Taking Submissions: How The West Was Wicked
How The West Was Wicked DEADLINE: March 31st, 2011 PAYMENT: ¼¢ per word, and if 5001+ words 1 contributor copy Edited by Jessy Marie Roberts SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: 31 MARCH 2011 To submit, please use our online submissions manager. PLEASE include a brief biography with every submission (either in the email or the attachment). Our standard writer’s guidelines apply. How the West Was Wicked is an anthology of WEIRD WESTERN fiction with dark overtones and elements of horror; Let the imagination go crazy. Think little haunted houses on the prairie, demonic gunslingers, creatures unearthed while panning for gold, vampire brothels, vengeful Indian spirits such as the Wendigo, etc.—a complete dark & weird free for all in an old west setting. The central ingredients should be: 1) Takes place in the American Old West (Wild West) 2) Has a dark, horror element 3) Is weird, disturbing and/or unsettling *** Expected response time is under THREE months (please query if you have not received a response within 90 days). We regret that, due to the volume of submissions, we are unable to give personal criticism. No reprints, no multiple submissions, no simultaneous submissions. Word count should be approximately 1,500-15,000 words Payment: 5,000 words & under – ¼¢ per word, payable upon publication; no contributor’s copy 5,001 words & above – ¼¢ per word, payable upon publication; one contributor’s copy
Taking Submissions: Soup of Souls
Soup of Souls DEADLINE: March 31st, 2011 PAYMENT: ½ cent per word paid upon publication What we are looking for: Stories of up to 5000 words. Horror stories with a moral. Think “The Boy who Cried Wolf” and then make it horrific. I will only choose one story based on one moralistic story or idea so please let me know what you have chosen so I can list it for possible contributors to see. How we want it: Please send your stories as an attachment to [email protected] with an introduction, bio, word count, story/idea and Paypal information in the body of an email. Text should be Times New Roman 12pt single spaced, all paragraphs indented and no gap between paragraphs. Scene breaks should be represented by three * * * with two spaces between each asterisk. Reprints, Multiple and Simultaneous submissions: We will not accept any of these for this anthology. We want brand new stories – never before seen. We also do not want to be messed around with losing stories because they were submitted elsewhere. Please submit to Panic Press and only us. Please send just one story to this anthology. Should we reject your story then please feel free to send us another one – not before. Rights: We are purchasing first world rights for a period of one year after publication. After which, all rights will be returned to you. Once rights are returned, you are the free to submit your story as a reprint elsewhere, but we ask that you mention that it was published first in Soup of Souls. Payment: We are offering ½ cent per word paid upon publication via Paypal only. Make sure your Paypal information is included in your submission. Please note, no payment will be made without the signing of...
Taking Submissions: Penny Dread Tales
Penny Dread Tales DEADLINE: March 31st 2011 PAYMENT: None Listed Theme: Steampunk Genres: Sci-Fi, Horror, Paranormal, Fantasy Style: Open Length: 2,000 ~ 7,500 words Submission Deadline: March 31st,, 2011 Publication Date: April 30th, 2011 Send us tales of science and high adventure! In a Victorian age that never quite happened, clockwork magic and the mysteries of the Tesla coil sent people and airships to all four corners of the earth. Bring us stories of steam and mysteries of brass widgets that defy belief. Submit by e-mailing: [email protected]
Taking Submissions: Best New Werewolf Tales Volume One
