2003 Novel and Short Story Writer's Market

If you are trying to get your fiction published, this is the book you keep on your desk. The 2003 edition packs over 1,900 markets — book publishers, literary agents, magazines, contests — into one volume, and it was ahead of its time in covering e-publishers back when most writers were still figuring out the internet. The insider interviews with editors give it texture beyond a raw list. The honest caveat is the one built into every market guide: the data starts aging the day it prints, and a year or two later some of those listings will be stale or gone. Use it as your foundation, then verify before submitting. For serious fiction writers, it earns its shelf space.