Get Your Vote In Now
by Tamara McHatton

Headquartered in Petersburg, Virginia, the Preditor and Editor website is intended as a simple collection of resources for the writer, composer, game designer, or artist to consult, for information, regardless of genre. Even readers will find Preditors & Editors useful in locating reading material. It's hosted by Another Realm and P&E holds a yearly contest (Preditor & Editor Readers Poll) beginning January 1st (and ending January 14th) for the most popular books, authors, magazines, cover art, etc.

Before I go into the how-to's, let me tell you a bit about P&E. Preditors & Editors' sole purpose is to provide writers with information and contacts for the purpose of seeking publication. Because artists, composers, and game designers often face the same challenges, they have been included in the site's coverage. Preditors & Editors owes no allegiances to nor is it connected to any other commercial business or organization. It does not seek paid advertisements for itself nor offer advertising space for fees. The sole exception to this policy are the award rings to which it belongs as a member and the links attached to awards it has received. P&E does not require link-backs in return for its listings or any awards it grants. However, P&E will use traded ad space for the purpose of reaching more writers.

After considerable thought, Preditors & Editors realized that they would perform a disservice to writers, artists, and composers if it did not warn them about known scams or problems within the industry. Consequently, the policy of not criticizing any publishers, publications, writing services, or resources was changed as of 28 September 1997. A new Warnings page can now be referenced by anyone interested in protecting him/herself. However, most warnings are posted beside the appropriate entries in the listings so that those can be found easier. Additionally, P&E is very interested in learning about anyone who treats writers shabbily, even if they don't have anything to do with writing. So if you have a complaint, or just want to find out about a certain publisher and their practices, this is an excellent place to start. P&E does not judge, it merely posts the information that is passed on to them...always a good thing when getting into the field of writing.

The editor and founder of P&E, David Kuzminski is, among other things, a published writer in the fields of both non-fiction and fiction, both on and off the Internet. He believes strongly in the future of the Internet as the media of choice for future publishing. Having faced the same challenges as others in seeking publication outlets, he created this site as a way of reaching out to other writers with information and words of encouragement.

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