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Deadline: September 7th, 2018 Payment: 5K - 8500 : $80.00 8501 - 12K: $100.00 12001 - 15K: $120.00 The end of year holidays can get overwhelming for anyone. Things to do. People to see. Last minute work obligations to take care of. Sometimes it’s just easier to escape from it all, running away from the responsibilities and expectations, or ignore the underlying disappointment from relatives who don’t see eye-to-eye with you. Because escaping the holiday grind can lead to new, unexpected paths, and breathe new life into one that’s been stuck in a rut. Giving something to run to instead. Sometimes, getting away from it all let’s you know what you really have. Sometimes, taking a chance on the unknown leads to what you really want. Deadline for submissions: September 7th, 2018 Story lengths that will be considered are: Short Story: 5K - 15K Novelette: 15K - 20K Novella: 20K - 30K Stories that are off the beaten-track, diverse characters, and are a positive representation of queer culture will be prioritized. We want a well constructed story with a solid plot. It must be a holiday focused story (ones less common are prioritized) with a HFN or HEA ending. All pairings/poly groups from the SGM spectrum will be considered. All genres welcomed, but no erotica please. No simultaneous submissions, please, or submissions of stories currently carried or soon to be released with other publishers. This also includes previously published stories; only new stories will be considered. In addition, please do not send in multiple stories at once. Give us a chance to read your submission then send in your next one once we've gotten back to you. For the Short Stories, there will be a flat fee per word (as is standard industry practice for short stories) and a general shared cover: 5K - 8500...

Deadline: September 14th, 2018 Payment: AU$5.00 for stories under 2000 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 2000 words Thuggish Itch is our horror and sci-fi anthology collection. This is the place to submit your horror, sci-fi and speculative fiction stories.  Current theme: Scientific Something a little different this time for Thuggish Itch's second issue. Over the years, Science has given us many good jumping off points for a horror story; hell, the subject alone provided us with the genre of science fiction. With our technology changing daily as new discoveries and new ideas come to light, its often hard to predict how these cutting edge theories might pan out. That's where you come in... We want your predictions, your ideas, your concerns and fears. We have selected ten of our favourite scientific concepts. For each of these concepts we are willing to read up to five submissions before one will be selected for the anthology. Have a look at the list below and email through to us the concept that you wish to write a story about. We will not be able to accept your submission if you have not pre-selected a concept. As selections are made the list will be updated to represent what concepts are still available. Get in quick so that you don't miss out. cold fusion antibiotic resistance genetically modified food global warming travelling at the speed of light cloning cryogenics dark matter expanding universe transgenic organisms It is suggested that you have a little read about your chosen concept to make sure thatyou have a basic idea what it's all about. Thuggish Itch is our horror, sci-fi and speculative fiction collection. Please ensure that your story falls within one of these genres. Please ensure that you read through the general guidelines below and if there are specific questions please contact us using the form on the...

Deadline: September 14th, 2018 Payment: We will pay $6 (AUD) per story but as this is for charity, rather than payment, we can donate to the chosen charity on your behalf. Submissions now open for the second issue of our annual Halloween magazine (print and digital) - Trickster's Treats - Tales from the Pumpkin Patch #2! We’re after original flash fiction of between 666-1,000 words using one of the themes below. No reprints, thanks! We will pay a nominal fee for this fun fiction-magazine ($6 per story) or if you prefer we can donate your payment to the women's refuge (proof of payment details will be published). You can submit to 1 or more themes, but only 1 story per theme. Note: If sending multiple stories, please send them separately and include the theme in the subject of the email. Themes: There are six themes again this year as listed below, but this time we’ve included some images to give you inspiration. You can of course submit to all six if you want to but please submit each one separately so the trickster doesn’t get confused! As you’d expect for Halloween, I anticipate a bumper crop of submissions as usual, so we’re after memorable stories, a sense of dread, and some level of believability and a quick shudder using between 666-1,000 words. Be inspired by the images, and the theme titles, but don't try to describe what's in the image, or take it too literally. ~ This one is about having fun with the theme and enjoy the challenge - Steve. Submissions Deadline: September 14th. Publication Date: October 2018 Website: www.ThingsInTheWell.webs.com/submissions Email: [email protected] when your story is complete, and as great as it can be! And please Include the name or number of the theme in the Subject of the email Payment: We will pay $6 (AUD) per story but...

