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Deadline: November 30th, 2019 Payment: Royalties Lost Love (Rated R) Deadline – November 30th, 2019 Publication – February 2020 Word Count – 5,000-15,000 Theme – Nearly everyone has had a lost love. In other words, the one that got away  either due to another person, drifting apart, death, etc. Whether it be the boy next door, a loyal princess, or a supernatural being, all of these stories have two things in common: loss and heartbreak.   After receiving edits back, the author has two weeks to return the submission for formatting. View our blog post on the topic of how to submit to a publisher.   Rating – Check each anthologies‘ rating. Word count – Check each anthologies‘ word count requirements. E-mail address to submit to – [email protected]   NOTICE –  Failure to submit correctly will result in refusal of submission. Via: Dragon Soul Press</a..

Deadline: November 30th, 2019 Payment: 1 penny (GBP) per word for original short stories, 100 pounds for original novellas / flat rate, 10 pounds for reprints / flat rate, and a contributor's copy Submissions close: 30/11/2019 Response time: We'll aim for the end of January 2020 at the latest Publication: Planned for late 2020 What we want: This anthology will combine the best new mysteries with classic reprints from yesteryear, so give us a masterful tale. You'll need an engaging and memorable protagonist who can hold his or her own against Sherlock Holmes and Auguste Dupin. Above all, we want a clever puzzle the reader can try to solve. Throw in clues and red herrings, make our readers work their "little grey cells", as Hercule Poirot puts it. The mystery could be a crime, but it could also be a historical or archaeological investigation, a treasure hunt, getting to the bottom of a local legend... it's up to you, but it must be a mystery the reader can delve into and try to solve before your protagonist. Think Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse, Jonathan Creek, even Nancy Drew or Scooby Doo, but be damned clever about it! Get moving! The game's afoot! Length:  Short stories between 2,500 and 7,000 words Novellas up to 25,000 words Rates: 1 penny (GBP) per word for original short stories 100 pounds for original novellas / flat rate 10 pounds for reprints / flat rate All contributors will receive one print copy Please read the full guidelines below before submitting. GENERAL GUIDELINES AND DETAILS Please only submit one story per publication. No simultaneous submissions for original fiction. Languages accepted:  English and French / anglais et français Black Beacon Books is based in France but publishes in English. As such, we accept submissions in both English and French. Any...

Deadline: November 30th, 2019 Payment: $10 Please read the entire guidelines before submitting. No, really. Please do. It will help you, and it will help us. We accept and publish web edition submissions on a rolling basis. We don't read new submissions in December, January, June and July. Vestal Review is a magazine for new flash (short-shorts) fiction, 500 words or fewer. We don't accept reprints. We love to hear new voices, especially from immigrants, but we don’t discriminate against anyone. We love magic realism. High fantasy, science fiction, romance and kids stories? Not so much. No fees. The honorarium is $10.  All payments will be made only through PayPal. For Web edition, we consider only one story per author. We accept simultaneous submissions. We assume that every writer is also a reader, so please read the guidelines before submitting and not the other way around. Our philosophy: Most stories are not rejected because they are not good, but because other stories are better. Vestal Review now publishes its print issues twice a year in a perfect-bound edition. All content is available on the Web. We welcome your submissions, but please read our guidelines first. We don’t read new submissions in December, January, June and July  (except for special calls for submissions). All submissions sent during this time will be deleted. Don’t worry: the categories that we don’t temporarily consider will be hidden from view. Each submission is to be sent separately. Our reading periods are: 1. February-May 2. August-November Once in a while, we have special calls for submissions that change the above schedule and payments. Effective immediately, all submissions should be done using our submission manager. We will not consider any other forms of submissions. Use this e-mail to inquire about the status of your submission (please wait three months before sending it): submissionsvestalreview.net Please start the...

Deadline: November 30th, 2019 Payment: $0.02/word, potentially more! Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of short stories to be considered in the anthology Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die from September 15th to November 30th. The compensation level for this anthology will be set by the success of our Kickstarter! At a minimum it will be $0.02/word. You can find the Kickstarter here. A link to a submission portal will be displayed during our open period. We are looking for: Wordcount: Under 6,000 words. 1-4,000 words is probably the sweet spot. Concept: They joked that the only things left would be cockroaches and Twinkies, but they were wrong. They underestimated us. Tell us stories of queer resilience and queer survival, stories set after the end of a world that could be ours but might not be. Tell us about new queer beginnings born amidst the broken promises of the future. Be inspired by Mad Max: Fury Road, yes, but the visions of the apocalypse we love also include The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, Apocalypse World by Vincent & Meguey Baker, Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, and Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. What we want to see: We are looking for speculative stories that explore ramifications of the apocalypse through queer narratives. We want queer stories and we want trans stories and we want indefinable stories. We welcome a broad interpretation of the post-apocalyptic genre; give us your scraps of hope in every ruined future (we love genre elements from fantasy, horror and science fiction). Throughout, we’re looking for rich, varied and nuanced understandings of gender, family and ethnicity. What we don’t want to see: Don’t tell us directly how it ended. You can draw implications from the sunless sky or...