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Deadline: September 5th, 2017 Payment: One half-cent per word, with a minimum payment of $5.00 and a maximum of $15.00. Note: Reprints Welcome. Payment for reprints is a maximum of $10. Estimated to come out in December.   Word Count:    500-10,500 Theme:    Creatures of myth and fantasy have long been a fascination in cultures throughout the the world. Did they ever exist? Do they still exist now? Imagine a time where these creatures were plentiful. Or perhaps, when they once were but now there is only one or two left. We are looking for stories centered on such creatures, be they unicorns, dragons, griffins, chimeras, or something unknown. We will consider any sub-genre, but the story must focus on a mythical creature. ALWAYS READ THE FULL THEMES AND GUIDELINES WHEN SUBMITTING. PIECES THAT FAIL TO MEET THE GUIDELINES/THEME WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED. Response Time:  Please allow up to one month. After that, if you don't hear from us then feel free to give us a little nudge.   Payment: Payment will be one half-cent per word, with a minimum payment of $5.00 and a maximum of $15.00. Payments will be made by PayPal in USD. Payments will go out no later than four months after the publication date. Editing: Yes, your story will be edited if we decide to accept it. After we go through and edit your story, it will then be sent back to you for final approval. In some cases, we may ask for revisions to be made.  Reprints, Multiple & Simultaneous Submissions: Yes. Payment for reprints is a maximum of $10. SEND A SEPARATE EMAIL FOR EACH SUBMISSION. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS SENT IN ONE EMAIL MAY BE DISCARDED WITHOUT BEING READ. Guidelines for Submissions:   All submissions are to be sent to [email protected]. In the subject line please type MYTHICAL ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSION: . In the body...

Deadline: September 5th, 2017. Payment: 1 cent per word. Note: Yes, it is erotica but it is also the apocalypse and as I know many of you write both... We are in search of erotic stories centered around the theme of apocalypse. How you execute this theme is up to you—a multitude of interpretations are possible, from both the figurative to the literal end of civilization. Apocalypse. The complete final destruction of the world (definition 1). An event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale (definition 2). We are interested in stories that explore either definition. Stories can be set before, during, or after the eponymous apocalypse. Show us passion, annihilation, rebirth, despair, and/or hope. How would you screw if the world were ending? The sex needs to be raw, passionate, hot, and at the story’s centre. Four-letter words are neither required nor discouraged, although we have a preference for graphic lust conveyed through beautiful prose. No hard requirements in terms of secondary genres. This theme, however, lends itself well to dystopian fiction. Please read our general submission guidelines prior to submitting. We prefer the erotic to adult content and have an extreme prejudice for stories with a literary style—however, hot, passionate sex must be at each story’s core. It may help to familiarize yourself with some of our other titles prior to submitting—particularly our short story anthologies and stand-alone shorts. 1,000-5,000 words, although we’ll consider pieces that fall outside those parameters on a case-by-case basis. Multiple and simultaneous submissions ok. No reprints. If accepted, pay is 1 cent per word. The deadline for submissions is September 5, 2017.   Submit here. Via: Mug Wump Press.

Deadline: September 8th, 2017 Payment: $0.01 per word Typewriter Emergencies is seeking works featuring furry characters. We're looking for stories, book reviews, articles, and any other form of furry material. The journal accepts work that is considered rated R or Less. You can throw in the word "f*ck" around a few times, but no excessive sex, blood, and guts pretty much. Typewriter Emergencies publishes under the philosophy of degenerate literature. We're not here to be proper, we're here to make art. We don't have a specific theme for our issues, therefore it's free reign. Themes may be implemented in the future. ​ We plan on publishing at least twice a year. If we feel we can take on a heavier load, we'll open up for more issues. Our Schedule is as follows: ​ Issue 2 release - December 2017 - Submissions must be received by September 8, 2017. Payment is $0.01 per word. ​ All rights revert back to the author. We simply ask for the right to publish the story for the period this journal is active. ​ Simultaneous submissions are fine. It is your responsibility to notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. ​ Story Guidelines: ​ Max word count is 2500 words. Anything over this will not be accepted. Reprints will be reviewed, but we will prefer previously unpublished work. Each issue is expected to have a small amount of material, 3-5 stories at most. ​ Articles & Reviews ​ Max word count 1000 words. Anything considered a book review or article that is over 1000 words will not be considered. Articles/Book reviews must be predominantly furry in nature. Reviews must not contain spoilers. We will not accept reviews that are overly negative. As for articles, familiarize yourself with  or Dogpatch Press, and related furry websites. ​ ​...

