MARKET NOTE

The ezine VALENT RANGE is dead.

BTW have any of you folks had either positive or negative experience being a http://www.examiner.com/ blogger ?  I want to hear about it

HAPPY FORTHCOMING MOTHER"S DAY and if you plan to buy a gift fror the holiday from either Amazon or Barnes & Noble then please enter their portals that are on this site.

SF MARKET NOTE

The anthology project MACHINE OF DEATH ( http://machineof death.net ) is open to poetry and flash fiction.  Any genre is welcome but the preference is sf.

INDIANA DOESN'T WANT ME EVEN IF i WANT TO GO THERE

INDIANA HORROR  (http://indyhorror.net/  ) is a print horror anthology open to poetry and flash fic but not to writers who have no Indiana connections.

LIGHTNING DOES NOT STRIKE EVEN ONCE

The new British sf ezine LIGHTNING FLASH is not open to poetry. 

BTW are any of you as depressed as am I that Federal funding, at least for now, for SETI has been halted ?

H/WF MARKET NOTES

The h/df webzine market KILLER-WORKS for flash fiction is dead.

SF/F/H MARKET NOTES

The webzine THE RANDOM EYE has been closed down.

MARKET NOTES

Apparently Easter/Passover Weekend seems to be an important time for periodicals to be closed to submissions and here they are.

BIRDSONG, BLACKBIRD, THE CORNER CLUB PRESS, ECOTONE, FLASHQUAKE, IRON HORSE LITERARY REVIEW, POETRY NORTHWEST, SCI FI SHORT STORY MAGAZINE, THE SPOON RIVER POETRY REVIEW, SUBTROPIC, WEST BRANCH, WESTERN HUMANITIES REVIEW

TEN TIPS TO PROMOTE YOUR POETRY COLLECTION

It is a fact of life that poets have to take an active hand in promoting their poetry collections .  Most poetry publisher are two or three person operations that are going to rely on the efforts of their authors in order to promote their titles.  Below are ten  ways that poets can help themselves and their publisher.

1.   Send press releases to the arts/entertainment editors of local news media about the publication of your collection and include info on how to get a review copy.

2...Send the same press releases to newsletters of local poetry and writers' groups.

3.   Send press release to the alumni magazine/newsletter of your high school, college and graduate school alma mater .

4.  Contact the following libraries and let them that the book is in print and where it can be ordered; local public library (both where you are currently and where you grew up ), the libraries of your alma maters, the state library, the libraries of the principal state universities, local state and private colleges in your area, local high and junior high schools in your area if they are not your alma mater, state and local historical societies.

5.   Contact the list serves and newsletter of any writers, poetry, fannish and general professional groups that you belong to.

6.   Let the chain and independent bookstores in your area know about the book and where it can be ordered.

7.   Let the bookstores of your alma mater know about the book and where it can be ordered.

8.   If you teach then let the libraries of where you teach know about the book as well as letting your school's newspaper/magazine know about the book

9.   Get to as many open mike poetry readings that you can schedule in .

10.  Try to book yourself as a guest on as many local radio and TV shows that you can.

Let us hear some of your ideas.

SF/F/H MARKET NOTES

OPEN MAGAZINE is closed and apparently dead.

ITS COMING

Very soon there will be links on this blog to Amazon, Amazon (UK) and Book Nook for ordering kindle editions of my poetry collection, PRIVATE WORLDS A REVISED ATLAS ( http://www.speakingvolumes.us/ )  Of course you can always order direct from the publisher.

SF

The latest volume of the horror anthology series DANSE MACABRE ( http://www.edgewebsite.com/ ) is open to poetry but it would be a really tough sell.

SF/F/H MARKET NOTES

CHILLING TALES anthology horror project ( http://www.edgewebsite.com/  ) id open to flash fiction and closed to poetry.

SWORD & SOCERESS 26 like all its predecessors remains closed to poetry.

BTW Please if you plan to buy from Barnes & Noble or Amazon or want to buy a vintage sf pb from Powell's please dont forget to enter their portals on this blogsite.

Happy Pesach and Happy Easter

MARKET NOTES

New paying market for sf/f/h poetry is new ezine AN ELECTRIC TRAGEDY ( http://anelectrictragedy.com/ ).

markets open for submissions, THE DARK FICTION SPOTLIGHT ( http://thedarkfiction.com/ ) GOBLIN FRUIT ( http://www.goblinfruit.com/ ) THE LORELEI SIGNAL ( http://www.loreleisignal.com/ ).

markets closed to submissions, THE BLUE ROUTE, NARRATIVE MAGAZINE.

SF MARKET NOTE

TALES FROM THE MOON LIT PATH is closed to submissions.

SF MARKET NOTE

The anthology project MIRROR SHARDS is closed to poetry.

