Open vs closed anthologies

[ellen_datlow]

Jay Lake posted about the process and an interesting conversation has ensued:

Discussion on open vs closed anthologies

I, Jeff VanderMeer, John Klima, and others discuss...you can too.

Comments

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

No one is saying that new names aren't vital to the field (and publishing in general), David.

The important thing to any anthology is a good mix of stories. A few "name" writers may sell the book but that doesn't mean that the book must be stacked with all well names. Most of my original anthologies have at least a couple newer writers in them and writers whose work I'd never published previously. Even in INFERNO, which has no brand new writers in it, does has four writers I've never worked with before--so somehow they managed to get into a "closed" anthology.