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Submission Window: October 1st to November 30th, 2022 Payment: Royalties (50% of net profits) Theme: All forms of speculative fiction and more! If you would like to submit to us, please follow the submission guidelines below carefully. Submissions that do not contain adequate information or that are received outside of our submissions window will not be reviewed.  We're looking for Escapism Fiction... Our goal is to provide readers with the ability to escape the mundane through wildly creative fiction. We're looking for books that act as gateways to other worlds, times, or versions of reality. We prefer strong story telling, engaging openings, and compelling character development as well as imaginative settings, vivid world building, and interesting themes. If your manuscript transports a reader somewhere else, tells an engaging story and then brings them back feeling like they have experienced something unique, then we want to publish your book!​ As for genres, we're looking primarily for...  We don't like to limit ourselves, so if you have something you think would fit with our current list of published works, please send it.  We'd rather take a chance outside our comfort zones than miss something great. Speculative Fiction Fantasy Science-Fiction Romance LGBT-themed Adventure Paranormal/Occult Comedy Historical Portal Fiction A blend of any two or more of the above genres Cross-genre, mixed genre, or things that don't fit genre norms Adult, New Adult, Young Adult, Middle Grade, or Children's (please specify your target market in your query letter)  As for types of manuscripts, we consider primarily:   Novels (125,000 words maximum) Novellas (25,000 words minimum) Graphic Novels or illustrated mixed media (art included) That being said, here's a list of things we're NOT interested in: Non-fiction Memoirs or autobiographies Literary fiction Self-help or inspirational fiction Hard Sci-Fi or Military Sci-Fi Horror / Thriller /...

Submission Window: November 15th - 30th, 2022 Payment: $0.05 per word and $50 per poem. Theme: Dread Apparition Lit is a speculative fiction magazine that publishes themed issues four times a year. We publish poems and stories between 1k-5k words in January, April, July, and October. We also hold monthly flash fiction contests between the 1st and 15th of each month. Flash stories must be under a 1000 words and be inspired or based on the chosen theme. Full details for submission guidelines are below. Payment Apparition is a semi-pro rate magazine, paying $0.05 per word, minimum of $50.00 dollars for short stories and a flat fee of $50 per poem. If we accept your story, we are purchasing the right to publish the story online and in the quarterly edition. Rights will revert back to the artist after one year. Equity Initiative As Apparition Lit works to create a more equitable publishing community, we recognize that our open submission period is concurrent with some other really great literary magazines where marginalized writers also like to submit. Voices should be heard and we want to help increase that opportunity. Our submission window will remain open for an additional week each quarter for writers who identify as BIPOC and self-identify in their cover letter.  We will also accept simultaneous submissions from writers who identify as BIPOC or LGBTQIA+. Please just note how you identify in your cover letter, that it is a simultaneous submission, and see further details in the menu below on how to submit for each category. Past Contributors Once you are published by Apparition Lit, you join our tiny but mighty family. We love our alumni and will always do what we can to support their publishing career. We want to continually discover and champion new voices and different point-of-views. If we have published your work...

Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Payment: 8 cents per word Theme: Horror in any genre/subgenre ***Submissions are currently open for Issue One until November 30th.*** The Maul seeks stories, comics, and art. Please see below for details on each. Overall Guidelines for Writers This is a magazine developed for people who are looking for horror, but either aren’t quite sure where to start, or haven’t found the right author. So let’s talk about how to write horror and other speculative fiction for younger readers and also writing it for those looking for something different: It has been said that if something looks like a swamp monster, walks like a swamp monster, and sounds like a swamp monster, it is indeed a swamp monster. And good writing can be a lot like a swamp monster. You know it when you see it, and it is often just misunderstood. Here at The Maul, even though our target audience skews younger, we’re really just looking for great writing. Our focus is on horror but we’ll take other genres. In fact, the editors prefer stories that are a mix of genres. You’re more likely to be published if you give us fantasy or sci-fi mixed with horror. We’ll also take literary work, though please realize that, given our clientele and organizational goals, it can be a hard sell. We enjoy pulp fiction. That means we look for stories that pop. Exaggeration, melodrama, and vivid imagery are encouraged. Bring us something that really jumps off the page. Be as over-the-top as you like. If you’re a more subtle writer, submit anyway. Sometimes one good twist or some relatable descriptions will still catch people’s eye, even the uninitiated. Which brings us to the main guideline – your job is to initiate the uninitiated. Which doesn’t mean you...

Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Payment: $.0075 per word (minimum $10 up to a maximum of $45) and a contibutor's copy Theme: Fantasy, and he story must have a moral or lesson to it and involve Gods or immortals of some sort We're currently accepting original submissions for our upcoming fantasy anthology! Submission Period: September 1 to November 30, 2022 ​ Genre: All fantasy! (dark fantasy, urban fantasy, epic fantasy, high fantasy, etc.) Theme: Apologue of the Immortals This means that the story must have a moral or lesson to it (Apologue) and have something to do with a being(s), creature(s), or god(s) that in some way have immortality or an immortal element. Format/Style: Short Story or Poems Length: Short stories - minimum 1,000 words, maximum 6,000 words Poems - any length Eligibility: Any author is welcome to submit original, unpublished works. No previously published works please. ​ Submissions: No number limit on submissions but must be submitted via the submissions form below. Terms/Rights: Selections for inclusion to be made after submission timeframe ends unless otherwise notified. Upon your story or poem being accepted for inclusion in the anthology you will receive a contract to review and sign. Upon receipt of returned and signed contract, Morian Press will pay you a nominal fee (in USD) according to your submission type and manuscript length according to the pay schedule below. Upon payment to the author, Morian Press obtains the right to publish and promote the original work in this anthology only. Author retains non-exclusive rights, meaning, the author can publish and promote the submitted work elsewhere as well. ​ Payment for stories/poems (for accepted works): $.0075 per word (minimum $10 up to a maximum of $45) FREE author copy of the published anthology Author spotlight on social media channels Morian Press swag of the author's choosing (limitations apply)...

Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Payment: $5 Theme: Ends A Literary Journal with Some Art and Analysis Thrown in for Good Measure As Quarter Press continues to grow, we’re adding another coin to our pocketful of change. We want to offer a space for shorter works to mingle with art and other bits of nonsense, so we bring you The Quarter(ly): It just makes cents. 2022’s Themes and Deadlines: Ends (Nov. 30) What’ve you got to show us? Stories and / or Poems For Stories: We’re open to micro works all the way up to 10,000 words. Just keep two things in mind: We want to be engaged and the submission must be completed (no pitches, please!) For Poems: We’d love to see up to five poems from you, but you can always just send one, too. Graphic Stories Show us your comic strips or complete short works; we’d love to see them all! Please try to keep submissions to 20 pages or less. Feel free to also send a collection of comic strips / one shot comics, as well. (Please note that our publication size / dimensions might change between issues. Our “Norm” is 6x9”). These must be COMPLETE works. Art As long as it has some tie to the current issue’s theme, we’re open to see any art created in any medium at any time. Just know that it will need to “work in print” and—might—be presented in black and white. Analysis / Interviews / Reviews As long as it is tied to the theme in some way, we’d love to see any and all media analysis (film, music, literature, etc.), interviews with notable creatives, or reviews of past—or present—media. We’re open to anything up to 10,000 words. (Feel free to pitch non-fiction ideas; however, please note that our...

Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Payment: Original Fiction: $0.08/word for the first 1,000 words, and $0.01/word after. Reprints: $0.01/word Theme: Horror, mystery, crime, thriller, and/or suspense. Note: Reprints Welcome Aurelia Leo presents FABLE: An Anthology of Horror, Suspense & the Supernatural open to all authors. Submissions must fall into one of the following categories: horror, mystery, crime, thriller, and/or suspense. Supernatural elements are encouraged. However, they are not necessary. GUIDELINES Submit? pridebookcafe.com/submit Deadline: November 30, 2022 Publication Date: Mid-2023 Payment: Original Fiction: $0.08/word for the first 1,000 words, and $0.01/word after Reprints: $0.01/word Length? Flash (1,000 words) up to novella length (39,999 words) (NOT FLEXIBLE) Format? Shunn Modern Manuscript Format Track submissions using Duotrope and The Submission Grinder. TABLE OF CONTENTS “Me, A Hero” © Warren Benedetto (2,200): TBA “Paddlejumpers” © R. B. Payne (5,950): Two graveyard shift EMTS battle an invasive species when they respond to a not-so-routine emergency call from Hollywood’s famed adult ranch film location. “The Vandal” © Antony Paschos (8,300): TBA RULES Translations are accepted Simultaneous submissions to other markets are accepted Only two submissions allowed in total (one original and one reprinted story) RIGHTS Copyright remains with the author at all times Non-exclusive archival rights as long as the website(s) hosting the work are online First world electronic and print rights in English with exclusivity for 12 months from the date of publication If selected to be republished in another anthology in the future, payment in royalties is $0.01USD per word If selected for a podcast or audiobook, payment is $0.01USD per word for non-exclusive electronic audio rights HARD SALES Excerpts out of a novel Poorly formatted and edited work Overtly racist, sexist, or violent work ABSOLUTE NO Fanfiction of any kind Works above the word count Taboo elements (rape in all forms, incest, pedophilia, etc.) in almost all cases OF INTEREST Protagonists that are Queer,...

Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Payment: 0.05 per word and a contributors copy Theme: Horror stories about bugs From Beyond Press is launching with a bang—or a squirm, or the sound of too many legs skittering in the dark. This World Belongs to Us is an anthology of horror stories about bugs, writ large—we’re not scientists, so spiders and slugs and scorpions (oh my!) are OK too. Watch the book trailer here! This anthology will feature stories by Bram Stoker Award winner Kealan Patrick Burke, multiple Bram Stoker Award nominees Cynthia Pelayo and V. Castro, plus Paula D. Ashe, Donnie Goodman, Felix I.D. Dimaro, and Laurel Hightower, as well as a major rediscovery—John B.L. Goodwin‘s 1946 story The Cocoon, one of the creepiest stories ever written but out of print for more than 40 years. The eerie cover is by Jacob Blanchet. Bugs as ill omens, bugs burrowing into bodies or thoughts, bugs taking over your town, giant bugs eating your friends, bugs giving you the side-eye at the supermarket—terrify us with your best stories about the creepy-crawlies that outnumber us, outweigh us, and scare the bejesus out of us. A little humor is OK, but first and foremost we want to be frightened. Bugs don’t have to be the main characters, but they have to have some influence on the plot. This will be our first anthology, and we are paying Horror Writers Association pro rates of 5 cents a word. We anticipate a 50/50 split between featured authors and those chosen via our submission call. Length: 500-5000 words (hard limit) Payment: US$0.05 per word (via PayPal) and a paperback contributor’s copy Publication: E-book and print in spring 2023 Deadline: November 30, 2022 Response time: We hope to respond to all submissions within two weeks of the deadline. Rights: We request first worldwide and electronic rights for 12 months after the date of publication, after which rights revert to...

