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Deadline: November 15th, 2017 Payment: TBD, likely $0.01 per word, read below for details Solarpunk is a type of eco-conscious science fiction that imagines an optimistic future founded on renewable energies. It might take place in a wind-powered skyscraper or on a solar-powered robotic farm. Often coupled with an art nouveau aesthetic, and always inclusive and diverse, solarpunk stories show the ways we have adapted to climate change, or the ways we have overcome it. For this anthology, I want to see solarpunk summers. Show me futuristic stories that take place in summer, whether that involves a summer night in a rooftop garden, or characters adapting to extreme heat and weather, or an annual migration to cooler lands. Keep it planet-based (Earth or other), and optimistic. Solarpunk worlds aren’t necessarily utopias, but they definitely aren’t dystopias. We're a northern hemisphere publisher, but southern hemisphere summers are also welcome! Need inspiration? Read New York 2140 or Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson, Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation, or Wings of Renewal: A Solarpunk Dragon Anthology. Submission Method: Send your story as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf attachment to solarpunkworldweaverpresscom with Submission: in the subject line. Please include a brief cover letter, but DO NOT summarize your story in the cover letter. Simultaneous submissions = okay. Multiple submissions = no. About the Anthologist: Sarena Ulibarri attended the Clarion Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers' Workshop in 2014 and earned an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her fiction has appeared in magazines such as Lightspeed and Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, as well as anthologies such as Biketopia: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories in Extreme Futures and Dear Robot: An Anthology of Epistolary Science Fiction. She has been Editor-in-Chief of World Weaver Press since 2016, and edited the anthology Speculative Story Bites. Glass and Gardens author payments are part of our stretch goals for the Solarpunk Anthology Translation Kickstarter! Click...

Deadline: November 15th, 2017 Payment: Royalties Submission Details: Submissions must be in English and written to the highest quality you are capable. Avoid passive voice. Consider making a pass with an editor before submission. Maximum Word Count is 10,000, however I’m not going to turn away something awesome that’s a little over. This is a paid market anthology, with a royalty cut for each author. Details available upon request. Each author retains all rights to their story. All submissions will be edited and sent to the author for final approval before publication. Open internationally, but submission must be in American English. There is no fee to submit. Please, no reprints or simultaneous submissions. Multiple submissions accepted. Limit of two submissions per author. Any genre is fine. However, we are not looking for nonfiction at this time. Adult language and sexual situations are permitted. Standard submission format is accepted, or please send in WORD doc or docx, formatted with; 12pt Times New Roman with 1.5-line spacing; left justified with 0.3″ indents on the first line of each new paragraph (Do NOT use TAB); no extra spacing between paragraphs; and no headers/footers/page numbers; one space at the end of a sentence, not two. To submit, please send your story to [email protected] and include the following information in the body of the email: Author (Legal) Name: Pseudonym (if applicable): Email: Story Title: Word Count: Short Summary: 3rd Person Biography: If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] or submit your question through the contact page. Via: Fighting Monkey Press.

Deadline: November 15th, 2017 Payment: Royalties All Submissions should meet this criteria: Works: short stories, flash fiction Genre: Horror, Dark fiction, lovecraftian  Current Theme: Cthulhu Christmas Special  Deadline: Nov 15th – could close early if filled quickly Format: Attach the .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX  Word Count 2k – 5k words approx. Multiple Submissions okay.  Submit a brief bio, we don’t care if you have no work history, give us a brief bio of yourself. Payment and Royalties Deadman’s Tome pays authors whose work is published in the magazine (whether digital or print) royalties calculated at 10% of net earnings and a free digital copy. Deadman’s Tome offers authors whose work is published on the site exposure AND opportunities to earn cash through various contests such as Story of the Week. Payments are sent via PayPal. Send submission to [email protected] Via: Deadman's Tome.

Deadline: November 15th, 2017 Payment: $5 Note: Women only Note: Reprints Allowed Simply follow the schedule below to be notified when we close and open for submissions. Criteria Luna Station Quarterly publishes speculative fiction written by women-identified authors. We think women write awesome characters and really cool stories and we want to show it to the world. We will consider stories submitted by any woman writer, regardless of experience or writing resume. If you consider yourself on the woman end of the gender spectrum in any significant capacity, you’re welcome here! Stuff we want: Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera New Fairy Tales (not retellings) Some creepiness Stories that explore the nooks and crannies of an original world Big events from the everyman perspective Unique settings and storytelling forms Well written stories with strong characters Stuff we don’t want: Anything biased toward any religion, race or moral preference Extreme gore or sexual content, in particular no explicit rape or sexual assault. (everything in moderation) Bizarro fiction Fan Fiction (original stories only, please) Bad grammar/punctuation (please proofread and watch your sentence structure!) Plagiarism A further note about sex and violence in submissions. Science fiction has a long-standing tradition of pushing boundaries and asking difficult questions. It is meant to challenge us and ask us to look at ourselves and how we treat each other and the world around us. That said, LSQ is centered on uplift and so any story that contains explicit sexual situations or violence especially toward women will be considered more carefully than other stories and the content must be justified within the story’s arch. Format and Details Stories should be 500 to 7000 words in length. We may publish longer or shorter works, but the greater your story is above or below limit, the less likely we are to...

