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Deadline: December 1st, 2015 Payment: An equal share between contributors of 20% royalties and contributor's copies (1 physical and digital With the blessing of Black Bed Sheet Books, I've been given the opportunity to compile, design, and edit an anthology that will be published under the BBS name.  This isn't just an announcement, this is an open call to all horror writers.  Below are the submission guidelines.  If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to contact me. First, a little about BBS:  Black Bed Sheet Books was founded in 2008 by one, Nicholas Grabowsky.  Nicholas has been a published author since the 1980s, including the novelization ofHalloween IV.  His Wikipedia entry is extensive and worth checking out, giving some very interesting information.  His work has received positive acknowledgements from both Clive Barker and Wes Craven. To learn more about BBS check them out here, where you can also find their brand new 2015/2016 catalog. Also, do note, the picture to the left is not the working cover of the book.  It's a tentative mockup. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for "Bumps in the Road" How long can my story be?  Between 1,000 and 7,000 words. What's the theme?  Road trips.  Long stretches of road with an exciting destination ahead of you, whether alone or with a group of friends and/or family, can be a great time.  We don't want to hear about those good times.  We want to hear about the regrettable ones.  The unfortunate things that happened along the way.  Whatever it is, you must include a road trip of some sort; be it car, bicycle, motorcycle, hitchhiking, one of those sweet custom 70s vans. You get the idea.  This should leave you with a wide avenue (see what I did there?) to work with.  I'm not even going to give...

Deadline: December 1st, 2015 Payment: 5 cents per word Note: While paranormal might not apply this would be a good place for some of your suspense work if it involves crime Next year, Broken River Books will be releasing its first anthology, titled The Broken River Review. It will be a collection of short fiction, poetry, and essays, all centered around crime and crime fiction. Here are the guidelines: 3,000 words or fewer Reprints okay Deadline of December 1st, 2015 Payment is 5 cents per word Submissions go to [email protected] Other than that, have fun with it! As with the novel submissions, please familiarize yourself with the Broken River catalog, so that you might tailor your submission to our particular aesthetic. We like fiction that plays with and subverts tropes in interesting way. Special preference goes to crime fiction, or at least work that leans in that direction. Via: The Broken River Review.

Deadline: December 15th, 2015 Payment: 3% of sales Twit Publishing is going far afield again with this one and hoping to help establish a new genre that we’ve already published in an earlier anthology. We’ve already covered the older genres from the 1920’s to 1950’s pulps with Twit Publishing Presents: PULP! anthologies, and are looking again at a young genre that re-examines the 20s, 30s, 40s, and early 50s: Dieselpunk. But this anthology will have a twist, Dieselpunk: Fairy Tales. What is Dieselpunk? Dieselpunk is a re-imagining of the diesel-era (the post-World War I era to the early 1950s). It’s gangsters, bootleggers, swing, Mexican revolutionaries, Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde, U-Boats, the Depression, the end of the Wild West, Bolshevik agents, greasers, zeppelins, jazz, art-deco, roadsters, hobos (anything that fits into this era of time along with cross-genres), and the Red Scare. It is the beginning of mechanization of the military and the beginning of the mechanization of the factory. Of course, though, there will be a twist. Each story will be in the Dieselpunk genre, but will also be based on a fairy tale. We’re looking for over-the-top storylines that fit into this mash-up of genres. Horror, action, detective, crime, and even fantasy can be fit into this genre. Think steam-punk, but with petroleum-fueled engines. All submissions will have to be based on a retelling of a fairy tale. There are a few common fairy tales that writers will want to base their stories on, so if you have any doubts if your fairy tale has already been submitted, please email [email protected]. The word count should be between 4000 and 9000 words. U.S. writers only, please. Please submit stories to [email protected]. Payment will be based on 3% of sales. Submission deadline 12/15/15 Via: Twit Publishing.

