Links: Guideline Databases

Guidelines and Guideline Databases

Children's Writers Marketplace: http://write4kids.com/wmarket/index.html
Colossal Directory of Children's Publishers Online: http://www.childrens-publishers.com; Comprehensive, alphabetical listings of children's magazines and book publishers, including links to submission guidelines and web sites.
Duotrope's Digest of Fiction Fields: http://www.duotrope.com/index.aspx; An excellent, regularly updated list of fiction markets (nonpaying and paying), searchable by category, pay rate, and more. Also offers a calendar of deadlines for themed publications such as anthologies.
Erotica Readers & Writers Association: http://erotica-readers.com/ERA/G/Call_For_Submissions.htm; A frequently updated listing of markets and current calls for submissions.
Eugie Foster's Page: Children's Markets: http://www.eugiefoster.com/kidmarkets.htm
First Writer: http://www.firstwriter.com; Appears to have extensive information, but one must be a paid subscriber to access it.
FreelanceWriting.com Magazine Guidelines Database: http://www.freelancewriting.com/guidelines/pages
Funds for Writers: http://www.fundsforwriters.com
Jacqui Bennett Writers Bureau: UK Markets: http://www.jbwb.co.uk/markets.html; Selection of UK markets for fiction and nonfiction.
JustMarkets: http://www.justmarkets.com/; This site offers a paid daily e-mail market newsletter and a free biweekly newsletter. The trouble is, it's a bit hard to find out what the actual cost of the daily newsletter is -- it mentions $9.95 plus discounts for longer subscriptions, but you can't seem to find out the price unless you actually start filling out the subscription form. However, I've seen a sample and it looks good.
Market List: http://www.marketlist.com; Covers speculative fiction markets (e.g., sf, fantasy, horror).
Markets for Writers: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/WFNS/periodicals.html; Focuses primarily on Canadian markets, with some U.S. magazines as well.
Mary Soon Lee's speculative fiction market list: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/mag.html
Passionate Pen: http://www.passionatepen.com/romancepubs.htm; Romance publishers
Ralan's Webstravaganza: http://www.ralan.com; Speculative fiction anthologies, adult markets, book markets, semiprofessional and professional markets, paying and nonpaying markets and contests, plus humor markets.
TravelWriters.com: http://www.travelwriters.com
Wooden Horse Publishing: http://www.woodenhorsepub.com; Though the markets database on this site costs $149 per year, the site is also packed with loads of free stuff, including extensive coverage of magazine industry changes (new magazines, shut-downs, editorial changes, etc.)
World Wide Freelance Writer: http://www.worldwidefreelance.com
The Write Markets Report: http://www.writersweekly.com/books/677.html; Monthly electronic (PDF) guide to markets (paid subscription)
Writer's Market: http://www.writersmarket.com; Paid membership.
Writers Markets for Speculative Fiction: SF/F/H's Journal: http://community.livejournal.com/specficmarkets/; Calls for SF/H anthologies and other markets
Writing for Dollars: http://www.writingfordollars.com/Guidelines.cfm; Offers nearly 1200 listings, drawn from past issues of "Writing for Dollars." While the collection is extensive, many entries are outdated, but still worth a look.
WritersWeekly Markets & Jobs: http://www.writersweekly.com/markets_and_jobs.php
WritersWeekly.com Warnings: http://www.writersweekly.com/warnings/warnings.html; A great place to check on websites and publishers that have a reputation for slow or non-payment, or are going out of business or rumored to be having troubles.
Writers Write: http://www.writerswrite.com/guidelines; Offers an extensive list of paying markets, as well as a number of nonpaying markets. Can be searched by category, keyword, paying vs. nonpaying, and by markets that accept fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.

Guidelines and Guideline Databases

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