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Deadline: October 1st 2013 Payment: This anthology pays $100/story and 2-Copies of the Anthology CY Canis Majoris is the largest known star in the Universe. If this massive body were in the exact location as our own Sun, its outer edge would stretch to the area where Jupiter orbits. A star with this mass would have an inhabitable zone as large as our entire solar system, if not much larger. With this premise, imagine the worlds which could orbit such a body. Then imagine the beings who could inhabit those same bodies. The Worlds of CY Canis Majoris is not a science fiction anthology, but an anthology covering all speculative fiction and its sub genres. If there are beings on other worlds, they surely have all the issues we experience on Earth... More information about CY Canis Majoris can readily be found on the web. Word Count: 5000 to 10,000 All submissions should be thoroughly edited, before submitting. We are not English majors (Ok, one of us used to be, lol... but you get the point.) and will not spend a lot of time rewriting a submission which obviously hasn't been read for typo and grammatical errors. All manuscripts should be in Microsoft Word and should be double spaced with an extra space between each paragraph. This extra space should be done in Word, through your paragraph settings, not by you actually hitting enter twice. There should be no indention at the start of each paragraph. All emails should have "CY Canis Majoris" in the subject box. The submission period will remain open until October 2013. (This anthology pays $100/story and 2-Copies of the Anthology)

Deadline: Oct. 1st 2013 Payment: $10 Our payment for stories is $10. Our general rules are: (1) We hew to a PG standard and (2) nothing that makes our editors sick. (3)Please put in your "subject" line the title of the antho for which you intend your story. Please read our Style Book before you send us a story. The link to it is next to this Writers' Guidelines link at the top of the opening screen. NOTE FOR 2013 ANTHOLOGIES: Since so many people are at least a bit superstitious about the number "13," and we're going to be stuck with it for a whole year, let's have some fun with it. By adding the word "Lucky" to our 2013 titles, our writers can add an element of "luck" into their stories. Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows? Associate Editor, David Perlmutter Send stories to him at lucky [email protected] THEME: It's Christmas and it's lucky -- or unlucky? -- and sf/f/h. Maximum word length, 4000 words. Deadline Oct. 1, 2013 (or when book is filled, meaning 20 stories accepted.) Reading period Oct 1 - 31 Formatting period Nov 1 - Nov. 15 Publication date Nov 15, 2013 Before submitting make sure to read the Guidelines!

Deadline: August 1 - October 1, 2013 Payment: free trade paperback copy of the book, plus a $5 advance on royalties. Contributors will also be able to purchase more print copies at a 50% discount on the cover price Mummies, Zombies, Vampires, Ghosts... if it's dead and still getting around, we're interested in it. Stories should be set in the winter months. Holiday stories are welcome... Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice, Kwanzaa, etc... but they should be winter holidays. We're seeking stories that are 3000 - 8000 words in length (firm). Query about reprints. We will accept multiple submissions, but not simultaneous submissions. Open submission period: August 1 - October 1, 2013. All contributors will receive a free trade paperback copy of the book, plus a $5 advance on royalties. Contributors will also be able to purchase more print copies at a 50% discount on the cover price. We're seeking first world rights in English to publish in print and electronic format for 12 months, beginning on the date of publication. Please see our Guidelines and Payment page for further information on the rights we ask for and the compensation we offer. Publisher's note: Mystery and Horror is a market that welcomes LBGTQ, multiethnic,multinational, nontraditional, and unusual fiction. We are concerned with well-written stories involving well-developed characters.