Best New Werewolf Tales Volume One DEADLINE: March 31st 2011 PAYMENT: 1 cent/word and contributor copy Reading Period: Submission period starts now and ends March 31st 2011. Word Count: Between 1,500 and 15,000 words. What we want: This is a reprint anthology for Books of the Dead Press. Werewolf stories only. If your story does not have a werewolf in it - or more than one werewolf in it - your story is not right for this anthology. We are looking for the best of the bunch. The year your story was released does not matter; whether or not it was previously released does. If you have a story that has not yet been published, but you have previously sold a story to Books of the Dead, feel free to send it. If you have never had a story published by Books of the Dead, query first. What we don’t want: Stories that do not have a werewolf, or have only been published on personal websites, blogs, etc. Payment: Authors receive 1¢ per word, plus one contributor copy of the book. Multiple Submissions: A maximum of two stories; please put both stories in the same email. Submission guidelines: Email your manuscript as a doc attachment (not docx) to BestHorror (AT) gmail.com. Preferred font: Garamond. Please double space, number your pages, and use standard manuscript formatting. Keep italics in italics. We claim non-exclusive electronic rights and print rights; the author maintains all other rights. Return time: As soon as possible, once the submission period has ended. Submissions are to be sent to: Besthorror at gmail.com
Taking Submissions: Technicolor Tentacles
Technicolor Tentacles The Library of Bizarro Horror is proud to announce it's second anthology 'Technicolor Tentacles'! What I'm looking for: Bizarro Horror! I want weird wild stories. I want strange and scary tales. I don't just recommend reading some bizarro (at least one of the three Bizarro Starter Kits or Houdini Gut Punch) before hand and checking out www.bizarrocentral.com but I insist on it. I'm giving everyone four months so there is plenty of time to read some great bizarro before you try writing some. I'm looking for a good variety of humor and horror and long as its strange and spooky. I will be looking for a few shorter (1.5K-2K) stories. But since I'm only looking for a few little ones if that's what you are subbing make it damn good. I want NOTHING under 1K, nothing. Please don't even ask. WORD COUNT: 4K-9K PAYMENT: 1cent p/word + 1 contributor copy DEADLINE: April, 20 2011 or when filled FORMAT: Times New Roman or Courier 12pt font, please. One press of the TAB to indent a new paragraph. Double-spaced. Italics should be italics NOT underlined, please. NO headers or footers except on first page .Please, please don't use any fancy formatting as it drives me absolutely nuts (eg extra space between paragraphs, colored “attention-grabbing” fonts, etc). Stories should be send as Word Docs or RTF only. I will not open zip files or PDFs, sorry. Send stories to [email protected] with your last name and story title in the subject line. I'll try to send you out an 'I got your story email' within a week, if you don't hear from me after a week try again. Thank you and I look forward to reading your stories!
Taking Submissions: It Lives!- Vol. One
It Lives!- Vol. One DEADLINE: April 20th, 2011 PAYMENT: Not Listed What Hath Mother Wrought? Theme: New Life, Birth and Rebirth Genres: Sci-Fi, Horror, Paranormal Style: Open Length: 2,000 ~ 7,500 words Submission Deadline: April 20th, 2011 Publication Date: May 30th, 2011 I want really strong, emotionally-charged, character-driven stories that focus on the creation, birth or rebirth of something wonderful, horrible or positively weird. For this one, I prefer stories that take place in the future, leaning more towards the science-fiction side of the house. However, if it's a really good story, I'm always willing to bend the rules. Cross-genre is ALWAYS encouraged. To submit e-mail: [email protected]
Taking Submissions: Zombie Zak’s House of Pain : Tales of Dark Horror
Zombie Zak's House of Pain : Tales of Dark Horror Edited by Zombie Zak and Bill Tucker Seeking previously unpublished contemporary creative tales of dark horror/dark fiction to fill up the House of Pain Not seeking zombie stories The details: Word count is 3k to 7k No headers or page numbers Single spaced – otherwise follow the Shunn rules Please put your name, address, email, phone number and approximate word count on the title page. No multiple or simultaneous submissions please All submissions must be received on or before April 30, 2011 Send submissions to [email protected] Payment is 1 cent per word and 1 contributor copy.
