants ghostly tales in the classic tradition. Modern graphic horror/gore not required; suspense/atmosphere are. Preferred length, 3,000-5,000 words; work between 1,000-10,000 words considered. Well-researched non-fiction articles also needed. Visit www.ash-tree.bc.ca (e-mail: [email protected]) or write to Ash-Tree Press, PO Box 1360, Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada V0K 1A0.

Playboy Regarded as one of the best paying markets for serious contemporary stories, mystery, suspense, humour, science fiction and sports stories. The average length of a Playboy story is 1,000-6,000 words, and they will not consider manuscripts longer than 7,500 words. Payment, made on acceptance, is usually $5,000; very short pieces are paid $2,000. Writers who submit manuscripts without including a self-addressed, stamped return envelope will receive neither the manuscript nor a printed rejection. Won't consider stories submitted electronically or by fax. Decision time: around eight weeks. Send submissions to Playboy Magazine, Attn: Fiction Department, 680 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

Stickman Review (www.stickmanreview.com) is a new, online literary magazine that will be published twice yearly. Editors Anthony Brown and Darrin English welcome e-mail submissions of literary fiction ([email protected]), non-fiction (nonfiction@stickmanre view.com) and poetry ([email protected]). Although they do not rule out genre stories, the editors emphasise that this is a literary magazine, and their major interest is the quality of the literary style. Contact: Stickman Review, 2890 N. Fairview Dr, Flagstaff, Arizona 86004, USA.

Tin House (http://www.tinhouse.com/) is a quarterly literary magazine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. It accepts submissions from around the world. Non-fiction articles include interviews with literary figures and essays on writing and literature. Pays from $200 for short stories and $50 for poetry. Contact: Tin House, PO Box 10500, Portland, Oregon OR 97296-0500, USA for further information (enclose sae and IRC), or visit the website for fuller guidelines.


SHORT STORY CONTESTS

The Nimrod/Hardman Writing Awards -- April 30, 2012
Prizes of $2,000 and $1,000 (with publication) for stories of no more than 7,500 words. NIMROD Literary Contest, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104. $20 entry fee includes subscription.
Contest Begins: January 1, 2012; Postmark Deadline: April 30, 2012; Poetry: 3-10 pages of poetry (one long poem or several short poems). Fiction: 7,500 words maximum. (Looking at the recent winners and submissions, this looks very possible for Western.)

Writecorner Press E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award -- April 30, 2012 (submit after 10/1)
Prizes of $1,100 and $100 for stories of no more than 3,000 words. Gainesville, FL 32614. $15 entry fee.

New Letters Awards for Writers -- May 18, 2012 $1500 for an original short story not to exceed 8,000 words. Mail entries to: New Letters Awards for Writers, UMKC University House, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499. $15 entry fee includes subcription. (also poetry and essay contest)

Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition – November 15, 2011 for short short story, maximum 1500 words. http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions/short-story
$3,000 cash and a trip to New York (plus other prizes offered) $20 entry fee.

The Chelsea Awards for Short Fiction June 15, 2012
The literary journal "Chelsea" awards $1,000 and publication for a work of fiction, not to exceed 30 typed pages, or about 7,500 words. The editors welcome both traditional and experimental fiction. Mail entries to: Chelsea Awards Competition, PO Box 773, Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276-0773. $15.00 entry fee This appears to still be active

Indiana Review Fiction Prize – October 15, 2011 - $1000 honorarium and publication for story 35 page maximum length. Bloomington, $15 reading fee includes subscription.

New Millennium Awards for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction – November 17, 2011
$1,000 for best poem, $1,000 for best fiction 6000 words maximum, short-short fiction – 1000 words max, nonfiction – 6000 words, plus publication. Knoxville, TN $17 reading fee

Glimmer Train Open Fiction Contest – Quarterly, December, March, June, September
Prizes of $2,000, $1,000, and $600 for original, unpublished stories. All themes, 2000 to 20000 words. Submit online. $18.00 entry fee.

Mighty River Short Story Contest - & other – worth checking the website periodically
The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest – October 1 – check for 2012
Southeast Missouri State University Press -- 500 words max -- on any theme. Winner receives an award of $200 and publication in Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley. $15 entry fee.

http://www.ropeandwire.com/ Rope and Wire 2011 contest – 2500 and 4000 word categories. Prize on a sliding scale based on submissions. Deadline November 30, 2011. Entry fee $15. This looks like a good website / magazine for us to take a good look at.

