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Deadline: October 30th, 2019 Payment: $5 In ‘Corners of the World’ collections we showcase writers and authors from all around the world, each collection focuses on a different subset of people from different cultures. Giving their unique voices and stories a chance to shine. For these collections, we want to bring the folk stories and societies to live in stark horror through the eyes of those who inhabit them. This year we focus on Jewish stories of horror, we want stories from Jews of every ethnic background focusing on the culture and world of Judaism. Has Ashmandai come to claim a genetic oath? Has the Golem of Prague re-risen to exact vengeance on a secretive society? Does something worse than death stalk the ghettos and warrens of the world? Violence, sex, and gore must be pertinent and interesting to the story. Rape is never acceptable. Anything too gratuitous will be rejected. Racism/Sexism/Bigotry of any form will never be accepted here. Double check your grammar and spelling. Format your story correctly. Please submit all stories in DOC/RTF format. Reprints are ok. Please include a small bio that includes your own connection to the Jewish people or culture. We retain exclusive publishing rights for 12 months. We pay $5.00 for stories up to 5000 words Deadline is 10.30.19 –  We give this a long submission time due to the narrow nature of our search. Once we have the all the stories we need we close submissions, this could be 1 month or 10. Send all submissions with the subject ‘Corners Vol 1 Submission’ and the title of your submission to [email protected] Via: Madness Heart Press.

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $10.00 Dark Divinations Edited by Naching T. Kassa It is the height of Queen Victoria’s rule, the world is powered by steam and seen by gaslight. Fog swirls in the street, while in the parlor, hands are linked. Pale and expectant faces gaze upon a woman, her eyes closed and shoulders slumped. The medium speaks, her tone hollow and inhuman. The séance has begun. Séances are but one method of divination and communication with the dead. There are many others. From Tarot to the witch board, scrying to numerology, HorrorAddicts.net wants it all. We want your Victorian Age stories of Dark Divinations. First and foremost, your submission must be a horror story and contain something emotionally, physically, or mentally horrifying. Secondly, it must take place during the Victorian Era. We don’t care if it’s in England, the American West, colonial India, or Africa, it must take place during the years of 1837-1901. Lastly, the story must concern a method of divination (the practice of foretelling the future through supernatural means.) This can include but is not limited to: Ouija boards, cards, scrying, entrail reading, and necromancy. We’re looking for originality above all. What we don’t want: We are not looking for steampunk stories for this anthology. We also don’t want a story where the divination is just “stuck-in” and isn’t really an integral piece of the story. No previously printed work and no simultaneous submissions. We are doing blind submissions. Wow us with your story. Enter up to two short stories only. Make sure they fit the theme Manuscript Format: *Font: either Courier or Times New Roman. *Double spaced, font 12 point. *Your manuscript must be in either DOC or RTF format. *Do not place your name in the manuscript, just the title.** *No header...

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $25 AUD We're looking for fantastic fantasy, super-duper science fiction,  Wonderfulliy Wierd, and Macabre. ​ Think classic outer-worldly.  Think swashbuckling adventure.  Think stuff that would give Lovecraft the shivers.  Mad professors, demons of the dark, heroes, monsters, giant robots...  We could could go all day.  You get the idea. ​ New, unpublished writers are welcome! ​ Think you've got the chops?  Here are the rules: Under 18? No problem. Just send a note from your teacher or guardian with your submission, telling us it's ok for you to write for us. No gratuitous sex or excessive profanity.  No nasty sex of any kind unless it's inherent to the story, and not glorified.  Some gore is ok, but hate speech, or material we might find offensive is not. ​ We pay a flat rate of $25 AU per original piece of fiction.  That’s low right now, but Rufo’s Dog is still a pup.  Hopefully, we’ll be able to pay more soon.  The best way for that to happen is for you to you tell all your friends to buy a copy and or subscribe, then we’ll have more moolah to throw at the next issue. We pay a flat rate of $100 AU for any original artwork that makes the cover, and $50 AU that makes the middle pages. ​ For contributors with an Australian bank account, payments made via bank transfer are possible.  For international contributors, we prefer to pay via PayPal. ​ Rufo's Dog will also pay for one annual subscription, (4 issues,), normally valued at $9.99 AU, for each contributer we publish. ​ We reserve only first rights for print and electronic publication of fiction,  Once your work is published in Rufo’s Dog online, or in print, it’s yours. ​ We reserve all rights for print and electronic publication of artwork, including the right to...

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: 4 cents per word Public submissions for Volume 2 will open August 1. Details will be updated after the invite-only submission period. Public submissions submitted prior to August 1 will be declined unread. In the meantime, if you're interested in submitting to Volume 2, we suggest taking a look at the stories in Volume 1 for a general idea on theme and style. Also, check out our Resources page on our website at www.LycanValley.com regarding pulp and the types of stories we are looking for in this series. All stories must be considered pulp/noir and fit the theme. Theme: Anything you might find, or come into contact with, inside or around a house or home. Please note, this is a very broad theme so get creative and come up with something new and unusual. Common phobias such as arachnophobia, claustrophobia and agoraphobia, although relevant to the theme, must bring something new. Likewise, hauntings and possessions must bring more than your average ghost story. This can also include stories deliberately set inside a house or in a yard/farm/etc near a house if it's fitting for the story (stitching the theme is fine but simply mentioning there is a house nearby isn't enough to fit the theme). ABSOLUTELY NO PIZZA STORIES. Sorry, bring us something new. Word count: 4,000 to 6,000 Payment: $0.04 per word Details: Phobias are defined as an irrational and extreme fear to something. Some of the most widely known phobias include arachnophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, acrophobia, etc. Anything can be a phobia if it irrationally causes an intense and debilitating fear. What happens when these irrational fears/phobias become reality? Make the fears and the horrors associated with that fear real. Make them come alive. Take them from irrational to rational. Give us a reason to be scared. We...

*UPDATED* Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: Royalties An anthology dedicated to both human and inhuman monsters, and the things – wonderful, monstrous, and everything in between – that they do for love. Stories must be horror, they must be original, and they must fit the anthology theme. Submissions close 1 October, 2019. Our target is 50 stories. There is no limit on the number of submissions per author, but we reserve the right to limit the number of accepted stories per author. As payment, authors will receive royalties divided by word count. We’re looking for stories between 500 – 7500 words. A few words under or over won’t necessarily disqualify a story, but please keep as close to the guidelines as possible. Stories MUST fit within the horror genre. Guidelines First and foremast, all submissions must be horror. However, we recognize that horror is a very broad and often nuanced genre. To that end, we’ll read stories that fit into other genres (thriller, family drama, coming of age, science fiction, fantasy, comedy, romance, et cetera) as long as the story contains horror, and as long as horror is integral to the narrative. ALL submissions must be within the horror genre, and MUST meet the following requirements: Submit all documents as an attachment in .doc, .docx, or .pages format 12 point standard font (Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, Courier, etc) Double-spaced Submit via email to [email protected] In the body of the email, include your name and contact information. Unpublished stories are given preference, but we consider reprints on a case by case basis, as long as all rights have reverted to the author. If your previously unpublished piece is accepted for publication in an anthology, we take First Print and Electronic Publishing Rights, with exclusivity for twelve months from the date of publication....

