Am seeing that my thoughts on markets have changed quite a bit in recent years (thread)

first, here's what hasn't changed for me--the initial split. Is story over 1000 words? If so, print markets. If not, online.

If print markets, then start with the ones that get best looks from BASS and other award anthologies (more important, I think, than $)

If online (and here's the part that's changed lately), I have a series of questions.

Will story have its own url (vs pdf or flash-animated journal)? Will it be archived clearly? (bonus)

Is the column too wide? (a surprising lot of online journals are coded/formatted such that stories run across much of a conventional laptop screen. Which is too wide for me.)

Is the print too small? (phones are an equalizer re: this factor, but I'm always looking for stories to be super-readable, including on laptop screens)

Is the journal's name good? (shallow! I know! But a name is part of what draws a readership)

With online journals, I used to be more focused on the same things I still focus on with print journals. Prestige and pay.

But, re: pay, you're usually only looking at honorarium-type money anyway. So not a huge factor.

And prestige is kind of beside the point, with online journals. For me anyway. I was talking with my dad this summer, about Wigleaf. He was asking into the possibilities of our taking a jump, as an organization....

and I made a series of points that basically added up to, Wigleaf is like punk rock. We've already got way more prestige and standing than was ever intended.

Anyway, here are some online journals that check every one of my boxes: good site, good columns, good font-size, good vibe: @okaydonkeymag @PaperDarts @MaudlinHouse @matchbooklitmag @NecessaryFic @NewWorldWriting @xraylitmag @GhostParachute

there are more! but these ones are all aces

do you all have checklists like this? am curious to hear what's on them