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Deadline: June 1st, 2019 Payment: all prose 501 to 3,000 words = $0.01/word with a $20 minimum, microflash (up to 150 words) = $5, flash (up to 500 words) = $10 - Longer work will be considered. Regardless of length, all payments are capped at $30. - 1 poem = $7 - Quips, limericks and other short poems = $5 each Page & Spine is a paying site.  Because of the large number of submissions, we will no longer accept submissions that do not comply with our submissions requirements.  Emails containing attachments will be deleted unopened. Requirements and rates: Short Stories up to 3,000 words. Flash Fiction to 1,000 words.  Format:  Single space.  Indent paragraphs. Do not skip a line between paragraphs. Considered between October 1st and June 1st only. Up to 3 Poems of not more than a total of three typewritten pages.  Considered between October 1st and June 1st only. The Writers' Table writing-related essays, book reviews, favorite author profiles of not more than 2,000 words. The Reading Lamp  topical essays, non-fiction, fiction to 3,000 words, poems   Crumbs short, witty Poetry, Quips and thought-provoking Flash Fiction (to 150 words) End Notes essays, poems, book reviews on any subject Payscale:  all prose 501 to 3,000 words = $0.01/word with a $20 minimum,  microflash (up to 150 words) = $5, flash (up to 500 words) = $10                     Longer work will be considered.  Regardless of length, all payments are capped at $30. 1 poem = $7 quips, limericks and other short poems = $5 each                     Because we have bulging pending files in our short story, reading lamp and poems categories, submissions will be accepted only between October 1 and June 1 in these categories.  Please plan your submissions accordingly. Due to a happy surfeit of unpublished submissions, reprints will not be accepted until further notice. "Published" is...

Deadline: June 1st, 2019 Payment: $20 “Turning words into art is unnatural. It begins with a contrary attitude. It says, I am unhappy with the way things are and desire to make things different. Rather than represent the world, I will make something wildly and savagely new. I will defy logic. I will invest in new perceptions. I will combine and recombine and fabricate and juggle until something that I have never experienced is experienced. The process is alchemical. The process is violent. It goes to the heart of creativity. It disrupts and shatters. It is splendid with provocation. It is an aggression against banality. It is sharp and loud like a janitor scraping frost from a window. The hectic bounce of steam on a street after a truck roars by. The anarchy of waters, the comedy of the face, dangerous feelings vented from a cage of skin.” ~ John Olson Poetry — We believe poetry is contrary by nature, always defying, always tonguing the tang of novelty. We look especially for plurality of meaning, for dual reverberation of beauty and concern. Contrary’s poetry in particular often mimics the effects of fiction or commentary. We find ourselves enamored of prose poems because they are naturally contrary toward form – they tug on the forces of exposition or narrative – but prose poems remain the minority of all the poetic forms we publish. Please consider that Contrary receives vast amounts of poetry and that we can publish only a small percentage of that work. Please submit no more than three poems per issue. Our poetry editor is Shaindel Beers. Fiction — We ask our fiction writers to imagine their readers navigating a story with one finger poised over a mouse button. Can your story stay that finger to the end? We...

Deadline: June 1st, 2019 Payment: 5 dollars and 5 contributor copies or 25 dollars and 0 contributor copies. SINCERELY, S.O.V.: a tribute to s.o.v. horror films Woefully inept? Unbearably trashy? Unwatchable? Badly written? Over-acted? Hammy? Boring? Cheaply made? Redundant? Ridiculous? Goofy? Or...something more? Since professional studios did not back these films, they didn’t have to pass through any conventional filters. The desire to make these films surpassed the limitations and obstacles, which rear their terrible serpent heads in: the seams. The seams. Perhaps it’s THE SEAMS which is most interesting about these films. How, barely passably, did they achieve creature effects or kill sequences given their limitations in budget, actors, writing, and directing? What can we learn about the times, the creator’s lives, and forgotten class-struggles from bygone eras? What is the magical element present in these films which draws new audiences back to them despite their horrendously low ratings on IMDB? The best of these films have something in common: sincerity—a sincerity to scare and shock and to create some simulacrum of believability in an artificial pulp world gone mad. We are especially attracted to horror stories, novels, and films with grim settings. Think the lonely frozen outpost of The Thing, the terrible working conditions of King’s “Graveyard Shift,” the struggling writer of Ligotti’s “Alice’s Last Adventure,” or the jaded demiglaze over James Woods’ eyes in VIDEODROME. Comic artists and writers are encouraged to submit. Experimentation and non-traditional approaches to storytelling are encouraged. Deadline: June 1st, 2019. Token payment: 5 dollars and 5 contributor copies or 25 dollars and 0 contributor copies. Submit to: psychedelichorrorpress at gmail dot com Writer Length: 2k-4kish Comic Artist Length: 5-20 pages of black and white sequential art

