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Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $75 paid upon publication + 2 paperback copies + 25 electronic copies for distribution to readers/giveaways Word count: 7K-15K Submission Window: June 1, 2019 – January 1, 2020 Payment: $75 paid upon publication + 2 paperback copies + 25 electronic copies for distribution to readers/giveaways Anthology Release Date: 10.27.2020.  Prompt and Theme: The end of October marks the final shift into darkness, also known as the liminal time of Samhain. During this period of time, the veil between our physical world and the spiritual world comes down, allowing more communication with the citizens of the Otherworld than at any other time of the year. Originally, Samhain marked the beginning of Winter in Gaelic Ireland. It was believed that the Lord of the Underworld walked the earth during Samhain, along with all his cohorts: ghosts, spirits, fairies, and many other creatures. How can you use this pagan holiday in your character’s lives? How can you bring a phantom into your story? Will the phantom be the lover come back from the dead? A new lover? Will your hero and heroine battle wraiths in the night? Will your characters face a seance? There’s a wide berth here. Have fun. Again, setting and tone are highly important. Samhain or one of its variants must be involved. For more information on Samhain and its respective variations, check out this article. Things to note: We love diversity in all its forms.  We love strong women with agency. We enjoy historical, contemporary, and even futuristic tales.  We appreciate lyrical prose and elevated storytelling, along with high-concept themes. We most definitely want a good romance, which means a Happily Ever After or a Happy for Now ending. We are NOT looking for erotica or horror.  Editors may request revisions. If you’re wondering what kinds of stories we’re looking...

Deadline: June 1st, 2020 Payment: $0.02/word or $25/story, whichever is greater. Genre: Horror Deadline: January 1, 2020 Release Date: October 21, 2020 Word Count: * Flash Fiction (500-1,500 words) * Short Stories (3,000-8,000 words) * Novella (12,000-25,000 words) Pay: $0.02/word or $25/story, whichever is greater. Wanted: Send me your chilling horror, your stories that are set firmly in the genre, tagging the tropes and atmospherics of things that will cause you to have nightmares and not be able to escape the dark, even when you pull the covers over your head and sleep with the light on. Submission Guidelines Send all submissions to: [email protected], addressed to the Editor, Rachel A. Brune. Follow submission guidelines and use the Crone Girls Press Style Guide to format your manuscript before submitting. Please. If you have any questions, a good place to get a feel for who we are is the Crone Girls Press Facebook Group. Come on in. We won’t bite. Most of us won’t, anyway. Each anthology will be anchored by one novella, with a mix of short stories and flash fiction. I am primarily looking for short stories to make up the bulk of each anthology, but don’t let that discourage you from submitting. Reprints and simultaneous submissions are absolutely welcome! If it is a reprint, please be prepared to let us know where it was previously published so we can include that correctly in the anthology. If it is accepted elsewhere, congrats! (But please, let us know.) One note about diverse protagonists (and characters in general): I find as a writer, sometimes it helps for the anthology call to explicitly indicate their inclusive status. That is what I am doing here. The determining factors in acceptance or rejection will always be quality of writing, adherence to genre, and general fit with the other...

Deadline: January 1st, 2019 Payment: 1 cent per word The Cafe Irreal is a quarterly webzine that presents a kind of fantastic fiction infrequently published in English. This fiction, which we would describe as irreal, resembles the work of writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector and Jorge Luis Borges. As a type of fiction it rejects the tendency to portray people and places realistically and the need for a full resolution to the story; instead, it shows us a reality constantly being undermined. Therefore, we're interested in stories by writers who write about what they don't know, take us places we couldn't possibly go, and don't try to make us care about the characters. We would also suggest you take a look at the current issue, archives, and theory (especially the essay, "What is irrealism?") pages on this web site. We accept unsolicited fiction up to 2,000 words in length. Translations are welcome. There is no minimum length. We accept only electronic submissions via e-mail at [email protected]. We cannot, due to the various computer viruses and worms, accept attachments anymore, so please paste your story into the body of the e-mail. Also include your name, address, e-mail address, and a short bio in the text of the submission; please put the word "submission" in the subject heading of the e-mail to ensure that your submission doesn't get lost among all the spam. We pay an honorarium of one cent U.S. per word ($2 minimum) to buy first-time internet rights (the story will then be archived). Payment is made upon publication. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DON'T ACCEPT SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS and are only interested in reprints in unusual cases (e.g., the story has appeared in print but not on the internet). Therefore, if the story or translation has been published before,...

Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $.05/word advance + royalties. Vernacular Books is pleased to announce we are currently accepting submissions for our anthology The Way of the Laser: Future Crime stories. What we’re looking for:  Crime stories that take place in the future. Preferably these stories will go beyond simple murders or capers to reveal something about how technology and the powers that wield it have changed our world. Is poisoning the nanobots responsible for programming the ads in your neural feed a crime? Is organized crime society’s only hope or responsible for its downfall? Consider what will constitute a crime and what unique problems it poses for your characters. Keep in mind what is criminal behavior one day may be legal the next and vice versa. We want to see people caught up in the pitfalls of society ruled by corporations, ideologies, and demagogues and what lengths people will go to when there simply is no other choice. Wow us with your original idea and blow us away with your writing. Length: 4,000-8,000 words Payment: $.05/word advance + royalties. Rights: World English in print, digital, and audio, exclusive for five years. Deadline: January 1, 2020/TBD Send submissions to vernacularbookssubmissions at gmail dot com. Via: Vernacular Books.

Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $50 CAD and a contributors copy Submissions Guidelines for Resiliency Limited Demographic The Resiliency project is open only to Canadian residents, citizens, or landed immigrants and asylum seekers. Canadian citizens living abroad are also eligible to submit. We will accept submissions in French as well as Indigenous or First Nations languages if an English translation can be provided. The project is funded by Calgary Arts Development and was awarded to The Selkie Collective. The Selkie is committed to working with marginalised and/or underrepresented voices and will only consider work by/concerned with: individuals identifying as women or non-binary; people of colour; minorities in predominantly white nations; refugees and first-generation immigrants; LGBTQIA+ and two-spirit communities; those living with mental illness, or physical or other disabilities; those persecuted for their political or religious beliefs; victims of violence, or domestic or sexual abuse; and those without access to higher education degrees, living below the poverty line, or who are/have been homeless or incarcerated. Theme The theme for the anthology is resiliency. The theme evokes recovery, what happens after profound change and upheaval, and how we carry on. The theme can be interpreted in any way you choose and artistic work does not have to be specifically set in Canada or feature Canadian symbols or themes. We accept all genres that fall under fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and submissions are open to writers of all ages. Compensation and Rights Successful contributors will be paid $50 CAD and will receive one physical copy of the anthology ($15 value). Simultaneous submissions are accepted but previously published material is not considered. For each selected story, we ask for exclusive first world English anthology rights in all print and electronic forms, and in all editions of the book. This means that the The Selkie Publications CIC...

Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $20 Ultrablack will be publishing a collection of short stories based on the prompt below. We will publish in Ebook and Paperback format. Writers will be compensated with a copy and given a bonus of $20 for accepted submissions (PayPal, Cashapp, Venmo) More details will follow if we chose your story. TITLE: “ULTRABLACK: the beasts” PROMPT: Short stories about original creatures. OUR SOFT SPOTS: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Realism, Gothic, Horror NOT ALLOWED: Furry, Fan Fic, Boring, Plagiarized Work, Unoriginal Creatures (Dragons, Werewolves, Big Foot) FORMAT: 12 Point Font New Times Roman Double Spaced 2,500 - 5,000 Words HOW TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: (( EMAIL, SUBMITTABLE, or DUOTROPE)) All Emails must have this format. SUBJECT Author Name and Title BODY Story Name Word Count Age Social Media or Website Author Bio or Notes/Comments Doc/ Docx or PDF Attachment ((NO LINKS)) Email to [email protected] DEADLINE - JAN 1 2020 RIGHTS - Non-exclusive SUBMIT Email Via: Ultrablack.

Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $10 and a contributors copy This is the sequel to the first anthology Fantasia Diviniy ever released. Like the first book, we are looking for steamy stories, perferably with a fantasy or paranormal twist. For erotica and erotic romance. No necrofilia please (vampires and werewolves in human form are fine). No poetry. SPECIAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT: For this anthology, there is a requirement to submit. In order to submit you must have either had a story accepted and published by us in 2019, or have featured in volume 1.  If we receive a submission that doesn't meet the requirement, it will be returned. You will be allowed to resubmit your story once the requirement has been met. ​​Word Count: 5,000-15,000 (Please ask us before submitting a story that is over this.) Submission Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Response Time:  30 days from close of submission deadline. Compensation: $10, 1 Print Copy, 1 ebook Copy, Discounted Hardcover Reprints: No Multiple: If your story is rejected you may submit another one before the deadline. Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, but you must inform us as soon as it is accepted elsewhere. Estimated Release: November 2020 THIS ANTHOLOGY HAS VERY LIMITED SPOTS! ONLY 10 WILL BE SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION. Submission Guidelines Submissions and questions about submissions are to be sent to: [email protected]​ The subject line of your email must read: EVER DREAM SUBMISSION: In the body of your email, please include: your name, pen name (if applicable), author bio (written in third person), and word count. You will receive an automated message when your email is received. We respond to every submission, even rejections, so if you don't receive a response by the end of the deadline, please email us again. Via: Fantasia Divinity Magazine.