Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware (R)

Always read the contract before you sign it.

If you're a writer, you'll want to read this.

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At the Writer Beware (R) site Panzer found this post about the controversy surrounding the contracts for short stories being accepted for publication by the new owners of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

 

In the post Victoria Strauss explains author complaints about the owner group's new contracts and the lack of negotiation on disputed contract clauses. Professional writers groups are also involved in the negotiations to change the contracts as well. The post includes links to more information about the sale.

 

Panzer says, "To this little kitty it looks like the new owners' contracts take all rights from the writers."

 

Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what you want to bring to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Must Read Magazines

Stephen King sold the rights to one of his stories to some teenage film students for just $1 - Av News

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he heard clapping and shouting and cheering. Following all the jocularity took our kitty traveler to the AV News site. With no digging at all he discovered a post about Stephen King.

According to Sam Barsanti, Stephen King sold the rights to one of his stories for $1. Stephen King has a program called Dollar Babies which allows film school students to buy the movies rights to one of a list of  stories for $1. The "Dollar Baby" that just sold is "Stationary Bike" bought by students at the U.K. Blaenau Gwent Film Academy. The post includes links to the original post about the sale and one to the Dollar Babies site.

I could use Mom's cellphone camera.

Panzer says, "A Stephen King story's movie rights for $1? Makes this little kitty want to go to film-making school."

This is a short-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

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