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Deadline: June 30th, 2016 Payment: Contributor's Copy Submission Guidelines What are we looking for? We are looking for the macabre. We love horror, supernatural, paranormal, dark fantasy, and all things that go bump in the night. In addition to novel and novella length fiction, we also seek short fiction for horror anthologies. Short Fiction Submissions Guidelines: Our normal open submission period for short fiction varies on anthology and dark art genre. “The Dead Walk” Volume 3 – A collection of zombie tales to satisfy the hunger of any zombie (fan). DEADLINE: June 30th, 2016 Short Fiction submitted to be apart of our anthologies must be between 1,000 to 15,000 words. We pay in contributor copies. In the subject line of the email, please include the title of the anthology you would like to be included.  If not included in the subject, submissions may be lost or confused with other anthologies. Novel and Novella Submission Guidelines: Our annual open submission period is from October 1st to May 31st. We look for all types of dark art fiction. Works can be anywhere from 20,000 to 100,00 words (work under 80,000 words will be deemed novella and may become a part of an anthology for print publication)   We only accept email submissions. Please ensure that they are in .doc, .docx, .pdf, or .rtf formats. Submissions can be emailed [email protected]. Please when emailing a submission, to please include a short cover email with synopsis, and a brief bio (including previous publication credits, if any). Via: FOF Publishing.

Deadline: June 30, 2016 Payment: $10.00 ($5.00 per story) plus equal share of 50% of the anthology’s royalties. (you must submit 2 stories – with complete opposite narratives) In a world with ever increasing video surveillance and instant release of information it is easy to make snap judgements based on excerpts, sound-bites or some sort of attention grabbing headline. Without the full story it can be difficult to know the facts of a situation. As Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius is credited as saying: “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” Or as Obi Wan Kenobi said in Return of the Jedi: “…many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” Authors – here’s your chance to tell BOTH sides of a story. What we are looking for are speculative fiction stories that tell a story that when told from one perspective come across in favor of one narrative and when told from another perspective comes across in favor of another narrative. Watching a video of police interaction with someone that erupts into violence and someone being injured or killed. That part can be easy (depending on the narrative you want to support) - Now the hard part. Retell that story from another perspective – but it has to take the reader in the complete opposite direction and it has to ring true to the facts that would be KNOWN by the viewpoint character. Using the ‘police’ video for example – write one story showing the officer used excessive force, was targeting specific individuals, etc. Now for the second one – write a story again using the video as the basis and write it so the officer is 100 percent justified in their actions....

Deadline: June 30th, 2016 Payment: $5 advance, percentage of the royalties, and a digital copy “I ain’t afraid to love a man. I ain’t afraid to shoot him either.” Quote is attributed to Annie Oakley and is the entire theme of anthology. The quote, NOT Annie Oakley. The famed western heroine is NOT required to be any of the stories. In fact, it would be better if she wasn’t. Writers have a lot of freedom to express the theme in any manner they want, and any variation on it. Does she love him and then shoot him? Does she shoot him and then love him? Does she love him and think about shooting him? Does she shoot him because she’ll never love him? Did she shoot him, he died, and then she falls in love with his ghost? Just some springboards to get everyone started. Genres: Supernatural, Paranormal, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Western, Weird Western, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fantasy, Steampunk, Mystery, Romance or combinations thereof. Editor wants parents to be able to hand the anthology to their teenage children with no fear of the content. So  stories must be a PG13 rating, family friendly, no gore, no graphic violence, no sex or erotica, and limited cuss words, damn, hell are acceptable, but the F word is not. S word is borderline. NO fanfiction. Pieces expressing one’s faith, any belief system, are acceptable, as long it is part of the character or plot and not preachy. Submissions open 2/28/2016 and close 6/30/2016. In the subject line: Submissions : Love ‘em, Shoot ‘em. Title of your story and your name.  Include in your cover email the number of words, a one to three sentence synopsis of your story and a little about yourself. Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spaced, your...