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $60 USD for fiction and $30 USD for poetry Our previous quarterly submission periods are no longer valid. Our new submission windows are: October 1–October 31: OPEN to flash fiction and poetry. April 1–April 30: OPEN to flash fiction and poetry. Submissions sent outside these windows will be rejected unread. Feel free to record your submissions at Duotrope and/or the Submissions Grinder. We are also listed on Ralan. Fiction and Poetry Guidelines Arsenika is looking for previously unpublished original fiction and poetry up to 1,000 words long. Payment is $60 USD for fiction and $30 USD for poetry for first world electronic rights and non-exclusive audio rights. We hope to raise the poetry rate to $60 as well in the future—please support us on Patreon if you’d like to help us reach our goal. Submit no more than two flash fiction pieces and five poems at a time, and please make sure you fill out the form again for each piece you send, unless the pieces are meant to be read together (e.g. a triptych of poems). All work should be in Standard Manuscript Format (fiction format/poetry format). Format poetry exactly as you would like to see it online—use italics for italics, underlines for underlines, boldface for boldface, etc. Send only TXT, RTF, DOC, and DOCX files. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Multiple submissions are allowed, but please have no more than two flash fiction pieces and five poems in the submissions queue at a time. We try to respond to all submissions within 30 days. If you haven’t heard from us in 90 days, please send us a query at [email protected]. Our secondary email address is [email protected]. Remember: Don’t self-reject. We use Moksha to manage submissions. If you are ready to submit, please use the button below to reach our Moksha page. Do not email submissions. Submit to Arsenika Reprints Arsenika does not accept unsolicited reprints. Payment...

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: AUD $100 per story In 2009, coeur de lion publishing released X6 — a novellanthology, featuring novellas by Margo Lanagan, Terry Dowling, Cat Sparks, Trent Jamieson, Paul Haines and Louise Katz. X6 took us on a journey of the imagination beyond the borders of the real. That’s where Dimension6 e-magazine lives. Dimension6 describes the multiverse of all possible people, places and events. Everything that can and will happen takes place in Dimension6. Launched in 2014, Dimension6 features the best new stories from established authors and fresh voices from Australia and overseas. Our readers can experience the bold vision of Dimension6 and its authors completely free of charge. As of the end of 2017, we’ve topped over 14,000 individual downloads. Information for authors When are you open for submissions? We are open for submissions between 1 and 31 October 2019. Check this site and Duotrope for notifications. What stories are you looking for? Strong, original speculative fiction stories. The type of stories that appear in D6 will evolve with the magazine as genres blend and blur. Word limit is flexible because we’re an e-publication. Our minimum word length is 4,500 words, because we believe a real story needs at least that much space to thrive. If it’s really good we’ll publish to novella length (up to 40,000 words), but it would have to be really good from page one onwards. We have a bias towards science fiction, but we like fantasy too especially if it’s firmly camped outside the standard fantasy tropes. For horror we’re not interested in splatter-filled gore stories. The most effective horror stories are those where you only glimpse the monster. We have a strict reading and submission period. See below for further details. Do you accept reprints? Our general answer is no. We may make an exception for significant works that are not available...

*UPDATED* Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: Royalties The second entry in an anthology series showcasing horror in every state, “Horror USA: Texas” is all about the terrors, horrors, creeps, and shrieks found in Texas. Stories must be horror, they must be original, and must take place in Texas. The submission deadline is 1 October 2019. Our target is 50 stories. There is no limit on the number of submissions per author, but we reserve the right to limit the number of accepted stories per author. As payment, authors will receive royalties divided by word count. First and foremast, all submissions must be horror. However, we recognize that horror is a very broad and often nuanced genre. To that end, we’ll read stories that fit into other genres (thriller, family drama, coming of age, science fiction, fantasy, comedy, romance, et cetera) as long as the story contains horror, and as long as horror is integral to the narrative. ALL submissions must be within the horror genre, and MUST meet the following requirements: Submit all documents as an attachment in .doc, .docx, or .pages format 12 point standard font (Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, Courier, etc) Double-spaced Submit via email to [email protected] In the body of the email, include your name and contact information. Unpublished stories are given preference, but we consider reprints on a case by case basis, as long as all rights have reverted to the author. If your previously unpublished piece is accepted for publication in an anthology, we take First Print and Electronic Publishing Rights, with exclusivity for twelve months from the date of publication. If we accept your reprint for publication in an anthology, we take nonexclusive reprint rights. A copy of our publishing contract is available upon request. Via: Soteira Press.

*UPDATED*Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: Royalties The third entry in an anthology series showcasing horror in every state, “Horror USA: Washington” is all about the terrors, horrors, creeps, and shrieks found in Washington State. Stories must be horror, they must be original, and they must take place in Washington State. The submission deadline is 1 October 2019. The anthology target is 50 stories. There is no limit on the number of submissions per author, but we reserve the right to limit the number of accepted stories per author. As payment, authors will receive royalties divided by word count. First and foremost, all submissions must be horror. However, we recognize that horror is a very broad and often nuanced genre. To that end, we’ll read stories that fit into other genres (thriller, family drama, coming of age, science fiction, fantasy, comedy, romance, et cetera) as long as the story contains horror, and as long as horror is integral to the narrative. ALL submissions must be within the horror genre, and MUST meet the following requirements: Submit all documents as an attachment in .doc, .docx, or .pages format 12 point standard font (Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, Courier, etc) Double-spaced Submit via email to [email protected] In the body of the email, include your name and contact information. Unpublished stories are given preference, but we consider reprints on a case by case basis, as long as all rights have reverted to the author. If your previously unpublished piece is accepted for publication in an anthology, we take First Print and Electronic Publishing Rights, with exclusivity for twelve months from the date of publication. If we accept your reprint for publication in an anthology, we take nonexclusive reprint rights. A copy of our publishing contract is available upon request. Via: Soteira Press.

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: 6 cents per word Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Kevin J. Anderson, executive editor Published by WordFire Press Lights! Camera! Monsters? We’ve all experienced a night out at the movies. Are you old enough to remember the drive in? Do you dare build a movie theater in your basement and invite monsters and mayhem to your home? Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem is a collection of tales involving monsters and the chaos they create in the movie world. Your monster may be that unidentifiable substance growing at the back of the popcorn popper at your local theater concession stand; the zombie who wants to be a movie star but is tired of being typecast; the scriptwriter’s muse who turns out to be an alien with an agenda; the diva director who comes in to “save” your latest film. The monster does not have to be the main character, but does have to be vital to the story. (No copyrighted characters or REAL movies, please!) Movies can be interpreted as a story set within a fully conscious cinematic world, or involving the act of watching a film, or having a character who thoroughly enjoys movies. And mayhem should speak for itself. Unleash your inner beast and keep the rest of us awake at night with your stories of humor, horror, or plain ol’ weirdness. Funny or grim, unsettling or cozy, we are open to anything. Make us laugh! Make us sigh! Make us scream! Genre: Original short stories that feature a monster in a movie setting, to include a mix of science fiction, fantasy, horror, alien, magical, witchcraft, AI, and romance elements. Must be appropriate for a “PG-13” audience. Please, no copyrighted characters and no real movies. Length: up to 6000 words Rate: 6¢/word on acceptance. Rights: First...

