Early in the month, Betwixt editor Joy Crelin discussed hard sells, humor, and more in an interview with writer and editor Alex Shvartsman. Here’s a snippet:
What niche/role do you hope for Betwixt to fill among the speculative fiction markets? How would you describe an ideal Betwixt submission?
I envision Betwixt as a magazine that publishes a little bit of everything, is always eclectic but never wishy-washy, and introduces readers to genres, styles, and themes they never knew they liked.
The ideal Betwixt submission is well written, thought provoking, and entertaining. Perhaps most importantly, it’s a story, not simply a showcase for a particular character, setting, piece of technology, alien species, system of magic, political ideology, or what have you. Those things are all great, but they don’t constitute a story on their own.
For those who like numbers, we’ve written up a brief overview of our submission statistics for the magazine’s first month. Read it here.
Issue 1 is coming together nicely, and we’re very excited about it. We will continue to read submissions during July and August but plan to close to submissions for the month of September as we prepare for the magazine’s launch. Various launch festivities are in development, so stay tuned!
Great first issue! My faves were “The Hind,” and “The Red Danube.”