Category: Anthology

Anthology / Events / Flat Amount

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Taking Submissions: ProleSCARYet: Tales of Horror and Class Warfare (EARLY LISTING)

Deadline: November 30th, 2020
Payment: $75
Theme: The horrors of capitalism
Note: This market does not open until November 1st and will not take submissions prior to that.

ProleSCARYet: Tales of Horror and Class Warfare will be a print and e-book anthology about the horrors of capitalism. We want monstrous bosses, jobs from literal Hell, working class folks fighting back against great cosmic evils, and any other wild idea you can come up with. As long as it’s anti-capitalist and horror, it’s good. We also welcome dark weird fiction and horror-adjacent sci-fi.

The anthology is open to all writers, but we would especially like submissions from anti-capitalist writers of marginalized groups.

Stories should be between 1,000 and 4,500 words.

Multiple submissions are not allowed. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but withdraw your submission immediately if it gets accepted elsewhere. No reprints.

Open for submissions November 1st, 2020 – November 30th, 2020.

We will announce accepted submissions by January 15th, 2020.

Anthology will be published in spring 2021.

OTHER SUBMISSION CONSIDERATIONS

  • If you’re retreading old ground and well-established tropes, make it fresh.
  • We’re fine with horror that has erotic elements, but emphasis should be on the horror.
  • Yes, make it anti-capitalist, but don’t be moralizing. We want nuance.
  • Stories that deal with bigotry are fine, but bigoted stories are not.
  • Splatterpunk is fine, but gore and extreme elements should serve story, character, and theme.

FORMAT

Use standard manuscript format. Send a doc/docx attachment. Do not copy-paste your story into the body of the email or submit it in any other format — we won’t read it if you do.

Please send submission to [email protected]. Include your name, story title, and word count in the subject heading (e.g., Karl Marx — “Capitalism Bad” — 3,500 Words”).

Include an author bio of under 100 words and no more than two links to accompany your story.

PAYMENT

$75 for a short story after contract signing and final edits, and a free e-book copy of the anthology following publication.

PROCEEDS

Half the proceeds from this anthology will go to Labor Rights, an organization advocating for the rights of workers around the world. The other half of proceeds will go toward funding a future anthology project.

RIGHTS

Exclusive First Worldwide Publication and Electronic Rights for three months, and non-exclusive rights thereafter.

Via: ProleSCARYet.

Anthology / Events / Flat Amount

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Taking Submissions: Love Gone Wrong

Deadline: October 31st, 2020
Payment: $8
Theme: Love gone wrong
Note: The author submitting MUST BE FEMALE (or identify as female).

Deadline: Oct. 31, 2020

Payment: $8 flat fee per story (author must have a valid PayPal address as that will be used for payment)

Publisher: Twisted Wing Productions

Theme: Love Gone Wrong

The theme can explore ANY type of love: romantic or platonic, obsessive, mother/daughter/son relationship, father/daughter/son, bestfriends, siblings, unrequited love, loss of love, falling in love with the wrong person, addiction, love/attachment for a specific place, location or building, student/teacher relationship, etc. The genre is HORROR. Stories MUST have elements of horror in them.

The author submitting MUST BE FEMALE (or identify as female). The author must retain full rights to the work intended for our consideration and that the work itself is complete and not published anywhere else (including personal websites or social media). Having been previously published isn’t a requirement, if you have a compelling story, send it to us!

Format: Word doc, 12 font, double space Times New Roman.
Not a reprint.
We are asking for exclusive first worldwide electronic and print rights for 18 months and the right to keep the story in print, and nonexclusive right to continue to publish for the life of the anthology. We do not place any limits on what the author does with the story after the exclusivity period.
We are not looking for poetry or screenplays.

Bonus: Characters in stories are own voices, POC, or LGBTQ

Submission method: Please send story as an attachment (.doc or docx. Only) to azzurranox[at]yahoo.com
Please include the following with your submission:
Author (Legal Name)
Pen name (if applicable)
Email
Story Title
Word Count
Third person biography

The anthology will be published both in e-book and print formats with an estimated publication date of February 2021.

Via: Azurra Nox.

Anthology / Events / Flat Amount / Reprints Allowed

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Taking Submissions: Family

Deadline: January 1st, 2021
Payment: $20
Theme: Killing your… Family
Note: Reprints welcome

We want you to kill off those family members.
Grandma, brother and sisters, even the pet bird.
Make it good, make us squirm.

Length: 3-10k
Single spaced
TNR 12pt
Word or dox files
Re-prints accepted

Pay: $20/accepted story

Send subs to: [email protected]

Via: Terror Tract’s Facebook.

Anthology / Flat Amount / Ongoing Submissions

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Ongoing Submissions: Mysterium Tremendum

Payment: $50
Theme: Where religion and horror collide, do read below to see exactly what they mean!

We originally conceived of Mysterium Tremendum as an anthology scheduled for release sometime in 2021. Due to frequent interest expressed in this project by writers and readers alike, we’ve decided to try something a little different. We’re excited to present Mysterium Tremendum, a quarterly chapbook featuring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry exploring the intersection between weird fiction/horror and the holy.

