Tor.com announces major changes, new short fiction imprint. Today, Tor.com announced the launch of a new imprint, called, appropriately, The Imprint, dedicated to publishing “novellas, shorter novels, serializations, and any other pieces of fiction that exceed the traditional novelette length (17,499 words).”
This is in addition to their award-winning library of short stories, and aims to further identify Tor.com as one of the leading short fiction (and, now, mid-range fiction) venues in SFF publishing. This is exciting and encouraging for a lot of reasons. First and foremost, more short fiction from a pro-paying market. Second, a glimpse at what the future of “traditional” publishing might hold. Fritz Foy and Irene Gallo, will continue in their positions of Publisher and Associate Publisher of Tor.com, while Carl Engle-Laird is moving into the role of editorial assistant. The official blog post has early details about delivery of these new publications, which will be mostly digital:
Short stories. Projects Currently Hiring. Angels of Anarchy is hiring authors for the serials detailed below.
Please be familiar with Mariel Cove (Season 1 and Season 2) before submitting so you know the quality required and the format you'll be writing in. To apply for these positions, email the owner, Jennifer DiMarco, and tell her why you'd be a good fit for the project's writing team. Include a list of previously published works or a resume.
Jennifer will respond within 24 hours. Please note that Angels of Anarchy is not run by volunteers and no author is expected to write for free. Existing weekly serial projects currently hiring are: Club Rook This erotic, action-packed series is Buffy meets Lost Girl set in a lesbian exotic dance club. Mariel Cove Our flagship series going into its third season, we're looking for three new authors who will bring fresh characters and lots of unique twists and ideas for interaction to the series. Not what you're looking for? 10 Free Alternatives to Duotrope for SFF Writers - Author Alden. If you have any short fiction writers in your webosphere, chances are you've heard a lot of chatter this month about a website called Duotrope.
For the uninitiated, Duotrope is a searchable database of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry markets. They also have a detailed submissions tracker and user-provided market response statistics, which helps writers gauge how long they might be waiting for an answer when they submit work to a particular market. It's a helpful website for writers trying to sell their work, and until now its been completely free to use. But earlier this month, the Duotrope team announced that they would be moving to a paid subscription model on January 1st—to the vocal chagrin of a large number of its users. The services they've previously offered free of charge (with regular pleas for donations) will now cost fifty dollars a year, or five dollars a month. Market Listings Ralan's SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza SFWA's Pro Market List Speculative Literature Foundation List.