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Taking Submissions: 100-Foot Crow: Run

Name: Taking Submissions: 100-Foot Crow: Run
Start: 2024-09-15T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-15T23:59:59-05:00
Location: 100-Foot Crow

September 15

Deadline: September 15th, 2024
Payment: .08 per word
Theme: A 100-word Speculative fiction (science fiction or fantasy) story with the idea of “Run!”

Theme – RUN!

We’re excited to announce our August/September submission period will include a theme: RUN!

You can submit one story to the themed submission and one to the general submission (for a total of two submissions).

We hope this format sparks some new ideas and wonderful stories while still giving our writers the chance to send us their best work.

Now what are we looking for with RUN? We’re looking for anything and everything! We’re open to any take on the theme. You can be running from bigfoot, running for mayor, strutting down a runway, or anything in between—just make sure you do it in 100 words.

Submissions are open August 15 through September 15.

Please submit via the following two Google forms:

RUN! Themed Submissions

Un-Themed Submissions

What do we want?

Speculative fiction (science fiction or fantasy)
- Note: We accept horror, but it must have a speculative element, whether science fiction or fantasy.
Drabbles (100-word stories EXACTLY)
- Note: We calculate word count using Microsoft Word. If using Google Docs, please manually count your words. It has a truly baffling definition of a word (e.g., “1,000” = 2 words).
Actual, complete stories
- Even though they’re only 100-words, drabbles still need all the essential elements of a story: character, setting, conflict, theme, and plot.

What do we NOT want?

Child abuse (of any type)
Erotica
Rape
Revenge stories
Hateful content

All the details

Simultaneous submissions: Yes! Go crazy. Submit everywhere! But if it is accepted elsewhere, please let us know.

Response time: Responses will be within 60 days. Please query after this time.

Multiple submissions: For the upcoming submission period, you may submit one themed submission (RUN!) and one general/un-themed submission (for a total of two stories).

Note: Only one story will be accepted per author per period.

Reprints: Nope. Stories many not be previously published in any format (including on your blog, Patreon, etc.).

Formatting: Please format italics with surrounding _underscores_. You do not need to add indents or manual line breaks.

AI use: No. All work must be original and yours. Using AI or plagiarizing will get you banned forever. No redemption arc will be possible.

Contract terms: We require first worldwide English electronic rights with a 90-day exclusivity period.

Compensation: $8.00 ($0.08 per word) via PayPal.

Acceptance rate: For our first submission period, we accepted less than 3% of submissions. Because of the high volume of submissions, we are unable to provide personal feedback.

Hard sells: The following are hard sells for our magazine:

Myth and fairy tale retellings
Stories where the characters are real historical figures or from classic literature
Holiday stories
Stories where aliens destroy Earth (especially if the motive is that humans are deemed too violent)
Stories where the resolution is an unexpected murder in the last line
Screenplay format
Stories where the speculative element could be removed without changing the story

But if you have a unique take on any of these that you think would knock our socks off, don’t be afraid to send it along!

Via: 100-Foot Crow.