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: 1 cent per word, a flat rate of $20 if under 2,000 words. The Overcast is currently open to submissions three times a year, during the months of January, April, and October. (Note we are no longer reading during July.  Our summers have just gotten too hectic.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  Thank you for understanding.)   What We Want We are interested in speculative fiction, whatever that means to you, be it Science Fiction, Fantasy, Steampunk, Magical Realism, Slipstream, or an as-yet-unnamed genre.  Anything that looks at the world and life from an unexpected angle.  We want the original vision of William Gibson.  The magic and beauty of Erin Morgenstern.  The uncompromising voice of Margaret Atwood.  The technical brilliance of Ted Chiang.  We want to read stories that transport us to places that we've never imagined.  We want to still be thinking about a story days after reading it.  Be original.  Be amazing. We are based in Portland, OR, and shine a spotlight on writers hailing from, living in, or connected in some way to the Pacific Northwest, as loosely defined by the bioregion of Cascadia.  We feel there is an exceptionally strong talent pool of speculative writers in Cascadia, and we want to celebrate and promote them to a larger audience.  Roughly half the stories we publish are by PNW writers.  That said, we are not exclusive, and the other half of our stories come from authors all over the globe.  So no matter where you live, send us your stories.  If they make us laugh, cry, or turn cartwheels of astonishment, preferably all at once, we will find a place for them on The Overcast. This is an audio format publication.  We feel that stories of around 20-30 minutes in length are the best...

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $5 B&B is looking for terrifying tales and poems with blasphemous religious themes! (Think devout cannibals, vampire nuns, holy relics that kill, twisted retelling of Bible stories, Christ's second coming as a serial killer -- you get the idea!) Nothing is too blasphemous for this anthology. The more irreverent, the better! This collection is to be compiled and edited by The Amnesia Girl and Graveyard Girlsauthor, Gerri R. Gray. PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines...  * Word format saved in .doc, or .docx * 12 pt times new roman * Double spaced * Absolutely NO extra lines between paragraphs! * 2.5K-4K word count (although we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!) * Write 'B&B' along with your name and story title in the header of your email *The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter. * The submission documents are to be separated and Word (.doc or .docx) documents are to be attached to your submission email. * Send submissions to [email protected]  - Make sure that you check your mss for grammar and punctuation, use our guidelines to help you: DOWNLOAD YOUR HBB GUIDE TO GRAMMAR HERE (PDF) Deadline: OCTOBER 31st 2019 (publication in time for Christmas 2019) Payment - $5.00 for first rights. Capped at 120K words in total. Via: HellBound Books Publishing.

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $20 and a contributor's copy Trans people have not often had a voice. We have been ignored. We have been told by others who and what we are. We have been given a role to play in the world. But rarely have we had the power to make our voices heard – until only fairly recently. This anthology exists to allow the voices of trans individuals within the furry community to tell their stories through the medium of speculative fiction. Tales that are encouraged should be ones that address or challenge how gender is viewed and can be from any genre; urban slice-of-life, fantasy, science-fiction. Some examples may be: A teenager in school discovers a magical book that transforms them into the body they always imagined they could have. An android in the far future awakens to discover that the body it wears is inexplicably not right. An assassin takes one last big contract so that she can afford enough money to pay for her reassignment surgery. These are our stories. These are our voices. Make them heard. All story submissions must be "furry" in nature. Please note this is a pro-trans collection and anti-trans stories will not be considered. Erotic stories will be considered but please avoid stories that objectify or fetishize trans individuals. 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]. You can submit up to three stories,...

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $5 Note: Reprints Allowed "Whodunit" Jersey Pines Ink is pleased to announce our newest anthology, WHO DUNIT? Stories must be fiction and totally of your own creation. Stories MUST have a beginning, middle and end with a solution. The mystery story will be solved with the influence, inspiration, or assistance of a pet--Any pet Cats, dogs, birds, snakes, monkeys, etc.: YES! Dragons, Unicorns, mythical or extinct creatures: NO! Absolutely nothing anthropomorphic Please heed these guidelines: Stories can be no longer than 2,000 words. Flash is acceptable. No graphic violence, rape scenes or abuse to children. Standard manuscript format ONLY. We do not accept multiple or simultaneous submissions. You may send another story if your first is not accepted. Reprints will be considered if you have the rights to resell the story. Submit to: [email protected] SUBJECT LINE: Story Title, authors name, word count All submissions must be standard manuscript format or they will be rejected immediately. Double space, Times New Roman 12, doc or docx only, all other formats will be rejected. First page information: name, address, email, (pen name will appear in the by-line) Headers: story title and author’s last name Cover letter: Please include name, penname, address, email address, PayPal address, (payment will only be made through PayPal), If submitting a reprint, please include publication history. Please include a short bio, 85 words max. Manuscripts not following the guidelines will be deleted unread. Payment after publication: $5.00 (PayPal). Submission window June 30 to October 31(or until filled.) Via: Jersey Pines Ink.

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $10 Another first for HellBound Books - we are looking for the very best in bizarro short stories! Thrill us, disgust us, have us squirming in our seats - heck, gross us out if ya dare! But, don't resort to gratuitous nastiness for its own sake, we are looking for a good, solid story and awesome characters along with our grossness! We are delighted to announce that this groundbreaking anthology is to be compiled by the inimitable David Owain Hughes! PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines... * Word format saved in .doc, or .docx * 12 pt times new roman * Double spaced * Absolutely NO extra lines between paragraphs! * 4K-10K word count (although we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!) * Write 'BIZARRO' along with your name and poem title in the header of your email *The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter. * The submission documents are to be separated and Word (.doc or .docx) documents are to be attached to your submission email. * Please include real name and pen name in submission Make sure that you check your mss for grammar and punctuation, use our guidelines to help you: DOWNLOAD YOUR HBB GUIDE TO GRAMMAR HERE (PDF) * Send submissions to [email protected] Deadline: OCTOBER 31st 2019 (publication December 2019) Payment -$10 for first rights Capped at 150K words in total Via: Hellbound Books.

