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Taking Submissions: Halloween Horrors

Deadline: October 3rd, 2022 Payment: 50% are split evenly among contributors Theme: Halloween Note: Reprints Welcome Black Widow Press, is publishing a Halloween Anthology titled Halloween Horrors. Submission Guidelines - Deadline: October 3rd - Stories must be 1000-5000 words and at least loosely related to Halloween - Send story in any format to [email protected] - No extreme violence/extreme sexual content/other offensive content - It's fine if the story has been published in a book before, but check your contract to make sure the rights are available for us to print it. Most anthology contracts lock up a particular story for 1 year. - We're generally looking for creepy/spooky/chilling/suspenseful tales than gruesome/violent/disturbing ones, but all submissions will be considered! Payment/Usage Details - No payment upfront. - 50% of royalties go to publisher, the other 50% are split evenly among contributors (not proportional to word count of story.) -"Royalties" means gross royalties, not net profit. All costs for marketing, cover, etc. are paid by publisher. - The book will NOT have "exclusive" rights to your story for any length of time; you retain all copyright to the story you submit; etc. This will be outlined in the contract.

Taking Submissions: The Science Fiction Tarot

Deadline: October 4th, 2022 Payment: 3 USD cents/word, 1 USD cents/word for reprints Theme: Science Fiction and Tarot Note: Reprints Welcome The Science Fiction Tarot will contain 22 stories, one tale standing in for each of the cards of the major arcana and placing the anthologies word count at approximately 90-110K words. Stories of up to 7,500 words will be considered, but please be advised that submissions of 5,000 words and under will have the best chance to be selected. Each author will be expected to submit a 1-3 word science fiction concept for a card, along with a story that exhibits that idea through character, plot or theme. Please have a clear archetype, setting, or SF subgenre and center your submission around the concept: the focus of the tale should be the idea conveyed, not tarot cards themselves. For example, take the following images. They are followed by possible sample submission details (our form will ask for a few more things, naturally): Tarot Concept: A.I Story Title: Mechanized Justice Number of words: 3,500 Tarot Concept: The Geneticist Story Title: The Vats of Dr. Qualim Number of words: 5,000 Be advised the above are examples—both 'A.I' and 'Geneticist' are not taken and could be open options for your story, complete with new, different illustrations (although another author might potentially try the same.) Other concepts might be a general location, such as a colony, or even a subgenre, such as post-apocalypse—anything that might be distilled down into a tarot card. Wow us with your ideas! Upon acceptance, an artist will be commissioned to work on a black & white illustration of the author's card concept to accompany their published story. Based on selections made, we may reach out to chosen authors concerning their card concepts. Your story will always be your story, full-stop, but your submitted card choice may require adjustment....

Taking Submissions: The Science Fiction Tarot

Deadline: October 4th, 2022 Payment: 3 USD cents/word, reprints will pay 1 USD cent/word. Theme: SF Stories in for each of the cards of the major arcana Note: Reprints Welcome The Science Fiction Tarot will contain 22 stories, one tale standing in for each of the cards of the major arcana and placing the anthologies word count at approximately 90-110K words. Stories of up to 7,500 words will be considered, but please be advised that submissions of 5,000 words and under will have the best chance to be selected. Each author will be expected to submit a 1-3 word science fiction concept for a card, along with a story that exhibits that idea through character, plot or theme. Please have a clear archetype, setting, or SF subgenre and center your submission around the concept: the focus of the tale should be the idea conveyed, not tarot cards themselves. For example, take the following images. They are followed by possible sample submission details (our form will ask for a few more things, naturally): Tarot Concept: A.I Story Title: Mechanized Justice Number of words: 3,500 Tarot Concept: The Geneticist Story Title: The Vats of Dr. Qualim Number of words: 5,000 Be advised the above are examples—both 'A.I' and 'Geneticist' are not taken and could be open options for your story, complete with new, different illustrations (although another author might potentially try the same.) Other concepts might be a general location, such as a colony, or even a subgenre, such as post-apocalypse—anything that might be distilled down into a tarot card. Wow us with your ideas! Upon acceptance, an artist will be commissioned to work on a black & white illustration of the author's card concept to accompany their published story. Based on selections made, we may reach out to chosen authors concerning their card concepts. Your story will always be your story, full-stop,...