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Submission Window November 1st - 14th, 2024 Payment: Poetry: flat rate $US50.00 per poem, Flash: flat rate $US80.00 per story (max 1000 words), Short fiction/non-fiction: $US0.08 per word (max 4000 words) Theme: Original works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction that engage in a significant way with the long history of fairy tales “No matter what you write, you actually can't help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way.” ~Catherynne M. Valente Upcoming submission windows Submission window for Issue #4: 1 to 14 November (closes midnight AEST on 14 November) We do not accept multiple submissions (one piece per submission window, please!), simultaneous submissions, or previously published work (reprints). Submitting your work All submissions must be emailed to [email protected] We’re in the process of setting up a submissions manager for The Orange & Bee at Duosoma. More information, including a link, will be made available before our next submission window opens. Word/line limits   Poetry: up to 50 lines (but we’re a little bit flexible!) Flash: up to 1000 words Short fiction/non-fiction: up to 4000 words Payment Poetry: flat rate $US50.00 per poem Flash: flat rate $US80.00 per story (max 1000 words) Short fiction/non-fiction: $US0.08 per word (max 4000 words) We typically pay via PayPal, and in your ‘home’ currency, but we will do our best to accommodate your preferred payment method. Please note, however, that we cannot pay by cheque. What we’re looking for I am all for putting new wine in old bottles, especially if the pressure of the new wine makes the bottles explode (Angela Carter, ‘Notes from the front line’). We are seeking original works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction that engage in a significant way with the long history of fairy tales. We are interested in works that stretch, expand, test, subvert, and challenge the fairy-tale tradition. We are interested in works that are entertaining, but also...

Deadline: November 14th, 2024 Payment: 8 cents/6 pence for each word for new stories Theme: This is an unthemed horror anthology, open to all sorts of horror content. We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open! Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories and make sure to include your story title in the subject of your email. Fever Dreams A New Collection of Horror Stories We are very excited to open submissions for this new anthology, edited by Mark Morris ("...one of the finest horror writers at work today" – Clive Barker)! Elemental Forces is the sixth book in Mark Morris’s ABC of Horror, and follows Elemental Forces, which is out now! Mark has once again approached an impressive range of authors but we've reserved space for four new stories from the online submissions. This is a prestigious anthology and will be published worldwide in hardcover and paperback. The first book in the series, After Sundown, was nominated for both Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy awards, so we’re looking forward to finding more unthemed horror stories for this sixth collection. A note from editor Mark Morris: Halloween is upon us once more, which means it’s time for the submissions window for my 6th annual non-themed horror anthology from Flame Tree Press to be thrown wide open. Next year’s entry in the acclaimed ‘ABC of Horror’ series will be called Fever Dreams, and as ever I’m looking for stories that are as disturbing, strange and original as you can make them. I’m not averse to humour, and neither am I averse to horror tropes like zombies, vampires and serial killers. But if you are going to write stories with such familiar, tried-and-trusted elements, then you need to find a new and unique way of...