Deadline: October 31st, 2019 Payment: $15 BROADSWORDS AND BLASTERS is looking for quality submissions in the pulp magazine tradition. What does that mean? We want your tales of: sword and sorcery; westerns (Weird or otherwise); horror (Cosmic, Southern Gothic, visceral, and psychological); detective tales; two-fisted action; retro science fiction. Tales should feature strong characters and visceral action. No navel-gazing. Despite having great action, detailed settings, and iconic characters, much of old-school pulp is unfortunately emblematic of limited cultural ideals that we have no interest in propagating. As such, we encourage diverse characters and welcome stories that subvert the standard pulp formula. We prefer clear descriptions. While we appreciate poetic prose, the reader has to be able to understand what is happening. For rating guidelines (language, descriptions) we are looking at a hard R-rating as the maximum we will publish. That is to say, we don’t shy away from cursing, gore, or sex, but such content needs to serve the story, not be there for the sake of being there. Word count: Submissions must be 2,000 to 5,000 words. Anything outside these limits will be rejected. Please submit stories in either .rtf, .doc, or .docx. Use standard submission format. http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html. We do not accept reprints. We do not accept multiple submissions. Please submit only one story at a time. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please tell us in the body of the email that you are submitting to more than one publication. If the story is accepted elsewhere, please let us know as soon as possible. Payment and terms We pay a flat $15.00 per story upon publication. All payments will be made through PayPal. All published contributors will receive a comp electronic copy. We claim first exclusive rights for print and digital, with the exclusive period lasting for 30 days after date of first...

Deadline: November 1st, 2019 Payment: $30, possibly more if stretch goals are met Note: Must be an Australian resident, ex-pat, or at the very least a member of CSFG The dragon on her hoard. The horror in its void. The word-spanning AI. The demon reaping souls. Too often fiction portrays the non-human as Other; as a threat to be destroyed, to be conquered… or to be “saved”, assimilated back into the teeming throngs of humanity. Not this time. This time, it’s the non-humans’ turn. What is life like, to be imperfect. To observe humanity from without? What does it mean to be seen as horrific, to be rejected… and to overcome that? Or embrace it? To embrace it or reject it? And what does our love of these stories tell us can we, as human readers, learn from that about ourselves? Unnatural Order is an anthology for strange days and grotesque beauty, as the monstrous seeps out from the dark, and makes the light its own. What we want Maws, paws, jaws, and claws! Fin and fur and fang. Tentacles, scales, steel. The weirder the protagonist, the more alien, the less recognizable, the better! Stories that explore humanity through the lens of the inhuman. What does it mean to be human from the perspective of something that isn’t? Does the question even matter? Romance, adventure, wanderlust, and strange and terrible beauty. The monstrous is just a hopepunk as it is grimdark! Diverse works from people with or without previous publishing credits. Unnatural Order is a chance to showcase stories that might not be picked up by more conservative markets, and we strongly encourage people not to self-reject! We’re much more interested in unique and interesting takes that might be a little rough around the edges than we are in more mainstream stories with “polish”. What...

Deadline: November 1st, 2019 Payment: $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 - $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction To celebrate twenty years of publication, we're going to revisit the past. There are no new first lines for 2019. Each issue will be comprised of original works based on past first lines. Were you inspired by the fall 2008 first line (Roy owned the only drive-thru funeral business in Maine.) but didn't see the sentence until 2015? Or maybe you started writing a story for the spring 2005 issue (Life would be so much easier if I were a cartoon character.) but you never got around to submitting it. Or maybe you sent us a story that just missed the cut and you reworked it and want to try us again. Well, now is your chance to make up for missed opportunities. The following is the schedule/list of first lines for the 2019 issues (click the season to see the entire list of first lines for each issue): Spring 2019 All submissions must begin with one first line from Volume 1, Issue 1 to Volume 5, Issue 4. Due date: February 1, 2019 Summer 2019 All submissions must begin with one first line from Volume 6, Issue 1 to Volume 10, Issue 4. Due date: May 1, 2019 Fall 2019 All submissions must begin with one first line from Volume 11, Issue 1 to Volume 15, Issue 4. Due date: August 1, 2019 Winter 2019 All submissions must begin with one first line from Volume 16, Issue 1 to Volume 20, Issue 4. Due date: November 1, 2019 A few notes: Don't just resubmit a story we've already rejected. We will know. We have every story submitted to us on file and why we rejected it. Also, we understand that writers may add our...

Deadline: November 1st, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy Submissions for issue 16 (Spring '20) of Bat City Review will open July 1, 2019 and run through November 1, 2019 with responses typically sent within two months of receiving a submission. We are interested in poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, art, and cross-genre pieces that experiment with language, form, and unconventional subject matter. We also welcome traditional styles as well as translations. When submitting a translation, please include a copy of the original text and a note stating that you have secured permission from the copyright holder. Our staff changes every year, and a team of readers and a large editorial board evaluate each submission. In a recent interview with the Review Review, Nick Almeida, Editor-in-Chief for Issue 13, outlines who we are and how we work. Before submitting to Bat City Review, take some time to review our mission statement,  previous issues and featured content in order to familiarize yourself with our aesthetic heritage. Please visit ABOUT at the top menu to contact the appropriate or nearest-related editor with genre-specific questions. GUIDELINES: We only accept submissions through Submittable Please remove all identifying information from the submission document itself Students of the University of Texas at Austin may not submit. Alumni must have completed their studies at least three years prior to current open call Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please email the relevant editor immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Due to the volume of submissions, we ask that you please submit only once per genre per reading period Contributors receive two free copies of the issue in which their work appears. Individual rights revert to authors upon publication Via: Bat City Review.

Deadline: November 1st, 2019 Payment: $50 We seek deeply human work that will teach us something about life, but also about the craft of writing or visual art; work that is original in its approach and that in some way moves us. Publishing and celebrating a diverse range of voices is important to us, so please include in your cover letter a brief bio (100-150 words) as you would like it to appear on our Contributors page. For more on what we are looking for in submissions, read an interview with our founding editor here. We accept simultaneous submissions. However, please withdraw your work immediately should a piece you’ve submitted be accepted elsewhere. If you are withdrawing your entire submission, please log in to your Submittable account and click “withdraw.” If you are withdrawing only a part of your poetry or art submission, please add a note to your submission advising which piece(s) you are withdrawing. We strive to respond to all submissions within 2 months. You can track your submission with Duotrope. We also offer a feedback request service, which features written feedback from a senior editor for a fee. Please submit under the appropriate category. Work submitted to this service is not considered for publication. Writers are welcome to submit to Mud Season Review during reading periods. We do not accept mailed submissions, emailed submissions, multiple submissions, or anything that has previously appeared in print or online (including on your personal blog or website, artwork excepted). We accept flash fiction; please include two to three pieces in your submission. We do not accept translations at this time. If you have already been published in Mud Season Review, please refrain from submitting for one year after the date of the issue in which you were published. Please send submissions through Submittable only. Please use 12 pt font. For fiction and nonfiction, please double space. We acquire First North American Serial Rights (FNASR) upon acceptance...

