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Taking Submissions: Planet Scumm #17
February 21, 2023
Deadline: February 21st, 2023
Payment: 6 cents per word and a contributors copy
Theme: Speculative Fiction, details below
NOW READING FOR ISSUE #17
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST
Planet Scumm accepts submissions from writers across the world. (Our HQ is a roving meteor-sized space station—Earth’s borders mean nothing to us. We want to hear from writers of every race, nationality, and gender identity.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
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Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain
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Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream
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Basically anything that pleases Scummy, our megaphone-toting slime buddy, will be considered for entry to the interstellar archive aboard Scummy’s saucer
HOW TO SUBMIT
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Include submissions as a .doc or .docx attachment to [email protected] along with a brief cover letter in the email body. Please attach only your story (no images, do not put your story in the body text of the email).
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Stories, or collections of flash fiction, should be no more than 5,000 words in length, and submitted in standard manuscript format.
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Submit only one previously unpublished short story or flash collection. We do not accept multiple submissions from the same author in one reading period.
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Simultaneous submissions are okay, as long as you promptly withdraw a story accepted elsewhere.
SCHEDULE, RIGHTS, AND PAYMENT
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Accepted authors receive 6 cents a word and one contributor copy.
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Our publication operates in print, e-book, and audiobook. Some accepted stories will also be published on our website. We purchase exclusive English language print, audio, and electronic publishing rights for six months, with non-exclusive rights thereafter.
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Authors will receive payment within 3 months of signing their contract.
Via: Planet Scumm.
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Stuart Conover is a father, husband, published author, blogger, geek, entrepreneur, horror fanatic, and runs a few websites including Horror Tree!