The title of the series comes from Rudolf Otto’s The Idea of the Holy, in which the German Lutheran theologian describes the “numinous” at the heart of religion as an experience preceding any systematic dogma or ethical component–a “feeling,” in short, much closer to the sublimity of horror than any sensation popularly (read “dully”) conceived as “religious” (love, happiness, well-being). An astounding array of writers have since, whether consciously or not, furthered Otto’s observations. Some of them explicitly tie horror fiction to the holy. Scholarly works directly examining this connection include Victoria Nelson’s The Secret Life of Puppets, Douglas Cowan’s Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen, and Kirk J. Schneider’s Horror and the Holy. Georges Bataille is also relevant here, along with the Communion books of Whitley Streiber, and contemporary philosophers like Rene Girard, Jeffrey Kripal, and Erik Davis.
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Anthology / Events / Reprints Allowed

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Taking Submissions: Women Destroy [Retro] Science Fiction

Deadline: November 30th, 2020
Payment: Flash (700-1500 words, no more and no less*): $10 per piece Drabbles (up to 100 words for drabbles; 200 words for double drabbles*): $1-3 per piece up to triple drabbles (300 words). Poetry (up to 30 lines-no fancy formatting*): $5 per poem
Theme: Retro Science Fiction
Note: Female authors only
Note: Reprints Accepted

  • Women authors only (Transwomen authors accepted because transwomen are women).
  • Retro Science Fiction. What is retro sci fi? It’s also known as retro-futurism, and described as “the future that never was.” Something like the science fiction stories of the 40s and 50s. John DeNardo wrote a nice article about it in Kirkus Review. Link: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/why-i-love-retro-science-fiction/
  • I want you to imagine me a future of women characters that shine and live in a world (that they created or helped to create) filled with impossible wonders.
  • Flash and short stories only.
    • Flash are (750 to 1500 words)
    • Short stories are (1501 to 2500 words (no more)
  • Reprints will be accepted on this one, just let me know where it was previously published.
  • Deadline is November 30th at 11:59 pm.

Further submission guidelines can be found here.

Via: The Were Traveler.

Anthology / Events / Flat Amount

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Taking Submissions: Holiday Horror Book 5 – Halloween

Deadline: September 25th, 2020
Payment: $3
Theme: Halloween

Holiday Horror Book 5 – Halloween

Well, we’ve done Christmas, Valentines, Summer Solstice and have Celebration in progress, so it’s about time we had a Halloween to add to the awesome holiday horror collection 😉
Short submission window, so don’t miss out!

– Word count is between 100-500 words
– Submissions must be edited to the best of your ability
– Limited to five acceptances per author, seven submissions allowed.
– Google docs or Word, no weird fonts or formatting.
– Include your real name, author name, and title on your submission
– Pay is $2 per accepting story and authors may purchase paperback copies at cost
All Submissions must be sent to [email protected] to be considered. Submissions close September 25th in anticipation of a very early October release.

Cover reveal coming soon.

xx

The Macabre Ladies
Eleanor Merry and Cassandra Angler

Anthology / Events / Flat Amount / Non-fiction

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Taking Submissions: A Vindication Of Monsters

Deadline: October 1st, 2020
Payment: $50
Theme: Essays on Mary Shelley’s work

I’m inviting 9 authors to contribute 5,000 (max) word essays on Mary Shelley’s work (not limited to Frankenstein), and her life. This can also include others in her life, for example her mother Mary Wollstonecraft, or her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, and how they influenced her work. I am also looking for internal artwork related to the theme (I’m hoping for 5 pieces to accompany the chapters).
Payment will be $50 per essay and per artwork, respectively. This will be a book similar to ‘The Body Horror Book’, in that I will compile and edit each chapter.
Submissions are open, and close October 1st; the book will be published in December. Contributors will receive an ebook and paperback copy. William Shunn manuscript format preferred. Please send any inquiries and submissions to [email protected]
Good luck!

Anthology / Events / Semipro

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Taking Submissions: Blue Light Special

Deadline: September 15th, 2020
Payment: 1 cent per word
Theme: Modern folktales with a LGBTQ experience

Correct manuscript format. 12 pt Times New Roman, Calibri, or Courier New font, double-spaced, First page has name, address and email address in the upper left corner and word count in the upper right corner. Reference the Shunn format at https://www.shunn.net/format/story/. NOT USING THE CORRECT FORMAT WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE REJECTION.

1000 to 5000 words ONLY. Shorter or longer pieces will result in immediate rejection.

Document types: doc, docx, pdf, or rtf documents only.

Include an author bio in your cover letter, including any social media links.

All stories must contain some LGBTQ element. We prefer LGBTQ authors, however all stories that fit the submission criteria will be considered.

Include the title and a 100-word description of the underlying folktale you are using for your story. A link to the story in addition to the requirements is acceptable, though not necessary.

Correct grammar, syntax and punctuation.

English language stories only. Stories translated into English by a professional translator are also allowed.

Electronic submissions only, via the form on this website.

No multiple submissions and no simultaneous submissions.

WE WILL NOT ACCEPT extreme horror, fan fiction, erotica, graphic sex, manga-type stories, standard romance except in the context of the original folktale, overtly political pieces, or morals that are degrading to any person or persons of any type.

Submissions will be read within three months from the date submitted. You will receive an acceptance or rejection email within that time. QUERIES ABOUT YOUR STORY WILL NOT BE ANSWERED.

Due to volume of submissions, we won’t be able to explain to you why a story won’t work for our anthology other than basic issues such as wrong manuscript format or grammar problems.

Payment will be 1 cent/word. Payment will be rendered before publication.

Use the form on this website to submit your stories.

Submissions open on July 20, 2020 and close on September 15, 2020.

Via: Blue Light Special.