Taking Submissions: Mothership Zeta #1
Deadline: July 25th, 2015 Payment: $0.06/word for original short stories and $30 flat rate for original flash fiction. Mothership Zeta is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS from July 12 – July 25. Submissions received before or after this window will not be read. Submit using Standard Manuscript Format. We accept files in .doc, .docx, .rtf, and .odt format. Word count: up to 6000 words. We will publish one piece of flash fiction (stories up to 1000 words) per issue. No simultaneous or multiple submissions. If your submission is rejected before the submission window closes, you may send a new submission. Payment We pay $0.06/word for original short stories and $30 flat rate for original flash fiction. What We Want Mothership Zeta is looking for science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories that are fun. The robot who fights a dinosaur, not the robot who explores its lack of humanity and deactivates itself. The nagini who goes on an adventure, not the nagini who is tortured and drowns herself. The blonde woman who kills monsters, not the blonde woman who gets ripped apart by monsters. Fun doesn’t necessarily mean “funny,” and stories can have conflict and darker elements, but we want stories that leave the reader satisfied, usually in a positive way. Bittersweet is okay, tragic is not. (Unless you’re Cabin in the Woods. A killer unicorn buys you some credit.) We hope to publish fiction reflecting the full range of settings and tropes found in speculative fiction. We’d particularly like to see more stories set outside America, and stories that feature characters who represent a range of backgrounds and ethnicities. Reprints One of the goals of Mothership Zeta is showcasing our favorite stories from the Escape Artists podcast, so we will be reprinting our favorite stories from the shows, but we will be soliciting...
