Where I Send My Work

Several fellow writers have asked me how I pick the markets for my stories in the 51 Bad Short Stories challenge. I start by seeking out as many paying markets as possible that seem a decent fit for the story. Then, if there aren't 20 of those, I move to non-paying markets that don't charge a fee to submit. (More and more journals seem to be charging a fee of $3-$5 just to submit a work. That can add up. My rule is to only pay a small fee if the market is a paying market. )

Where do I find markets? Here are some sources that I regularly use. Some have overlapping information:

http://www.thereviewreview.net/publishing-tips/show-me-literary-magazines-pay

http://www.authorspublish.com/10-literary-journals-that-pay-their-writers/

http://www.everywritersresource.com/literary-magazines-the-pay/

http://www.newpages.com/magazines/literary-magazines

http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/get-published-sell-my-work/get_inside_the_top_30_short_story_markets

http://www.thereviewreview.net/reviews