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3829229 No.3829229 [Reply] [Original]

I'm starting a genre fiction magazine.

If you want to contribute an unpublished 2,000-9,000 word short story, I'll probably publish it. If you need some help turning something you have into a publishable story, I can work with you on that.

Pay is 1 cent per word on publication.

The story has to be in the apocalyptic/postapocalyptic genre.

Also doing unpublished reviews of movies, books, and whatever in the same genre for the same rate, 500-1,000 words.

Please submit via RTF attachment.

Anyway, if any of you guys are interested in breaking into writing this is the way to do it.

>> No.3829248

Sure, why not?

Also what's an RFT attachment?

>> No.3829253

I don't believe you. That rate is too high to be believable.

>> No.3829254

>>3829248
*RTF

>> No.3829259

>>3829248
Rich Text Format document.

It's kind of like a text file but lets you do some basic formatting. It's a pretty safe format to get in your email, virus-wise.

You should be able to export in it from Word or LibreOffice or whatever.

>> No.3829268

>>3829253
The big magazines pay 10 cents a word.

I'm going to have to sell this thing for $2/issue to qualify for government grants, so I don't want contributors to feel like they're getting ripped off.

Oh yeah, also be sure to specify in your email whether or not you're a Canadian citizen.

>> No.3829286

I've got to run.

One last thing: try to review something recent if you're writing a review.

>> No.3829287

>>3829268
It wasn't that I thought it was exorbitant or anything, it's that it's a little suspect when it was coming from a brand new start-up which (presumably) has done nothing previously.

Do you have a website or something?

>> No.3829303

So that's...900 DOLLARS a story? Wait..

>> No.3829318

>>3829303
9,000/100 = 90

>> No.3829340

>>3829318
Stupid math

>> No.3829398

>>3829229
I have a story OP, whens the submission? I too am trying to published so I can get the New Writer's grant (a minimum of one published paid work).

>> No.3829424

>>3829229
Fuck, I wish I was working on short stories instead of a massive novel I'm only halfway complete with.

All the short stories I've written prior to this are pretty crap.

>> No.3829430

>>3829318
Alternatively,
9000*0.01 = 90

>> No.3829461

>>Pay is 1 cent per word on publication

You must be joking, son; pulp writers were getting better rates than that in the 1930s.

>> No.3829611

>>3829461
pulpwriters used to sell in the 1930s

>> No.3830542

>>3829461
to bump this thread out of nowhere

They were also better-known than some anonymous bloke on the internet, and were selling to established companies. Getting a minimum of $20 (and a maximum of $90) for some shitty story you write is completely acceptable if you're a complete nobody.