Submission Window: October 1st, 2022 - November 30th, 2022 Payment: Fiction: $25 for original stories, $7 for reprints. Poetry: $6, Non-Fiction: 20.00 for original articles, $6.00 for reprints. $7.00 for reviews and interviews. Artwork (read details) $5. Theme: paranormal creatures Submissions are accepted Feb 1 – Mar 31, Jun 1 – Jul 31, Oct 1 – Nov 30. Anything submitted outside those periods will be deleted unread. We no longer accept simultaneous or multiple submissions. ​ No matter how far we move forward as humans, we are still bound by the instincts and ancestral memories of our animalistic past. None of these are so strong as the fight or flight response. However, there are times when we seem to be perfectly safe, completely at ease and comfortable, when that urge to run from something sneaks up on us. What causes these sensations? Is there something lurking in the darkness? Why is that man giving you the creeps, he’s not even looking at you? And yet, there is something odd. Something instinctual, something you know without fully understanding. We may have moved on, we may have forgotten and left behind those old stories and legends of beasts, voracious monsters, and dark spirits... But they have not forgotten or left us... What We Want: The subject matter of parABnormal Magazine is, yes, the paranormal. For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores. PLEASE NOTE: CREATURES LIKE VAMPIRES, GHOULS, WEREWOLVES, AND ZOMBIES ARE NOT PARANORMAL. Shapeshifters, for the purpose of this magazine, refer to the spiritual shift, not the physical. Think Native American shaman. Paranormal activity centers around the human, not the creature. We do not want stories that involve excessive blood, gore, digestive tracts, and so forth. We also dislike stories...

Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Payment: .015 cents per word and 2 contributors copies Theme: Works that bring a new light to new beginnings Our first anthology! This is the start of an amazing relationship with a few good authors. It’s the start of our traditional, annual, anthology project. It's the start of something riotous, because we are only looking for stories that rock us to the core. The theme for our first anthology is "The Start". We are looking for works that bring a new light to new beginnings. Our first kiss with a twist. Our first unlawful arrest. Our first botched magic spell. Our first political cover up. Our first murder. Hey, we all have to start somewhere. What we're looking for: All fiction genres Stories that REBEL in some way Authentic artists who want to be paid for their work but aren’t in it for the money (We ARE paying, btw) Super Short Stories (1,500 or less) Short Stories (1,500 – 10k) What we're not looking for: Non-Fiction. We’re not ready for that quite yet. Full erotic stories. Heavy petting is cool, but not too many details... Poetry. We're planning a full anthology for that. One moment, please! Anything that can get you or us arrested. Anything that is legal but will ruin our reputation. Payment The publisher will contract for publishing rights. First rights are NOT required but preferred. Authors will receive no royalties for book sales but will receive a semi-pro rate (details here) for the contracting of your work as well as 2 copies of the anthology for personal use upon its release. All payments are made in US currency. Pay rates are: Prose: .015 cents per word SUBMISSIONS - PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BELOW Failure to follow these directions will lead to an automatic rejection. Starting OCTOBER 1ST, 2022: We...

Submission Window: November 1st-30th, 2022 Payment: $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue Theme: Any genre, short story Mission = Revive the art of the short story, support artists, and produce something wonderful. Payout = Base Pay of $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Wait, you mean if this substack gets thousands of subscribers, the winner would get thousands of dollars? Yes! The New Yorker pays roughly $7,500 per story and I sincerely hope to go way past that. What does the timeline look like? Submit stories by the end of the month, winner to be announced on the 15th. There is ONE story that wins and receives the full payout. Where do I send submissions? [email protected] What are the rules for submitting? 1. No Fees 2. Send in Microsoft Word or Google Doc form 3. Any genre 4. 6- 10,000 words. Yes, just 6 words, like Hemingway's famous 6-word story "For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn." 5. Reprints are ok so long as you still have the rights to distribute. 6. Acknowledge Distribution Rights on this Substack - You can still sell your story elsewhere but we need to be able to save and publish it here. The goal is to create a library for subscribers. 7. Only the winner will be published and rights will only transfer for the winning story. What do I get for subscribing? One beautiful story every month. The complete library. The joy of supporting artists and doing something interesting. What if I can’t pay right now? That’s ok! If you publish a blurb about this site on your website, blog, or social media, I will send you one full story of your choosing. Best of all, it is on the...