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Deadline: March 15th, 2022 Payment: US 3¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $3, maximum $25 Theme: Notional Ekphrasis Eye to the Telescope 44, Notional Ekphrasis, will be edited by F. J. Bergmann. Ekphrastic poetry consists of poems based on visual art; “Musée des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden is a classic example. The work does not necessarily need to be described in the poem, nor is it considered necessary to view the image in order to appreciate the resultant poem. Notional works of art are those that do not actually exist; fiction (and poetry) are replete with instances of these; another classic example is “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning. Notional exphrastic poems, therefore, would be poems inspired by works of art that exist only in your own imagination (or that of others), from any period in time or space. We are eager to read what you send! Submission Guidelines SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Use the form at  to submit. Please submit 1–3 poems in English (ideally, attached as .docx or .txt) and include a short bio. Translations from other languages are acceptable with the permission of the original poet (unless public domain). Inquiries only to [email protected] with “ETTT” in the subject line. Deadline: March 15. The issue will appear on April 15, 2022. Payment and rights Accepted poems will be paid for at the following rate: US 3¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $3, maximum $25. Payment is on publication. The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association normally uses PayPal to pay poets, but can also send checks. Eye to the Telescope is an online publication. Therefore, First Electronic Rights (for original unpublished poems) are being sought. Who can submit? Anyone writing speculative poetry. What is Speculative Poetry? Speculative poetry is poetry which falls within the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural horror, plus some related genres such as magic realism,...

Submission Window: February 15th-March 15th, 2022 Payment: $0.08 per word Theme: Human Monsters, Horror A new horror anthology edited by Sadie Hartmann and Ashley Saywers of Night Worms. “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” -Stephen King Dark Matter Magazine is proud to announce our first foray into trade publishing with a new horror anthology edited by Sadie Hartmann and Ashley Saywers of Night Worms. The anthology will include at least 80,000 words of new horror fiction curated by Sadie and Ashley, and the book will be included in a future Night Worms book box. The tentative publish date for the anthology is October 2022. Submission Guidelines From Sadie and Ashley: We are looking for stories centered around one of our favorite sub-genres, Human Monsters. We enjoy twisty-turny, dark, psychological, thrilling, dangerous, menacing, gothic, strange, ugly, murderous, messed-up tales of people doing awful, no-good, very bad things to one another. We are not looking for anything cosmic, paranormal, science fiction, cryptid/creature, or supernatural at this time. Just monsters in human skin, please. Tell us what they do. Genre: Horror Sub Genre: Human Monsters Word Limit: 2000-4000 words, no exceptions Language: English and English translations Reprints: No. Unpublished works only. Pay Rate: $0.08/word, paid at least 30 days prior to publication, or before October 1, 2022 Rights: Dark Matter Magazine, LLC is buying first English language rights for print, electronic, and web. We are asking for exclusive rights for a period of six (6) months after publication. Multiple Submissions: Yes, but our submission system will only allow for one submission from you at a time. If your story is rejected, please feel free to submit again right away. Simultaneous Submissions: Sure! But please notify us or withdraw your story from consideration at Dark Matter if it is accepted elsewhere before we render our own decision. NOTE: Other publishers have their own...

Deadline: March 15th, 2022 Payment: 2.5 cents per word Theme: South Asian speculative fiction Tasavvur is now open for short story submissions! Send your South Asian speculative fiction our way! Please submit your stories before 15th March 2022 using the form below or send to [email protected] Submission Guidelines Give us your dreamscapes and nightmares, your soaring fantasies, your futuristic miasmas. Give us also your unstructured ramblings, where a story exists at the edges, dripping with lush, brilliant prose. We are not sticklers for the usual 3-act, 5-act structures, because great storytelling is so much more than that. So send us your lores written in reverse, written in verses, written in the form of email exchanges across multiverses, or haphazard POVs. Which is not to say we won’t accept a story with a usual structure. A good hero’s journey is a good hero’s journey. But if you’re doing that, take chances, and twist it! There’s no topic that’s strictly taboo for us, but anything that contains the following is a hard pass from us. Needless animal cruelty Violence against minorities Gratuitous violence and sex. Guidelines Set in Stone Stories should follow proper manuscript format (Please follow this Example) PDF or Doc/Docx only please (Don’t send your story in the body of the email) Please add your name in your file name, e.g. Sultana’s Dream by Begum Rokeya Maximum of 5,000 words. Minimum of 1,000 words. 12 Pt. Font, Double Spaced, any font which is easily readable. Eg. Times New Roman, Arial, Cambria etc. Original content (Never published before, even on personal blogs) Author Compensation Tasavvur pays 2.5 cents per word, up to a maximum of 5,000 words. Stories slightly more than 5,000 words may sometimes be accepted on editor’s discretion. Payment will be made at the time of publication (To submit, click the link below:) Via: Tasavvur...

Deadline: March 15th, 2022 Payment: Complimentary copy of the magazine. Short stories are $0.08 (eight cents a word) USD. Drabbles and poems are $50 (fifty dollars) USD. Theme: Medusa Title: Tempered Tales: Medusa Type: Magazine (horror/fantasy/dark fantasy/mystery) Theme: Medusa. The work can be set in any time period, including now or the future. It can rely heavily on her mythology or just give it a nod. It should be her story, good or bad. Horror, fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, or any combination of mash up welcome. How and What to Submit: Submissions should be as a Word doc Stories: 500-1,500 words Poems: up to 350 words Drabbles: 100 words exactly Titles not included in the word count. Include your full name, title of your submission, word count, trigger warnings, email address, author bio, and social media handles with your submission. Email all submissions to [email protected] Use MEDUSA as the subject of your email. No graphic or explicit content. No reprints. Multiple submissions will be accepted (up to 3 works per writer), but only one work chosen per writer. Submissions will open on March 1 to March 15th 2022 Payment: Complimentary copy of the magazine. Short stories are $0.08 (eight cents a word) USD. Drabbles and poems are $50 (fifty dollars) USD. Questions about the anthology? Send an email to [email protected] . Author notifications will be emailed by April 30, 2022. IF WE EMAILED YOU AN ACCEPTANCE ALREADY, YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESUBMIT. YOUR WORK IS STILL ON FILE AND WILL APPEAR IN THE MAGAZINE. Via: Brigids Gate Press.