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Deadline: December 24th, 2018 Payment: 2 cents USD per word and a contributor copy. MACHINATIONS AND MESMERISM: A TRIBUTE TO E.T.A. HOFFMANN Edited by Farah Rose Smith, “Machinations and Mesmerism” is an anthology of fantastic, strange fiction written in the vein of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, the oft’-unsung artistic polymath and writer of Dark Romanticism, Gothic Horror, and Fantastic literature. E. T. A. Hoffmann was a Prussian lawyer, artist, composer, and writer. His stories are ripe with strange atmospheres and peculiar characters (including automata, madmen, and spectres), which would go on to influence the Gothic and macabre writers of the following generations including Poe, Gogol, Kafka, and Baudelaire. Though his writing lingered primarily within the parameters of German Romanticism, Hoffmann’s literature would also impact the fantasy and science fiction genres as well, as many of his works illuminate the struggle between science and magic. This carefully curated anthology honors the literary dance between mesmerism, mechanics, and magic through which Hoffmann explored issues of Romantic idealism and the self. Our window will open on SEPTEMBER 1st and close on DECEMBER 24th. ULTHAR PRESS is looking for strange, gothic, and fantastic fiction in the manner of E.T.A. Hoffmann between 2,000 – 5,000 words in length. Stories that merely graft his characters into a new story will not be accepted. Fiction submissions: Email submissions to [email protected] with the subject line as follows: HOFFMANN ANTHOLOGY: . Please send in .doc, .docx, or .pdf file types, only. We are not accepting reprints, multiple submissions, or simultaneous submissions. We respond within 60 days or sooner, and ask that queries regarding submissions not be sent out until after this period has passed. Payment: 2 cents USD per word and a contributor copy. Via: Ulthar Press on Facebook.

Deadline: December 24th, 2018 Payment: Short Fiction (<150CH) $3AUD per story, Long Fiction (>150CH/<200CH) $2AUD per story What is the Story Seed Vault? The Vault is an online periodical that adheres to the limitation of Twitter publishing. We consider all types of fiction with one condition – your story must be based on science. We’re looking for stories that act as story seeds – prompts for spin off plots and weird tangents. We want to think in new ways about how our world works and the possibilities for future worlds, expanding tangentially from what we know now. Who can submit to the Vault? The Vault will takes submissions from all sorts of writers, from established writers to new, science communicator, or people who have a personal passion for science. As long as you adhere to our guidelines, we will publish your work! In accordance with the ethics and values of our editorial team, the Vault is also a diversity-oriented publication. As such, we welcome and encourage submissions from a multiplicity of voices and perspectives, particularly those from marginalized and under-represented groups. Science communication is done by all sorts of people – and we want writers who reflect that diversity. Where can I find science to be inspired by? We suggest taking a look at science news websites and science magazines, such as the below: Ars Technica Technology news, provides breakdowns on the latest scientific advancements. Main focus is IT and ‘gadgets’. Science Daily Scientific research news. Does not report on general science news. Science Mag Reports on research and general science news. Almost always evidence-based reporting. Science Alert and Live Science Pop science news. An easily accessible form of science news that doesn’t use academic language. Prone to clickbait titles. If you’re still stuck on what to write, take a...

