Commercial markets for fiction and non-fiction

Canada and the United States

 

 

Canada

 

Maisonneuve

General-interest magazine, publishes bimonthly

Non-fiction, fiction, poetry humour

Publisher and editor-in-chief – Derek Webster

 

Maisonneuve – Canada

400 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West

Suite 655

Montreal, QC H3A 1L4

Canada

 

Web site – http://maisonneuve.org/index.php

Guidelines – http://maisonneuve.org/page.php?pagename=submission

 

 

Saturday Night

Non-fiction only

 

Send article queries to editor@saturdaynight.ca

 

Or by mail to:

The Editor

Saturday Night

St. Joseph Media

111 Queen Street East, Suite 320

Toronto, ON, Canada

M5C 1S2

 

Web site – http://www.saturdaynight.ca/

Guidelines – http://www.saturdaynight.ca/magazine/contactus.cfm

 

 

This Magazine

Publishes non-fiction

No unsolicited fiction or poetry

Runs annual contest, The Great Canadian Literary Hunt.

 

Send article queries to queries@thismagazine.ca

 

Web site – http://www.thismagazine.ca/

Guidelines – http://www.thismagazine.ca/contact/writersguide.php

 

 

Toro

Publishes non-fiction and fiction

 

Send article queries to submissions@toromagazine.ca

 

Fiction submissions by mail only to:

Toro

119 Spadina Avenue, Suite 502

Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2L1

 

 

Walrus

Ten issues a year, founded 2003

Non fiction only

Publisher/Editorial director – Ken Alexander

Deputy editors – Tom Fennell, Sarmishta Subramanian

 

Send article queries to editorial@walrusmagazine.com

 

Or by mail to:

Editorial

The Walrus

19 Duncan St., Suite 101

Toronto, Ont. M5H 3H2.

 

 

 

United States

 

The New Yorker

Weekly, circulation 1,010,000

Publishes fiction and poetry

Maximum two story submission a year

Responds by email within two months

Submit by email (with story pasted into body)

 

Fiction – fiction@newyorker.com

Humour – shouts@newyorker.com

Poetry – poetry@newyorker.com

 

Web site – http://www.newyorker.com/

Guidelines – http://www.newyorker.com/site/contact/

 

 

Harper’s

Monthly, circulation 230,000

Publishes one short story per issue

Pays 50 cents to a dollar/word

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Harper’s Magazine

666 Broadway, 11th Floor

New York, NY 10012

 

Web site – http://www.harpers.org/

Guidelines – http://www.harpers.org/SubmissionGuidelines.html

 

 

Atlantic Monthly

No longer publishes fiction in each issue

 

 

Playboy

Monthly, circ 3,200,000

Publishes one short story per issue

Pays $2000 to $5000

 

Submissions by mail only to:

Playboy Magazine

Attention: Fiction Department

680 N. Lake Shore Drive

Chicago, IL 60611

USA

 

Web site – http://www.playboy.com/

Guidelines – http://www.playboy.com/help/fiction-guidelines.html