Deadline: November 1st, 2019 Payment: short story, $25; short-short piece (up to 1000 words), $10; poem, $10; artwork, $25 for cover, $10 for interior page display. Upcoming premises (target themes) and deadlines for submission : What a Strange Question! To download a PDF file of the guidelines, click here . ALL SHORT STORIES, ESSAYS, POEMS, PHOTOGRAPHS and ART MUST RELATE TO ONE OF THE PREMISES SPECIFIED ABOVE. NOTE: Previously published pieces are welcome, provided that the submission fits the theme and that the author owns the copyright. The premise (target theme) must be an integral part of the plot, not necessarily the central theme but not merely incidental. Fewer than 20 double-spaced typewritten pages preferred. Indicate premise (target theme) on title page. Be sure to Indicate target theme in cover letter or on first page of manuscript. Include self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with each submission. Rejected manuscripts unaccompanied by an SASE will not be returned. Response time: 3 months after premise deadline. NO READER'S FEE. Mail to: THEMA, Box 8747, Metairie, LA 70011-8747. Outside the US: email [email protected] On acceptance for publication, we will pay the following amount: short story, $25; short-short piece (up to 1000 words), $10; poem, $10; artwork, $25 for cover, $10 for interior page display. Copyright reverts to author after publication. THEMA isn't for everyone. To find out why, click here. New to submitting manuscripts to journals? Click here to download a PDF file of a few basic guidelines. Unlike many publishers, we prefer works submitted by the authors themselves, without the involvement of an agent. Be sure to indicate premise and include SASE for each submission. BE SURE to include a separate SASE for each premise. No handwritten manuscripts will be considered. NOTE: We do not accept e-mailed submissions EXCEPT from authors who live outside...

Deadline:November 1st, 2019 Payment: FICTION, SHORT STORIES: 500-6,000 words — $10 The Literary Hatchet is a journal devoted to provocative fiction, poetry and prose. We are interested in well-written but digestible works in any genre (except erotica). We will consider previously published material but prefer original works. We accept short fiction, flash fiction, first-person narratives, speculative fiction, short stories, poetry, photography, art, cartoons, and illustrations. We’re interested in new angles on old ideas, or topics that don’t get covered frequently. We like to showcase articles that don’t just sum up some issue but make us think and make us want to read further. The above is not exhaustive. If you don’t have an immediate idea for a piece, but you’d really like to write for us, let us know and be prepared to show us work you’ve done. We can always think of subjects! WHAT WE DON’T WANT We do not accept erotica, either as articles or images We do not accept articles or images with excessive crude language or outlandish sexual humor We cannot consider partial or incomplete stories or essays We do not accept Haiku poetry, unless as a part of a collection of five or more GUIDELINES BY TYPE OF SUBMISSIONSHORT STORIES: We accept short stories from 500-6,000 words in length. Feel free to contact us with inquiries about the type of stories we might be interested in if you are in doubt. We appreciate the well-written work, and acceptance is determined by whether the piece grabs the editor and holds their interest. We consider works of general fiction as well as horror, dark subjects, detective fiction, and stories about monsters, either real or imaginary. POETRY: We are looking for high-quality extraordinary poems (both serious and humorous) that explore the darkness that resides in each of us. Personal...

Deadline: November 1st, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy Don't be afraid to throw in some genre with your literary works. Here be fans of speculative fiction. We dig the literary stuff too, don't let our fairy tales fool you. Please be sure your piece has some sort of speculative or fabulist element. Give us your briar patches and shady ladies, your heroes and literary tales. We will consider up to 2,000 words, but our happy place is right around 1,500 or fewer. Our fiction gnomes get upset when things show up without paragraphs or proper manuscript format. Flagrant lack or proofreading or a failure to observe legible typeface will likely lead to instant rejection. (Please stick to Times New Roman or Garamond.) Give us your decayed, sugar-crusted, little black hearts. Write to us about sun-warmed planks and hollow bones. Don’t be afraid to bury the grotesque right next to the beautiful. It’s the change we’re looking for, the surprise hidden just under the surface. We lean into work with a bit of folklore, fable, fairytale, or magic. Our cover letter is optional, but we do need the following information: name as you’d like it to appear in your byline & contact email brief bio (50 words or fewer) PLEASE SEND your original works, previously unpublished standard manuscript format Garamond or Times New Roman typeface preferred—no Courier submission in one of the following formats: .rtf, .doc, or .docx all works in one file; each piece on its own page for artworks or visual erasures, we prefer .jpgs POETRY We’d be delighted to sample 3 to 5 of your poems. We enjoy image-heavy work, narrative or lyric, experimental or grounded, and prose poems too. We look forward to leaping with you, discovering as you lead us along the page. We prefer to see...

Deadline: October 2nd, 2019 Prize: $50   It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Every horror lover adores Halloween. The love is multi-layered. It’s not just the dressing up and exposing your nerdy or slutty alter ego to the world, it’s also the Autumnal trance, that feel of a bitter winter coming, scary movies everywhere (and you don’t have to feel guilty about watching them in succession) and a general feeling of delicious fright and fear. What would make our Special Halloween Edition even more frightful and appealing? One story dedicated to Halloween in a way that makes us and our readers shudder with delight. We’re not talking about fake Vampire teeth or apples at the bottom of the bag… we’re talking about stories that keep us up at night. Where we want to stop reading to check behind us, and every word is an unexpected giant Snickers bar that satisfies… Interested?  You could earn $50 for the endeavor if your story is chosen King (or Queen) of Halloween. Rules and guidelines listed below: SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EDITION CHALLENGE GUIDELINES: Keep stories to under 2,000 words and please include word count in email. Must be themed around Halloween. Submit your story to [email protected]. Submission must be in the body of the email, no attachments please. Clearly label your submission “HALLOWEEN SPECIAL EDITION CHALLENGE: Last Name: Story Title”. You are welcome to submit a story for both the challenge and regular magazine content but please, just one challenge submission. Your challenge entry must not be submitted elsewhere. Challenge submission deadline  is October 2, 2019 for possible inclusion in October 15, 2019 issue. Special Edition Issue will run to November 15, 2019, at which time the Holiday Issue will be published. Honorable mentions will be published. Any challenge submission is your pre-approval of publication...

Deadline: November 3rd, 2019 Payment: 8 cents per word word and 6 cents for reprints A New Collection of Horror Stories Edited by Mark Morris ("...one of the finest horror writers at work today" – Clive Barker) After Sundown is an eclectic, vibrant collection of tales by contemporary writers, both established and new. Mark has approached an impressive range of authors (to be revealed at a later date...) but we've reserved space for four new stories from the online submissions. This is a prestigious anthology and will be published worldwide in hardcover, paperback, and later in a stunning, Flame Tree-style decorated edition. We're looking for thrilling stories of suspense, delving into the dark spaces of the night, ideally 4000 words. Our standard rates apply. Submissions will open 21st of October, and close 3rd of November - please send to [email protected]. We will aim to read each story and confirm its status within 4 months of the submission deadline. Via: Flame Tree Publishing.

