Concept Sci-fi

Looking for a market for your fiction, or want to further your writing skills? Then check out this section.

• Duotrope www.duotrope.com A comprehensive database of fiction publishers from non-paying all the way up to the professional market. If you need to find a market for your fiction, this site is well-worth checking out. Posted at 4:43am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Ralan www.ralan.com A website that lists paying and non-paying markets, e.g. E-zines, that authors can submit to for publication Posted at 4:38am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• StoryPilot storypilot.com/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Market Engine Posted at 5:55am on Sun, Nov 09 2008

• Advanced Fiction Writing www.advancedfictionwriting.com/ Created by author Randy Ingermanson, there are some very good writing resources on this site. I would particularly recommend his SnowFlake method for novel writers and his Fiction 101 and Fiction 201 courses. Posted at 4:37am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• SFF.Net's E-Stand www.sff.net/estand/ Lists E-book and E-zine publishers by category Posted at 4:38am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

Concept Sci-fi regularly features interviews from popular science fiction authors, and of course we have our own Author Profiles section. Want to learn more? Then visit the authors' own websites.

• Iain M. Banks www.iain-banks.net/ Posted at 5:50am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Michael Cobley rockitboy.wordpress.com/ Posted at 12:10pm on Sun, Feb 08 2009

• Jaine Fenn www.jainefenn.com Posted at 6:32am on Thu, Nov 13 2008

• Peter F. Hamilton www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/ Posted at 5:48am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Harry Harrison www.harryharrison.com/ Posted at 5:54am on Sun, Nov 09 2008

• Richard K. Morgan www.richardkmorgan.com Posted at 5:46am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Marianne De Pierres www.mariannedepierres.com Posted at 5:47am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Alastair Reynolds www.alastairreynolds.com Posted at 5:49am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Nick Sagan www.nicksagan.com/ Posted at 5:50am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Philip Palmer www.philippalmer.net Posted at 5:52am on Sun, Nov 09 2008

• Sean Williams www.seanwilliams.com Posted at 5:48am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Walter Jon Williams www.walterjonwilliams.net/ Posted at 5:46am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

Some general sci-fi sites that Concept Sci-fi recommends.

• British Science Fiction Association www.bsfa.co.uk The official site of the British Science Fiction Association. Some content is free, some is available to members only. Posted at 4:44am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• SFX www.sfx.co.uk An excellent sci-fi site for news, articles, reviews, TV series spoilers and much more. SFX also publish a monthly hard-copy magazine. Posted at 4:42am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

• Science Fiction Crowsnest www.sfcrowsnest.com/ SF Crowsnest contains news, reviews and articles on all-things sci-fi. A very good, all-round site. Posted at 4:35am on Thu, Aug 21 2008

Good zines on the web - of course we'd highly recommend the Concept Sci-fi ezine above all of these!

• Pantechnicon www.pantechnicon.net/ Sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine, containing regular news, reviews and podcasts. Content is published online and also regularly as a PDF download. Posted at 4:40am on Thu, Aug 21 2008