Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine - Description: A wonderful mystery magazine that accepts nearly every kind of mystery.
Guidelines: Not previously published. Must be fiction. Manuscripts typed on plain white paper, double-spaced, name & address at top of first page. Title of story and byline on first page also. Don't justify the right margin. Number every page in upper right-hand corner. No italic, large-size, or bold characters. Underline to indicate italics. Indent each paragraph instead of leaving 1-line space. Stories mailed flat, pages bound with paper clip. No cover letter. SASE. Revised versions of a story submitted only on request. No simultaneous submissions.
Submission Needs: Any kind of mystery almost: detection, police procedurals, private eye, suspense, courtroom dramas, espionage. Must be about crime, threat or fear of one.
Word Length: 14,000 words max.
Address: Dell Magazines, Themysteryplace.com, 475 Park Ave. South, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10016.

Crime Scene, The - Description: The best kind of evidence - only at the Crime Scene.
Guidelines: A cover letter before main text. Name, title, word count, previous sales, if you're an expert on subject matter you're writing about. Submit in plain text in body of e-mail, put Crime Scene Submission in header. Formatting: don't paste bolds and italics. Surround with double brackets ((in italics)), if you want bold: <>. E-mail us if your story was or is accepted elsewhere. If doing a multiple submission, tell us.
Submission Needs: short stories, articles, essays, opinions on all aspects of crime. Cross genre OK: crime, sci-fi or crime/horror.
Word Length: Articles: 3,000 words. Short stories: 4,500 words max. If longer, query it.
Payment: None.
Rights: If we accept, we want exclusivity for one month. After that, you can submit your story/article anywhere. All old stories go in our files, but we can replace this with links to the site it is published on next.

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - Description: EQMM publishes an extensive range of stories in the mystery genre. Almost any story that involves crime or the threat of crime comes within our purview.
Guidelines: Not necessary to query regarding subject matter or for permission to submit a story. Type manuscripts on one side of paper and double-space. SASE for return of manuscript. No stories previously published in US.
Submission Needs: We need hard-boiled stories as well as "cozies" but no explicit sex, violence, true detective or crime stories. We only publish fiction except a book review and a crossword.
Word Length: 2,500-8,000 is the preferred range. We sometimes use stories of up to 12,000 words. We feature one or two short novels (up to 20,000 words) each year. We also accept minute mysteries of 250 words.
Payment: Our rates for original stories are from 5 to 8 ¢ a word, occasionally higher for established authors.
Rights: FNSAR.
Postal Address: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 475 Park Avenue South, 11th Floor, New York NY 10016.

Malone's White Fedora - Description: Malone's White Fedora is an e-zine that showcases the talents of the short story mystery writer.
Guidelines: Stories may be sent by post or e-mail. Stories may be included in body of e-mail or sent as an attachment in any format.
Submission Needs: Hard-Boiled genre, all crime, murder, mayhem, political corruption.
Word Length: 5,000 words max. Stories of greater length will be considered for serialization. Flash mysteries to novels welcome.
Payment: Until advertising or sponsorship can be obtained, we can't provide remuneration for published works.
Rights: All original copyrights remain with the author with the exception of one time only web publishing rights granted to us.
Address: John Hathaway,409 East 34th, #C, Tacoma, WA. 98404.

Mystery Readers Journal - Description: A quarterly thematic mystery journal. Each issue contains articles, reviews, author essays on a specific theme, special columns, and a calendar of events.
Guidelines: No footnotes, book citations including publisher and year of publication, ISBNs. Typed, double-spaced on 3.5" disk in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or ASCII text format. No caps. Use italics or asterisks for emphasis. Don't format for book titles.
Submission Needs: No fiction. We want short reviews and articles focusing on a theme. Reviews of a single book.
Word Length: Book Reviews: 200 words max. Articles: 1,000 words.
Payment: None but a complimentary copy of issue in which your essay appears.
Address: The Mystery Readers Journal, PO Box 8116, Berkeley, CA 94707.