Deadline: September 15th, 2018 Payment: 5% of the gross profit will be paid for each accepted story. OVERDUE: TALES OF MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE RETURNING HISTORY’S LOST BOOKS TO CIRCULATION Throughout history, great books have been lost. Books with forgotten knowledge; books with information that could rewrite history as we know it; or simply books that could make someone a pretty penny. Many of these works, are, no doubt, gone for good. Some, however, may still survive as lone copies hidden in musty archives, quirky bookshops, jealously guarded private collections, dismal castles, or remote caverns. A global effort has been launched to find them. These are the stories from behind the scenes. THE BASICS Overdue is a shared-universe anthology joining together M.H. Norris’s All the Petty Myths and Jon Black’s Bel Nemeton. Bring us stories about questing for lost books. The books may come from actual history, myth, literature (remember to check copyright status), or your imagination. Among the genres we will consider are Adventure, Gothic, Horror, Pulp, Mystery, Magical Realism, Thriller, Urban Fantasy, and Weird Fiction. More important than the genre are meeting the five criteria below: 1) Feature innovative storytelling and excellent writing. 2) Revolve around the search for a lost book (see “The Set-Up” and “Sample Books” below). 3) Fit into the parameters of the Shared Universe (see “Defining the Shared Universe” below). 4) As part of the Shared Universe parameters, the main action must occur in the present day. Flashbacks and vignettes exploring the history of a book, however, are perfectly acceptable. 5) Also as part of the Shared Universe parameters, stories must take place in our world (Sorry, no alt-history, steampunk, stories set on other planets, etc.). THE SET-UP Over the millennia, many books have been lost. The Booker Foundation (see Notable Bits of Worldbuilding below) is paying handsomely for any of these missing treasures that can be...

Deadline: September 15th, 2018 Payment: $.03 per word up to $150 and 2 contributor's copies Corpus Press is now accepting submissions for non-themed horror anthologies with a publication target of 2019. Submissions will be accepted according to our publishing needs, regardless of author publication history, status, race, creed, gender, sexual preferences or any other identity factor. Submissions should be story-driven and appeal to a wide adult audience. What we ARE looking for: • Not previously published short stories of 2,500-4,500 words. We are seeking stories that can be characterized as being within the broad category of “horror” fiction. • Successful submissions will be highly original, well written and cleanly edited. • Stories may be frightening, thought-provoking, atmospheric, humorous and/or satirical (or any combination thereof), but MUST contain a complete tale. What we ARE NOT looking for: • We are not seeking “extreme horror” or “Splatterpunk” material. We discourage submissions that have a singular purpose of shocking the audience with explicit language, sexuality and/or violence. Explicit language, sexuality and violence are acceptable, however, if handled in a tasteful manner and in service to a well-plotted, engaging story. • Abstract mood pieces, vignettes, and highly experimental approaches to literature are discouraged. We are not accepting poems. • Stories featuring exaggerated dialects, colloquialisms or excessive references to pop culture or current fads are discouraged. • Not seeking stories featuring vampires, werewolves or zombies. • Epistolary fiction will not be accepted. Document Requirements: Submissions must be in an editable format sent via the publisher’s submission portal. No PDFs or scanned documents sent as image files will be accepted. Preference is for author name, email address and word count information to be placed only at the end of the document to assist with blinded review process. Submission window: June 1, 2018 until midnight EST September...

Deadline: September 15th, 2018 Payment: US 3¢/word rounded to nearest dollar; minimum US $3, maximum $25. Eye to the Telescope 30, Witches, will be edited by Ashley Dioses. A witch is defined as someone who is said to possess usually malignant supernatural powers. Since speculative fiction covers fantasy and science fiction as well as horror, we’re going to focus on ‘usually’ in that definition. I want any take on witches with any gender. Horrific witches, saintly witches, pretty witches, ugly witches, witches from different planets, witches from different dimensions, historical witches with a speculative spin. I want witches performing rituals, witches celebrating the sabbats, witches casting spells or curses. I know sorceresses, conjurers, enchantresses are similar but they are not the same. I prefer traditional formal and metrical verse done well. Prose poetry is fine. For free verse, enchant me with imagery and beautiful language. That doesn’t mean archaic language (though a little is fine). Think of Edgar Allan Poe, Clark Ashton Smith, George Sterling, David Park Barnitz, Charles Baudelaire. Submission Guidelines SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Please submit 1–3 poems in English (in body of e-mail, or attached as .doc, .docx, or .rtf). Please send submissions to [email protected] with the subject line “ETTT sub:” followed by the poet’s name. Include a short bio. Deadline: September 15. The issue will appear on October 15, 2018. Payment and rights Accepted poems will be paid for at the following rate: US 3¢/word rounded to nearest dollar; minimum US $3, maximum $25. Payment is on publication. The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association normally uses PayPal to pay poets, but can also send checks. Eye to the Telescope is an online publication. Therefore, First Electronic Rights (for original unpublished poems) are being sought. Who can submit? Anyone writing speculative poetry. What is Speculative Poetry? Speculative poetry is poetry which falls within the genres of...

