Stay Out of the Bin! An Editor's Tips on Getting Published in Lit Mags

I'll let you in on a secret: anyone can get published. And yes, I do mean everyone. No matter what kind of poetry or fiction you write, there are enough publications out there that you can get it published somewhere. This guide will walk you through the process, from writing to publication, and keep your work out of editors' recycling bins.

Learn simple steps you can follow to get published in literary magazines. Includes a guide to copyrights and a listing of market directories, which will help you find places to submit your work. This book provides an editor's inside perspective to help you avoid common mistakes and stay out of the recycling bin.

Contents
Writing Publishable Poems and Stories
Know Your Market
Deciphering Market Listings
Online v. Print
Little v. Big Publishers
Paying v. Non-paying
Looking at a Listing
Evaluating Sample Publications
Rights and What They Mean
Presenting Your Work
Cover Letters
Submission
Formatting Submissions
Editor's Pet Peeves
Editor's panel
Frequently Asked Questions
What to do with rejections
What to do with acceptances
Writer's Markets and Other Useful Sites


About the Author:

Alyce Wilson lives in the Philadelphia area and is the editor of Wild Violet (http://www.wildviolet.net), an online quarterly literary magazine launched in October 2001. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of literary magazines.

Her first book, a biography of Will Smith, was published electronically by Blue Line Media in 2000; her first poetry chapbook, Picturebook of the Martyrs, was published in Spring 2004; and she is completing her first novel, "The Muse of Pizza". She is also researching a book, "My Wedding, My Way: Real Women, Real Weddings, Real Budgets", with a projected publishing date of Spring 2008.

More of her work can be found at http://www.alycewilson.com.