Deadline: June 30th, 2016 Payment: Pay rates for original stories: $25.00 for reprinted stories: $7.00. And a contributor's copy. Note: Reprints Allowed Guidelines Potter’s Field 6 Potter’s Field 6 An anthology of tales from unmarked graves Open to submission as of 1 March until 30 June 2016. Writers and Artists Guidelines Alban Lake Publishing is looking for stories and illustrations for Potter’s Field 6, a print anthology of tales from the graveyard. This volume will be the sixth in the Potter’s Field series. This anthology is scheduled to be published on 1 October 2016 in trade paperback format with a color cover, and black and white interior illustrations. Potter’s Field 6 is edited by Robert J. Krog. Potter’s Field 6 is not open to poetry. Please note that horror fiction written in the third person stands the best chance for acceptance. “They” say that there are no new plots or stories anywhere. “They” may be right, but you are the only you there is, so send us a story as only you can tell it, one that’s atmospheric and highly entertaining, has fascinating characters, one that takes place in a unique location or time period. A potter’s field is the burial place for the indigent and the unidentified. Just about every city has one. There’s a potter’s field in the Michael Douglas movie, Don’t Say a Word. Obviously, we’re looking for works that are themed to graveyards in some way. However, it does not have to be a conventional graveyard. Let me give you one example: back during the days of the Black Death, bodies were crammed–yes, literally crammed–into mass graves underneath churches. Even today, in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, you can take a walking tour deep under the church and see walls of skeletons and dirt. Such a...

Deadline: June 30th, 2016 Payment: $25.00 In Arkham, Massachusetts, stands a university steeped in mystery and legend. After its human students have left for their dormitories, its haunted halls often host phantasms of things unspeakable. Its classrooms are never truly empty. Its auditorium reverberates to ghosts of words chanted in other planes. Its library guards tomes not written by human hand. Tell us about those times when no human foot strides the halls of nighted Miskatonic University. Reveal to us the truth behind the unexplained sounds from the science wing, the murmuring from the rooms dedicated to music and art. Uncover to us the meaning of those words drawn in blood there in the basement. Show us the actual workings of the late night denizens who brave those passageways. We welcome tales of supernatural and psychological horror, but remember there are still limits. • Sexual content not inherent to the storyline. • Explicit description of torture or sacrifice, human or otherwise. • Violence or abuse against a minor, infant to teenager. • Overuse of profane language. • Hate language against a race, creed, or gender. • Quoting previously published material not in the public domain. HOW TO SUBMIT Please be advised, any stories that do not meet these guidelines will be deleted unread. ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS. • 3,000 to 10,000 words. • Double-spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman font. • First page of manuscript must contain name, mailing address, and word count. • Email must contain a short biography (no more than 200 words), previous publications if any, word count and contact information. • No reprints, simultaneous or multiple submissions. • No poetry. • Email submissions in RTF or DOC format only. Absolutely no DOCX files. Email all submissions to [email protected] with manuscript as an attachment. Do not include the...

Deadline: June 30th 2016 Payment: Aus 5 cents/word (GST inc., maximum payment AUD$500) and 2 contributor's copies. Edited by Liz Grzyb and Cat Sparks To be published by Ticonderoga Publications in 2017 Human activity has forced the Earth into a new geological epoch. By 2050 the world’s population is expected to rise from the current seven billion to around 9.5 billion. The worst impacts will be felt by the world’s poorest people, victims of the developed world’s excesses. The Earth must brace itself for enormous changes in patterns of global temperature and rainfall, significant sea level rise, with huge effects on water and food security. Engineers and industrialists are currently faced with the challenge of inventing new sustainable technologies and the means of implementing them: technologies that may well improve our lives in ways we cannot yet anticipate. We are looking for optimistic stories envisioning the future of our world as we are impacted by and adapt to climate change. New narratives of radical transformation and sustainability. Stories exploring the end of carbon-capitalism, combatting inertia in our political systems, interrogating the technical and organisational challenges of clean energy generation, storage and distribution. Stories investigating nascent technologies and fossil fuel divestment, imagining pathways to the low-carbon world. Encouraging the belief that we will survive not only as a species, but as a civilisation by proposing alternatives to how we live. Stories showing how humanity can survive and flourish, despite looming uncertainty. We are not looking for post-apocalyptic stories of dystopia and wretchedness, but of confidence in our ability to meet the challenges our future will bring us. Guidelines Stories should be between 2000-10,000 words. Original stories only: no reprints, multiple, or simultaneous submissions. Stories should be emailed to [email protected] in .doc or .rtf format. The submissions period for unsolicited submissions is...