Deadline: September 8th, 2017 Payment: $0.01 per word. Typewriter Emergencies is seeking works featuring furry characters. We're looking for stories, book reviews, articles, and any other form of furry material. The journal accepts work that is considered rated R or Less. You can throw in the word "f*ck" around a few times, but no excessive sex, blood, and guts pretty much. Typewriter Emergencies publishes under the philosophy of degenerate literature. We're not here to be proper, we're here to make art. We don't have a specific theme for our issues, therefore it's free reign. Themes may be implemented in the future.  We plan on publishing at least twice a year. If we feel we can take on a heavier load, we'll open up for more issues. Our Schedule is as follows: Issue 1 release - May 2017 - Submissions must be received by February 10, 2017. Issue 2 release - December 2017 - Submissions must be received by September 8, 2017. Payment is $0.01 per word. All rights revert back to the author. We simply ask for the right to publish the story for the period this journal is active.  Simultaneous submissions are fine. It is your responsibility to notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.  Story Guidelines: Max word count is 2500 words. Anything over this will not be accepted.  Reprints will be reviewed, but we will prefer previously unpublished work.  Each issue is expected to have a small amount of material, 3-5 stories at most.  Articles & Reviews Max word count 1000 words. Anything considered a book review or article that is over 1000 words will not be considered.  Articles/Book reviews must be predominantly furry in nature. Reviews must not contain spoilers. We will not accept reviews that are overly negative. As for articles, familiarize yourself with  or Dogpatch...

Deadline: royalties 60% divided amongst authors evenly. Payment: September 11th, 2017 We’re looking for short stories no more than 5k that reflect real stories and urban legends found in America. No reprints. Payment: royalties 60% divided amongst authors evenly. We’re also looking for raw real stories of America’s underworld, real stories from real people that are going through real life horrors. For example, stories of suffering from addiction, living in the slums of Chicago, or life as victim of sex trafficking. All names will be confidential, unless you state otherwise. No payment at this time. Exposure and be in a magazine that reaches a wide audience and invitation to a podcast that reaches an even wider audience. Real American Horror is a horror anthology designed to evoke strong emotions from readers as they look into stories of Real horror. Deadline: September 11th Send submissions to [email protected] With real American horror in subject, otherwise I’ll miss it. Via: Deadman's Tome.

Deadline: September 15th, 2017 Payment: $0.01 per word Ends on September 15, 2017 IMPORTANT REMINDER: In addition to the anthology-specific guidelines here, please review our General Guidelines on our main Submittable page as they pertain to all anthologies unless otherwise noted. Thank you.  https://lycanvalleypress.submittable.com/submit With the first book in this series, you'll be meeting Darkling, our horror host. She's dark, she's cute, she's sassy, she's dead ... and we can't wait to introduce you to her! Darkling takes us on a horrifying tour of strange, dark landmarks and creature encounters in a collection of horror stories set in Canada. We are looking for 13 stories, one for each province or territory of the great Lumberjack Country. The stories in this anthology will be interwoven by the ghostly narrator, Darkling, who has her own story to tell and a dark, sassy personality to keep readers coming back for more. Submissions must be self-contained stories with no mention or reference to Darkling (stories that reference Darkling or her role in any way will be rejected). Your story must be set in one of Canada's 13 provinces or territories and include it's culture and historical landmarks in a way that prevents the story from being told anywhere else: Alberta (AB) British Columbia (BC) Manitoba (MB) New Brunswick (NB) Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Northwest Territories (NT) Nova Scotia (NS) CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS Nunavut (NU) Ontario (ON) Prince Edward Island (PE) Quebec (QC) CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS Saskatchewan (SK) Yukon (YT) We are specifically looking for horror stories or dark fiction. Crossovers with other genres are fine (science fiction, fantasy, etc.) but there must be a horror element or dark tone and fit the overall theme. Anything goes – vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, yetis, wendigos, demon possessions, haunted houses, serial killers and other well-used tropes – but be original in how you interpret these staples of horror and make sure these creatures of or in...