Deadline: November 15th 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. We also encourage prospective authors to read one of our previous publications to get a feel of the atmosphere and themes we favor. We know a lot of publishers say this and there is good reason for 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...

Deadline: November 15th, 2017. Payment: $0.0025 per word, plus a digital copy of the issue to appear in. Due for publication: in February 2018. Word Count: 2,000-4,000 Reprints are not allowed. Response Time:  If we don't get back to you by the end of November, shoot us a quick email to get us going. Payment: $0.0025 per word (that's $5-10 depending on length) paid via PayPal, plus a digital copy of the issue you will appear in. Payment will be distributed once we agree on the terms of using your story. Please send separate submissions attached to separate emails. Guidelines for Submissions: At this time the Horror Bites Magazine is open to all short, horror fiction, including particularly scary or thought-provoking dark fantasy. Note, however, that there are some things that we don’t publish: Nonfiction. Poetry. Anything too close to ‘the classics.' Violence that doesn’t contribute to the story. Gore for the sake of gore. Torture and rape. Erotic horror.  All submissions are to be sent to [email protected] Please format your subject line as "Horror Bites Magazine: ." In the body of your email, please include your name (or pseudonym) and word count. If the story is under 2,000 words, please paste the text in the body of the email, otherwise please attach it as a .doc, .docx, .odt, etc. Just use your better judgment. Only .PDF is unacceptable.  Accepted stories will appear in the first three issues of 2018 (February, April, and May) of the 'Horror Bites Magazine,' to appear on Amazon, iBooks, Gumroad, and anywhere else E-zines are sold. Once you have a story accepted for publication, we will ask for a 250-750 word author bio and headshot/logo for the author introduction section at the end of each issue. As this is a digital magazine, links to your own platform are not just allowed but encouraged. Via: Horror Bites Magazine

Deadline: November 30th 2017 Payment: $25 There’s a Tumblr post that goes around Facebook every few years—about how much the OP wants an epic fantasy where the “chosen one” is a retired grandma with a lifetime of experience who goes on her quest with her knitting bag, two cats, and an attendant to manage her medications. Only the Chosen of the gods can stop the invaders If you aren’t on Tumblr you may not know that there is practically a genre of Tumblr posts about “stories I want to see.” Most of them twists on common tropes and classic character types. Here are a few examples*: Post-Apocalyse with Disabled Main Characters Where do mermaids come from? World-saving scars Grandma: werewolf savior Tiny dragon defends his hoard Non-Angsty Vampires (for oh-so-many reasons) Your Mission: Should You Choose to Accept It Write a story either based on a Tumblr-twists or whose premise would make a great Tumblr-twist. Submit it to us on or before November 30th 2017. The Details Length: 4,000-25,000 words Pays: on publication, $25 per accepted story Cover letter should include: Your name/pen name, the title of the story, word count, and either a link to the Tumblr-twist that inspired the story or one-line premise that you think would make a good Tumblr-twist. Submission method: email – [email protected] Remember to use standard manuscript format Rights: Electronic Anthology Rights, non-exclusive. Reprints welcome. Increase Your Chance of Getting Accepted Write an inclusive story Watch your tropes Don’t be the 12th person to send us a Tiny Dragon story—we love the examples we gave, but there are lots more Tumblr-twists out there. (That said, if you have an epic tiny dragon story—send it!)   *where possible we have linked to the original post and/or the earliest post that fully encapsulated the idea. Sometimes the OP had...

