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Taking Submissions: Shock Totem

May 31, 2019

Deadline: May 31st, 2019 (From Submittable.)
Payment: 5 cents per word, reprints: 3 cents per word
Note: Reprints allowed

To submit or check the status of a previous submission, click here.

In addition to the guidelines below, please read the submission requirements on our Submittable page prior to uploading your submission.

WHAT WE WANT:

We consider original, unpublished work within the confines of dark fantasy and horror—mystery, suspense, supernatural, morbid humor, fantasy, etc.

WHAT WE DO NOT WANT:

We’re not interested in hard science fiction, epic fantasy (swords and sorcery), splatter (blood and guts and little more), or clichéd plots. Clichéd themes are okay. We won’t turn our noses up at the sight of zombies or serial killers or vampires, but there needs to be something that sets it apart from the norm for us to seriously consider it.

No fan fiction.

WHAT WE WILL CONSIDER:

Reprints. Unpublished work will always get first consideration. Any submitted reprint must be out of print and the author must retain all applicable rights. All previous publication information (for the submitted work only) must be disclosed.

FORMAT:

All submissions must be sent via our Submissions Manager (see link at the top and bottom of this page). Please use 12pt Times New Roman font, double-spaced lines, and indented paragraphs. Use italics (do not underline for italicized words). Please include your full name, contact info, and word count in the document.

No simultaneous/multiple submissions.

READING PERIOD:

Unless otherwise noted, we’re open from February through May, and August through November.

RESPONSE TIME:

90 days or less.*

PAYMENT:

We pay 5 cents a word for original, unpublished fiction, and 3 cents a word for reprints, up to 5,000 words.

RIGHTS:

For previously unpublished work we claim First North American Serial Rights and First Electronic World Rights (not to include Internet use) for a period of one year. After which all rights revert to the author.

For previously published work we claim Reprint Rights and Exclusive Electronic World Reprint Rights (not to include Internet use) for a period of one year. After which all rights revert to the author.

Full payment/rights details will be provided if we make an offer.

Send any questions and queries to: [email protected]. To submit or check the status of a previous submission, click here.

* Response time is estimated, not guaranteed.

Via: Shock Totem.

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Date:
May 31, 2019