Deadline: December 25th, 2018 Payment: Short stories: 1000 – 5000 words ($20 per story), Micro-Fiction: 2 – 5 sentences ($1 per micro story), Graphic Designs: $7 per design, Illustrated Short Stories: $10-$50 depending upon the length, Poem: $3 per poem, Reviews: $7 per book review (be sure to email us in advance to gauge interest), Essays: $10 per essay (be sure to email us in advance to gauge interest) The Islam and Science Fiction has been around since 2005. As we are entering out 14th year soon, we are launching a project that we have been thinking about many years – The world’s first magazine focused on publishing Science Fiction inspired by Islamic civilizations and ethos. It will be a quarterly magazine focused on Islamicate Science Fiction. The magazine will be published online quarterly, with the first issue being released on January 1, 2019. We are looking for original works of Sci-Fi in English with great characters, inspired by Islamic history, Islamic theology and Islamic cultures. The Science in the stories need not be hard but it needs to have godd characters. Anything that can be construed as offensive according to Islamic ethos will not be accepted. In terms of content, here is what we are looking for: Scope Short stories: 1000 – 5000 words ($20 per story) Micro-Fiction: 2 – 5 sentences ($1 per micro story) Graphic Designs: $7 per design Illustrated Short Stories: $10-$50 depending upon the length Poem: $3 per poem Reviews: $7 per book review (be sure to email us in advance to gauge interest) Essays: $10 per essay  (be sure to email us in advance to gauge interest) We are just starting out with this project and hope to increase the payment rate as we get more sponsors and contributions from the community. I implore you to share this far and wide in your...

Deadline: December 27th, 2018 Payment: $3 We are looking for winter and holiday stories for January 2019, including: New Year's Day Epiphany / Three Kings' Day Martin Luther King Day anything winter or snow related tropical getaways / escape from winter weather The deadline for these stories is December 27, 2018 at the end of the day (11:59 PM Pacific Time). Every Day Fiction is looking for very short (flash) fiction, of up to 1000 words. There’s no such thing as too short — if you can do the job in 50 words, have at it! — but our readers prefer pieces that tell or at least hint at a complete story (some sort of action or tension rising to a moment of climax, and at least a clue toward a resolution, though it doesn’t have to be all spelled out). All fiction genres are acceptable, and stories that don’t fit neatly into any genre are welcome too. While personal experiences and other non-fiction can be great sources of inspiration, please turn them into fiction for us, or send them elsewhere. Our readership is adult, so children’s stories are unlikely to be accepted unless they are relevant to adults as well. On the other hand, we are not impressed by gratuitous sex and violence, or pointlessly foul language; edgy content should be necessary and appropriate to the plot and characters. It ought to go without saying that any story submitted to Every Day Fiction must be your own unpublished original creation. If you publish a story on a blog, even your own personal blog, or any website accessible to the general public (i.e., if the story can be found and read online without a password or friend status or other limitation), it is considered published and therefore inappropriate for our...

Deadline: December 28th, 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: Theme Park Theme park, amusement park, fun fair or carnival - no matter what you call them, they are always a great way to escape from the ho hum of your regular life. From roller coasters to dodgem cars, ring toss to log flumes, there is always plenty of fun and excitement to be had (and plenty of opportunities for you to write some terrific speculative fiction). Think roller coasters and amusement rides. Think loose lap-bars and dark tunnels. Think long lines, carousels and food poisoning. Try to think outside the box and give us something that would wouldn't have seen before. Thuggish Itch is our horror, sci-fi and speculative fiction collection. Please make sure that your story falls within one of these genres. Be original. We also encourage new and unpublished writers to take the leap and get in touch. Please ensure that you read through the general guidelines below and format your submission accordingly. If you have any specific questions please contact us using the form on the home page or via the listed social media accounts. To help make sure that your submission gets to the correct place, please include the following in the subject line of your email: Thuggish Itch - Theme Park - *Story Title*'. Word count: 1000 - 4000 words Deadline: December 28 2018 Payment: AU$5.00 for stories under 2000 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 2000 words General guidelines: Please no extremeerotica or stories that feature excessive violence or vulgarity (unless otherwise specified). All stories should be formatted appropriately. Please see here for more details. Ensure that your name, address, and email...

