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Where to submit your work? A short list of websites, blogs, and newsletters I’ve found to be very useful.
I started submitting my work around 1998. This was a few years before literary journals started accepting e-mail submissions. Back then I would shell out around $40 annually for the massive Writer’s Market Guide at my local Barnes and Noble and then spend days combing through the entries hoping to find a nice fit for my short stories and essays.
Since then things have become incredibly easy compared to the old stamp and envelope dark ages (waiting for a Brontosaurus riding mail delivery person to bring you a rejection letter was so nerve-racking back then).
That said, submitting your work isn’t without its challenges. I’ve noticed on a lot of social media sites new writers will ask where and how to submit their work. Usually this results in a chorus of “Google it!” type posts that do nothing but frighten less experienced writers away. I don’t think any of these blogs, tools, or e-mail newsletters will necessarily be ground breaking suggestions to experienced writers, but for new writers they could prove to be invaluable. These are a few of the websites I have found to be extremely useful over the years when I’m in the process of submitting work to literary journals, literary agents, or publishing houses.
