Taking Submissions: Untitled Disabled Authors SFF Anthology
Deadline: March 18th, 2022 Payment: $100 per accepted story and $25 for reprints, and two contributors copies Theme: science fiction, fantasy, and speculative short stories Note: Stories by disabled authors who live in the United States Note: Reprints welcome Forest Avenue is seeking science fiction, fantasy, and speculative short stories by disabled authors who live in the United States. The anthology will be edited by disabled bookseller Annie Carl and published in paperback and ebook in the fall of 2023. Forest Avenue is distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West. If you’ve written a literary story with a touch of genre, send it our way. Horror isn’t our primary focus, but if you’ve written a story that borders on horror, we’d be happy to take a look. We are seeking stories of 5,000 words or less. Flash fiction is welcome. We will consider reprints, but hope to feature at least 80 percent new material. This is a paid opportunity. Rates are $100 per accepted story and $25 for reprints, plus two print copies. Our focus is celebrating and spotlighting disabled authors within these genres. If you do not self-identify as disabled, please do not submit. The disabled community is intersectional and we want this project to reflect that intersectionality. We are especially eager to see stories from disabled folx of color and queer folx. Neurodivergent writers who self-identify as disabled are welcome to submit. Authors may choose to put their diagnoses in their bios and/or cover letters, but it’s not necessary. We will consider your story based on its merits. If your disability prevents you from submitting via Submittable, please reach out to [email protected] and we'll assist with the process. This is a case-by-case situation, please do not email submissions without permission from the editor. Via: Forest Avenue Press's Submittable.
Taking Submissions: The Book of Witches (BIPOC, Early Listing)
Submission Window: March 14th-18th, 2022 Payment: 8 cents per word (unclear if AUS or USD) Theme: Witches Note: Must be a BIPOC author to fit in this window Following on from the award-winning success of The Book of Dragons, Harper Voyager will publish an exciting new anthology, The Book of Witches, edited by Jonathan Strahan in the Fall of 2023. Like The Book of Dragons, The Book of Witches will be a big, inclusive, illustrated anthology of fiction and poetry, this time looking at “witches” (more specifically your witch and what it means to you). So far writers who have agreed to contribute to the book include Linda Addison, S.A. Chakraborty, Zen Cho, P. Djèlí Clark, Indrapramit Das, Amal El Mohtar, Andrea Hairston, Millie Ho, Nalo Hopkinson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Khaw, Fonda Lee, Darcie Little Badger, Ken Liu, Karen Lord, Usman T. Malik, Tochi Onyebuchi, C.L. Polk, Rebecca Roanhorse, Kelly Robson, Angela Slatter, Rivers Solomon, Andrea Stewart, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Tade Thompson, and we are reserving up to three spots in the final book for new BIPOC writers. If you are a BIPOC* writer – regardless of whether you’re widely published or just starting out – and would like to see your work appear in a major anthology like The Book of Witches, we’d love to hear from you. Just check out the submissions guidelines below and send us your story. * Black, Indigenous, and other People of Colour Guidelines for open submissions Submissions must not have been previously published in any form, whether by digital-only publisher, traditional publisher, or self-published. Submissions must be in English and be between 1500 and 6000 wordsin length. Submissions must be in a standard word processor format (MS Word or similar). No PDFs. Submissions should be accompanied by a short author bio (no more than 200 wds). You are welcome but not required to share any identity...
