An increasing number of my writing friends are trying their hand at short stories although they are working on a larger book manuscript. Why not do both?
Have you already written a short story and want to find a home for it? Or do you have a good idea for a short story but want to be sure you are choosing the right one for your subject? Where can you send it? Do new writers have a chance at acceptance? Do they pay?
Your best bet is to submit to a literary magazine. Can you trust the “contests” that sound so enticing? You aren’t sure if you should be drawn into the ones that ask YOU to pay to enter. Are they legit? How about submitting to be included in an anthology or collection of short stories?
What follows is a jumpstart of online resources from which you can select the ones that more likely are a fit for your story. Go to Google or your favorite search engine and type in these titles and you will have more than enough options. Be sure to follow their submission requirements completely or they won’t even look at your work. Honestly.
HERE'S AN IDEA!
10/19/2019 12:52:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefs #88 What is Good Writing?
8/18/2019 11:35:00 AM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefs #87 Memoir Fever in the air!
8/1/2019 12:00:00 PM by: Leona Choy
New “Mini-Books” hot off the press!
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BUCKET LIST BOOKS--Our New Publishing Option
7/30/2019 11:43:00 AM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefs #86 WRITING WHEN RIPE
7/12/2019 1:25:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Brief #18 Submitting short stories
10/20/2018 10:28:00 AM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefing #17 Announcing Contest
9/12/2018 7:19:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefing # 16 NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
9/10/2018 9:57:00 PM by: Leona Choy
EXCITING NEW HAPPENINGS!
8/22/2018 12:57:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefings # 15 Five Drafts!
8/11/2018 12:29:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefings # 14 CLOSET POETS
8/7/2018 8:03:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefing #13 Me too, Habakkuk
8/2/2018 12:24:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefing #11 Writing From Adversity
7/30/2018 5:12:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Brief # 10 Writing With Imagery
7/28/2018 11:24:00 AM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Brief #9 Writing Memoirs
7/27/2018 12:00:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Opportunity for Inspirational Writers
7/25/2018 3:18:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Brief #8 Traditional or Indie?
7/24/2018 9:26:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Brief # 7 PUBLISHING SCAMS
7/23/2018 3:44:00 PM by: Leona Choy
AUTHOR SHOUT OUT: Write what you know
7/19/2018 3:57:00 PM by: Leona Choy
NOT TO PUBLISH? Shout Out
7/16/2018 11:50:00 AM by: Leona Choy
The Joy of Literary Midwifery
7/11/2018 2:26:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefs #6 Free Self-editing
7/10/2018 5:16:00 PM by: Leona Choy
SHOUT OUT FOR MY NEW BMW!
7/10/2018 3:14:00 PM by: Leona Choy
BUTTERFLY SHOUT-OUT: Golden Morning Publishing author
7/2/2018 1:14:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Brief #5 “Selfie Writing”
6/22/2018 1:33:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefs # 4 DESIGNER JEANS OR BERMUDA SHORTS?
6/21/2018 2:32:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefs # 3 How to Capture and Develop Writing Ideas
6/20/2018 3:29:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefs #2 The Fantasy of the First Draft
6/19/2018 3:28:00 PM by: Leona Choy
Butterfly Briefs #1 Launching Pad to our dreams
6/18/2018 5:25:00 PM by: Leona Choy