May be of interest?

[ravells]

The Intergalactic Medicine Show pay for illustrations:

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Submissions - Intergalactic Medicine Show

Ravs

[al3d]

hehe....their rates are a total joke

[Berticus]

Then what is considered reasonable? It would be something I would consider (as I enjoy writing short stories!!) as a supplementary form of income.

This is of definite interest to me. Not only am I interested in standard rates, but also the people who offer them.

Gracias, senior, for making this post. And muchas gracias to al for responding!

-albert

[Berticus]

[edit]Sorry for the spamming of this thread... :P[/edit]

Doing some research here.

Analog SF Has a rate of 5-10 cents per word; though it depends on the length and format.

Andromeda Spaceways out of Australia has a 1.25c (AUS) per word with a 20$ (AUS) minimum for short works of up to 20,000 words.

DNA Publications has "Absolute Magnitude" which is SciFi: 2-6c a word for 1000 to 25,000 words with the optimal length of 3,000 to 8,000 words.

Also included, "Dreams of Decadence," (vampire poetry and fiction) at 1,000 to 5,000 words max for 1-5c a word.

"Fantastic Stories of the Imagination" (Fantasy and SciFi) at 2,000 to 15,000 words at 1-5c a word.

Leading Edge has submissions set at "stories under 12,000 words, though up to 17,000 are accepted" at 1c a word with a 10$ minimum.

I am assuming that these are somewhat standard rates as each magazine, based on its profile, offers either a minimum price (the low end being 10 dollars and the high 20) or a rate per word that averages around 2-7c for manuscripts up to (no larger unless it is serialized and only one magazine offers that) 25,000 words. The most a person could make on that deal for the least amout of money (from that magazine) is 1500 dollars (5c a word minimum).

That amounts to ten dollars an hour for 150 hours of labor. Which ain't too bad from my end.

This report is provided free of charge by Albert Latham and associates (who are all in his head).

-albert

[Andrew March]

"ten dollars an hour for 150 hours of labor."

I wouldn't get out of bed for less than double that!

[Berticus]

But you, Sir March, are a professional. I am not. Any starting point is a good place to start.

If you could point me to a magazine publisher that offers professional rates I would definitely appreciate it.

[RedEye]

I doubt anyone in history has made a living off short stories published in magazines. Possibly Harlan Ellison. The money for getting plublished someplace like Analog is irrelevant; it's the exposure that counts. Send a novel to a major publisher with Analog on your resume and you've got about a billion times better chance.

[Berticus]

I wasn't hoping to make a living off the publication of said short stories, only add some supplementary income to my dwindling pile of cash...

Though... You hold an extremely valid point about exposure; though I do remember reading somewhere that the agent you publish through is not interested in your credits (they count towards a very small likely-hood that your manuscript will get read before another) but only in the quality of the story told.

[mattc]

Originally Posted by Andrew March

"ten dollars an hour for 150 hours of labor."

I wouldn't get out of bed for less than double that!

Try about 10 times that before I'd consider even waking up.

M

[Andrew March]

Originally Posted by Berticus

But you, Sir March, are a professional. I am not. Any starting point is a good place to start.

If you could point me to a magazine publisher that offers professional rates I would definitely appreciate it.

No, I'm not actually. At least not in the 3D sense.