I just updated my list of Short Fiction Markets and Young Writers Markets, so it's only fitting to add a post on the fine print. Before you submit your work to any contest or magazine, double-check the rights you're selling or giving away. The best magazine publishers buy first world serial rights to the pieces… Continue reading Writers’ Markets: Read the Fine Print
The Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest was another great success this year, and I was thrilled to be part of it. The winners will be honoured this fall, with the publication of this year's Pot-pourri, but you can read the list of winning Awesome Author 2024 entries right now on the OPL… Continue reading Awesome Authors 2024 Winners
I'm pleased to have a couple of new stories published in print and online this year: "Welcome to the Margins" -- about an aging librarian obsessed with marginalia -- was published in The Humber Literary Review, my first time in its pages. (The full issue is available to read free online for a limited time… Continue reading New Short Stories
The Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is open for entries! Young writers of the nation's capital, we want to read your stories, poems, and comics. Send them in before midnight on February 23rd for a chance to win prizes and publication. The contest is open to Ottawa students writing in English or… Continue reading It’s on! Awesome Authors 2024
I've updated my Canadian LitMag List, which now has 55 journals listed with their submissions openings, word count limits, payment offerings, and notes on where to read sample copies. Check it out. I'm pleased to announce that my latest short story, "Welcome to the Margins," will be featured in The Humber Literary Review this fall.… Continue reading Short Story Markets
Catherine Austen 