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Deadline: April 30th, 2016 Payment:$.06 per word and half of royalties distributed among the writers after the recovery of initial cost The evocative painting to your left is the work of Sergio Diaz. It will be the art for the cover of the upcoming Horror Anthology, LET US IN. LET US IN. will be the first horror anthology released by TIME ALONE PRESS. Payment $.06 per word. *PLUS* Half of royalties distributed among the writers after the recovery of initial costs (paid twice per year). The submission period for stories will run from December 24th 2015 until April 30th 2016 Official acceptances will be announced on July 1st 2016. Join award-winning author Ray Garton on our table of contents! His new story “Shadow Children” has already been purchased to appear . We are looking for stories of Approx 4000 wds (but, let the story decide). Poetry that keeps to the theme may have a chance, as well. The theme of the anthology will be lightly shaped as we go, but here is the gist: Write for us the horrors that we invite into our lives, whether willingly or with reluctance. These are horrors that need our permission to enter. Why do we allow them into our lives? Because they entice us? Because we need to escape a current hell? Because we are curious? Because we want them to save us? Because we want vengeance against someone else? The Monsters here may be human or non-human. Open your imagination to *anything*. We’ll take traditional vampires or werewolves, demons, or forces from other dimensions. Give us abusive spouses, or “saviors” from outer space with tricks up their sleeves. Any of that, or anything else that I may have missed, anything that you think fits. Style: Go wild. I don’t care how loud and...

Deadline: April 30, 2016 Payment: 3 cents/word Graythorn Publishing is open for submissions of science fiction short stories for the DARK CLOUDS anthology to be published in June 2016. Did you know that humans emit clouds of microbes? Over a million particles an hour. With that sort of chaos something is likely to go very, very wrong. Send us your completed short story of 3,000 to 10,000 words. Stories must relate strongly to the theme, and be primarily science fiction, although genre mashups with horror, romance, mystery, etc. will be accepted. Rights purchased for six months. Please submit [email protected] Via: Graythorn Publishing.

Deadline: April 30 2016 Payment: £10 and a contributor's copy Summer’s End is an anthology of fantastical stories that will be about the end of ages, civilisations, golden times that decline inexorably or suddenly. Think the fall of the men of Numenor, the end of the first age of Yggdrasil, the sacking of Rome or the swallowing of Anhkor Watt by the forests as its people disappeared. We’re looking for original, previously unpublished pieces of between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Submissions will be open until midnight April 30 2016. Normal submissions formats are an absolute requirement – so if in doubt go to our submissions guidelines page for guidance. We are committed to providing a small, token, payment to each author (£10) and contributors copies. Further payments will be royalties based on profit after costs – it’s not ideal we know and as we build a base of books then we expect to change that but for now that’s the gig. Submissions should be sent to: [email protected] Via: Alternate Realities Publishing.

Deadline: April 30th, 2016 Payment: £10 and a contributor's copy This is our first submissions call. The two anthologies are Summer’s End and Broken Bones & Ten Dollar Bills Summer’s End is an anthology of fantastical stories that will be about the end of ages, civilisations, golden times that decline inexorably or suddenly. Think the fall of the men of Numenor, the end of the first age of Yggdrasil, the sacking of Rome or the swallowing of Anhkor Watt by the forests as its people disappeared. Broken Bones & Ten Dollar Bills is an anthology of science fiction stories that explore our relationship with body altering technology, be that genetics or other techs. We want to see stories that explore our relationship with technology but also those people who traffic in these goods, those scientists who invent them and the corporations who profit from our awkwardness about being embodied. For both anthologies we’re looking for original, previously unpublished pieces of between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Submissions will be open until midnight April 30 2016. Normal submissions formats are an absolute requirement – so if in doubt go to our submissions guidelines page for guidance. We are committed to providing a small, token, payment to each author (£10) and contributors copies. Further payments will be royalties based on profit after costs – it’s not ideal we know and as we build a base of books then we expect to change that but for now that’s the gig. Submissions should be sent to: [email protected] Via: Alternative Realities Publishing.