Deadline: June 30th Payment: An advance against royalties Over the course of our unsolicited submissions open periods, we at Tor.com Publishing have found a wonderful variety of novellas to acquire and publish. Slush brought us such novellas as The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Runtime, The Drowning Eyes, and more. To date Tor.com has purchased half a dozen novellas from slush, and we’d like to keep up that good work. As such, Tor.com Publishing will soon be reopening to unsolicited novella submissions! Starting June 5th, Lee Harris and Carl Engle-Laird will be reading and evaluating original novellas submitted by hopeful authors to http://submissions.tor.com/tornovellas/. You can find full guidelines here, and we highly recommend you read the guidelines, because we’re doing things a little differently this time. Until the end of June, Tor.com will only be considering novellas of between 20,000 and 40,000 words that fit one of the following science fiction subgenres: Time Travel Space Opera Near Future Thriller Cyberpunk If you have a novella you want to submit that doesn’t fit these parameters, don’t give up hope. Our plan is to rotate which genre we’re soliciting periodically, so check back here and on our submissions guideline page regularly. Once we’ve worked our way through these submissions, we’ll re-open for a different genre. Please don’t ask us what genre we’ll be moving to—we’ll be deciding that closer to the time. As always, both Lee Harris and Carl Engle-Laird actively request submissions from writers from underrepresented populations. This includes, but is not limited to, writers of any race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, class and physical or mental ability. We believe that good science fiction and fantasy reflects the incredible diversity and potential of the human species, and hope our catalog will reflect that. Via: Tor.

Deadline: June 30th, 2016 Prize: $25 and chance at publication as audio podcast on REDSHIFT. Prompts: 1) Why does this book have two page 34's? 2) The maid screamed when she saw my face. 3) The smoke in the room turned from black to blue,filling my lungs. Current Contest Rules:   a) Word Count Limit: 2,500 words. b) At least one of the listed prompts             must be used in the story  as either         narrative or dialogue. c) Contest CLOSES June 30th, 2016 at 12 a.m. EST.  d) Winner/honorable mentions  will be announced on July 15th, 2016. e) No entry fee required. f) Winner receives $25 and chance at        publication as audio podcast on                REDSHIFT. Contest Rules And Prizes: 1) Entries must follow theme and genre listed under "Current Contest." 2) Participants may enter only one entry per contest. 3) The contest is open to all original, unpublished work by any English-language writers. 4) Winners and honorable mentions are considered published. Buzz & Roar Publishing LLC has the right to submit your published story to REDSHIFT for transfer to audio medium. 5) Entries must be submitted by the end date listed in "Current Contest" section. Late entries will not be considered. 6) Winner and Honorable Mentions will be notified by email.   To Enter Go Here: Buzz And Roar Publishing.

Deadline: June 30, 2016 Payment: .10/word for the first 1,000 words, .05/word for the next 5,000 words and .03/word after that Theme: I Regret Nothing Too many characters spend their time brooding about the past, whether it’s missed opportunities or mistakes that led to misfortune down the line. For our first anthology, we want your stories with at least one character who has no regrets – either for a specific moment, or in general. Your story must feature a predominantly POC cast to be considered. Genres: Sci-fi, Fantasy, or Horror (no poetry, please) Story Length: For this anthology, we’re looking for original, short fiction up to 10,000 words. While we’ll read a piece that’s slightly longer, we will absolutely not consider any story over 12,000 words. Your story must be complete within the stated word count – no serials or other multi-part pieces. Pay: We pay .10/word for the first 1,000 words, .05/word for the next 5,000 words and .03/word after that. Contract Overview: Our contract covers the right to publish your story within our digital and print anthology, as well as online at Sanguine Press for paying members. We ask for exclusive rights for one year, and non-exclusive after that. A full contract will be provided upon acceptance into the anthology. No multiple submissions: Please only send us one story at a time, and wait for a response before sending another. We’re excited to get to read your work, but as a two-person team we have to do all we can to give as many authors as possible a fair chance to be read. No simultaneous submissions: If you decide to submit to another publisher, please send us a note and withdraw your submission here, first. We ask this only because of time constraints, and this policy may change in...