SF/F/H MARKET NOTES

CHILDREN OF THE MOON and ETCHED OFFERINGS anthologies are closed to poetry.  A RUSTLE OF DARK LEAVES anthology project is open to solicited poetry only.

SF/F/H MARKET NOTES

HOUSE OF HORROR is temporarilly closed to submissions.

SF MARKET NOTE

The anthology project ROCKET SCIENCE is closed to poetry.

MARKET NOTE AND A COMMENT

A&U ( http://aumag.org/ ) a magazine that covers the issues relating to AIDS is a paying market for poetry.

The sf/f/h podcast magazine STARSHIPSOFA ( http://www.starshipsofa.com/ ) is going to be doing a monthly feature focusing on sf poets, poetry and the issues they face.  Its going to be called Poetry Planet.

MARKET NOTE

WAR OF THE WORDS anthology project is closed to poetry.

SF MARKET NOTE

Anthology project UNTIED SHOELACES OF THE MIND is closed to  poetry.

SF/F/H MARKET NOTES

STORIES FROM THE HEARTH and DETOURS anthology projects are not open to poetry.

SF MARKET NOTE

ABANDONED TOWERS is closed to submissions.

MARKET NOTES

EVERYDAY WEIRDNESS is dead.

Markets open to submissions, EXISTERE ; JOURNAL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE (http://www.yorku.ca/ ) ONIRISMES (http://onirismes.com/ ) (BTW ONIRISMES is open to both French and English dubmissions ) .

Markets closed to submissions, BETE NOIRE, CREAM CITY REVIEW, FIVE POINTS, MASCARA LITERARY REVIEW, UNSPOKEN WATER, WITNESS.

The sf ezine RESIDENTIAL ALIENS  is closed to poetry but its sisyrt df/h ezine FEAR AND TREMBLING (http://www.fearandtrembling.com/ ) is open to poetry.

SF/F/H MARKET NOTES

the new sf/f/h ezine (though it calls itself an eanthology ) ONE BUCK HORROR ( http://www.onebuckhorror.com/ ) is open to flash fiction.  However I do not know if its open also to poetry and I am querying even as we type to find out.

PHANTOM DRIFT and MYSTERYAUTHORS.COM are closed to submissions.

MY COLLECTION NOW OFFERED BY BARNES & NOBLE

My sf/f/h poetry collection PRIVATE WORLDS A REVISED ATLAS is now available on Barnes & Noble. So when you want to buy a copy or two then go to Barnes & Noble through the portal on this blog site

A MIX OF THINGS

First a shout out and hello to this blog's 42nd follower.

HEALING WAVES ( http://skywarriorforum.com/ )is an anthology that is raising money for diaster relief in Japan.  It is not a paying market but since it is a fundraiser for humanitarian purposes so I find it appropiate for it to be mentioned here  since it invoves one of the exceptions I follow when it comes to submitting to non-paying markets.

The df/h British webzine DARK METRE ( http://www.kathybennett.co.uk/ ) is open to submissions and is open to previously published poems.

AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE

Earlier this afternoon I did a segment on a local radio talk show, 'Crosswinds " on WSMN 1590AM in Nashua NH.  The time spent on the show was less than I wanted but the time could have been two hours and I still would think it was not long enough.  Was it worth the time.  Yes because anytime you can be on the air ( and not make a fool of your self ) to promote your work and career is time well spent.  I would especially want to hear from other poets about their own experiences on radio and local television shows.

NEW SF/F/H MARKET

BUZZY MAG (http://www.buzzymag.com/ ) is a new ezine/print anthology open to sf/f/h poetry.

CANADIAN EZINE RELAUNCHED

CHIZINE ( http://www.chizine.com/ ) the outstanding Canadian sf/f ezine has been relaunched and open for business.  It was the first non-US market to buy my poetry.

DF MARKET NOTE

DARK RECESSES MAGAZINE a df/h ezine that was a flash fiction market has closed.

SF/F/H MARKET NOTES

New market for poetry is Zionist ezine MIDSTREAM ( http://www.midstreamthf.com/ ).

Apparently dead is OPEN MAGAZINE .

Zines open to submissions are ETERNAL HAUNTED SUMMER ( http://eternalhauntedmagazine.com/ ) , GASLIGHT MAGAZINE ( http://www.greatlakeshorror.com/ ) , THE LIBERAL ( http://www.theliberalco.uk/ ), NARRATIVE MAGAZINE ( http://www.narrativemagazine.com/ ), THE NEW BEDELAM PROJECT ( http://www.newbedlam.com/ ) ,RIDDLE  ( http://riddlefence.com/ ).

zines closed to submissions.

ABYSS & APEX , DESCANT(USA ), DIGITALISOBSCURA , JAM STUFF ( JUST ANOTHER & ART MOVEMENT ), NOTRE DAME REVIEW , POLLUTO , THE RAVEN CHRONICLES , WRITING SHIFT .