Amateur Publishing Associations

and Small Presses

Amateur Publishing Associations have been around a long time. Essentially, they are groups of like-minded people who publish small magazines and have a group "editor" or "administrator" to whom they send sufficient copies of each issue of their magazine. The editor collates the copies into monthly or quarterly distributions so that all members get copies of the others' magazines. For more details and some addresses, visit   The Organisation's Web Site

Small Presses, of course, exist in vast numbers. Increasingly, they are beginning to have a web presence - in fact some exist only on the web, but that's another, long, story. I've culled a few urls from last year's Small Press Handbook. These haven't been checked yet, so some links may be broken. If you have or know about a Small Press with a web site, please let me have up-to-date details for inclusion here.

NB: this list is out of date and being checked for dead links - and will be weeded soon!

 Ace of Rods - paganism/wicca [dead link]
 Albedo One - Ireland: sf, horror, fantasy [dead link]
Anchors Aweigh - poetry newsletter
 Ansible - sf newsletter [needs correcting]
 The Argotist - dilettante review [dead link]
 Avon Literary Intelligencer [dead  link]
 Back Brain Recluse - experimental sf  - alive!
 A Change of Zinery - Peterborough sf club [dead link]

below here still to be checked :-(

 Crimewave  [dead]
 The Dragon Chronicle  [dead]
 Dragon Wynd  [dead]
 Dragonsphere - magic press review  [dead]
 The Edge  ALIVE!
 Edible Society - web-based magazine  [dead]
 Enigmatic Tales - ghost & horror stories  ALIVE!
 Feline Fables - anthropomorphic fiction  [dead]
 Ha! - net-based humourous mag.  ALIVE!
 Hjokfinnies Sanglines - poetry e-zine  ALIVE!
 Hologram Tales - online sf & fantasy zine  ALIVE!
 The Journal of Silly - single-panel cartooning  ALIVE!
 The Long Poem Group Newsletter  ALIVE!
 Modern Poetry in Translation  ALIVE!
 Pendragon - Arthurian Interest  ALIVE!
 Perspective - short fiction by new writers  [dead]
 Poetry Now Magazine  ALIVE!
 Raw Nerve - horror, dark fantasy  [dead]
 Snapshots Haiku Magazine  ALIVE!
 The Third Alternative - modern, sf, fantasy, horror  ALIVE!
 Visions - sf/fantasy/horror  ALIVE!
 Writers' Cauldron  [dead]
 Zene - dedicated to small & independent press  [dead]

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