

What you're looking for is the word "exclusive." The answer is found in the contract for publication that you signed for the short story publication.

Is there a timeframe when rights revert back to me so I can publish on my website or did I sell all rights and I can never post it on my website since I no longer own the story? In this particular instance, I'm pretty sure the magazine is now defunct. I'm curious who owns the rights to a short story where I wrote it and a publication accepted it, and then paid me and published it. My question revolves around published short stories in general and one in particular.

I want to make the trip to my website worthwhile for readers, so I'm including some samples of my writing.
