Question QUESTION: Hi:
I was wondering: would online magazines be looked upon as greater or lesser than print publications by editors (If you were listing credits)?
Thanks
ANSWER: Demetrius,
First, editors rarely care where else you've been published. It's just something for your bio. Their concern is with the piece at hand. Is it good.
As far as online being better or worse than print, it all depends. There are some online magazines that are huge. Salon was one. Not sure if it's still around. And there are print magazines with circulations of 10. It's more in the readership than anything.
Fiction is becoming more and more online. There just aren't that many print magazines left. And there are few that pay anything, while there are online magazines that pay decently.
My advice, rank the magazines in your market, online or print, then start at the top and work through them. Rank them by size and pay.
QUESTION: At the moment, a literary online magazine with contributors who have won awards and are published ect, and a college literary magazine just may accept my work. If so, how would I best put them in a query or resume?
Answer Demetrius,
Create a section on your resume called "Publications" and list the published story using MLA format or some other standard format. Wait until published, though.
When you write to editors, you can list the magazine you were published in as well. Just don't get too high on yourself and previous publications. Like I said, editors are more concerned with the piece you're submitting rather than what you did before.
