Since you most likely don’t know me, I may not be the best person to give publishing advice. I hope this helps some people though to get published. I have close to sixty pieces published in various places. Poems, Short Stories, and a few essays. I have some books. One published by DA Owens in Canada and the others published by myself.

The first place I would suggest people find places to submit their work is

Submission Grinder https://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/

Here you can find many, many places to submit. And it’s free. With an account you can save searches and keep track of your submissions. You can set your search to show paid or unpaid places. You can filter the results of your search to be quickest response first or to show the places that accept the most pieces for publication.

I set my search to show only places that accept electronic submissions. That is most places in today’s market and it’s easy. Sometimes, they ask for a few bucks to accept your submission, but that is reasonable.

Submission Grinder is similar to Duotrope. I used to use this service. It’s a good one, but it has a fee attached to it. According to the Internet: After a one-time, 10-day free trial, subscriptions cost just USD $5.00 a month. Reasonable and I assume with more features than submission Grinder, but I find places for free, so I stick with Submission Grinder.

The Writers Market no longer has an online subscription catalog. But you can buy the book for around 40 bucks.

To submit your work to various publications, it is highly recommended to create a Submittable account. Submittable is a widely-used platform that many journals and magazines utilize to accept submissions. The process of creating an account is free, and it offers a convenient and straightforward way to submit your work to multiple places.

One of the key advantages of using Submittable is its built-in submission tracking feature. It allows you to keep tabs on the status of your submissions. You can easily monitor whether your submission is still in progress or if it has been declined. This feature proves to be quite useful, especially since some places may not send rejection notices or may unexpectedly close down.

By utilizing Submittable, you can streamline the submission process and have greater visibility into the progress of your submissions. Give it a try and make the most out of your writing journey! ( I tried AI to rewrite this paragraph and this is how it did it. So it sounds pretentious)

AND IT ALSO provides a way to search and find places looking for submissions.

I also subscribe to Authors Publish.

This website has free resources. The first thing you need to do to access the website is to give them your email address. They will then send you emails with places looking for submissions. I find these emails to not be annoying or intrusive and They provide good information. The email has a link to the places and will give some additional information on who is the publisher and what they are looking for. This is valuable for places looking for timely themes.

Honestly, the places they announce are often fantasy or horror. That is not for me, but I do also often submit to the other places they announce.

Trish Hopkinson has a website that has been a great resource for poets and for finding places to submit. I highly recommend it!

Finally, you can find places to submit via Facebook groups. Here are a few I am a part of:

I will update this if I think of more resources. Does anyone have anything to add?