Publish Your Stories and Poems with The Help of Duotrope’s Digest

Duotrope’s digest (http://www.duotrope.com/) is an online directory of both online as well as print magazines dealing with poetry and/or fiction. Users have the option of viewing the entire list of magazines sorted by poetry and fiction or they can filter their search using specific criteria such as

Ø      genres,

Ø      subgenres,

Ø      style,

Ø      poetry form (applicable for poetry publications),

Ø      length,

Ø      theme,

Ø      pay scale,

Ø      royalties,

Ø      medium,

Ø      submission type

Ø      submission details

 The results can be sorted by alphabetical order of

Ø      titles,

Ø      payment,

Ø      average response time

Ø      acceptance ratio.

Duotrope’s digest lists a variety of magazines for several groups such as children, young adults, etc

After the user has been presented with a suitable list of sites of online and print magazines based upon his/her search parameters, he/she may click on the links provided to visit the Duotrope’s digest page pertaining to the site. In this page one will get to see various details of the site presented in an organized format.

A short description of the site is provided at the top followed by other details under various headings such as

Ø      Genres, Styles and Themes

Ø      Lengths

Ø      Media

Ø      Pay scale

Ø      Submission Types

Ø      Response times

A few points to be kept before submitting your work are also provided.

 However some of this information is based on feedback from registered users of Duotrope’s digest, so the accuracy of the information is largely dependent on the number of people providing the feedback.

Duotrope’s digest also offers an online submissions tracker to registered users.

A word of caution though: ‘Duotrope’s digest’ also lists a few magazines dealing with adult literature. The term ‘adult’ is printed in red beside the names of such magazines. However, they comprise an extremely small fraction of the total number of magazines and publications listed in the site. Using appropriate search filters and search parameters as discussed in the first paragraph will ensure that such sites are not included in the search results.

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