Deadline: November 4th, 2019 Payment: $5 (Vol 48.) Haunted Art; deadline 4th November. If you think you’ve got what it takes to terrify, scar and haunt our audience of 10,000 daily listeners, then we want your stories! If accepted, we'll get our fantastic narration team to lend their voices, our editor will sprinkle some magic pixie dust on the track, and you could have your story heard by thousands of listeners each week. SUBMIT YOUR STORIES TO [email protected] Title your email with the following syntax: SUBMISSION | STORY TITLE | THEME | WORDCOUNT (e.g. SUBMISSION | THE MARTIAN | SPACE | 1,982) It is important that your story complies with our Submission Guidelines. Any stories found not to be in compliance will be immediately discarded. Click HERE for details Via: Hawk and Cleaver.

Deadline: November 8th, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy and $5 Your story should be between 1,000 and 3,500 words and edited to the best of your ability. Stories must be about a dysfunctional family Christmas (or seasonal holiday) Submissions are open now until 11:59 p.m. November 8, 2019 EST. We will accept only one submission per author. Simultaneous submissions will not be accepted.  Previously published submissions will not be accepted.  Submissions should not be available for viewing online during the submission/publication process or for 6 months after publication. Submissions should only have mild, non-graphic violence, no explicitly sexual/erotic scenes, and “bad” language should not be used excessively but may be used in limited capacity. All submitting authors will be notified of our decision within 2 weeks of closing date.  If your submission is chosen, you will receive a full publishing contract outlining the details of our agreement.  Upon signing, Stormy Island Publishing retains exclusive rights until six months after publication. As payment, each author will receive a paperback copy of the anthology after publication.  Each author will also receive a $5 payment via Paypal only. For details on how to submit, visit our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Via: Stormy Island Publishing.

Deadline: November 8th, 2019 Payment: $5 and a contributor's copy Your story should be between 1,000 and 3,500 words and edited to the best of your ability. Stories must be about a dysfunctional family Christmas (or seasonal holiday) Submissions are open now until 11:59 p.m. November 8, 2019 EST. We will accept only one submission per author. Simultaneous submissions will not be accepted.  Previously published submissions will not be accepted.  Submissions should not be available for viewing online during the submission/publication process or for 6 months after publication. Submissions should only have mild, non-graphic violence, no explicitly sexual/erotic scenes, and “bad” language should not be used excessively but may be used in limited capacity. All submitting authors will be notified of our decision within 2 weeks of closing date.  If your submission is chosen, you will receive a full publishing contract outlining the details of our agreement.  Upon signing, Stormy Island Publishing retains exclusive rights until six months after publication. As payment, each author will receive a paperback copy of the anthology after publication.  Each author will also receive a $5 payment via Paypal only. For details on how to submit, visit our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Via: Stormy Island Publishing.

Deadline: November 10th, 2020 Payment: 2 cents per word The Scribe Magazine Breaking Rules Publishing's Online And Hard Copy Magazine Comes Out Monthly. The next deadline for the November issue is October 10th. We are also having a special holiday edition for December - all submissions for this issue will be November 10th. The Magazine goes Monthly January 1, 2020. Send your submissions to [email protected]. The submission deadline for ALL Magazines will always be the 10th of the prior month. Send all of your submissions to [email protected]. Submission Guidelines can be found under the "Guidelines" tab. *If your short story is accepted for publication in any issue of any of our magazines, you may be asked for an Author Byline and a piece of artwork such as a picture that compliments your story. Authors Submitting Articles - Articles submitted by writers for our magazines will be unpaid. Writers submitting articles will however be given a full page authors promo package for their compensation. Please see the packages below. Via: Breaking Rules Publishing.

Deadline: November 13th, 2019 Payment: $10 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Read our past issues to see what we like. Please do not submit the same piece to multiple categories. Please review your piece carefully before submitting – every time we receive a submission that is withdrawn for resubmittal, it counts towards our overall per-month submittal count. If you notice a small mistake, let us know. Otherwise, please do not attempt to resubmit. We pay $10/contributor via PayPal. If we publish your work, wait one calendar year before submitting again. If we decline your work, please wait until the next submission period to submit again (don’t submit within the same issue’s reading period) Simultaneous submissions are fine, just keep us in the loop. Withdraw your work (congrats!) or leave us a comment in Submittable. Previously published work cannot be considered (this include blogs, Facebook, Wattpad, etc). We retain first serial rights on work we accept and then all rights revert to the author. If the work is reprinted, we ask that Third Point Press be acknowledged as the place of initial publication. EXPEDITED READING ($5) If you use the expedited reading option in Submittable for poetry or fiction, we’ll put your work at the very top of our reading pile. You won’t get anything more than that (no preferential treatment, no instant acceptance). Think of it as a way of patting us on the back while satisfying that urge to avoid waiting in line. FEEDBACK OPTION ($7) You can also choose the feedback option when submitting. This simply ensures that we will provide our thoughts explaining what we liked, didn’t like, and thought could be improved on in your work. FICTION Send a short story up to 3,500 words or up to 3 flash pieces (each of which should not exceed 1,000 words). Do not send an...

Deadline: November 14th, 2019 Payment: $500 and 25 contributors copies What kinds of stories is One Story looking for? One Story is seeking literary fiction. Because of our format, we can only accept stories between 3,000 and 8,000 words. They can be any style and on any subject as long as they are good. We are looking for stories that leave readers feeling satisfied and are strong enough to stand alone. Does One Story pay? Yes. One Story pays $500 and 25 contributors copies for First Serial North American rights. All rights will revert to the author following publication. Does One Story accept previously published material? No. One Story is looking for previously unpublished material. However, if a story has been published in printoutside of North America, it will be considered. Stories previously published online—on blogs, personal websites, online literary magazines, or forums—will not be accepted. Does One Story accept simultaneous submissions? Yes, but please notify us immediately if your submission is accepted for publication elsewhere. What file types can I submit? We accept PDF, RTF, and TXT files that are less than 500KB. Please include the story title and all writer contact info on the first page of the submitted file. Will you send me comments on my story? No. One Story receives close to 100 submissions each week. Please understand that we do not have time to comment on individual stories. Can I change the story I submitted with an updated draft? No. Do you consider translations? Yes. Please include the name of the original author and language, as well as the name of the translator on the first page of your submission. How do I submit to One Story? We have an automated system for you to send us your work. It will securely send our editors your story and email you a confirmation that it has been received. To use the automated system,...