Deadline: September 15th, 2017 Payment: $60 USD for fiction and $30 USD for poetry Our reading periods are as follows: February 1–March 15 for our Spring (April) issue; May 1–June 15 for our Summer (July) issue; August 1–September 15 for our Autumn (October) issue; and November 1–December 15 for our Winter (January) issue. Feel free to record your submissions at Duotrope and/or the Submissions Grinder. We are also listed on Ralan. Fiction and Poetry Guidelines Arsenika is looking for previously unpublished original fiction and poetry up to 1,000 words long. Payment is $60 USD for fiction and $30 USD for poetry for first world electronic rights and non-exclusive audio rights. We hope to raise the poetry rate to $60 as well in the future—please support us on Patreon if you’d like to help us reach our goal. Submit no more than two flash fiction pieces and five poems at a time, and please make sure you fill out the form again for each piece you send, unless the pieces are meant to be read together (e.g. a triptych of poems). All work should be in Standard Manuscript Format (fiction format/poetry format). Format poetry exactly as you would like to see it online—use italics for italics, underlines for underlines, boldface for boldface, etc. Send only TXT, RTF, DOC, and DOCX files. Please do not send simultaneous submissions (pieces that are submitted to Arsenikaand another market at the same time). Multiple submissions are accepted, but please have no more than two flash fiction pieces and five poems in the submissions queue at a time. We try to respond to all submissions within 14 days. If you haven’t heard from us in 30 days, please send us a query at [email protected]. Remember: Don’t self-reject. Reprints Arsenika does not accept unsolicited reprints. Payment is $10 upon acceptance. Art Arsenika pays $100 for reprint art. Please feel free to query us...

Deadline: September 15th, 2017 (Opens Sept 1st!) Payment: $0.005 cents per word with a minimum payment of $5.00 and a maximum cap of $25.00 Greetings from the Valley of Hinnom, Hinnom Magazine is a bi-monthly e-zine that publishes high quality science fiction, fantasy, and horror on the last day of every other month, starting in February.  We seek authors who have a unique voice, interesting writing styles, and unparalleled storytelling talents.  We do not shy from topics or concepts of a darker nature and, actually, encourage it. READING PERIODS: January 1-15th March 1-15th May 1-15th July 1-15th September 1-15th November 1-15th PUBLICATION DATES: February 28th April 30th June 30th August 31st October 31st December 31st Please submit stories during first fifteen days of the months selected as reading periods.  Stories received after this will not be read.  Artists can submit year round. (Inaugural Issue will be Published on June 30th) FICTION SUBMISSION DETAILS: List of Genres Accepted in Alphabetical Order: Body Horror Cosmicism/Cosmic Horror Cthulhu Mythos/ Lovecraftian Horror Cyberpunk Dark Fantasy Dieselpunk Dystopian Fiction Fantasy Gothic Horror Grimdark Fantasy Hard SF Hardcore Horror High Fantasy Horror Macabre horror Occult Fiction Post-Human/Trans-Human SF Psychological Horror Science Fiction Space Opera Steampunk Sword and Sorcery Weird Fiction Any blending of these genres is also fine.  We encourage creative takes on classic themes.  In fact, combining these concepts will likely increase your chance of publication. Science Fiction is meant to beg the question, “What if?” Horror is meant to entice the very emotions that define our species: fear, terror, and dread. Fantasy focuses on imaginative detachment from reality, forging worlds and universes unseen and unheard. These genres require the utmost levels of creativity and we want to read your most macabre, disgusting, imaginative, fantastical, morose, colorful, and prophetic tales. RIGHTS SOUGHT FOR ORIGINAL ART ...

