The End of SF Short Fiction- Part 6347
Aug. 5th, 2009 04:54 pmAs commented elsewhere, Jim Baen's Universe is closing. This is awful news for the SF professional short story market. This was a quality market that paid its contributors well.
It seems like the pro section on the Ralan website gets smaller and smaller every month. I would not be shocked if the only SFWA-eligible short fiction markets in a decade are anthologies. The print markets continue to suffer, and it seems like only a couple of webzines have figured out a way to make enough money to pay their authors at the professional rate.
Speaking of such pro webzines, Strange Horizons has started their 2009 Fund Drive.
It seems like the pro section on the Ralan website gets smaller and smaller every month. I would not be shocked if the only SFWA-eligible short fiction markets in a decade are anthologies. The print markets continue to suffer, and it seems like only a couple of webzines have figured out a way to make enough money to pay their authors at the professional rate.
Speaking of such pro webzines, Strange Horizons has started their 2009 Fund Drive.