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Taking Submissions: Aphrodite

Deadline: November 24th, 2024
Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.
Theme: Aphrodite
Note: Reprints Welcome

We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions, on the theme of Aphrodite! Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories.

Flame Tree are bringing you a brand new gorgeous hardcover series brimming with myths and short stories.

Discover the mythology of humankind through its heroes, characters, gods and immortal figures. Myths, Gods & Immortals brings together the new and the ancient, familiar stories with a fresh and imaginative twist. Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales. New and emerging writers from open submissions, reveal hidden themes, casting fresh perspectives on well-known stories, alongside specially commissioned text on the origins and the cultural background of the mythology. The first six books in the series are Medusa, Odin, Circe, Anansi, Achilles and Morgana le Fay. We’re now opening up submissions for the next two books, Loki and Aphrodite.

Aphrodite

Aphrodite is a famous figure deeply connected with beauty, sexuality and love in ancient myth – but do we really know who she is and what she stands for? A captivating Greek goddess, who according to popular myth was born from sea foam, she is as fascinating now as she was then to both Gods and mortals. A powerful, multifaceted figure with a story as deep as the ocean from which she allegedly came, she is often erroneously presented as a fertility goddess, but she is certainly sensual, sexual and even maternal. Submissions can present her perspective on the classic myths, explore misrepresentations and invent new character traits or story lines, and as always can envisage the character in any setting or time.

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Taking Submissions: Spring in the City

Deadline: January 31st, 2025
Payment: 10 cents per word
Theme: Dark Speculative Fiction that takes place in a city

Spring.

Even in the shadows of skyscrappers, spring sees an awakening in the concrete jungle that we call “the city.”

Spring in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction is an anthology that takes place in different cities around the world during the changable, unpredictable return of life from its cold slumber. Your story submission must conform to the guidelines, and feature the city—in fact, the title of each story will be the City of which you write.

We are not looking for vampire/werewolf love trysts. We are looking for fantastical and horrific elements within the City itself.

Because we all know—deep in our hearts—that even nightmares and fairies, monsters and ghosts, and terrors of the real and imagined call the City their home.

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Taking Submissions: Loki

Deadline: November 24th, 2024
Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.
Theme: Loki
Note: Reprints Welcome

Flame Tree are bringing you a brand new gorgeous hardcover series brimming with myths and short stories.

Discover the mythology of humankind through its heroes, characters, gods and immortal figures. Myths, Gods & Immortals brings together the new and the ancient, familiar stories with a fresh and imaginative twist. Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales. New and emerging writers from open submissions, reveal hidden themes, casting fresh perspectives on well-known stories, alongside specially commissioned text on the origins and the cultural background of the mythology. The first six books in the series are Medusa, Odin, Circe, Anansi, Achilles and Morgana le Fay. We’re now opening up submissions for the next two books, Loki and Aphrodite.

Loki

This latest new book in the series offers an opportunity to explore the many facets of Loki – shapeshifting Norse god, at once an ally of and at odds with the other Aesir. His tempestuous relationship with the likes of Odin, his many forms and offspring, and his ambivalent character make him a classic trickster figure and inspiration beyond Norse mythology into the modern day. Submissions need to truly focus on Loki – this book will be a natural companion to our previous Odin title – and can riff on the classic opinions of his character or envisage a new angle and new paths for his journey to take.

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Taking Submissions: Muses of Mythology: Vampire Visions

Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Payment: Contributors copy
Theme: Vampire Visions

We are excited to announce the submissions period for the annual anthology from Storm Dragon Publishing! The title of the series is Muses of Mythology (MoMa for short). Each yearly anthology will have a specific theme. This year’s title is Vampire Visions. Historically, vampires have been portrayed as monsters. However, that perspective has shifted considerably and often in the last forty years or so. The opportunity of this anthology is to showcase vampires with an eye toward unique perspectives. Because interpretations of the blood drinking undead have been so diverse in recent years, this will be especially challenging but hopefully fun for writers. The collection will include both short stories and poetry. Below you will find the instructions for submission for both the short story and the poetry.

