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Deadline: June 15, 2016 Payment: Authors recieve 40% royalties on short stories and novels. Anthologies pay a share of the royalties based on number of authors. Myths exist to expain the world to people. But the world has changed since the old myths were created. We know where rainbows come from now, and science has replaced mythology on many fronts. So now, we need new myths to explain new ideas. Examples would include Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Ananzi Boys or Harlan Ellison's Deathbird stories. Whether new stories with old gods or entirely new ones, give us your interpretation of deity in the modern age.  Pairing: None required (Non-erotic, though romance is fine). Happy Ending For Now required. Submission Guidelines Standard Manuscript Format --.5 indentation -- Double Spaced -- One Space after each period. -- Times New Roman, 12pt, in English. -- .doc format A Sample of Standard Manuscript Format may be found Here. ​ Name, Mailing Address, E-mail Address, Phone Number, and Word Count should be included on the front page. If your work is a reprint, please include the information indicating that the rights have reverted to you. ​ Manuscript should be sent to [email protected] Note: No hardcopies, .pdf, .rtf, or .docx submissions.  ​ ​ ​ We take fiction in the following genres:  ​+ Horror, including erotic Horror + Science Fiction, including SF Romance + Fantasy (High, Low, Urban, and Dark) + All the -punks (Steampunk, Bronzepunk, Clockpunk, Dieselpunk, Atompunk, CyberPunk, and post-Cyberpunk) + Erotica, any combination including menage. QUILTBAG stories encouraged. BDSM and multiple-partner stories also encouraged. + Non-fiction on a case-by-case basis. Craft books, cookbooks, and game source books welcomed.    + Christian Inspirational + Young Adult + Cross-Generational Incest as titillation. It may be a formative plot point for the...

Deadline: June 15, 2016 Payment: Pay rate is a range of $0.01-0.08 per word (averaging close to $0.03 per word). People who have stories for each of the works accepted with the same world will receive a boost on each consecutive story. T ANSTAAAFL Press has an open call for short stories for the “Enter the…” series of anthologies. Guidelines: We will only accept those stories emailed as text in the email OR .txt, .doc, .docx formats. All attachements will be destroyed if not accepted. Email address is [email protected] We will not accept stories by mail or post. If we receive these they will be destroyed at once. All stories must be original and unpublished anywhere If accepted TANSTAAFL Press will take first english publication rights. Note that reprint rights are yours as are first publication in alternate languages, however the value of reprints is low as are the likelihood of getting anyone to reprint. This publication is likely the only location where you will likely be paid for this piece. Stories must be less than 8000 words. Stories considered for Enter the Apocalypse must be stories about the start and / or middle of any type apocalypse. Apocalypse can include (but isn’t limited to) nuclear, epidemic, supernatural, bioweapon, cosmic, aliens, etc. Stories considered for Enter the Aftermath must be stories about the burnout or shortly after any type apocalypse. Stories considered for Enter the Rebirth must be stories about the world coming back to a new stability after any type of apocalypse. TANSTAAFL Press will attempt to get to submissions as quickly as possible, but make no commitment to how quickly. We will accept submissions up until June 15, 2016 for Enter the Apocalypse, Sept 15, 2016 for Enter the Aftermath, and Dec 15, 2016 for Enter the Rebirth. TANSTAAFL Press will...

Deadline: June 15, 2016 Payment: $5.00 plus equal share of 50% of the anthology’s royalties. With all the various labels we apply to each other – and ourselves – more polarization is taking place in the world. So we are challenging you to create a universe where two opposing groups (i.e., conservatives, liberals, or any others) have colonized worlds in the same solar system. They can be on the same planet, but geographically separated. The idea is adversarial groups have separated themselves and set up new societies along their own ideological lines. We're not looking for stories making an argument for a position. We want stories harkening back to the golden age of Speculative fiction. Stories asking, WHAT IF? What if ideologues are able to set up their perceived utopias?  What could go wrong? Here are some ideas: •        Now that the old 'monsters' are gone — who (or what) become the new monsters? •        What becomes of ideologues when they're responsible for running things? Not grand social issues, but mundane things (like getting parts for the sewer plant from the hated others)? •        What does your own ideology taken too far look like? •        When utopias turn into ‘private Idahos,’ do you try to fix or flee? Where's the decision point? •        What holes in ideologies were covered by conflict that — now the conflict is gone —society is left to deal with? Facing such problems, how to remain true to the ideology? Or, to remain in power, does it turn to lip service? •        Give the characters the utopia they want then put a monster (human or other) into the mix. •        How does the new utopia handle someone who violates its beliefs? •        Historically revolutions have been over control of established societies. How will the needs of...

Deadline: June 15, 2016 Payment: 3 cents per word A keystone is a central stone at the summit of an arch locking the whole together. It's something on which other things depend for support, the heart or core of something, the crux, or central principle. Anything keystone is fine, be it keystone species, pipelines, cops, beer, or ski resorts, as long as it's speculative fiction. Photo: Keystone with profile of man, Palazzo Giusti, Verona, Italy, by Paolo Villa (Wikimedia Commons). Reading Period: April 15 - June 15, 2016   Submissions are now open! Writer Deadline: June 15, 2016 Publication Date: August 15, 2016 If you’re interested in having your work read and getting paid a little something for it, then submit your story today. Third Flatiron Publishing are a specialist digital publisher and can help you distribute your work to a truly global audience. Via: Third Flat Iron.

Submissions Period: June 1 – June 15, 2016. Payment: 6 cents per word for original fiction, or 1 cent per word for reprints. Note: Reprints Allowed Note: We don't usually list submissions early but with the limited window and I know that many enjoy submitting here I felt that I would get this prepped early for you. Current Submission Period: Nightmare will be open to submissions June 1 – June 15, 2016. Instructions for submitting to Nightmare follow. Please read everything on this page and read the magazine before submitting. SUBMISSION PROCEDURES Instructions: All fiction must be submitted through our Moksha online submission system, located at nightmare-magazine.com/submissions. Please do not email your submissions. If one of the Submission Type options is grayed out, that means we are currently closed to that Submission Type. Guidelines: Nightmare is seeking original horror and dark fantasy stories. All types of horror and dark fantasy are welcome. No subject should be considered off-limits, and we encourage writers to take chances with their fiction and push the envelope. We do not accept simultaneous submissions or multiple submissions. You may submit one horror and one dark fantasy story once every seven days. Format: Submissions should generally follow standard manuscript format, though we prefer single-spaced instead of double-spaced. Your manuscript may be submitted in either .RTF or .DOC format. Word Count: We are open to stories of 1500-7500 words. Stories of 5000 words or less are preferred. Pay Rate: Nightmare pays 6 cents per word for original fiction, or 1 cent per word for reprints.  Rights: To see which rights we’re seeking, please view our contract template for original fiction or our contract template for reprinted fiction. Cover Letters: Your cover letter should contain the length of your story, your publishing history, and any other relevant information (e.g, if you send us a hard sf story about black hole clusters and...