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So...to anyone who knows or cares, what exactly fits the criteria for length as far as a short story is concerned? One book I've got puts a maximum wordage on a short story at about 6,000 words, which is backed up by some magazines I've seen asking for short stories of between 1,000 and 6,000 words. Is 6,000 the proverbial ceiling before it
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That's an official perspective.
My view is that - should you check out the professional Zines in my handily provided submission file - they tend to be happy up to around 15,000 words, or that begins a Different Category.
I tend to think of 15,000 and under as short fiction, with more than that being Novella as specified.
No one's going to complain. Heh.
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Analog:
Analog pays 6-8 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words, $450-600 for stories between 7,500 and 10,000 words, and 5-6 cents per word for longer material. We prefer lengths between 2,000 and 7,000 words for shorts, 10,000-20,000 words for novelettes, and 40,000-80,000 for serials. Fact articles are paid for at the rate of 6 cents per word.
Asimov's:
Asimov's Science Fiction magazine is an established market for science fiction stories. We pay on acceptance, and beginners get 6.0 cents a word to 7,500 words, 5.0 cents a word for stories longer than 12,500 words, and $450 for stories between those lengths. We seldom buy stories longer than 15,000 words, and we don't serialize novels. We pay $1 a line for poetry, which should not exceed 40 lines. We buy First English Language serial rights plus certain non-exclusive rights explained in our contract. We do not publish reprints, and we do not accept "simultaneous submissions," (stories sent at the same time to a publication other than Asimov's). Asimov's ( ... )
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