While ‘behaving like an author’ and researching markets, I find myself amused that some of the least generous websites have binding copyright restrictions.
We are not a paying market, but if we deign to accept your story and expend server space on it, we own First North American rights, anthology rights, and if you ever republish this story anywhere, you have to say it was published here first.
Riiiiight. No pay and limited author copyright is such an attractive deal. Let me get back to you …
Valerie Bonham 
April 28, 2011 at 4:01 pm
You might want to copyright this: *Riiiiight*! Makes me want to puke slimy green words into their greedy laps!
April 28, 2011 at 7:27 pm
It’s one thing for a publication to ask for extended use of a piece if you’ve been well-compensated for your work, but to state that once the e-zine (not even hard copy) publishes the piece, they’re tied to your work in perpetuity, leaves me gobsmacked. The nerve is astonishing — yet they have pieces published on the site.
If I want free publishing, I’ll do it here.
Or there —
http://militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com/
:::still shaking head:::