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Apex Magazine partners with The Mary Sue!
For those of you who missed the announcement on Twitter yesterday, we have some very exciting news here at Apex Magazine. We’re partnering with The Mary Sue! Each month, The Mary Sue will be running one of our new stories on their site, getting the work of our fantastic authors out there even further into the wilds of the internet. This month’s featured selection is “Ilse, Who Saw Clearly” by E. Lily Yu. We are absolutely thrilled to work with The Mary Sue to share the awesome that is the work of Apex Magazine contributors. Lynne M. Thomas Editor-in-Chief, Apex...
Read MoreGlitter & Mayhem Table of Contents & Cover Revealed!
Cover by Galen Dara Editors John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas, and Michael Damian Thomas, in partnership with Apex Publications are proud to present the finalized cover art and full table of contents for Glitter & Mayhem! Table of Contents Introduction by Amber Benson Sister Twelve: Confessions of a Party Monster by Christopher Barzak Apex Jump by David J. Schwartz With Her Hundred Miles to Hell by Kat Howard Star Dancer by Jennifer Pelland Of Selkies, Disco Balls, and Anna Plane by Cat Rambo Sooner Than Gold by Cory Skerry Subterraneans by William Shunn & Laura Chavoen The Minotaur Girls by Tansy Rayner Roberts Unable to Reach You by Alan DeNiro Such &...
Read MoreApex Magazine News: Increased pay for nonfiction, reprints, and artwork
Apex Publications is pleased to announce an increase in what we pay our Apex Magazine contributors for their nonfiction, reprints, and artwork. Thanks to the increase in the number of subscribers and single issue copies sold, we’re able to do this for our writers and artists. So, thank you readers! Payment for nonfiction will double, going from $25 to $50. Payment for artwork will increase 20%, going from $50 to $60. Finally, we are going to pay $.01 per word for reprints, up to 5,000 words (previously, it was a flat $25). These increases in pay rates will become effective starting with issue 50. Apex Magazine publisher Jason Sizemore and I have goals of...
Read MoreApex Magazine Closing to Submissions April 1
As we’ve acquired a ton of great stories already in 2013, Apex Magazine will once more be closing briefly to submissions at 11:59 pm on March 31, 2013. We plan to reopen at midnight on June 1, 2013. Unsolicited submissions will be automatically rejected during this period. Thanks for your understanding, and thank you for your continuing support of Apex Magazine! Lynne M. Thomas Editor-in-Chief
Read MoreWinner! 2012 Apex Magazine Best Artwork Readers’ Poll
Our Readers Have Spoken! Apex Publications publisher Jason Sizemore and Apex Magazine editor-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas are pleased to announce that the voting has been tallied and reviewed. After having done so, we have determined a winner! Congratulations to Aunia Kahn! Her artwork for issue 43 of Apex Magazine titled “Viral Tropism” has been selected by our readers as the best Apex Magazine artwork of 2012! She is our inaugural winner of our artist’s poll! The 2012 poll had a total of 534 (!) different voters (compared to 520 for the writer’s poll). Aunia’s tallied over half the total votes with 286. Coming in second was Carrie Ann Baade with 177 votes for...
Read More2012 Apex Magazine Cover Art of the Year Readers’ Poll
In 2012, Apex Magazine produced 12 fantastic issue covers. We would like you, our readers, to choose your favorite. Last Friday we ended our story of the year readers’s poll. Now it is time we give the talented artists we employ some deserved attention. The artist with the most votes will receive a nice frame certificate signed by a grateful editor (Lynne M. Thomas) and grateful publisher (Jason Sizemore) and a free Apex T-shirt. Naturally, the accompanying fame and glory will be something to behold. Please vote for your one favorite work from 2012. For quick reference, we’ve included links to each piece of art along with artist name. The poll runs from February...
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