1. Fiction: Publishing & Markets II Frederic Murray, M.L.I.S. Reference Librarian

2. Review Major Concepts  Study the Market  Polish your Work  Follow Submission Guidelines

3. Review Major Concepts  Study a magazine’s guidelines Word Count, Manuscript Format, Dates  Check a magazine’s website New Information, Opportunities  Read several current issues of the target Learn what the editors are publishing Learn what their readers are expecting

4. Submit Professionally  Polite  Formal  Businesslike  Be Aggressive

5. Fiction Markets  Contests & Awards  Conferences  Small Presses  Consumer Magazines  Vanity/Self-Publishing

6. Contests & Awards  Can Launch a successful career  Most require a small submission fee: 10-15$  Again, do the research Read the requirements carefully. Do you match the guidelines? Are you qualified? Find out about the previous winners. Contact before submitting, a lot of small magazines fold every year.

7. Conferences  Workshops Feedback, Editorial Help, Publishing Tips  Quiet beautiful places to work  Networking Opportunities Meet other writers, agents, publishers  Affords Discipline: Scheduled Writing Time

8. Small Presses  Best Place to shop your short stories  In lieu of payment, free copies awarded  Outside of Awards/Contests best Market around  If you don’t like what you find…Start your own.

9. Consumer Magazines  Esquire  Atlantic Monthly  Good Housekeeping  Most do not accepted unagented fiction submissions

10. Journals  Poets & Writers  The Writer  World Literature Today Published by University of Oklahoma

11. The New Wave?  Relentless Aaron Relentless Aaron  Penguin Books Penguin Books  Fictlets Fictlets

12. Query & Cover Letters  201 killer cover letters, by Sandra Podesta, Andrea Paxton  175 high-impact cover letters, by Richard H. Beatty  Gallery of best cover letters, by David F. Noble Al Harris Library has 26 books on this topic….

13. Reference Books  Writer’s Market 2007: R 051 W93  Literary Market Place 2007 (LMP): R 070.5025 L712  Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities: R 070. 5088865 C111  Poet’s Market: R 070.5 P752

14. Thanks And Good Luck ! Frederic Murray, M.L.I.S.