Thankfully for those who do love writing there are lists of magazines which accept subscriptions and which run competitions.
Check out the Booktrust’s breakdown of magazines that accept submissions and this site for regular short story competitions.
Women’s magazines have a lot of short story opportunities. Magazines like:
- My Weekly, The People’s Friend and Woman’s Weekly
all accept submissions. If you’re a regular reader then you’ll probably have a good idea of what they expect.
Don’t worry if you don’t think the audience of women’s magazines will appreciate your fiction however, as there are magazines catering for all kinds of genres.
Many on the list cater for a range of stories and others specialise,
- for example Crimewave focuses on crime (you might have guessed that) and Albedo One focuses on sci-fi and horror.
