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07-24-2008, 03:01 AM
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Writer
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Sci-Fi Australian Publishers
Here I am, still twiddling my thumbs waiting to find a good Australian publisher who will publish sci-fi. I'm not the best writer in the world, but I think I'm good enough to be published. But what are the best sci-fi publishers in australia for me, pref. sydney based, as its my closest capital city??
Australian members please help another Australian member.
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Lacrymosa
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07-24-2008, 03:03 AM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: May 2007
Location: On islands
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GOOGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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07-24-2008, 03:11 AM
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Writer
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Not even Google helps me a whole lot.
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07-24-2008, 03:33 AM
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Best Seller
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YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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07-24-2008, 05:20 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne Australia
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The publisher doesn't necessarily need to be based in your capital city, it doesn't really matter where they're based because you aren't really going to go to their offices in person.
For short stories, I suggest to get yourself down to a newsagent or Borders and looking through their sci-fi magazines. If you find a magazine that is suited to your themes, then ring them up or email them and ask if they're interesting in publishing short fiction.
For novels, look up agents online and find ones that are primarily interested in sci-fi.
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07-24-2008, 01:32 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: May 2007
Location: On islands
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Ok, ok.
Check duotrope.com Ralan Green Iguana data bases. Use australia as a key word
Orbit
a great Oz SF magazine is "Andromeda Airways Inflight Magazine".
Check also on sffworld.com
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07-27-2008, 08:05 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
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And search engines are hopeless when trying to find niche Australian things.
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07-27-2008, 08:47 PM
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Writing Machine
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Arbor House? wanna know where I got that? I went to my bookshelf. Not sure if that will help.
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07-27-2008, 09:49 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: May 2007
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And search engines are hopeless when trying to find niche Australian things.
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Funny you should say so because I just ran
"publishers australia science fiction" and brought up a whole page of stuff including MirrorDanse and Aphelian and this
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Australian Science Fiction Publishers
A list of SF publishers in Australia. Updates welcome. Aphelion Publications, [obsolete address - retained for ...
Australian Science Fiction Publishers - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
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07-29-2008, 01:45 AM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: South-east UK
Gender: Male
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There's loads of info all over about Australian markets and the good news is that if you're Australian, you have a good chance of being accepted; most Oz mags only accept Oz writers. Good for Aussie writers, bad for everyone else, including readers; the quality bar is quite low in most cases.
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