Taking Submissions: Afrofuturism
Flame Tree PublishingDeadline: October 27th, 2024 Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. Theme: Afrofuturism Note: Reprints Welcome In 2025 and 2026 Flame Tree will publish two new books in the Gothic Fantasy series, following the groundwork of our successful Black Sci-Fi Short Stories, African Ghost Short Stories and First Peoples Shared Stories. First is Afrofuturism Short Stories, followed a year later by Africanfuturism. The National Museum of African American History and Culture characterises Afrofuturism as expressing "notions of Black identity, agency and freedom through art, creative works and activism that envision liberated futures for Black life." This is Africa, based in Kenya, defines Africanfuturism as located in "the African point of view, experience, culture, themes, and history with technology based in Africa, not the diaspora". The publication of these two books offers a dialogue that explores tradition and influence, and fresh insights both about our past, and visions of our future. So, our first call, is for Afrofuturism. Please bear in mind the specific definition above for this title, as distinct from that for Africanfuturism. Authors must be writing from an authentic perspective of the Black experience, whether based in the diaspora or in Africa. Submit to: [email protected] Terms: Multiple submissions are fine but must be in separate emails. Simultaneous submissions are fine but you must have the right to license your story in an anthology. For accepted stories we pay Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) rates of 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. We will aim to read each story and confirm its status within 4 months of the submission deadline. Payment for the chosen stories will be made within 30 days of the final advertised publication date (see our website flametreepublishing.com for details), although some may be paid earlier than that. Submission does not imply the right to publication....
Taking Submissions: Were Wolf Short Stories
Flame Tree PublishingDeadline: October 27th, 2024 Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. Theme: Were Wolves Note: Reprints Welcome We are seeking stories about werewolves, shapeshifting humans, rivalries and alliances between vampyr and werewolves. The word werewolf goes back more than a thousand years, coming directly from the Old English wer, meaning Man, and wolf. Also of interest is folklore and mythology which plays on such legends as Fenrir (born of Loki) defeating Odin at Ragnarök, and early Slavic myths and rituals in which were wolf skins are removed and stolen. Stories can explore wolves which might have been human, changing by choice at the howl of the moon, or people cursed and damned to be wolves for all time. Is that why the lone wolf is alone? The wolfish grin is a little shy? Is that why we wolf down our food? Is there a wolf inside us all? In the forests around us? Hunting us, haunting us, protecting itself and its kind. Submit to: [email protected] Terms: Multiple submissions are fine but must be in separate emails. Simultaneous submissions are fine but you must have the right to license your story in an anthology. For accepted stories we pay Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) rates of 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. We will aim to read each story and confirm its status within 4 months of the submission deadline. Payment for the chosen stories will be made within 30 days of the final advertised publication date (see our website flametreepublishing.com for details), although some may be paid earlier than that. Submission does not imply the right to publication. Each story will be read and assessed by the selection panel. Let us know in your submission email whether...