Taking Submissions: Splatterlands
Deadline: December 21, 2012 Payment: Flat Fee of $100 for each Accepted Manuscript (As this is an anthology payment may be incorrect here.) The Splatterpunk Revolution is alive and well at Grey Matter Press. For our upcoming anthology ‘Splatterlands,’ we are looking for the loudest voices working in the genre of Splatterpunk fiction today. If you consider your work to be “hyperintensive horror without limitation,” then ‘Splatterlands’ may be for you. If you were weaned on fiction from the masters of Splatter, such as Clive Barker, Joe Lansdale, Poppy Z. Brite, Robert McCammon and more, we definitely want to hear from you. As with each of our upcoming anthologies, it isn’t our intention to limit the creativity or our authors by establishing specific themes for each of the collections. Preferring instead to let each writer’s words speak for themselves in an effort to uncover the best and brightest new voices working in the field today. ‘Splatterlands’ is intended to celebrate this creativity, without limitations. If you feel your work can help us bring Splatterpunk back, we want to hear from you. Please review our Submissions Guidelines below, and contact us with any questions. *’Splatterlands’ is a working title. Grey Matter Press reserves the right to change the title as necessary. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS Word Count: 3,000 – 10,000 words Deadline: December 21, 2012 Payment: Flat Fee of $100 for each Accepted Manuscript Formats: *.doc, *.docx, *.txt, *.rtf Contact Address: [email protected] Acceptable File Formats: Grey Matter Press wants to make your submission process easy and painless. We accept manuscripts that are *.doc, *.docx or .txt file formats. If you have any questions about the formatting of your manuscript, feel free to contact us directly at [email protected] Digital Submissions: Unfortunately, we cannot accept manuscripts of previously published pieces. Only previously unpublished work...
Taking Submissions: Dark Visions
Deadline: December 21st, 2012 Payment: Flat Fee of $100 for each Accepted Manuscript Dark Visions’ is an upcoming anthology that will focus on the darker side of the street. For this collection of short stories, we’re looking for work that fits comfortably into the Dark Horror and Dark Fantasy genres, but that is a ‘cut above.’ If you’re an author whose subject matter is complex, disturbing, visceral, or brooding and thought provoking, then you’ll want it included in ‘Dark Visions.’ As with each of our upcoming anthologies, it isn’t our intention to limit the creativity or our authors by establishing specific themes for each of the collections. Preferring instead to let each writer’s words speak for themselves in an effort to uncover the best and brightest new voices working in the field today. ‘Dark Visions’ is intended to celebrate this creativity, without limitations. If you feel your work contains the tension, pacing and great themes that are necessary to terrify a reader, leaving them breathless yet clamoring for more, we want to hear from you. Please review our Submissions Guidelines below, and contact us with any questions. *’Dark Visions’ is a working title. Grey Matter Press reserves the right to change the title as necessary. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS Word Count: 3,000 – 10,000 words Deadline: December 21, 2012 Payment: Flat Fee of $100 for each Accepted Manuscript Formats: *.doc, *.docx, *.txt, *.rtf Contact Address: [email protected] Acceptable File Formats: Grey Matter Press wants to make your submission process easy and painless. We accept manuscripts that are *.doc, *.docx or .txt file formats. If you have any questions about the formatting of your manuscript, feel free to contact us directly at [email protected] Digital Submissions: Unfortunately, we cannot accept manuscripts of previously published pieces. Only previously unpublished work will be accepted. We will...
