Weird Tales
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Weird Tales is a market for fantasy, market for poetry, and a market for horror. Other "fantastic" fiction appears there, but WT is not a market for sf.
From their online guidelines:
"Founded in 1923, WEIRD TALES was the chief source for many types of fantastic fiction for a substantial portion of the 20th century; it helped launch the careers of imaginative authors as wildly diverse as H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury and Tennesee Williams. The present incarnation has been published continuously since 1988 -- and today, we are trying to be what WEIRD TALES might have become if it had continued from 1923 to the present uninterrupted. Where other current-day magazines of the fantastic often focus on a certain "flavor" (e.g., fantasy, horror, science fiction), WEIRD TALES' aesthetic is harder to pin down -- except that, quite simply, we are all about stuff that is weird. Truly extraordinary fiction you cannot find anywhere else."
Pays 3-4 cents per word. For a long time, WT was known as a reliable source of editorial comment on rejected stories. At a minimum, rejections often came in the form of a checklist, with relevant items marked. A review of the unchecked items was also a good guideline for new writers. Reports as of 2007 were that WT does not send the checklist any more. Response times have varied, from as little as a month, to as long as 7-8 months. This is a very competitive market, with many submissions.
Editor: Ann VanderMeer
Poetry Editor: Stephen Segal
