Yesterday, after a few weeks of editing, I put the final polish on my story “Waffle Shoe Wake” (weird title, I know, but it makes sense once you read the story). Now I need to start submitting it. But where?
I have found that while publications focusing on queer fiction are nearly extinct, there are a lot of literary magazines that will publish fiction in a wide range of genres. Some pay good money. Others pay only in contributor copies of the magazine or nothing at all. So I’ve created a database of these magazines, narrowing down the ones that seem most likely candidates.
But before I start submitting, I need to sit down with these magazines to get a feel for each one. You can only learn so much from Writer’s Market or even the publication website. I am hoping that at least some of them are available for reading at the main Phoenix Library. I may have to order online a sample copy of the ones that aren’t. I would prefer to avoid that right now because money is tight. But we’ll see.
