As one of the small army of dedicated folks who run tiny (and not so tiny) webzines -- and so buy stories from first-timers regularly -- I find reading the bigger, better-paying markets like the above-referenced anthologies are a terrific way to keep my ear tuned.
I keep hearing about the looming death of short specfic, and I just don't see it. There are so very many online venues run by dedicated folks who continue to read, buy, and publish new stuff.
It rather seems to me like a bush-league, farm-team system. To tortuously continue that metaphor, those of us running little semi-pro ezines are managing some of those farm teams. Last year, I bought a couple of stories from new writers that ended up on Gardner Dozois' honorable mention list in his TYBSF collection alongside stories from much better known writers.
Some of those writers have already gone on to make pro-market sales. Which always makes me sigh, because it usually means I don't get first pick of their best stuff anymore. *g*
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Date: 2008-10-25 01:10 am (UTC)I keep hearing about the looming death of short specfic, and I just don't see it. There are so very many online venues run by dedicated folks who continue to read, buy, and publish new stuff.
It rather seems to me like a bush-league, farm-team system. To tortuously continue that metaphor, those of us running little semi-pro ezines are managing some of those farm teams. Last year, I bought a couple of stories from new writers that ended up on Gardner Dozois' honorable mention list in his TYBSF collection alongside stories from much better known writers.
Some of those writers have already gone on to make pro-market sales. Which always makes me sigh, because it usually means I don't get first pick of their best stuff anymore. *g*