Deadline: April 30th, 2016 Payment: 10 cents a word Ever spotted a semi-colon tattoo? Nope? Well, if you ever do, just know that the individual has likely survived suicide – or is perhaps wearing a permanent tribute to a loved one. They’re wearing a STORY. A story of survival, a symbolic punctuation of life. A portrait of struggle, a pause to think about mental illness. A life, not yet over, unready to be finished; a book, awaiting its next chapter. I know how depression feels. I know how events can spiral out of control, with one piece of shitty news after another. I know how smallstuff rapidly becomes bigthings. And I know just how easily a camel’s back breaks. This anthology, SEMI-COLONIC IRRIGATION, is in aid of as-yet-undetermined charities. We’re initially looking to raise funds for counselling services and those who offer support to survivors. As it’s a charity anthology, we shouldn’t be paying our contributors, right? Wrong. This is where we get to mess with tradition. Now, I am not suggesting that publishers of ALL charity anthologies *should* pay their writers, it’s just something I’m personally choosing to do because I believe writers are worth it. So get over it. The main charity aspect of this book, the donation we shall be making, is AWARENESS. We could help someone with this book. We could save a life – just the one. And that, my friends, is priceless. If we raise a tenner or even ten grand, that’s a bonus. We can’t give a greater gift than a part of ourselves. We’ve already been inundated with fabulous pieces – some of which we’ve accepted. Some guys and gals have refused payment, or offered reprints for free. In one case, I’m doing a full edit on a novel in exchange for...

Deadline: April 30, 2016 Payment: $0.06 / word Submission Guidelines Works between 3,000 and 12,0001 words that are unpublished in English. We publish literary genre fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Westerns, Pulps, Thrillers, Horror, Romance, etc. We do not publish poetry, inspirational fiction, or young adult fiction. For the most part we aren't interested in publishing erotica and graphic violence. At this time we are not accepting unsolicited artwork. We accept simultaneous submissions, but not multiple submissions. Review is blind. Please do not include your name or identifying information in your submitted document. Submission is open to all writers, apart from residents of Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.2  You must have a taxpayer identification number (TIN) for tax and compliance reasons. There are some additional requirements for authors outside of the US. Please e-mail the editor with questions. We'll post broadly applicable answers here. Publication and Payment Terms We acquire First North American Serial Rights and use the SFWA model contract. Our pay rate is $0.06 / word. How to Submit Our reading period is currently open. It closes on April 30, 2016. All submissions are by e-mail. You can either attach a single file or paste your story. We’ll use the subject of your e-mail as the title of your story. You can send any file that Google Docs can handle, including .docx, .odt, .rtf, .txt, and .pdf. Attachments are limited to 10 megabytes. You can test your document in Docs to see how it looks before sending it to us. If submitting via attachment, please include two (2) extra pages at the end of your document: a blank page, and a subsequent page containing your e-mail address. When sending an attachment, our robot will discard the rest of the e-mail message. When submitting via e-mail body,...

Deadline: April 30, 2016 Payment: $10 for original work and $5 for reprints Note: Reprints Allowed For an anthology Memento Mori Press will release in August 2016, we’re looking for several haunted house stories. The stories must involve a haunted house of some sort, but please be creative. The people can be haunted rather than the house, or the haunting can be in a character’s mind, and so on. Stories need to be between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Payment is $10 for original, unpublished stories, and $5 for reprints. We purchase exclusive eBook and print rights for two years, and non-exclusive print and eBook rights for five years after that. Please send your story to [email protected]. The deadline for this anthology is April 30, 2016. Via: Memento Mori Press.