Hillerman Prizes - http://wordharvest.com/contest.php (pretty sure there’s an entry fee for both of these)
Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest – deadline August 15, 2012, length 2,500 words – story must be set primarily in New Mexico

Tony Hillerman Prize – for first book length mystery set in the southwest by an author who has never published a mystery novel before. Deadline June 1, 2012

Crazyhorse Fiction Prize -- December 15
Crazyhorse literary magazine offers a yearly prize award of $2,000 and publication for a story of up to twenty-five pages. Submit online or send entries to: Crazyhorse, Poetry and Fiction Prizes, Department of English, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424. $15.00 entry fee includes subscription.

Added by Fruitbat down the thread -
I didn't see Duotrope listed on here, so in case anyone doesn't know about it, it finds exactly what you're looking for: :)

http://duotrope.com/index.aspx

FLASH MARKETS

http://www.newpages.com/classifieds/calls/ New pages classified has many links to journals looking for submissions of all types from flash to poetry to longer works – and a few of them do offer some payment

http://www.fanstory.com/contests.jsp Quite a few contests listed including one specifically for flash. Some interesting prompts for the stories

http://www.flashfictiononline.com/submit.html need to read page to see what they’re looking for – no profanity or erotica

http://absolutewrite.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-59234.html and as so often happens, we wrap back around to AW

ETA: 2/27/2012 - Wily Writers - http://www.wilywriters.com/blog/?page_id=1234
Looking for "weird west" stories due in by 3/31/2012


INTERNET MARKETS

http://www.washingtonpastime.com/drupal/submissions
Washington Pastime, online mag, they say they never get enough historical or western shorts (up to 3000 words). Their pay rate is questionable - token to professional payment based on their assessment. There is a thread in bewares and background checks on them - nothing bad, just mention of similarity in rejection letters and questions about the pay. ETA: saw in the bewares thread that someone was offered $2.50 for a story.

http://www.thewesternonline.com/subguidelines.html
The Western Online. Short stories up to 5,000 words. Payment is $5 per story. The payment may not sound like much, but sometimes even pubs with no payments help as far as establishing credentials. Not saying this necessarily will, but ...

http://www.frontiertales.com/submissions.php
Frontier Tales Magazine for shorts and biographies western and "the interaction of the frontier with civilization". I didn't see anything on the website about payment.

http://www.whitecatpublications.com/
White Cat Publications. Submission link is an outlook express e-mail addy. mailto:[email protected]
Flash fiction contest, deadline May 15, 2012, limit 1000 words, $50 for first, $25 for 2nd-4th.

Short Stories
We take stories up to 5,000 words in length, five cents per word up to 2,500 words. Reprints are paid out at one cent per word.
Flash fiction
Up to 1,000 words. $25 per story.
FICTION - NOVEL LENGTH
Regarding fiction, we are interested in novels involving the following genres: suspense and mystery, urban fantasy, science fiction, western and romance. No erotica or mindless violence. In your submission, please include a cover letter, 500 word bio, synopsis (including the ending) and the first three chapters. Please do not send the complete manuscript unless we request you to do so.

Good fiction, of course, is character driven, so we ask that you keep that in mind. The modern reader demands a brisk pace with an emphasis on shorter chapters, as well. Dense prose is a thing of the past and we’d like to do our part to keep it that way.
 
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Magazine websites added 4/12/08. This post is just so the thread shows there's new data.
 

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Hey guys

How about agents who take the western/frontier genre seriously?
 

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Howdy again;

I'm trying to make it sthis thing will e-mail me when a new post comes along.
 

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Hey guys

How about agents who take the western/frontier genre seriously?
There are several out there. Mine is one, but she doesn't take new writers unless she meets you in person.

If you do a search at Agent Query (http://agentquery.com/default.aspx) for Westerns you'll get a few, less than 20. But still, more than 1.

This means that you want to be positive that any MS you're querying is absolutely, positively stellar, perfect, and the very best it can be. Because you don't have a lot of options out there and you don't want to lose your chance.

AW is loaded with ways to help you so determine. Share Your Work, for first chapter/first pages, other forums where you can find beta readers and potentially critique partners, etc.
 

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Aragon - Thanks for the catch on the incorrect website for True West - I fixed it in my post above. Puma
 

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Sept - Dec Contests

10/4/2011 - Have not rechecked these out yet More to think about. Good luck!

Birmingham-Southern College Hackney Novel Award -- September 30
A prize of $5,000 for an unpublished novel. Mail entries to: Hackney Literary Awards, Birmingham-Southern College, Box 549003, Birmingham, AL 35254. Entry fee: $25.


Juniper Prize in Fiction -- September 29
Submit manuscripts of at least 150 pages and no longer than 350 pages. Winning author will receive a cash award of $1,500, a contract with standard royalties, and an invitation to read in the University’s Visiting Writers Series. Send submissions to: Juniper Prize for Fiction, University of Massachusetts Press, East Experiment Station, 671 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003. $20.00 entry fee.



