Category: Royalties

Rabid Otter Horror Is Open To Novels And Novellas

Deadline: January 23rd, 2025 at the earliest, may run later
Payment: 50/50 royalty split
Theme: Horror of all kinds, huge fan of sci-fi and cosmic horror.

Rabid Otter Horror is currently open to submissions in novella and novel form. If you have a story you would like to submit that is 30,000+ words, we would like to hear from you!

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Taking Submissions: Short Story Substack November 2024 Window (Early Listing)

Submission Window: November 1st – 30th, 2024
Payment: $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue
Theme: Any genre, short story

Mission = Revive the art of the short story, support artists, and produce something wonderful.

Payout = Base Pay of $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check.

Wait, you mean if this substack gets thousands of subscribers, the winner would get thousands of dollars?

Yes! The New Yorker pays roughly $7,500 per story and I sincerely hope to go way past that.

What does the timeline look like?

Submit stories by the end of the month, winner to be announced on the 15th. There is ONE story that wins and receives the full payout.

Where do I send submissions?
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Taking Submissions: Detectives, Sleuths, and Nosy Neighbors: Dying for an Answer

Deadline: November 30th, 2024
Payment: $20 or royalties
Theme: Detectives, Sleuths, and Nosy Neighbors: Dying for an Answer

Submission Period: September 1, 2024 to November 31, 2024

Theme: Detectives, Sleuths, and Nosy Neighbors: Dying for an Answer

We’re searching for the murder mysteries, detectives noir, cozy, or humorous. This is our mystery anthology and if you think it comes close to the genre, give us a shot.

There is no restriction as to how you incorporate the theme into your story. However, we’ll be impressed if you can work within Sci-Fi or Fantasy, but they won’t be the bulk of the accepted submissions. We encourage you to weave the theme into an engaging story with well-developed characters and deep emotion. Suspense and thrillers are encouraged over horror for this anthology, but a great horror story may rise to the top.

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Taking Submissions: Pogue One

Submission Window: September 29th, 2024 – November 30th, 2024
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Tales from non-military adventures set in a world of space marines and more

Space Marines, void commandos, orbital drop troops: humanity’s finest. They are exemplars of soldierly comportment in intergalactic conflict. Throughout human space, grunts in power armor get all the glory. Even in conventional armed forces, however, only 15% or so of those are infantry.

We want stories about the other 85%. What are their adventures? The truck drivers, the bulk fuelers, supply sergeants, pay clerks, airframe mechanics, the guy who fixed the soft-serve ice cream machine on Seti-Alpha-Five (God bless that guy). Welcome to Pogue One.

Opens: 9/29/24

Closes: 11/30/24

Contracts: 12/14/24

Publication: 01/10/25

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Taking Submissions: Pretend You Don’t See Her

Deadline: December 15th, 2024
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Horror stories written by women that focus on a women hiding her true form

CALLING ALL WOMEN HORROR AUTHORS: WE ARE FINALLY DOING ANOTHER INSTALLMENT IN OUR #WomenOfHorror Anthology Series!

ANTHOLOGY TITLE:
PRETEND YOU DON’T SEE HER: Kandisha Press 2025 Women of Horror Anthology

Description:

The Invisible Woman: You barely notice her, sitting alone in the corner of the smoky bar. She walks through the streets at night, undetected until the moment she reveals her true self underneath that unremarkable form. Give us your shapeshifters, your werewolves, your witchy women, your wicked little creatures and demonic entities, all hiding in plain sight as harried housewives, college students, bartenders, business execs, Instagram influencers–ordinary, often forgotten ladies with dark secrets. Show yourselves!
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Taking Submissions: Horror Novellas

Submission Window: October 5th – December 30th, 2024
Payment: $50 and royalties
Theme: Horror

WE WILL ACCEPT ONLY THREE

SO MAKE YOUR STORY THE VERY BEST IT CAN BE!

Max. word count: 50,000

We ask for 1st publication rights to new stories only. We accept ONE submission per author, so send us your best! Contract with all details will be provided to accepted authors. Submissions will Close on DEC 30th

USE OUR SITE CONTACT FORM

We will provide an email address to send your story to.

Payment: $50 + Great Royalties.

See our Royalties page for details.

SEND US A FRIGHTENING TALE!

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Taking Submissions: Escape Plan: Earth

Deadline: April 1st, 2025
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Mad Scientists create their own peer journal because no legit journal will.

Who’s ready to blast off from this dirty little rock? In this anthology, we explore the extremes of science and technology as our heroes make there way off of the little blue ball we call home.

Theme: Mad Scientists create their own peer journal because no legit journal will.

Concept: All original stories. You are writing as your mad scientist [for example Professor Huggnsuff, (Doug Triplett)]. The mad scientists of the multiverse have decided to create a science journal of their very own since all other journals (even World New Weekly)

  • Genre: Pulp Mad Science Fiction
  • Word Count: 5,000 – 10,000
  • Opening Essay by: To Be Determined
  • Edited by: Doug Triplett
  • Anchor Author: To Be Determined
  • Due Date: April 1, 2025

Email Submissions to: [email protected] with “Eccentric Science” in the subject line

Payment: Stories selected for publication in the upcoming Anthology(ies), will receive a percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors.

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Taking Submissions: Brave Knights: Heroic Courage

Deadline: March 1st, 2024
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Bravery and courage still matter.

Genre: Speculative Fiction

Theme: Bravery and courage still matter.

Concept: Cruel enemies we have in plenty. Let’s remember that there are some things that still matter more than the cruelty of our enemies or the darkness of the hour. Come on in, grab a seat by the fire, and join us in telling stories where grit, bravery, determination and courage in the face of cruelty and darkness matter. We want kick-ass tales of brave knights and heroic courage. Nihilistic stories of dread and darkness without hope need not apply. And remember, not all knights wear shining armor; not all heroes are square of jaw and fair of countenance.

Note: This is a two-volume anthology focused on hope, grit, courage and determination in the face of adversity.

Genre: Any. Brave knights and heroic courage are found everywhere you care to look.

Word Count: 5,000-10,000

Opening Essay by: TBD

Edited by: David Hensley

Anchor Author(s): TBD

Due Date: March 1, 2025

Email submissions to: [email protected] with “Brave Knights” in the subject line.

Payment: Stories selected for publication in the upcoming Anthology(ies), will receive a percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors.

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