Mystery Scene - Description: Mystery Scene, published five times yearly, takes an inside look at the world of crime fiction by offering writers information, encouragement, entertainment, a place to blow off steam.
Guidelines: E-mail submissions preferred. Put text in e-mail. No attachments. A one sentence bio with mailing address, contact details. Send art/photos by regular mail.
Submission Needs: Articles: within crime/mystery genre, essays on writing, appreciations of books or subgenres, bios of people in mystery, opinion pieces, career overviews, occasional rant.
Interviews: May be in "Q&A" style or article style with quotes. film/TV writers, short story writers, directors/ producers, book/magazine editors, marketing professionals, literary agents, collectors of rare books, biographers, playwrights, librarians of special mystery collections.
Book Reviews: No entirely negative reviews but criticism of critical elements in a book is OK. Authors of upcoming books may send in short essays about their new title.
Letters: miscellaneous trivia, jokes, quotes, anecdotes, news, press releases.
Word Length: Articles: 800-2,000 words. Interviews: 800-1,000 words max. Reviews: 100-300 words max. Reviews of authors' upcoming book: 400-1,000 words.
Payment: Articles: negotiated with editor. No pay for authors' reviews of their upcoming book.
Address: Mystery Scene, 331 W. 57th Street, Suite 148, New York, NY 10019-3101.

Over My Dead Body - Description: We are a mystery magazine that publishes a wide variety of mystery related manuscripts.
Guidelines: Query first and include title, word count, type of story, SASE or e-mail address. Simultaneous submissions must be clearly labeled.
Submission Needs: Nonfiction: mystery related author interview/profiles, articles, and travel pieces. Fiction: taut, absorbing, original without ignoring facts to facilitate the plot. We seldom buy photos without accompanying manuscript. SASE.
Word Length: Nonfiction: 500+ words, Fiction: 750-4,000 words.
Payment:$.01/word for fiction; $10-$25 total for unsolicited nonfiction, within 30 days of acceptance, and two contributor copies.
Rights: FNSAR, all rights revert to author upon publication.
Postal Address: P.O. Box 1778, Auburn, Washington 98071-1778.

Shotsmag - Description: Shots is a British produced crime fiction magazine.
Guidelines: E-mail short stories to Shots Fiction Dep't at: f.shoop@virgin.net using Word or a rich text document. No photos. E-mail must have a subject line. Don't give away ending in cover letter. Include date, phone, e-mail, published before or awards. Number pages. No simultaneous submissions. Accepts submissions on spec.
Submission Needs: Interviews, articles, commentaries, book reviews, author profiles, contemporary short stories with crime/mysteries as the focus.
Word Length: Interviews, articles, commentary: 2,000-10,000 words. Book Reviews: up to 300 words. Stories: 1,500-3,500 words.
Payment: Book reviewers are not paid but receive free books.
Address: Shots, Editorial Dep't, 189 Snakes Lane East, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 7JH England.

The Baker Street Journal - Description: A quarterly publication of the 'Baker Street Irregulars' for those who follow Sherlock Holmes.
Guidelines: typed, double-spaced, no electronic submissions.
Address: The Baker Street Journal, 220 W. Rittenhouse Square, #15-D, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA.

The Edge - Description: A leading British mystery magazine.
Guidelines: Typed, double-spaced. Number of pages, name, address, number of words, paper clip or staple on work. No poetry, simultaneous submissions, submissions by e-mail or disc, previously published, complete novels, sequels to work published elsewhere, clichéd stories, book or film reviews. Send disposable work with clips and SASE.
Submission Needs: Interested in fiction, features, interviews, book, film, video, soundtrack and graphic novel reviews, comment columns. Urban themes, modern and borderline gothic, horror, fantasy, sci-fi, slipstream, crime fiction. No illustrations, cover art or cartoons. Comic strip submissions maybe.
Word Length: Short stories: 2,000 words max. Features and interviews: 2-20,000 words.
Payment: up to L50 per 1,000 words.
Rights: First Publication Rights in any media, anywhere in world. Six months after we publish it, it's yours.
Address: The Edge, 65 Guinness Buildings, Hammersmith, London W6 8BD UK.