Deadline: December 15th, 2015 Payment: .03CAD per word and contributor's copy Martian Migraine Press is now open to submissions for our fourth annual anthology, Cthulhusattva: Lovecraftian Tales of the Black Gnosis. When it comes to Lovecraftian fiction, readers are already well familiar with the standard protagonists. Men of Science. Hardened, world-weary investigators. Sensitive artists, and the like. All of whom eventually learn too much, as they come into contact with forbidden books, foul thaumaturgies, and the human (and not-so-human!) servants of the Great Old Ones. Through curiosity, stupidity, hubris (and oftentimes a combination of these) such foolhardy individuals are blasted to madness in the deadly light that breaks through into their existence when they dare tread the shadowed paths of the Mythos! Surely death would be preferable! But… What of the opposite numbers to your standard Lovecraftian hero? What of those servants of the Great Old Ones? The cultists. Sorcerers. Witches. Lone madmen and women. What of those who goseeking that dark enlightenment of their own free will? What of the individuals who choose to cast off from the shores of humanity’s placid island of ignorance, who choose to voyage far on those black seas of infinity that surround that island? Whatever else can be said about the Mythos (within the Lovecraftian world-view, naturally) it remains that the madness which underlies it is THE TRUTH OF EXISTENCE. The light may be deadly, yes, but it isstill light, and it still reveals! Remember, too, that the Great Old Ones and their servants, have been around for a very long time. What wisdom, what insights into Life, Death, and Reality might be gained by currying their favour? What would be the price of that wisdom, and more… would it be worth it? For Cthulhusattva: Lovecraftian Tales of the Black Gnosis, we are...

Deadline: December 15, 2015. Payment: $15 and a contributor's copy 1. Don’t Open Till Doomsday  will be a collection of Science Fiction short stories totalling 10 - 15 pieces. 2. Submissions are open until December 15, 2015. 3. You may submit only one story of 2,000 to 10,000 words. Your story must be completely original and must not be set in someone else’s world. We are interested in fresh voices and new points of view. Use today’s science to create the “what if” stories of tomorrow. 4. We seek first print rights. Story may not have been published online, or in print, in any form, although we will consider it for publication if portions of it have been posted on the writer's personal blog. 5. Compensation: one contributor copy and a one-time payment of $15. 6. We are open to all styles and voices. 7. Please wait 90 days before inquiring about your submission. 8. For answers to any questions, please use the form on the Contact Page. Via: Punks Write Poems.

Deadline: December 15th, 2015 Payment: $25 Editor: Carrol Fix Word Count: 3,000 – 8,000 Deadlines: Art: 10/30/15 Stories: 12/15/15 Authors and Artists receive token payment of $25. Authors and Artists The theme is whatever could occur in the deep regions of space between stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Physical contact and proximity to other stars/planets is off-limits, although communications of all kinds are allowed. Via: Lillicat Publishers.

Deadline: December 15th, 2015 Payment: $0.01/word and a contributor's copy Anthologist: Bascomb James Third volume in the Far Orbit anthology series edited by Bascomb James. Series includes Far Orbit (volume one) and Far Orbit Apogee (volume two); Far Orbit Perigee (volume four, accepting submissions starting January 1, 2016.) To protect from all enemies… World Weaver Press is expanding the Far Orbit anthology series with a new a new military science fiction anthology, Last Outpost. Last Outpost will be published in 2016. As the name implies, we’re looking for military adventure stories, page-turners that keep us on the edge of our seats. We’re not looking for mindless mayhem; we want compelling science fiction stories with a military theme. Send us stories about grunts, space fleets, espionage, alien invasion (even if we are the aliens), hostage recovery, battle bots, drones and droids, cyber wars, special ops, inciting rebellions, or quelling them. Anything in the military action adventure genera is fair game. We’ll entertain biopunk, cyberpunk, solarpunk, and other punkish motifs but the story has to be a rip-roaring adventure. Please stay away from fantasy elements (wizards, magic, gods, etc.). Fan fiction is a definite no-no. Fantasy-like adventures (John Carter of Mars) have to be really special to be included in the anthology. Gore is OK but it has to advance the plot. Please remember that this is a science fiction anthology. The action can take place on far off worlds or on Earth, in the far future or the day after tomorrow; so long as it’s a military themed science fiction adventure. If you can write a military space opera in under 10,000 words, go for it. We’ll be happy to read it. Here are some submission tips from Bascomb James, the series anthologist. I’m not a fan of the “everyone dies horribly” ending unless you...