Deadline: October 1st Payment: Exposure Only Quick Snippets: Genre -- Horror Word Count -- 2k to 4k Payment -- None Story Status -- Unpublished Submission Period -- July 1st through October 1st (not before) Illustrations -- Please Reading Period -- October 1st through December 1st Response Time -- 30 days after end of submission period Publication Target -- First Quarter 2014 (or earlier) STORYLINE For Mother of Gothic Angels, Razor Thin Studios is looking for tales of horror with a Gothic mood. Angels is of course the primary goal, but beyond that it is up to the writer. The only things we ask is that the tales are dark brooding and show the darkness that resides within the Gothic hearts of the angels being portrayed. Finally, make your angels unique, genuine – no need to bring up Constantine or Gabriel rich tales as they are, what they are … used. FORMATTING We prefer standard manuscript formatting (good example: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html). FIRST PRINTING RIGHTS Bear in mind that most publications will not publish pieces that have been published in print, eBook, or on the web, so for all intents and purposes after your work is published by us it can only be marketed as a reprint, which severely limits the number of markets that will accept it, and drastically reduces the pay rate it can receive. It is up to you, the author, to decide if publishing your work in print and/or eBook formats and/or on the web, giving up your First Publishing Right for no and/or a token payment, is really what you want to do. Format MS Word (.rtf .doc .docx) WORD COUNT Our target is ten to fifteen short stories composed of two- to four-thousand words each. We may accept slightly longer or shorter stories if they appeal to...

Deadline: October 1st 2013 Payment: Electronic copy of the book and $10 OR One paperback contributor's copy Yup… it's a bizarro anthology… but what the heck is bizarro? To us, it's intellectual and poetic freedom. It's about exploring the limits of literature and creativity. It can be argued that many classics are bizarro: George Orwell's Animal Farm has talking animals that take over a farm, and Kafka's Metamorphosis features a suffering protagonist who has spontaneously become a cockroach. For more on this visit the bottom of our Submissions page. If you're still unsure what bizarro is, we suggest checking out this article about the topic. Please don't use Wikipedia for your definition. In addition, you can peruse the library of books already published by Bizarro Pulp Press. Here's the article by Mike Klein at Flavorwire. The artwork for this anthology was provided by Alan M. Clark. How to submit: Format/Content: Please send submissions to [email protected] Your query must include a brief synopsis of the story (200 words maximum). We are doing this to help narrow down the non-relevant submissions. Word count must be between 3500 and 7000 words. Please query for longer works, but use professional discretion in this matter. Georgia font, 12 pt, double space .Doc or .rtf files only Labeling: The first page of your document must have ONLY the title of the story. Your biographical information, including name and word count, are included AT THE BOTTOM of the document. (we explain this strange request further down in this post) Please refrain from using an Email Address that may give our editors a clue toward who you might be. We prefer receiving submissions blindly if we can help it. Deadline: August 1st-October 1st Acceptances/rejections will not be mailed out until after the anthology has closed. Payment: You will...

Deadline: October 1st 2013 Payment: 2 cents/word on publication Mythic Delirium is an online and e-book venue for fiction and poetry that ranges through science fiction, fantasy, horror, interstitial and cross-genre territory— we love blurred boundaries and tropes turned on their heads. We are interested in work that demonstrates ambition, that defies traditional approaches to genre, that introduces readers to the legends of other cultures, that re-evaluates the myths of old from a modern perspective, that twists reality in unexpected ways. We are committed to diversity, and are open to and encourage submissions from people of every race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, political affiliation and religious belief. We publish 12 short stories and 24 poems a year. Our quarterly ebooks in PDF, EPUB and MOBI format, published in July, October, January, and April, will each contain three stories and six poems. We will also publish one story and two poems on our website each month. Short stories: We are seeking short stories of up to 4,000 words. Electronic submissions only. Word limit firm. No unsolicited reprints. No simultaneous submissions. No multiple submissions. Please use the words “fiction submission” in the e-mail subject line. Stories should be sent in standard manuscript format as .rtf or .doc attachments. Payment is 2 cents/word on publication. Poems: You may submit up to 6 poems at a time of any length. Electronic submissions only. No unsolicited reprints. No simultaneous submissions. Please use the words “poetry submission” in the e-mail subject line. Poems may be included in the e-mail or sent as .rtf or .doc attachments. Payment is a $5 flat fee on publication. All submissions should be sent to mythicdeliriumgmailcom.