Short Story

United States
May 29, 2008 1:20pm CST
Has anyone here ever submitted anything for a short story magazine? i did earlier today and im sure it will be turned down, but I think the learning experiance has been good. There used to be good money in that market but recently I guess readership is down. Has anyone tried this before?
3 responses
@naseeha (1382)
• India
29 May 08
Yes i have tried writing when i was small and it got published in our school magazine. After that i tried sending to magazines not short stories but anectodes. But nothing got published ... SO i have left it as it is a futile attempt
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
29 May 08
My husband did once. He is really gifted, though he would say otherwise. He won an award for his story. It is in our curio cabinet. I remind him of it often.
• United States
29 May 08
No, I haven't tried it, but I've always wanted to. I think that readership is probably down because of the advent of the internet. I know that I do a great deal of reading online, but almost never pick up magazines anymore. In fact, I honestly believe that, in time, magazines printed on paper will become a thing of the past. I have published online though. Not for pay, which I would LOVE, but I am very shy and uncertain about my writing for some reason and have always been very reluctant to allow people to read what I write. Good luck with your endeavors and I hope you're successful!