Deadline: September 15th, 2018 Payment: $10 and 60% of net earnings divided evenly among the authors. Announcing call for submissions for Hollow Grounds: Bikers VS The Undead (tentative title) All Submissions should meet this criteria: Works: short stories and flash fiction Genre and theme: Horror and dark fiction about bikers coming across the undead. Deadline: September 15th Format: Attach the .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX Word Count 5k – 7k words approx. for short stories, no limit for flash. Payment: $10 Token payment via Paypal and 60% of net earnings divided evenly among the authors. Multiple Submissions okay. Submit a brief bio, we don’t care if you have no work history, give us a brief bio of yourself. Send submission to [email protected] Announcing call for general horror and dark fiction submissions for a FREE to READ magazine. All Submissions should meet this criteria: Works: short stories and flash fiction and poetry Genre and theme: Horror and dark fiction about anything. No limits, even for the extreme. Deadline: Open year long – three to four slots per issue circulating monthly Format: Attach the .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX Word Count 4k – 6k words approx. for short stories, no limit for flash. Payment: $5 Token payment via Paypal Multiple Submissions okay. Submit a brief bio, we don’t care if you have no work history, give us a brief bio of yourself. Send submission to [email protected] Via: Deadman's Tome.

Deadline: September 15th, 2018. Payment:6 cents a word or $10 per poem Pitiful humans! It is time again to open submissions in celebration of our Lord Commander Patagonia! His second volume of holy texts will be titled: Glory of Man: The Rise and Fall of the Reality Soldier. As always, the naming conventions of our infallible Lord Commander Patagonia enlightens as much as it obfuscates. Allow me, his perfect instrument of perfect judgement, to give some clarifying points. As you may know, Lord Commander Patagonia was attracted to your puny planet by way of its music. One such song that struck him so was The Minutemen's Glory of Man. Themes we are looking for to further entwine the fate of our two planets, Earthagonia and Black Hole Duffel, are: Time Militarism Reality Singularity Interdimensionality Fake News Propaganda Technology In anticipation of silly questions and to lessen the chances that my Slap of Judgement be administered unto your face, allow me to be clear. Fake News should make no mention of whatever current political climate your country is facing now. Absorb the themes of your time into fiction but we are not looking for your long winded diatribes about what you believe this way or that way. We are followers of Lord Commander Patagonia and we have no leader before him. Therefore, we care not for the gripes of your world. You must not have a character named "Reality Soldier." The Reality Soldier is aboard our very expensive ship and does not take kindly to misrepresentation of his character. We appreciate weird. We appreciate humorous. We appreciate absurdity. To get an idea of what we publish, take a look at our first volume available on Amazon here. We realize we are a new market and you may not want to shell out the bucks...

Deadline: September 15th, 2018 Payment: Contributor's Copy Accepting submissions for October issue! Looking for zombie short stories or flash fiction. As a monthly zine, we are always looking for short stories, flash fiction and even artwork. Genre fiction is a PLUS! Normally the weirder the better, but that isn’t always true. Short stories should be around the 3k word mark. Flash fiction could be as short as you want. As of now, the only payment we can offer is contributor copy. We hope to change that in the near future. If you are wanting to submit a serialized story, please message us first with a small pitch and how many issues you would need to tell the story and we will get back to you promptly. To submit a story, please copy and paste it in the form below. No need to format your piece in any special way. Thanks! Via: Weird Mask.

Deadline: September 15th, 2018. Payment: 1 cent/word against a pro-rata share of royalties I’m currently working on THE EAGLE HAS LANDED, a reprint anthology that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11’s moon landing with the best moon-related SF published since then. Publisher: Night Shade Books Formats: Ebook, Print, and Audio Publication Date: 2019 Payment: 1 cent/word against a pro-rata share of royalties Submissions Window: Submissions will be open today through September 15th, 2018. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? Science fiction reprints (no original stories) published within the last 50 years 3000-22000 words in length English language (translations are welcome) Stories must take place on the moon or feature the moon in a significant way HOW SHOULD YOU LET ME KNOW ABOUT A STORY? If you are an editor or fan and would like to recommend a story for consideration, please leave a comment on this post or send email to [email protected]. If you’re an author and have a story you would like considered for this anthology, please submit a copy in .doc or .rtf format at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/anthology/ Multiple submissions permitted. Via: Neil Clarke.