Deadline: October 31st, 2024
Payment: $250 advance (USD) and 50/50 royalty split
Theme: Horror/ Dark Fiction
Note: Female or non binary author

What Nefarious Bat Press wants:

1) This call is open to female and non-binary authors. We strongly encourage writers from the LGBTQIA+BIPOC communities to submit. (Whilst we are a queer press – you don’t have to be.)
2) We’re looking for a novella with a word count between 25- 40k.

3) The genre must be horror/dark fiction. We’re not specifying a theme – that’s your call.

4) No reprints. One submission per author. Simultaneous submissions are fine with us.

What Nefarious Bat Press is offering you
1) $250 advance, paid via PayPal

2) Three-year contract

3) 50/50 royalty split

What Nefarious Bat Press does not want:
AI-generated text, of any kind. We hate it, and we actively oppose it; it’s plagiaristic, ethically untenable, ecologically destructive, and using it demonstrates a frankly embarrassing lack of imagination on the user’s part. Send an AI-generated monstrosity our way, and you can guarantee we’ll never read anything you write

Formatting Guidelines:
1) Double spaced, 12pt, any legible font.
2)  Word format (.docx)
3) Please send as an attachment; don’t include your submission in the body of the email.

Submission Window / Submission Guidance:
1) Window will be open September 16, 2024 to October 31, 2024.
2) Please send your submissions to [email protected]

3) Subject Line: Novella Sub – Author name – Novella Title

4) In the body of your email, please include a short author bio and a brief synopsis of your story.

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU’VE READ THE ABOVE BEFORE SUBMITTING*

Via: Nefarious Bat Press.