Deadline: September 17th, 2017 Payment: $0.25 USD (twenty-five cents) per line (excluding spaces and title) with a minimum payment of $1.00 for Haiku and a maximum cut-off at $20 for longer pieces. LVP Publications is introducing Darkling, Lycan Valley's Horror Host, in this special poetry anthology -- Darkling's Beasts and Brews -- just in time for Halloween! You provide the poetry and Darkling will provide the drinks. We are looking for beast and/or creature related poetry only -- vampires, werewolves, banshees, wendigos, chimeras, hellhounds, ghost riders, witches, goblins, fairies, trolls, yetis, sasquatches, skinwalkers, spiritwalkers, shapeshifters, and other paranormal beings that live here in the Valley. They don't have to be evil (fun and charming are okay too), but there must be a horror or dark element to the poem. Each poem selected will have a corresponding drink recipe added by Darkling from her private collection. (Do not submit poetry related to drinks or drink recipes.) LINE COUNT: We will accept poetry in a variety of styles between 5 and 100 lines (with the exception of properly formatted Haiku of 3 lines). Poems less than 5 lines (with the exception of Haiku) or longer than 100 lines will be returned unread. Exclude spaces and title from line count. PAYMENT: $0.25 USD (twenty-five cents) per line (excluding spaces and title) with a minimum payment of $1.00 for Haiku and a maximum cut-off at $20 for longer pieces. FORMATTING: Attach .rtf files only. Single spaced with line breaks in appropriate places. Left justified, no strange or unusual formatting. Use 12pt Times or similar font only. No bold or fancy fonts. No single word lines (with the exception of proper Haiku) Remove contact information and all identifying information including headings and byline from the document. We do not accept simultaneous submissions. If you submit to us, please wait until you receive a response before...

Deadline: September 22nd, 2017 Payment: six cents a word for prose, twenty dollars a page for poetry If you want to know what we’re looking for, try reading Reckoning 1, the interviews, the Reckoning twitter, LCRW 33, or any of these. The short version: fiction preferably at least a tiny bit speculative, nonfiction preferably more creative than journalistic, poetry tending towards the narrative and preferably with some thematic heft, art your guess is as good as mine. But the heart of what I want is your searingly personal, visceral, idiosyncratic understanding of the world and the people in itas it has been, as it is, as it will be, as it could be, as a consequence of humanity’s relationship with the earth. I am actively seeking work from Indigenous writers and artists, writers and artists of color, queer and transgender writers and artists, and anyone who has suffered the consequences, intended or otherwise, of dominant society’s systemic disconnect with and mistreatment of the natural world. And I am actively seeking new ways to reach all of the above. Seriously, if you know of a way I can do that, please share. Simultaneous submissions are ok. Multiple short poetry submissions is ok; with longer submissions, please send just one at a time. Feel free to submit again after you hear back. Length: 0 – 45,000 words, inclusive. Response time has ranged from one to three months. Payment is six cents a word for prose, twenty dollars a page for poetry, art minimum twenty-five dollars per piece. Arbitrary cutoff point for the second issue will be the autumn equinox, Friday, September 22nd, 2017. Submit original fiction, nonfiction or poetry as an RTF or DOC attachment (or art in any compact, web-ready format) to [email protected]. Please use an email subject like “ Submission: ” or we’re likely to take a lot longer getting to...