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Deadline: May 1st, 2015 Payment: 4% royalties after cost. Do you remember your childhood? Are all those memories happy ones? What about that creepy little doll that always seemed to be lying under your bed… the one that made you tuck your blanket around your feet so that it couldn’t climb in during the night to GET you? Do you remember that as well? What about the scary old caretaker who shouted at you on your first day of school… what exactly was it that he didn’t want you to see in the cleaning cupboard? PLAYROOMS is an anthology where all childhood fears become real. Submissions should feature spaces associated with young children (bedrooms, tree houses, schools, nurseries, etc.) and/or toys, items, objects associated with childhood. Stories should also contain elements of the fantastical or supernatural. Let your fears run rampant with this! Tales dealing with children suffering sexual assault in any manner are likely to be rejected. If something of this nature is integral to the plot of your story then proceed with extreme caution and tackle it as tastefully as possible. It is best avoided altogether. Works around 5,000 words are most likely to meet with the editor’s approval, although slightly longer/shorter pieces will also be considered. Aim for 3,000 – 6,000. Please follow standard manuscript format and under no circumstances use the Tab key or the Space Bar to indent your paragraphs. Either do not indent at all or use MS Word’s built in features to do so. Submissions must be .doc, .docx, or .rtf format Include your full name, address, email address and telephone number at the beginning of the manuscript. PAYMENT: 4% royalties after cost. (http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html). Be typed in Courier or Times New Roman 12 Include your full details (name/address/telephone number/email address) Be sent to...

Deadline: May 1st, 2015 Payment: $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction Summer: Laura liked to think she was honest with herself; it was everyone else she lied to. We love the fact that writers around the world are inspired by our first lines, and we know that not every story will be sent to us. However, we ask that you do not submit stories starting with our first lines to other journals (or post them online on public sites) until we've notified you as to our decision (usually two to three weeks after the deadline). When the entire premise of the publication revolves around one sentence, we don't want it to look as if we stole that sentence from another writer. If you have questions, feel free to drop us a line. One more thing while I've got you here: Writers compete against one another for magazine space, so, technically, every literary magazine is running a contest. There are, however, literary magazines that run traditional contests, where they charge entry fees and rank the winners. We do not - nor will we ever - charge a submission fee, nor do we rank our stories in order of importance. Occasionally, we run contests to help come up with new first lines, or we run fun, gimmicky competitions for free stuff, but the actual journal is not a contest in the traditional sense. Fiction: All stories must be written with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 5,000 words (this is more like a guideline and not a hard-and-fast rule; going over or under the word count won't get your story tossed from the slush pile). The sentences can be found on the home page...

Deadline: May 1st 2015 Payment: £10 Submission details as follows . . . 1. Submissions window. We are now open to submissions and we will remain open until 1st May 2015. 2. Eligibility. Anyone over 18 can submit (group members or non-group members alike). Submitted pieces must not have been workshopped in the group prior to submission. 3. Theme. All submissions must be in a speculative genre (science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopian fiction, slipstream) and must have some link to the area that isGreater Manchester, England. The final decision about whether a story qualifies for submission will remain at the editors’ discretion. 4. Payment. £10 payment per story accepted. Payment via PayPal. 5. Rights. For published pieces we take First Print rights and Electronic Publishing Rights for 12 months. We reserve the right to archive your story online indefinitely. Please 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 this is what you want to do. 6. Word count. Short stories of between 1,500 to 6,000 words. Please send only one story until you receive a response. You may then submit another story, and so on. Sorry but no poetry or non-fiction. 7. Formatting. Word DOC files only. Double line spacing with the author’s name, page number and story title at the top of every page. 8. Distribution. The anthology will be made available in e-book format via Smashwords and print copies will be available as POD. Tentative publication date is the second half of 2015. Editors: Eric...

