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 Full details  equency: 8 issues/year Payment: For print, on completion of editing on a story draft. For web, on publication. (No need to submit an invoice for either print or web.) Pay Rate: For print, starting at $1/word. For web, typically $300/story. Rights Purchased: For print, 90-day exclusivity and non-exclusive perpetual rights. For web, 365-day exclusivity and non-exclusive perpetual rights. What Makes a Story a Good Fit for Discover We want stories that enlighten, inform and get readers excited about science; we capture science that’s relevant to them. Our stories are grounded in research, but are driven by strong narratives, high reader interest and a conversational tone. Our audience is broad: Science should be for everyone.   Pitching Dos and Don’ts Keep it short, and one idea per email. What’s the science , how is it new (and hasn’t been covered before), and what’s the story that will interest readers? Mention specifics about studies you’d cite and ...

  Full details Please see our About page so you can send your material to the most appropriate agent. If you’re unsure who to submit to, please email submissions@theampersandagency.co.uk . We would like to see your first three chapters, together with a brief outline and some biographical details. We welcome contemporary and historical novels, literary, crime, thrillers, fantasy, science fiction; non-fiction: current affairs, history, biography, popular science. We don’t handle poetry, self-help books, or stories for young children. We only handle scripts for TV and film projects by our established clients, and we don’t consider material by unpublished authors based in the USA. We prefer submissions in digital form. If emailing your submission to us you should attach your chapters and outline as Word documents as opposed to copying and pasting text into an email. If you copy and paste, our server is likely to reject your submission because of length, and we will not rec...

Full details Payment & Rights Analog’s Science Fiction and Fact  magazine is an established market for science fiction stories.  Analog  pays 8-10 cents per word for short fiction (up to approximately 20,000 words), 6 cents per word for serials (40,000-80,000 words), 9 cents per word for fact articles, and $1 per line for poetry.  We buy First English Language serial rights plus certain non-exclusive rights explained in our contract.  Story Content Analog will consider material submitted by any writer solely on the basis of merit. We are eager to find and develop new, capable writers. We have no hard-and-fast editorial guidelines, because science fiction is such a broad field that I don't want to inhibit a new writer's thinking by imposing Thou Shalt Nots. Besides, a great story can make an editor swallow his preconceived taboos. We publish science fiction stories in which some aspect of future science or technology is so integral to t...

Full details Thank you for your interest in Skyhorse Publishing. We are open to receiving submissions for proposed books in the following categories: Sports (Team and Individual) Outdoor Sport (Hunting, Fishing, and Camping) Adventure and Travel Health and Fitness House and Home History Humor Military History Business Games and Gambling Horses Pets and Animals Nature and Science Food and Wine Aviation True Crime Current Events Before submitting a proposal, we suggest you click around our site and take a look at the kinds of books we've published. This will help you gain an idea of what we're looking for. Your Proposal A nonfiction book proposal consists of: A brief query (cover) letter A one-to-two page synopsis An annotated chapter outline Market analysis, including competitive research A sample chapter or two Your curriculum vitae (bio) including a list of all previous publishing credits If we are interested in seeing more than the fir...