Deadline: June 1st, 2019 Payment: $20 and a contributor's copy OPEN CALL for a new anthology from Anubis Press! HANDBOOK FOR THE DEAD will be open for submissions until June 1st. What we are looking for are stories about real life paranormal experiences (ghosts only) with some factoids about the paranormal, such as beliefs, theories, popular explanations, evidence from cases similar to yours, and investigation methods, included with the story, much in the way information is listed in handbooks. The objective of this anthology is to offer readers some paranormal stories as well as insight into the entire paranormal phenomena. GUIDELINES: 1) Do not send fiction stories. These are stories alleged to be true. 2) Stories about ghosts and hauntings only. These are to be personal experiences, family stories, or tales of local haunts (local to you). 3) Stories should be no less than 1000 words. 4) Make sure to list the factoids. They are a required part of the submission. 5) List factoids separately from the story. Do not include them in the tale. List them in the same document, just make sure they are separated from the story. 6) Factoids can be from another source, or they can be your own theories or investigation methods. If they are your own, explain why you believe what you believe and/or why you investigate the way you do. If the information is from another source, list the source and explain thoroughly. 7) No more than two submissions per person. 8) All stories must be attached as word.doc or docx only. Do not send any other file types and do not paste stories in the body of the email. 9) Email submissions to [email protected] and include the following in the subject line: HANDBOOK <story title> <your name>. If the guidelines are not...

Deadline: June 1st, 2019 Payment: Royalties Attention authors! Hollow Hills will begin accepting submissions for a new anthology in April, 2019. As a publisher, our goal is to put out one anthology a year, giving readers exposure to a variety of authors from all over the world. This anthology is loosely titled "Tales of the Siblings Not-So-Grim" and will contain short stories and poetry based on fairy tales or taking place in a fantasy/fairy tale-esque setting. You can rewrite a fairy tale or even write your own. (No, it doesn't have to be a Grimm fairy tale.) Magic, dragons, elves, witches, we want it all! We are going for a more lighthearted vibe for this anthology, so romance and comedy are welcome, though not required. We are looking for new or seasoned authors for this anthology. This is NOT a charity anthology, meaning that authors will be paid a portion of royalties. Submission requirements: Stories should be between 8,000 and 15,000 words long. No erotica or excessive swearing. Please do not send us a first draft. Our editors are here to clean up your story, but we will not accept works with "more problems than you can shake a stick at" so please read over your manuscript more than twice. Submit your stories between April 1st and June 1st. Email submissions to hollowhillsbooks(at)gmail(dot)com with  Anthology Submission and your author name in the subject. We will accept submissions as email attachments in .doc, .docx, or .rtf file formats. Happy writing! Via: Hollow Hills Books.

Deadline: June 1st, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy Note: Reprints Allowed Deadline: June 1, 2019 Editors: Tarl Hoch and Thurston Howl Word count: 2,500-8,000; a little above and a little below will be acceptable We want your campfire ghost stories...with furry characters. I am going to forgo my usual long description for the anthology because I want to leave it open to you what kind of mythos you bring into your story. But keep in mind while this is an adult anthology, your story does not have to be NSFW. First and foremost, your story should be horror. Scare us! All story submissions must be "furry" in nature. We will NOT accept: Racism, sexism, or discrimination presented in a positive light. Pedophilia or sex with characters under the age of 18 presented in a positive light. Rape, torture, dubious consent, forced seduction presented in a positive light. Snuff or Necrophilia presented in a positive light If you are in doubt, ASK. Better to ask than to get a straight up rejection! If you are unsure, just shoot me an email at [email protected]. (restrictions borrowed from Voice: https://t.co/MWykJ6RY36) You can submit up to three stories, but we will only accept one per author (if any). Reprints are fine, but you have to own full permission of the work in order for us to consider it. We will not accept simultaneous submissions. Payment: Authors will receive a free copy of the print book. Send submissions in .doc or .docx format to [email protected]. Title your email with the subject in all caps, e.g. "GHOSTS." If you are sending more than one submission, send multiple emails instead of putting them all in one. We will inform all authors regarding decisions within a week or two after the deadline. Book will likely be released October in plenty...