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Deadline: May 16th, 2025 Payment: Contributors Copy (as this is a charity anthology outside of that.) Theme: Humorous, weird western science fiction This is a humorous, weird western science fiction anthology, created in honor of Ken Rand. Ken was a fixture at Utah writing events, whether it was workshops, conventions, LTUE, or just hanging out. He’s perhaps best known for his The 10% Solution writing book, where he helps writers learn how to effectively edit their own work in order to greatly improve their stories. He also wrote a lot of weird westerns, science fiction, fantasy, and horror short works throughout his career, and almost all of his stories had humor in them. We want humorous, weird west, science fiction tales and poetry (as long as the poetry tells a story, and long-form poetry would be awesome). Think The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr., The Wild Wild West TV series, and Cowboys and Aliens. Make your stories fun to read, make the characters interesting, and make us grin. The tales must have heart, must be solid stories, and must be positive in their outlook. About the charity and more details for submissions: Since its beginnings in the early 1980s, the Life, the Universe, & Everything Symposium (LTUE) has been a staple of the Utah and Intermountain West author and artist community. Many authors, artists, and editors have found inspiration for their careers at the feet of scores of symposium guests. Influential professors and others have mentored those planning and running the symposium, but many of these mentors have passed on. The symposium helps students of all ages by providing greatly discounted student memberships. Hemelein Publications—in conjunction with LTUE Press—created a series of memorial benefit/charity anthologies to help the symposium continue to help these aspiring creators learn about their crafts at a reasonable cost. Author, artist,...

Deadline: May 16th, 2025 Payment: $.08 per word and a contributor's copy Theme: Speculative fiction with strong narrative voices Three-Lobed Burning Eye (3LBE) is a speculative fiction digital magazine published online and ebook (thrice per year) and print anthology. Each issue features four original stories (six per issue starting in 2025), some with audio readings. 3LBE was founded by Editor Andrew S. Fuller in 1999. We recommend reading an issue or two of the magazine before submitting to have an idea of the fiction we publish. Our submission windows are open three times during the year: January 1–16, May 1–16, September 1–16. We open and close at 12:00 AM Pacific Time (UTC -8). Fiction Guidelines Three-Lobed Burning Eye is seeking original, unpublished speculative fiction: including horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction. Payment is US $.08 per word for short stories or (1,500–7,499 words) or flash fiction (500–1,499 words); plus one copy of the print anthology. We welcome stories published in another language then translated into English for the first time. If the story you are submitting is a translation, please include the original author’s name and email on the submission. We purchase first world electronic rights, with non-exclusive archival rights, optional first audio rights, and non-exclusive anthology rights. You are limited to one submission per submission period. We will reject any submission that does not follow the guidelines. What We’re Looking For We publish stories across the speculative genres, including all the shadows between and fluid mixtures thereof. We like narrative voices that are full of feeling, from literary to pulpy, with styles unique and flowing, but not too experimental. All labels aside, we want tales that value imagination in character, narrative, and plot. We want to see something new and different. We believe in diverse characters and points of view; and encourage authors of every...