Deadline: December 15th, 2015 Payment: 3 cents per word "It's Come to Our Attention" or "Scratching the Surface" - Under the radar: things that are happening quietly, without a lot of fanfare, that may still be extremely significant or make a big difference. Like, what's going on with those bees. Maybe a little "Tragedy of the Commons" would work under this theme. Reading Period: October 15 - December 15, 2015 Writer Deadline: December 15, 2015 Publication Date: February 15, 2016 If you’re interested in having your work read and getting paid a little something for it, then submit your story today. Third Flatiron Publishing are a specialist digital publisher and can help you distribute your work to a truly global audience. Third Flatiron Publishing is based in Boulder, Colorado. We are looking for submissions to our quarterly themed online anthologies. Our focus is on science fiction and fantasy and anthropological fiction. We want tightly plotted tales in out-of-the-ordinary scenarios. Please send us short stories that revolve around age-old questions and have something illuminating to tell us as human beings. Fantastical situations and creatures, exciting dialog, irony, mild horror, and wry humor are all welcome. Stories should be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Inquire if longer. Role models for the type of fiction we want include Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur C. Clarke, Dan Simmons, Connie Willis, Vernor Vinge, and Ken Kesey. We want to showcase some of the best new shorts available today. See the “Submissions” tab for preferred formats, etc. For each anthology, we will also accept  a few very short humor pieces on the order of the “Shouts and Murmurs” feature in The New Yorker Magazine (600 words or so). These can be written from a first-person perspective or can be mini-essays that tell people what they ought to do,...

Deadline: December 15, 2015 Payment: $5.00 plus equal share of 50% of royalties. Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Empire into victory… Mara Jade fights first for the Empire and then for the New Republic struggling against the past and using her talents with the Force to fight for what she believes is right… Katniss Everdeen offers herself up for the gladatorial Hunger Games instead of her little sister, who she fears would not survive… When felinoid alien, Pianfar Chanur, runs across a “human” alien, it is only the pride that keeps her from returning him to his captors… Fleet Lieutenant Esmay Suiza must face the truth of her background simultaneously with the threat of alien invasion… We never tire of reading about these amazing heroines and their exploits, but have you considered writing a science fiction story of your own about a heroine or perhaps a female-dominated society?  Here’s your chance. We are looking for stories primarily about women from female-dominated societies (Gate to Women’s Country, The Shore of Women…) to powerful female heroines such as the ones listed above. We're interested in science fiction, futuristic magic use (think Star Wars), grand adventures with swashbuckling heroines, and touching tales. Whether they are from a matriarchal or Amazon-style society or traditional male-dominated world, bring us powerful women and their stories. RESTRICTIONS:  No fan-fic. Keep the content PG-13, please.  Limit profanity and erotic content. We want to make this book available to young adult readers as well as adults. If you have questions about content, please feel free to email: SUBMISSION EMAIL: [email protected] READING PERIOD:  November 15, 2015 to December 15, 2015 (DO NOT SUBMIT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 15th) RELEASE DATE:  March 31, 2016 PAYMENT: $5.00 plus equal share of 50% of royalties. SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED: We do not...

Deadline: December 25th, 2015 Payment: 6 cents per word for original work, 3 cents per word on reprints Reprints Allowed We're looking for speculative stories--science fiction, fantasy, horror--with Christian themes, characters, or cosmology. Technical details Stories can be up to 10,000 words. The anthology will be published in ebook and POD formats. We pay 6 cents/word for original stories (or original translations of stories that have not previously appeared in English), and 3 cents/word for reprints. We are seeking one year of exclusive worldwide print and electronic distribution rights for original works (with exceptions for Best of the Year anthologies), and non-exclusive worldwide print and electronic distribution rights in perpetuity for both original works and reprints. No multiple or simultaneous submissions. Send us only one story at a time, and don't send us a story that's currently with someone else or send someone else a story to which we have not yet responded. Don't re-submit a rejected story unless we request revisions. We hope to have responded to everyone within one month of the submission window's closing. Feel free to query if it's been longer than two months. Stories must be double spaced, in 12-point Courier or Times New Roman font. The story title, your byline, a word count, and contact information should appear on the first page, and your last name, story title, and page number should appear in the header information of all other pages. We're not particular about whether you use italics or underlining for emphasis, how many spaces are after the period, or whether you use straight or smart quotes. Submissions may be sent to the email address: Submit your stories via email as an attachment in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. The subject of your email should be FICTION: <story title> by <byline>. The email body should contain a list of your three or four best publications (if...