The Bellwether Prize for Fiction -- October 1
U.S. citizens with some publication record, but without a substantial book publication may submit an original, previously unpublished novel at least 80,000 words in length. $25.00 processing fee.


Black Warrior Review Writing Contests -- October 1
Two prizes each of $1,000 and publication in Black Warrior Review for previously unpublished stories. Send your entry to: Fiction Contest, Black Warrior Review, Box 862936, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486. $15.00 entry fee includes one-year subscription.


Boston Review Short Story Contest -- October 1
A prize of $1,500 and publication in the Boston Review is given to one writer each year for a story of no more than 4,000 words. Send submissions to: Short-Story Contest, Boston Review, 35 Medford St., Suite 302, Somerville, MA 02143. $20.00 entry fee.


Dogwood Poetry and Fiction Prizes -- October 15.
Prize of $1,000 and publication. All entrants will be considered for publication. Submit stories up to 7,500 words to: Kim Bridgford, Editor, Dogwood, English Dept., Fairfield University, North Benson Rd., Fairfield, CT 06824-5195. $10.00 reading fee.


Indiana Review Fiction Prize -- October 14
Submit unpublished short stories of up to 35 pages to Fiction Prize, Indiana Review, Ballantine Hall 465, 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7103. $15.00 reading fee includes one-year subscription.


Inkwell Short Fiction Competition -- October 30
$1500 prize and publication in Inkwell. Submit up to three short stories for up to 5,000 words to INKWELL, Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577. $15.00 reading fee.


Mississippi Review Prizes -- October 1
$1,000 each in fiction and poetry. Fiction entries should be 1,000-5,000 words. Send entries to: Mississippi Review Prize 2007, 118 College Drive #5144, Hattiesburg, MI 39406-0001. $15.00 entry fee.


Central Coast Writers Branch 2009 Writing Contest -- November 15
$500 and publication (print and on-line) in the Homestead Review, published by Hartnell College in Salinas, CA. Submit to CCW Contest, c/o Michael Thomas, P.O. Box 51805, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. $15/short story and $5/poem.


Del Sol Press Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize -- November 1
$1,200 and publication for the best short story, either published (in a periodical) or unpublished, 2,000-8,000 words; open to submissions from both emerging and established writers. Top ten finalist stories will be published in book form in the spring. Finalists invited to submit book-length manuscripts for consideration by Del Sol Press. Send to: Del Sol Press Fiction Contest, 326 LOH, Dept of Writing, GVSU, One Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401. $16.00 entry fee.


Fish International Short Story Prize -- November 30
Prizes awarded by Fish Publishing, an Irish independent press. Winning authors will appear in an anthology; first prize is €2,500, but all winners receive a prize. Online entries only. €20.00 fee.


Georgetown Review Contest -- November 15
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Georgetown Review for an unpublished short story or creative essay. Send entries to Contest, Georgetown Review, 400 East College Street, Box 227, Georgetown, KY 40324. $10.00 entry fee.



New Rivers Press MVP Competition -- November 1
Three prizes of $1,000 each and a standard book contract for unpublished book-length manuscripts by emerging writers. Submit a manuscript of short stories, novellas, or personal essays of 100-200 pages; or a novel or memoir of any length to New Rivers Press, MVP Competition, 1104 Seventh Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563. No entry fee.


Ramble Underground Short Fiction Contest -- November 15
Publication in Ramble Underground and cash awards, the amount of which varies with the number of entries (a minimum of $50). Apply online; 2500 words max. $6 entry fee.


Reed Magazine John Steinbeck Award -- November 1
$1,000 cash prize and publication in Reed Magazine for an unpublished short story of up to 6,000 words. Address submissions to: John Steinbeck Short Story Award, Reed Magazine, SJSU English Department, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0090. $15.00 entry fee.


Roanoke Review Fiction Contest -- November 11
Prize of $1,000 for the best short story; prize winner and runners-up will be published in the spring issue. Send stories (maximum of 8,000 words) to: Roanoke Review Contest, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153. $15.00 entry fee.



American Short Fiction Short Story Contest -- December 1
First prize is $1,000+ publication; 2nd place winner receives $500. Send stories of 6,000 words or less to: Short Story Contest, American Short Fiction, P.O. Box 301209, Austin, TX 78703. $20 fee.


Birmingham-Southern College Hackney Short Story Award -- December 31
A prize of $5,000 for the best short story of 5,000 words or less. Mail entries to: Hackney Literary Awards, Birmingham-Southern College, Box 549003, Birmingham, AL 35254. Entry fee: $10.


Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers -- December 15
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Boulevard for a short story by a writer who has not published a book with a nationally distributed press. Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest, PMB 325, 6614 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117. (314) 862-2643. $15.00 reading fee includes subscription.


