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Deadline: March 17th, 2025 Payment: $5 USD per 1000 words (half a cent a word,) Theme: Speculative fiction stories that meld the mechanical with the mystical, where devices not only drive the narrative but are imbued with a spark of the extraordinary. Note: The anthologies from this press pay below what we like to share with authors but they always have such creative ideas that I'll let some slip through. Are you an architect of the arcane, a fabricator of futuristic fables, or a sorcerer of the silicon? We are seeking speculative fiction stories that meld the mechanical with the mystical, where devices not only drive the narrative but are imbued with a spark of the extraordinary. We want tales that push the boundaries of imagination, where gizmos and gadgets transcend their wires and circuits to become entities of enchantment and wonder. Send us your stories of large or small enchanted engines, digital divinations, and the magical machinations that lie in the overlap between the rigor of technology and the realm of spellcraft. Deadline: 17th of March, 2025. ** Please put the anthology you're submitting to, and the word count of the story in the subject line of the email.** Payment for accepted stories will be $5 USD per 1000 words for all current anthologies. Payments occur via PayPal, so please have a PayPal account into which we can pay you. We will also provide you with a digital copy (epub and pdf) of the finished manuscript. (Paperback and hard cover editions will be available via Amazon.) We're looking for speculative fiction across all anthologies (unless otherwise specified). That includes everything from high fantasy to hard scifi and anything in between. We do accept reprints, simultaneous submissions, and multiple submissions, though these will slow down our response time. Story lengths should be...

Deadline: March 17th, 2025 Payment: $0.01 (USD) per word and a contributor's copy Theme: Speculative ecofiction that was originally published in 2024 We’ve received more than 150 stories nominated by publishers, editors, and authors so far, and the range of stories, ideas, and perspectives has been so wonderful to read. As this is our first year of the anthology and our launch happened so quickly, we’ve decided to extend the submissions window out to Monday, March 17, to ensure that everyone publishing ecofiction gets a chance to submit. The full submission guidelines are below. ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction, edited by Marissa van Uden, showcases some of the most vivid, thought-provoking, and emotionally affecting ecofiction published in the previous calendar year. Speculative ecofiction is defined as stories that explore our place in the natural world and our relationships to non-human life (e.g. focused on themes related to ecology, nature, the environment, climate, conservation, wildlife and animal rights) and which also fall into speculative genres such as science fiction, fantasy, Weird fiction, New Weird, anthropomorphic fantasy, magical realism. Ecofiction engages with some of the most urgent issues facing us today and also looks ahead to the possibilities of the future. Even when dealing with dark or tragic themes, ecofiction stories are expressions of our human connection to the most beautiful planet we know, and to all of earthlife. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please note this anthology is for previously published stories only. Editors and Publishers are encouraged to send their best works of ecofiction published in 2024. If not all of the stories in a magazine or anthology are eligible, please indicate which stories you are nominating. Authors may nominate their own works, but please check with your publisher first to see if they have already submitted your piece. Eligibility Criteria: The story...