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Taking Submissions: Zombiefied II – The Second Time Around

Deadline: May 15th 2014 Payment: author share divided equally among the authors. We pay twice a year. At Sky Warrior Books, we’re not above…well, anything. Hence, we love zombies. And we especially love Zombies the Second Time Around. And we already know you love Zombies – please refer to our popular Zombiefied – An Anthology of All Things Zombie for proof. So, send us your best work on zombies, original or reprint (must have the rights), of stories 500 to 7000 words in length. Can be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Sure, we’ll take standard horror and dark fantasy, but you can be creative. Zombies in space, zombiefied critters, zombie love stories (uh, no erotica), fantasy zombies, steampunk zombies, zombie humor, zombies on toast…well, you get the idea. Payment Payment is author share divided equally among the authors. We pay twice a year. Deadline Our deadline is May 15th, 2014. We’re planning on the e-book coming out in October 2014, just in time for Halloween, and Christmas/Yule/Solstice/Kwanza/Hanukah/Winter Holidays/Did we miss anything? Please note we are not opening to receive submissions until December 15th – so please don’t submit prior to that date. How to Submit or The Nitty-Gritty We accept RTF files via e-mail only to the publisher at [email protected]. Put the words: ZOMBIEFIED II SUBMISSION in the subject line with the title of your piece. Send us a virus and we will never accept anything from you again. Double spaced manuscript in Times New Roman or some other pretty font (not Courier!). Use italics, not underlines. Have your contact information on the manuscript including your email address. Let us know if this is a reprint and from where. Again, be sure you have the rights to reprint – we won’t chase down permissions. Fiction, nonfiction, humor, science fiction, fantasy, horror,...

Taking Submissions: Zombiefied II – The Second Time Around

Deadline: May 15, 2014 Payment: Author share divided equally among the authors paid twice a year Zombiefied II – The Second Time Around At Sky Warrior Books, we’re not above…well, anything.  Hence, we love zombies.  And we especially love Zombies the Second Time Around. And we already know you love Zombies – please refer to our popular Zombiefied – An Anthology of All Things Zombie for proof.  So, send us your best work on zombies, original or reprint (must have the rights), of stories 500 to 7000 words in length.  Can be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.  Sure, we’ll take standard horror and dark fantasy, but you can be creative.  Zombies in space, zombiefied critters, zombie love stories (uh, no erotica), fantasy zombies, steampunk zombies, zombie humor, zombies on toast…well, you get the idea. Payment Payment is author share divided equally among the authors.  We pay twice a year. Deadline Our deadline is May 15th, 2014.  We’re planning on the e-book coming out in October 2014, just in time for Halloween, and Christmas/Yule/Solstice/Kwanza/Hanukah/Winter Holidays/Did we miss anything? Please note we are not opening to receive submissions until December 15th – so please don’t submit prior to that date. How to Submit or The Nitty-Gritty We accept RTF files via e-mail only to the publisher at [email protected].  Put the words: ZOMBIEFIED II SUBMISSION in the subject line with the title of your piece.  Send us a virus and we will never accept anything from you again.  Double spaced manuscript in Times New Roman or some other pretty font (not Courier!).  Use italics, not underlines.  Have your contact information on the manuscript including your email address.  Let us know if this is a reprint and from where.  Again, be sure you have the rights to reprint – we won’t chase down permissions.  Fiction, nonfiction, humor, science fiction, fantasy, horror, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, etc.  MUST HAVE ZOMBIES IN IT.  500 to 7000 words...

Taking Submissions: Torched: An Anthology

Deadline: May 15th, 2014 Payment: Exposure Only Nocturnal Press Publications is pleased to announce that our first anthology is open for submissions. Please read all of the information provided. Submission Guidelines What We Want Torched will be a themed anthology of horror, fantasy or science fiction, released as a digital book and as a paperback book. The theme is “fire”. Your submission must be written to reflect some aspect of the theme to be considered. The subject matter is up to you. We want beautifully crafted, original stories. What We Don’t Want We don’t want splatterpunk for this collection. Other than that, use your imagination. Submissions ▪ Submit your work to nppanthology(at)gmail(dot)com with Torched Submission: Story Title_Your Last Name in the subject line. Attach your story as a DOC, or DOCX file. Submissions sent in the body of the email will not be read. ▪ We prefer to see submissions using something approaching Standard Manuscript Format, which can be found here: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html The only exception is that italics MUST appear as they will be used; no underlining. ▪ Include a brief cover letter in the body of your email stating your name, pen name (if using one), story title with word count, address, website or blog, and any professional publication credits you think might interest us. ▪ We will accept works of 3,000-7,000 words (firm). ▪ No simultaneous submissions, please. We ask that you don’t submit a story to us and to another market at the same time. ▪ Multiple submissions are okay. If sending more than one story, please send them in separate emails. Reprints We are accepting reprints for this anthology. Payment As this is our first anthology and our test in the water, payment is exposure only. Rights We are seeking Worldwide English Language rights for 12...