m. c. de marco

I blogged last month about Clarkesworld Magazine reopening to submissions. Sunday is my new submission day, so today I picked a story of (barely) less than 4,000 words to send to them. Their new submissions system was surprisingly high-tech. It’s not just prettier than everything else out there; it even tells you where your submission is in the queue.

SFScope reports that Clarkesworld Magazine has reopened to submissions, which are now online only. Stories should be 1000—4000 words. For an entertaining sample from the current issue, check out “Can You See Me Now?” by Eric M. Witchey.

Via del.icio.us sf: Warren Ellis reports on declining subscriptions to print science fiction and fantasy magazines.

A few weeks ago, I received the new YEAR’S BEST SF volume as edited by Gardner Dozois. As ever, its indispensable “Summation” preamble contains the best available figures for the annual sales of the major sf magazines.

Via a mailing list: MagCloud is a new print-on-demand magazine publisher. You can browse magazines during the beta or beg for a publisher account.

MagCloud enables you to publish your own magazines. All you have to do is upload a PDF and we’ll take care of the rest: printing, mailing, subscription management, and more.

Via del.icio.us sf: Futurismic will be publishing fiction again as of March. Submissions are not yet open, but keep an eye out.

Via Roy F. Moore: Time is running out to protest postal rate hikes affecting small publishers. FreePress.net has a letter-writing campaign you can join.

SciFi Wire reports that Ann VanderMeer has been named the new fiction editor at Weird Tales, which raises the eternal question, can I resubmit?