Sean Wallace has posted some interesting stats concerning new authors appearing the top genre mags. Thanks to Cat Rambo for pointing this out. As Sean notes in his entry, different magazines have different models. So without judging the results for these other magazines, I'd like to say that I'm happy that RoF is right around 50%. I really like the balance of old and new.
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Bah.
Mind you, I do think Fantasy and Science Fiction might want to open up a bit more, not just to 'new' writers (1), but to a more diverse range of contributors. I love Cowdrey's work, but some of the other regular (like *every fricken' issue*) leave me a bit cold.
And I also think it's pretty cool that RoF publishes new people (for *obvious* reasons ;-)
1: Whatever 'new' actually means--do people only count as 'writers' once they've sold a story to the OFFICIALLY APPROVED LIST? So someone who's been writing for years and gets their first pro sale is a 'new' writer? Kind of offensive in a way, as is the SFF field's obsession with the latest hot new thing. But that's a different hobby horse, so I'll get off now.