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Taking Submissions: Story Unlikely’s Annual Short Story Contest – 2024

Deadline: January 31st, 2025
Prizes: $1,500 first place, $1,000 second place, $500 third place
Theme: Speculative Fiction

Contest guidelines below. READ CAREFULLY. Failure to do so may result in disqualification!

Story Guidelines:
Attention storytellers: we just want good stories! There are no restrictions on genre: fantasy, sci-fi, memoir, fiction/nonfiction, etc – we don’t care as long as it’s written and told with quality and care. The story itself cannot exceed 4,000 words (exept for paying MEMBERS, who get a bonus 1,000 words added!). There are no restrictions on age or location of participant, and no need to ask us for permission to participate in the contest – just follow the guidelines below.

What do I win?
A $1,500 $3,000 prize package will be divvied up like so: $1,500 first place, $1,000 second place, $500 third place. The winning story will be featured on Story Unlikely’s website, will be strongly considered for our annual (print) sample magazine, and may be sent out as the bonus story for signing up, which means a lot of exposure to the winner. All three placing stories will be published in the monthly issue, and all three will be illustrated.
Don’t forget about the honorable mentions! That’s right, you honorable little losers, you. Is that harsh? It’s supposed to be a compliment. Anyway, we do NOT notify honorable mentions ahead of time, because we’re lazy busy, so very, very lazy busy. Rather, we announce them in the monthly issue along with the winning story, which you need to sign up for in order to be eligible to enter. If your name appears on this list of honorables, you’ll be prompted to contact us and we’ll send you a fancy-schmancy certificate for proof that you, indeed, almost won a writing contest. But not quite. Plus, if there is a strong showing, some of the finalists may be considered for publication in our monthly magazine.

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Taking Submissions: The Other Stories #106

Deadline: January 1st, 2025
Payment: 15GBP
Theme: Weird

(Vol 106) WEIRD, 1st January 2025
Bring us the bizarre, the unexplainable, the surreally beautiful. Old weird. New weird. Bizarro. Whatever. Bear in mind — we still want good stories with satisfying endings.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to terrify, scar and haunt our audience of 10,000 daily listeners, then we want your stories!

If accepted, we’ll get our fantastic narration team to lend their voices, our editor will sprinkle some magic pixie dust on the track, and you could have your story heard by thousands of listeners each week.
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Anthology / Events / Semipro

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Taking Submissions: Untitled Cosmic Horror Anthology

Deadline: October 31st, 2024
Payment: 2 cents per word
Theme: Cosmic Horror

Calling all cosmic horror authors!

Open for Submissions: October 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024
Expected Publication: June 2025
What is cosmic horror?

“Cosmic horror, also known as Lovecraftian horror, is a subgenre of horror that emphasizes the terror of the unknowable and incomprehensible. It favors these psychological horrors more than gore or other elements of shock and awe. … The core of all cosmic horror is the protagonist being absolutely terrified of the unknown or the future and what’s going to happen to them. … There should also be a contemplation of the human experience and the humanness of the struggle. They usually don’t have a lot of blood and gore, and instead thrive on the ideas that are scary.”

– nofilmschool.com

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Anthology / Contributor's Copy / Events / Flash / Flat Amount / Reprints Allowed

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Taking Submissions: Brave New Weird Volume Three

Deadline: November 1st, 2024
Payment: $25 and a contributors copy
Theme: Weird works published between the 31st of October 2023 and the 31st of October 2024
Note: Reprints Only

REMINDER: THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE REPRINTS ONLY

Tenebrous Press presents the Third Annual Brave New Weird Awards—to reward and promote this unique blend of genres—and its accompanying anthology, Brave New Weird: the Best New Weird Horror of the Year, Vol. 3.

We define New Weird Horror as a subgenre focused on progress, creatively capturing themes and questions that bleed into fiction straight from the modern reader’s life and future. It acts as a challenge to break new ground in terms of form and content and to engage with the unknown. Beyond that, New Weird Horror will be defined by the winning pieces themselves.

Buzzwords: speculative; eclectic; horror-centric but genre-blended; progressive and innovative in terms of content, social themes, form, or voice; concept-driven.

Does this sound like your writing? Submit your previously published work to the New Weird Horror Awards today!

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