Deadline: November 15th, 2019 Payment: 6 cents per word for fiction, reprints and flash rates below. Note: Reprints welcome PodCastle is currently OPEN to submissions. Visit our Submittable page to submit! Please see our schedule for this year’s open periods.  PodCastle is looking for quality fantasy fiction. If you’re a writer with a speculative short story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our performers, we’d like to see it. Submit online via our submissions portal using Standard Manuscript Format. We accept files in .odt, .rtf, .docx or .doc format. Word count: up to 6,000 words. Occasionally, we run reprints in the novelette range (up to 17,000 words), although they are a harder sell. Query to [email protected] before submitting longer works. No multiple submissions within a submissions period. If your story is being held by us from a previous period or special call, you are free to submit another story this period. If you receive a rejection this period and submissions are still open, you can send another story as well. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; just mention it in your cover letter up front that you’ve submitted it elsewhere, and let us know if you sell it elsewhere first. Reprints are welcome and strongly encouraged. We are happy to consider stories previously released on Patreon as reprints. Payment and Rights We pay $.06/word USD for original fiction 6,000 words or less, $100 flat rate for reprints over 1,500 words, and $20 flat rate for flash fiction reprints (stories below 1,500 words). As of January 2016, PodCastle publishes in both text and audio. You are offering us both when you submit your story. We ask for 4 months exclusivity for text and audio for original stories, and 4 months audio exclusivity for reprints. We are happy to receive previously-podcasted stories; this just means don’t re-pod the story until 4 months after publication with PodCastle. We distribute...

Deadline: November 15th, 2019 Payment: 30% profits shared equally among the contributors. Deadline: 15th November, 2019Don’t wait till the deadline. Submit early. Call will be closed once the anthology reaches its max word count. No requests for deadline extension will be entertained.Genre: Speculative Fiction. Mix of genres is okay as long as the speculative element remains the main element.Word Count: 4k-15kResponse Time: Within Two Weeks from the date of submission. Please allow up to four weeks for follow-up.Multiple Submission: AllowedSimultaneous Submission: AllowedReprint: Not previously published work is preferred. However, reprints will be considered. If you think the story has been viewed several thousand times (that is, if it is published several times, or in publications that do really well in terms of views or reads) please don’t submit. You may contact me if you have this doubt.Formatting: Follow Shunn Manuscript Guidelines.Cover Letter: Do not submit without a cover letter. Write about the story, yourself and your works in brief.Subject Line: Anthology Title – Story Title – Author NamePayment: 30% profits shared equally among the contributors.Submit to: [email protected]: Early 2020That’s all the key details. Contact me if you want to know more. Thank you so much for submitting! Via: The Great Void.

Deadline: November 15th, 2019 Payment: $5 per thousand words for fiction and $.35 a line with a $5 minimum for poetry. Now that the eighth issue of The Audient Void: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy is out, we are opening submissions for issue #9. We are looking for quality works of poetry and short fiction. Poetry should be Weird or darkly fantastical with strong imagery. We pay $.35 a line with a $5 minimum, payable upon publication. For short fiction our tastes are broad and we will consider anything with Weird, horrific or fantastical elements. We will consider any length work but will be much less likely to publish stories over 5,000 words. Our rate is $5 per thousand words, payable upon publication. First time publication only, no reprints please. To submit please send your work as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file to [email protected] and be sure to include a header with your name and email address. We do not accept simultaneous submissions or reprints and ask that you wait for our response before submitting elsewhere. The submission deadline is November 15th, please do not inquire about your submission before that deadline and understand that it may take some time to follow up on all submissions after the deadline has passed. I very much look forward to reading everyone's work!

Deadline: November 15th, 2019 Payment: 3¢ per word, $150.00 max, 1¢ per word for reprints Note: Reprints accepted We are a literary magazine of dark fiction, both short stories and flash fiction. We want your best. But then, doesn’t everyone? No specific sub-genres or themes, just good stories. For inspiration, we suggest “The Twilight Zone”, “The Outer Limits”, and LampLight, Vol1 Issue 1 which is free. We go for stories that are dark, literary; we are looking for the creepy, the weird and the unsettling. We do not accept stories with the following: vampires, zombies, werewolves, serial killers, hitmen, excessive gore or sex, excessive abuse against women, revenge fantasies, cannibals, high fantasy. Writers We have published writers of all backgrounds from all over the world in LampLight, but not everywhere, nor all shapes and sizes of writers. Help us to shine a light on greater diverse writing and keep LampLight a showcase of the best dark fiction out there by submitting and encouraging others to as well. Edition and Rights The quarterly is published as print and ebook, and at the end of the year all the quarterlies are bound together in an annual collection. We are asking for non-exclusive, worldwide, serial rights to your work for both electronic and print. We want to publish it, we don’t want to own it. We will take reprints, provided you have the rights we are asking for. We will not consider reprints that are currently available for free online. If you have already been in LampLight, we ask you wait until the next volume to submit again. Payment We accept originals and reprints up to 7,000 words (firm). Payment in USD. Unpublished Fiction: 3¢ per word, $150.00 max Reprints: 1¢ per word Please note: works published to a Patreon or similar site are considered reprints Simultaneous and...

All Submissions should meet this criteria: Works: short stories and flash fiction Genre and theme: Horror and dark fiction involving Werewolves on the prowl during the winter season. We welcome campy and extreme (violence and sexual content), but this isn’t an erotica collection. Deadline: November 15th, 2019 Format: Attach the .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX Word Count 5k – 7k words approx. for short stories, no limit for flash. Payment: $10 Token payment via Paypal and 60% of net earnings divided evenly among the authors. Multiple Submissions okay. Reprints are okay. Submit a brief bio, we don’t care if you have no work history, give us a brief bio of yourself. Send submission to [email protected]

Deadline: November 15th, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy A Collection of Extraterrestrial Tales. Zimbell House is holding open submissions for short sci-fi stories about space exploration from the alien race's point of view. Let your imagination roam and put our readers in the middle of the action. We want complete stories from the POV of the alien race. We want to see his/her/its struggles to deal with other races. Why is Explorer One on this particular mission? What is Explorer One trying to find? How will Explorer One deal with the information gleaned from other worlds? Is Explorer One the ship, the mission, or the person? Please keep foul language to a minimum-it loses its punch if over-used. Dialogue needs to be believable, and please keep dialects/slang to a bare minimum if you must use them. No head-hopping or POV changes. Pick one point of view and stick with it. Please show more of the action than just telling the reader what happens. Submissions of both short stories and novellas to this anthology are welcome, please keep in mind the minimum word count is 4,000 and the maximum word count is 20,000. This anthology is a great opportunity to showcase emerging writers and allow them to build their professional platforms. Submission Deadline: November 15, 2019, with a targeted release date of mid-February 2019. Submit your best work. Poorly formatted and unedited work will be turned down. Please use Americanized English spellings. We will be doing light editing as necessary to fit the standards we strive to maintain. Submission Guidelines: Any work under 4,000 words will be automatically disqualified for this anthology. The work must not have appeared in print or online anywhere before. All submissions must be in English. Each author may submit up to three (3) unique works—please submit them separately. Work must be in...