Crazyhorse Fiction Prize -- December 15
Crazyhorse literary magazine offers a yearly prize award of $2,000 and publication for a story of up to twenty-five pages. Submit online or send entries to: Crazyhorse, Poetry and Fiction Prizes, Department of English, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424. $15.00 entry fee includes subscription.


Glimmer Train Press Open Fiction -- December 31
A prize of $2,000 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given biannually for a short story. A second-place prize of $1,000 is also awarded. Submit a story of up to 20,000 words online. $20.00 entry fee.



Ruth Hindman Foundation H.E. Francis Short Story Competition -- December 31
A prize of $1,000 for an original, unpublished short story. Submit two copies of a story of no more than 5,000 words to Ruth Hindman Foundation, H.E. Francis Short Story Competition, Department of English, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899. $15.00 entry fee.


Langum Project for Historical Literature Fiction Prize -- December 1
Two prizes of $1,000 each for for for the best historical fiction published in the preceding year by a small press. Send two copies of each book to Langum Project for Historical Literature, Fiction Prize, P.O. Box 12643, Birmingham, AL 35202-2643. David Langum, Director: [email protected].


Meridian Editors' Prizes -- December 20
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Meridian's Spring/Summer issue are given annually for an unpublished poem and short story. Submit online. $16.00 application fee includes subscription.


PEN New England Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award -- December 21
PEN New England awards an $8,000 cash prize for a novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a book of fiction. Mail four copies and the enclosed application form to: Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award, PEN New England, Lesley University, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 $40.00 entry fee.


Smink Works Books Short Story Competition -- December 1
A prize of $100 to a work of short fiction written in accordance with a philosophical theme. Open to writers internationally. 1,000 word maximum. Stand-out stories are published in an anthology. Send submissions to Smink Works Books, PO Box 2154, Fitzroy BC, Victoria 3065, Australia. $10 entry fee.


Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition -- December 3
Writer's Digest is now accepting entries in their annual short short story competition. Submit short fiction of up to 1,500 words to: Writer's Digest, Short Short Story Competition, 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236. $12.00 entry fee.
 
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Hi Write at - Sorry about that. I haven't gone looking for places to submit scripts (I'm sure there are some). If you happen across any, be sure to post them here. I think there's a least one other "westerner" who's writing scripts. Puma
 

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Hi Write at - Sorry about that. I haven't gone looking for places to submit scripts (I'm sure there are some). If you happen across any, be sure to post them here. I think there's a least one other "westerner" who's writing scripts. Puma
Sure nuff, Puma. Seems likely as gittin' these tenderfoot Easterners what staked out Holliewood a buzzin' 'bout my script is kinda like makin' that turn at faro. I oughta hang 'em so high they'd be a lookin' down on the moon!
 

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Obviously the original post in this thread is badly out of date. I plan to do some searching to see whether the options listed in the original post still exist three years later, and I would encourage everyone interested in trying to publish short fiction, novels, or poetry with a western bent to also look for possible markets.

It's one thing to want to revive interest in the western genre, but we also need to really work on doing it and the way to do it is to get more western stories into publication.

This morning I checked on the Western Writers Group who publish Roundup Magazine. Membership in that organization is limited (apparently) to already published writers. So guys, we need to get on our ponies and start working on this. Puma
 

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Today, October 4, 2011, I updated the original post in this thread. There are some contests coming up we should think about, possibly even have one of our monthly SYW challenges be to write something for one of them.

Hope this updated information helps a few of you (maybe I'm not the only woman over 60 in the central states.) Puma
 

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Updated 10/17/2011 with book publishers. This isn't to say there aren't some more out there.

There are a few more contests I need to check out and add, but other than that, this is about where I'm stopping for now. Hope the list is helpful. Puma
 

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You're doing excellent work, Puma. The data is a goldmine and, although I'm not good enough to make use of it yet, the fact it is here and updated can only be a good thing for the genre and those writing or attempting to write in it. :)
 

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What also tickled me, Harry, is that I found out there are other like-minded folks out there. So there is hope and we need to get our acts going. Puma
 

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A thing to get our acts going. :)

Comets and Criminals is a new prose and poetry market ...

Submissions are open now. We accept stories up to 5,000 words in the SF, Adventure, History and Western genres, and stories up to 10,000 words in the Crime and Mystery genre. If you've got a story that straddles more than one of those genres, send it in. We love genre stew. We pay $10 for fiction under 1,000 words, and 1c a word above that.


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I didn't see Duotrope listed on here, so in case anyone doesn't know about it, it finds exactly what you're looking for: :)

http://duotrope.com/index.aspx
 
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Thank you, Fruitbat. Yes, Duotrope is an excellent resource. I'll paste the link up in the first post so it doesn't get lost down here. Puma