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Deadline: May 9th, 2022 Payment: $30 & 2 print copies of the anthology. Theme: Your interpretation of "Running Away" Ever wish, with every cell in your body, that you could run away? From home, from a person, from your job, from yourself? Physically or emotionally, on foot or purely in your own mind? We want you to write about this for an anthology we’ll be publishing in the summer of 2023. We’re looking for short prose—fiction or creative nonfiction—that explores the need to leave, to escape, to run. We love a speculative slant, whatever that means to you. It can mean the strange or surreal. It can mean horror or fantasy. It can simply mean it’s not what you’re supposed to wish for. We're flexible. Just keep it between 500-3000 words. We are extremely interested in publishing pieces from BIPOC and LGBTQIA perspectives. You must be at least 18 to submit. All work must be the author’s own, in English or accompanied by an English translation. Single pieces by multiple authors considered. Previously published work will not be given top consideration, but it isn’t a deal-breaker. Please be very clear about your piece being previously published if you decide to go that route! You may submit 1-3 flash fiction pieces (just keep the total count under 3000 words) or one short story up to 3000 words. Please only submit once during the submission period. Submit only through our Submittable link, which will open on March 28th, 2022 and close on May 9th. There is no cost to submit! Payment per author: $30 & 2 print copies of the anthology. About us: ASP is an independent literary press founded in 2010 to publish books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry that are beautifully written and beautifully made, with the avid reader and...

Deadline: May 9th, 2022 Payment: $0.01 per word and $10 for each accepted flash piece Theme: Speculative fiction centered around Eastern European folklore, culture, and heritage. The current state of our world cannot be ignored, nor can the need for visibility and support during times of violence and turmoil. At Starward Shadows, our hearts go out to everyone who is currently experiencing suffering and hardship as a result of the conflict in the Ukraine. We realized there’s no better way to break our hiatus than with a special themed issue of the Starward Shadows eZine that’s centered around Eastern European folklore, culture, and heritage.   Our submissions window will run for exactly one month, from April 9th to May 9th, 2022. No matter who you are or where you come from, we want your voices to be heard, and we want to share your stories with the world. As long as your story pays homage to Eastern European culture, or even touches on the horrors of war in some other form we can’t articulate, please send it our way. Just be sure that it falls within this issue’s word count requirements, and includes plenty of speculative elements! Since funding is still a difficult area for our publication, we’re launching a Kickstarter campaign to pay our authors what they deserve for their work and give Eastern European voices and themes a much-needed boost voice in the literary world. Any other donations that aren’t needed to pay for the publication will be put towards providing relief for the Ukrainian people. To keep our goals achievable and provide a platform for as many authors as possible, we’re lowering the word count limit for short fiction pieces and strongly encouraging flash submissions. Short fiction: 1,500 – 4,000 words  Flash fiction: 500 – 1,500 words Any...

Deadline: May 9th, 2022 Payment: 5 cents a word Theme: General Horror Note: Unpublished Authors Only Every month we publish a short story on our website and in our newsletter. For May’s story, we’re accepting submissions only from unpublished authors. This means you have never been paid for a piece of fiction before. Theme: There’s no theme. It just has to be a horror story. Payment: 5 cents a word Length: 1000 words or fewer (don’t worry if you’re a few words over) Submission Period: Now until May 9, 2022 No reprints, multiple subs or simultaneous subs. Use Classic Shunn formatting. Send to james at monstrousbooks.com and use this format for the subject heading: Flash Fiction - Title - Author Name. Include a short bio in your email. Via: Monstrous Books.