Deadline: November 30th, 2017 Payment: $250 for online selection, $1000 for print selection. Note: make sure you read what they're looking for, this isn't going to be a place for overly extreme work What We Publish LITMAG PRINT Fiction Short stories, novellas Nonfiction Creative nonfiction; essays on literature, art, culture, and music; biography, memoir Poetry No restrictions on style or form LITMAG ONLINE Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Up to 4,000 words. LITMAG CONTESTS LitMag‘s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction  First Prize: $3,500, publication, and agency review by Sobel Weber Associates (clients include: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Richard Russo, Laura Lee Smith). Enter now. Go to Submittable for full contest guidelines.   What We Look For  Work that moves and amazes us. We are drawn to big minds, large hearts, sharp pens Word Count Limits Print: 15,000 words Online: 4,000 words What to Send One story or essay at a time, up to five poems. Please wait until you have heard back from us before submitting again. Previously Unpublished We do not consider work that has previously been published either in print or online (including personal blogs etc.) What We Pay LitMag Print: Upon acceptance, we pay $1,000 for fiction or nonfiction; $250 for a poem (or the rare short short) LitMag Online: Upon acceptance, we pay $250 What We Acquire LitMag acquires First English-language print and electronic rights. Copyright reverts to the author upon publication. When to Submit Regular submissions: Fiction is open: 10/1/17 to 11/30/17; 2/1/18 to 7/31/18 Poetry is open:  9/1/17 to 11/30/17; 3/1/18 to 7/31/18 Nonfiction is open: 8/1/17 to 11/30/17; 1/1/18 to 5/31/18 LitMag Online is open: 9/1/17 to 11/30/17; 2/1/18 to 6/30/18 Contest Deadlines: LitMag’s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction. Deadline is 12/15/17 How to Submit Online. We use Submittable. (Saves trees, prevents paper cuts.) We do not consider emails with attachments or snail mail. Multiple Submissions Please submit...

Deadline: November 30th, 2017 Payment: $50 (AUD) Featuring reprinted stories by Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, and more, and edited by Oz Horror Con's Steve Dillon, “Behind the Mask – Tales from the Id” is the third anthology in our 'Things in the Well' series. The first was published in May 2017, titled “Between the Tracks – Tales from the Ghost Train” and the second, published in October 2017 was “Below the Stairs – Tales from the Cellar.” Both anthologies featured reprints of stories by Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell along with other greats such as Charles Dickens, H.P. Lovecraft, M.R. James an more. Alongside these classic tales of terror, we aim to highlight new works from contemporary established and emerging authors.   We’re now peeling back the masks to disclose more best-of-breed, memorable tales. We're after new (no reprints) short, supernatural tales, psychological thrillers, or creature features involving masks of some sort. Physical, metaphorical or spiritual, so long as the theme of masks is clearly central to your tale. Word count is expected to be in the region of 6,000 - 10,000 words. We’re paying a flat rate of $50 (AUD) for this anthology. You will retain rights. More details on request*.   Featuring Clive Barker’s ‘Sex, Death and Starshine.’ In each of the anthologies, we hope to bring you archetypal stories that best represent the theme. Clive Barker’s ‘The Midnight Meat Train’ and ‘Hell’s Event’ were featured in the first two anthologies.   Also featuring Ramsey Campbell’s ‘The Other Side.’ We’ve also featured tales by Ramsey Campbell in both anthologies. Ramsey Campbell is the undisputed grandmaster of paranoiac, creepy tales of insidious terror. He has won many major awards and received numerous accolades over five decades, and we are delighted to present another archetypal story by Ramsey Campbell, appropriate to the theme of masks,...

Deadline: November 30th, 2017 Payment: $0.07 - $0.10 per word + contributor copy. Holy C.O.W.! SF stories from the Center Of the World is an anthology of Speculative Fiction stories rooted in the ancient Fertile Crescent, Levant and the Middle East, but stretch into the near and distant future.  Holy C.O.W.! is seeking all styles and sub-genre, including humorous speculative fiction.  Addition consideration will also be given to artists who live or are from the region. SUBMISSION WINDOW: November 1 – November 30, 2017 LENGTH: 500-6000 words. PAYMENT: $0.07 - $0.10 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: ODT RTF or DOC. Standard Manuscript Format or some close approximation. SEND TO:  Limit of 1 submission per author — even if you receive a response before the submission window closes please do not send another story unless directly invited to do so. Please do not respond to rejections. The email address associated with submissions is not monitored. If you wish to query for any reason, please use the contact form or e-mail us: editor at holycowpublishing dot com. RIGHTS SOUGHT: First Worldwide print and electronic English Language rights. Exclusivity for 90 days from date of release. Non-exclusive print, e-book, and audio rights afterward. POLICIES & RESPONSE TIME: No reprints, multiple or simultaneous submissions please. You may query after 30 days. Please send only one submission per author unless directly invited to send more. WHAT WE WANT: We’re looking for speculative stories rooted in the Fertile Crescent, Levant and the Middle East.   The region should be an integral part of the story, and not simply a transplant.  For ideal example think of how Mike Resnick's story "Kirinyaga" relates to Africa culture and issues.  We welcome quality flash fiction and non-traditional narratives.  Authorized English...