Deadline: May 1st, 2015 Payment: $5 payment and ONE contributor’s copy of the final anthology Ever since Washington Irving published The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in 1820, the region has become synonymous with ghost stories. But there’s a lot more horror in Sleepy Hollow than what’s in Irving’s story, and more demons at play within this idyllic land than just a single headless horseman. We’re looking for original horror stories set in Sleepy Hollow, New York. The time period for your story is up to you– past, present, future, alternate history– but it must take place whole or in part within Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is a real place, with a real history, so do your homework. For example, while it has always been an unofficial name of the region, the Village itself was not officially named Sleepy Hollow until 1996. Scare us, creep us out, give us the shivers, make us laugh. Be Gothic, modern, Lovecraftian, Victorian, Steampunk, whatever. Just set your story in Sleepy Hollow. RULES: 1. Any & all submissions must be set in & around Sleepy Hollow, New York. 2. No gratuitous sex, violence, or profanity 3. No adult content of any kind. If you include sex in your story, it must be important to the story– and must abide by rule #2. 4. No stories centered on rape, torture or child molestation. We’re not interested. 5. No fan fiction (stay away from the world of the TV show and the Tim Burton film). 6. Your story must be a complete story– we’re not interested in excerpts. 7. It must be your ORIGINAL work. 8. Do NOT include any artwork Interested? Sweet! Read on. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Stories should be between 2,000 and 8,000 words. All stories must be titled Edit and format your work according to...

Deadline: May 1, 2015 Payment: $20 per story accepted Basic Guidelines: -Deadline May 1, 2015 -5,000 - 10,000 words Maximum, if you need more space than this, please let me know and I’ll see if we can work it out. -Stories must feature Anthropomorphic characters (AKA humanized animals). -Ratings PG-R accepted -Payment: $20 per story accepted -Send all submissions in the form of an attachment to [email protected] -Files Accepted: DOC, DOCX -Times New Roman, 12pt Font -Al submissions must be sent through Submittable https://weaselpress.submittable.com/submit/39807 Weasel Press is releasing a new Furry anthology called Typewriter Emergencies and it is currently calling for intense psychological dramas in which characters have to overcome some harsh realities. I’m looking for dark and existential fiction focusing around the theme of “These Things Shall Pass/It’s a mad world out there.” There’s a wealth of things that fit but some examples of what I’m looking for in this anthology would be Bullying, Sexuality, domestic violence, drug abuse, poverty/homelessness, anxiety. We’re looking for situations that would cause intense psychological strife. We are looking for stories featuring anthropomorphic animal characters (aka humanized animals) following the theme. Fiction not containing any of the elements we are asking for will not be reviewed. I suppose you could say there's a love affair between Weasel Press and the Bukowski's or Hubert Selby Jr.'s of the world, and that's essentially what I would like to see in this submission call; furry versions of heavy existential fiction. If you need examples of things to read, feel free to shoot me an email. Ratings PG-R are accepted. Adult and Sexual themes are allowed, however excessive gore and sex is not. Pretty much, if it’s related or crucial to your story then it is fine. If it has nothing to do with your story then it’s probably not...

Deadline: May 1st, 2015 Payment: Equal share of 50% net profits from sales and a contributor's copy I am pleased to announce the submission call for our Scottish Horror Anthology: Bloody Heather. Think of mist-covered hills, gothic cities, lonely isles - where better for your horror story than Scotland? Scotland is simply the theme of the anthology, the rest is up to you and your imagination. And no, you yourself don't actually have to be Scottish to make a submission. The novellas must range between 20,000 to 30,000 words in length. Please note, only manuscripts that fall in this word count will be considered. The collection will be released as an e-book and we anticipate a release in print to coincide with this, in summe/autumn of 2015. Submissions are open to all authors, whether already published with Dark Chapter Press or aspiring to be published with Dark Chapter Press. All submissions must be new, original material—previously published submissions will not be considered. Previously submitted manuscripts will not be considered either. Be aware that manuscripts submitted for this anthology cannot be resubmitted at a later date unless by invitation from the editor. To submit a manuscript for consideration, please send an email to [email protected] and include: The full manuscript (of 20,000 to 30,000 words) with a comprehensive 2-5 page synopsis. Also include a letter of introduction/query letter. As well, when you send your manuscript, be sure to use the naming convention Bloody_Heather_Your Title_MS and Bloody_Heather_Your Title_Synopsis. This will ensure that your submission is processed as a priority under the special call for this anthology. Submissions are open until 1st May 2015. Payment: Each contributor will recieve equal share of 50% net profits from sales of the ebook and paperback versions of the Bloody Heather Anthology, for their accepted contribution, with a...