Deadline: April 30, 2016 Payment: $10 Canadian per story MacKenzie Publishing is accepting fiction submissions for its first anthology, a horror/suspense anthology for teens, tentatively titled OUT OF THE CAVE. Please ensure stories are suitable for that age group. Stories should have a teen protagonist. Submission deadline: April 30, 2016 (or when anthology is full) Payment: $10 Canadian per story, paid via Paypal upon publication Word count: 2,000 to 5,000 words Publication date (print and e-books): on or before September 1, 2016 MacKenzie Publishing does not accept material which has been published previously, either online or in print. By submitting to MacKenzie Publishing, you are assuring that you hold the rights to the work and are granting MacKenzie Publishing the rights to edit and publish the submitted work. MacKenzie Publishing requires exclusive rights for 12 months from date of publication. To Submit: Paste info and document in the body of an email (no attachments) in this order: -Title of story, your name, email, word count -Story -Bio (up to 150 words) Email stories to MacKenzie Publishing at: [email protected]. Put the title of your submission in the subject line. Via: Writing Wicket.

Deadline: April 30th, 2016 Payment: 12.5 cents per word Fireside will open to submissions April 1-30 with guest editor Daniel José Older Fireside will be looking for original, unpublished flash fiction (1,000 words or less) and original, unpublished short stories up to 5,000 words. We do not ever accept unsolicited submissions of art, novels, novellas, novelettes, or anything else longer than 5,000 words. If you submit a novel or anything way over the word count limits, we’ll probably blacklist you. We are thrilled to have Daniel on board as a guest editor for this submissions period. Daniel will be selecting stories that will be spread out over a number of issues. Daniel is a fantastic fiction writer and essayist, and he is an essential voice on both writing and social justice. We are lucky to have that reflected in Fireside. Fireside is able to publish about 10,000 words a month and pay the writers well because of the generosity of our subscribers and Patreon backers. The more we raise each month, the more stories we can buy! (Note: Backers do not receive preferential consideration.) Please read ALL the guidelines before submitting a story. You can find instructions on how to submit at the end of this page. Payment, rules, etc. Fireside pays 12.5 cents per word, with payment on completion of edits. We buy first world publication rights and six-month exclusivity, as well as the right to reprint the story once, non-exclusively, in a Fireside anthology.   Please DO NOT resubmit stories that we have previously rejected by Fireside, even if you have revised them. They will be rejected unread.   Please DO NOT submit a story that you have already submitted elsewhere but have not heard back from. (Often called simultaneous submission.)   You can only submit ONE flash story (up...

image description Deadline: April 30th, 2016 Payment: $0.07 per word + contributor copy Note: I swear I had posted this one, sorry on the short deadline Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting your story! Unidentified Funny Objects is an annual anthology of humorous SF/F. UFO5 headliners include David Gerrold, Laura Resnick, Esther Friesner, Mike Resnick, Gini Koch, Tim Pratt, and Jody Lynn Nye. For UFO5 we’re seeking all style and sub-genres of speculative humor. SUBMISSION WINDOW: April 1 – April 30, 2016 LENGTH: 500-5000 words. Limit of 1 submission per author — even if you receive a response before the submission window closes please do not send more unless directly invited to do so.     PAYMENT: $0.07 per word + contributor copy. Payment will be made upon acceptance. Our preferred method of payment is via PayPal, but you may request a check. FORMAT: RTF or DOC. Standard Manuscript Format or something close to it (We won’t take points off if you prefer Courier over Times New Roman or some such). SEND TO: Upload your stories via this submissions link. Limit of 1 submission per author — even if you receive a response before the submission window closes please do not send more unless directly invited to do so. Please do not respond to rejections. The email address associated with submissions is not monitored directly. If you wish to query for any reason, please use thecontact form or e-mail us directly at ufopublishing at gmail dot com.     RIGHTS SOUGHT: First Worldwide print and electronic English Language rights. Exclusivity for 90 days from date of release. Non-exclusive rights to keep the anthology in print across different publishing platforms afterward. Preview sample contract. POLICIES & RESPONSE TIME: No reprints, multiple or simultaneous submissions please. Do not send any stories...