Taking Submissions: The Undead That Saved Christmas Vol. 2
The Undead That Saved Christmas Vol. 2 If you have been keeping up to date with the Facebook fan page at http://www.TinyURL.com/UndeadChristmasFB then you will know that book one has been delayed more times then I would have liked. Most of the delays were because of the time restrictions I had. Submissions closed on Aug. 20 and my target release date was for Oct. 1. That was not enough time for me to edit all of the stories, get all of the artists together, put the book together and many other things. That’s why I decided to get a head start on next year’s books. The release date will be September 1, 2011 and I will not delay it for any reason. If you submit a story early please expect to hear back from me in March. The Undead That Saved Christmas Vol. 2 Edited and Compiled by Lyle Perez-Tinics & Eloise Knapp Deadline: May 1, 2011 (or until full) Target release date: September 1, 2011 Send submissions to [email protected] with “TUTSC2 Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a word document file containing your story. Please use Book Antiqua, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. The Undead That Saved Christmas is a charity anthology of short stories, comics and poems. Net proceeds from the book will help provide Christmas presents for foster kids at Hugs Foster Family Agency (http://www.HugsFFA.org/) I am seeking Christmas/zombie themed short stories ranging from 2,500 –...
Taking Submissions: The Undead That Saved Christmas: Vampire Edition
The Undead That Saved Christmas: Vampire Edition Edited and Compiled by Lyle Perez-Tinics & Joe Filippone Deadline: May 1, 2011 (or until full) Target release date: September 1, 2011 Send submissions to [email protected] with “VampTUTSC Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a word document file containing your story. Please use Book Antiqua, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. The Undead That Saved Christmas Vampire Edition is a charity anthology of short stories, comics and poems. Net proceeds from the book will help provide Christmas presents for foster kids at Hugs Foster Family Agency (http://www.HugsFFA.org/) I am seeking Christmas/vampire themed short stories ranging from 2,500 – 7,500 words. The stories should have strong holiday themes and must contain Vampire. This is nothing toward Twilight, but no sparkling or romantic vampires. I want these creatures to be evil and nasty. Please be creative and as gruesome as you’d like. Even though this book is to help children, its target readers are adults. Original stories only, please no reprints. Multiple submissions are fine up to three stories. Only one story per author will make it in. For comic submissions please have your contact information in the body of the email. The comic script must be illustrated by your artist (or yourself) prior to submitting. Comics can be any length, but must contain Christmas and vampires. All images must be 300DPI and at least 6x9. I will adjust size as needed. Keep all text...
Taking Submissions: The ePocalypse: e-mails at the end CONTEST
The ePocalypse: e-mails at the end DEADLINE: May 6th 2011 PAYMENT: Editor's Choice: $150, Contributor's Choice: $100, Runner's Up: $50.00, Ten free contributor's copies for other runner ups The ePocalypse: e-mails at the end Compiled by Jessy Marie Roberts CLICK TO SUBMIT (VIA OUR ONLINE SUBMISSIONS MANAGER) SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 6 MAY 2011 The world is ending. Humanity is on the brink of extinction. Read the electronic communications of Earth’s last survivors… What are we looking for? The ePocalypse will feature apocalyptic collaborative stories told/narrated exclusively through e-mail. Each story MUST have 2 or more collaborating authors. All e-mails must take place as the world as we know it is ending… earthquakes, floods, virus/disease, meteors, aliens, etc. We’re not really looking for zombie stories, though we will consider them if unique to the apocalyptic genre. About the contest… Editor’s Choice Award: $150.00 (split between teammates) The Editor’s Choice Award will be picked by the editor/compiler of the anthology; decision will be at her sole discretion Contributor’s Choice Award: $100.00 (split between teammates) The Contributor’s Choice Award will be picked by the contributing authors of the anthology. When the anthology is compiled, copyedited and typeset, we will send out an interior proof to the authors to check their stories for last minute copyediting/formatting errors. At this time, contributing authors have the option to read through the other stories and vote for their favorite story. Authors can’t vote for their own story, and each contributing author can only vote once. No contributing author is required to vote, but all authors who do are entered into a “consolation drawing” for a free copy of the anthology. Contributor’s Choice Runner-Up Award: $50.00 (split between teammates) The team with the second highest Contributor’s Choice Award votes will win the Contributor’s Choice Runner-Up Award. Consolation Drawing: Every...
