Taking Submissions: The First Line – Spring 2016
Deadline: February 1, 2016 Payment: $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 - $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction (all U.S. dollars). We also send you a copy of the issue in which your piece appears. You'll receive your money and issue at the same time. 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. (Also, we understand that writers may add our first line to a story they are currently working on or have already completed, and that's cool. But please do not add our first line to a previously published story and submit it to us. We do not accept previously published stories, even if they have been repurposed for our first lines.) 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...
Taking Submissions: Unleashing the Voices Within
Deadline: February 1st, 2016 Payment: 1 contributor copy of the paperback and a free electronic copy of the book in the format of their choice (.pdf, .mobi., etc) Note: I apologize on getting this up late, looks like I missed it last month Anthology Title: Unleashing the Voices Within – Stories must focus on the theme of “Voices from Within” Word Count Requirements: 3k word min – 5k word max Compensation: All authors will receive 1 contributor copy of the paperback and a free electronic copy of the book in the format of their choice (.pdf, .mobi., etc) Genre: “Dark” (dark sci-fi, horror, thriller) Due Date: Feb 1, 2016 Email submissions to [email protected] Via: Stitched Smile Publications.