Deadline: November 17th, 2019 Payment: £25 per story and £5 per poem and a contributor's copy Writers: Please submit work appropriate to the theme in Word or Pages format, 1.5 or double spaced, with word count indicated at the end of the piece. Literary fiction, creative non-fiction and narrative journalism should fall between 2,000 and 7,500 words. Any non-fiction or journalistic work selected for publication will be fact-checked. Please submit only one story and/or up to three poems per issue. Simultaneous submissions are welcome but let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. All work must be previously unpublished either in print or online. Submissions for Issue #11 should relate to the theme Supernatural. Send us stories, essays, reported narratives, memoirs and poetry on anything to do with the occult. Psychological spookiness, eerie suspense, weird mysteries and unexplained phenomena are welcome elements, as well as the more obvious demons, angels, witches and ghosts. Religious themes are also relevant. Writing must be of a literary standard, not genre fare trading on shocks or gore. As always, the theme is open to wide interpretation. Please include a brief 2-3 sentence biography in the cover letter, noting any prior publishing experience, and email work to [email protected] by November 17th, 2019. Successful writers will hear from us within a few weeks of the deadline, if not before. If you do not hear from us after that time, please assume that we will not be publishing your work. Due to the volume of submissions we no longer send rejection emails. Artists: Shooter commissions original artwork for its covers. Artists should email examples of their work or a link to their online portfolio to [email protected]. We take note of promising illustrators on a rolling basis but, if you have work or a style you feel is particularly relevant to an upcoming theme, please draw our attention to it. We will contact suitable artists to discuss commissioning the cover. Artwork...

Deadline: November 20th, 2019 Payment: $10 Submissions now OPEN for STORIES and COMICS for the DECEMBER Issue UNTIL November 20th THEME - Winter Enchanted Conversation is looking for fairy tales, folktales, or myths for the December issue using the season of WINTER somehow in the narrative. Check out last year's issue HERE. Work can either be re-tellings of established stories or use original characters as long as they are set within the fairy tale, folktale, or mythic templates. Be bold, traditional, lyrical, or experimental in your storytelling, and enchant us with your original stories set in a variety of locations around the world and time periods from ancient to modern.   WE'RE LOOKING FOR   STORIES between 700-2000 words with our sweet spot being around 1,200 words. PAYMENT FOR STORIES: $10.00 U.S. dollars only The upper limit 2,000 word count is FIRM. Stories over 2,000 words will not be considered. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE THROUGH PAYPAL ONLY. At the time of contract, authors will have the option of donating the token payment back to the magazine to help keep us running. Absolutely none of the following: Sci-fi, dystopian, erotica, excessive horror or gore, high fantasy, excessive world building, time-travel, futuristic or space travel. Also, DO NOT submit a story where the 1st person narrator dies at the end. That idea just doesn't work for us. If your character must die, please make it a 3rd person account. We're accepting only previously unpublished work. Only one work per writer per submission period. Simultaneous submissions are fine. SEQUENTIAL ART/COMICS: 1 to 5 pages in length. THEME: WINTER Dimensions of comic: 6.62" x 10.125" READ A PAST ISSUE HERE PAYMENT FLAT RATE $10.00 USD through PayPal only. We are accepting only previously unpublished work. Black and white OR color comics are accepted. Simultaneous submissions...

Deadline: November 20th, 2019 Payment: $10 Submissions now OPEN for STORIES and COMICS for the DECEMBER Issue UNTIL November 20th THEME - Winter Enchanted Conversation is looking for fairy tales, folktales, or myths for the December issue using the season of WINTER somehow in the narrative. Check out last year's issue HERE. Work can either be re-tellings of established stories or use original characters as long as they are set within the fairy tale, folktale, or mythic templates. Be bold, traditional, lyrical, or experimental in your storytelling, and enchant us with your original stories set in a variety of locations around the world and time periods from ancient to modern.   WE'RE LOOKING FOR   STORIES between 700-2000 words with our sweet spot being around 1,200 words. PAYMENT FOR STORIES: $10.00 U.S. dollars only The upper limit 2,000 word count is FIRM. Stories over 2,000 words will not be considered. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE THROUGH PAYPAL ONLY. At the time of contract, authors will have the option of donating the token payment back to the magazine to help keep us running. Absolutely none of the following: Sci-fi, dystopian, erotica, excessive horror or gore, high fantasy, excessive world building, time-travel, futuristic or space travel. Also, DO NOT submit a story where the 1st person narrator dies at the end. That idea just doesn't work for us. If your character must die, please make it a 3rd person account. We're accepting only previously unpublished work. Only one work per writer per submission period. Simultaneous submissions are fine. SEQUENTIAL ART/COMICS: 1 to 5 pages in length. THEME: WINTER Dimensions of comic: 6.62" x 10.125" READ A PAST ISSUE HERE PAYMENT FLAT RATE $10.00 USD through PayPal only. We are accepting only previously unpublished work. Black and white OR color comics are accepted. Simultaneous submissions...

Deadline: November 25th, 2019 Payment: 65% split between authors PER STORY I'm looking for horror stories about... insects! I will be selecting only a select pre-posted stories (reddit, personal author sites, etc. The majority chosen will be exclusive to this project so we can make the most of the Amazon KDP program. Name: Death and Butterflies Word Count: 1000-3500 words Pay: 35% publisher/project manager 65% split between authors PER STORY Format: 12 pt. Times New Roman, double spaced, proper indentation, word document. Left hand corner: author name, title, email, and word count. I will be choosing approximately 5 posted stories and 25-35 Exclusive stories. Meaning they cannot be posted ANYWHERE else. Its my intention to enroll this book into the KDP program with Amazon so we can all gain more $$$. I plan on keeping it in the program for four months. After that time, you are free to do with your story what you wish. Email for submission: [email protected] DEADLINE: November 25th, 2019 Publication date: January 1st, 2020 Via: Death and Butterflies Facebook Page.

Deadline: November 26th, 2019 Payment: $0.05 U.S. per word Bronzeville is now open to submissions for an anthology called Twisted Love. Twisted Love will feature stories with unsettling and unconventional relationships. Give us stories of toxic relationships or lovers bound by crime or fetish. Think Soldier and Angel from Hap and Leonard, season 1: Payment Policy We pay $0.05 U.S. per word for first Worldwide English publication rights for stories up to 3,000 words in length. We have no minimum length requirements for submissions; however, we will not consider submissions that exceed 3,150 words. Preferred Genres Preferred genres include crime, sci fi, fantasy, horror and YA. Simultaneous and Multiple Submissions Writers may submit one story to all open Bronzeville platforms. Those who submit a story to Twisted Love may also, for example, submit a story to Bronzeville Bee if it is open to submissions. Writers may not submit more than one story to Twisted Love. Writers may simultaneously submit to other venues. We ask that you notify us if the story is accepted elsewhere and withdraw the story from consideration.   Formatting Format your subject line as follows: Twisted Love Submission – Story Name – word count – genre Example: Twisted Love Submission – ‘This is My Story’s Title’ – 2725 words – horror Your story should be sent as an attached Word Document. We will not read PDFs, shared Google Doc files, RTF documents or any other type of document. Submissions that do not include an attached .doc or .docx file will not be processed. The text in your story should be black. The font should be a standard font, such as Times New Roman. The text should be 12 pt or 14 pt. The first line of every paragraph should either be flush left, with a blank line between paragraphs, or it should be indented half...

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...

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: $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: 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: December 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 have published long stories on the belief...