Deadline: December 30th, 2018 Payment: 0.08 USD per word for accepted fiction Note: Authors must be from the Southeast Asia region. We purchase first worldwide distribution rights to the English copies of all submitted texts. We specialize in short fictions, up to 4000 words. We pay at a rate of 0.08 USD per word for accepted fiction. We accept the following formats: .odt, .rtf, .doc, and .docx. Your submission must NOT have been published anywhere else. Authors must be from the Southeast Asia region. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, though do inform us if they are accepted elsewhere. Aside from the quality of the work, submissions are viewed on a 'first come, first served' basis. Once the limit to an issue is reached, submissions will close and the remaining entries will be queued for the next volume. Submissions may also close based on the volume of submissions. Given the volume of submissions, it may take us months to respond to each submission. Please submit one story per call. Via: Ombak Magazine's Submittable.

Deadline: December 30th, 2018 Payment: $5.00 for stories under 5000 words and $10 for stories over. 1 contributor's copy For the Creeping Dread Anthology From the slow degradation of society to the rotting of holy places. We want your stories about the corruption of basically good things into something far worse. Stories about cultists transforming into monsters, or undeath spreading across the land. We want to experience the inescapable dread of oncoming corruption that can’t be escaped. As with other submissions, there are some basic guidelines: Violence, sex, and gore must be pertinent and interesting to the story. Anything too gratuitous will be rejected. Racism/Sexism/Bigotry of any form will never be accepted here. Double check your grammar and spelling. Format your story correctly. Please submit all stories in DOC/RTF format. Reprints are ok, please include original publication information. We retain exclusive publishing rights for 12 months. We pay $5.00 for stories under 5000 words and $10 for stories over. We also provide a contributor copy at no cost. (additional copies can be bought at print cost) Deadline is 12.30.18 Send all submissions to [email protected] Via: Deep in the Heart of Madness.

Deadline: December 31st, 2018 Payment: 1 cent a word for reprint rights. ($60 max) Is your story too heavy and hardcore for other “best of” anthologies? Then you’ve come to the right place because Comet Press is now accepting stories for YEAR’S BEST HARDCORE HORROR VOL. 4, a yearly collection intended to give recognition to the extreme, harder side of horror, stories that break boundaries and trash taboos. Editors: Randy Chandler and Cheryl Mullenax. Requirements: The story was originally (or will be) published in a 2018 anthology, single author collection, magazine, or online magazine. Self-published anthologies and collections are acceptable as well. Deadline: December 31, 2018. Length: Up to 6000 words. Word count is flexible and longer works will be considered but please note the max payment is $60.00. Payment: 1 cent a word for reprint rights. ($60 max) What to Send Authors: In the body of an email: Author name Story title Name of anthology or magazine or online magazine it was (or will be) published in: If the book is available on Amazon and your story credit appears somewhere on the page, send us the link. If not, send a link to the best source with that information (publisher’s page, etc). If the story was in a magazine, send us a web link to the issue TOC where your story appears, or if that’s not available send us a scan of the table of contents (print magazines, etc.). A bio A short description of the story. Attach the entire manuscript in rtf, doc format, or a PDF or mobi of the magazine or book it appears in if available. Note: if sending a doc or rtf, please make sure this is the final version of your story, exactly as it appears in the published version. Important Note: Make sure your contract allows you to...

Deadline: December 31st, 2018 Payment: 0.04 per word Note: Gay male writers only PLEASE NOTE: Submissions open to gay male writers only. Pink Triangle Rhapsody is our newest anthology series in celebration of and dedicated entirely to gay men and their cultural history. Although we realize this may create some controversy, this anthology series is open to gay male writers only. While we appreciate that women and straight men are able to accurately portray gay characters, our intent with this series is to highlight and explore the gay male cultural experiences on a more personal level. The Pink Triangle Rhapsody series is a non-themed anthology series, with the exception of the required genre and inclusion of one or more of Lycan Valley’s required elements. The series is intended to be a collection of stories written with “effusively rapturous or emotional expression.” Volume 1 is a mixed genre volume and will feature 5 stories in each of 5 genres for a total of 25 stories — Horror, Sci Fi, Dark Fantasy, Thriller, Pulp Mystery. See definitions at: http://www.lycanvalley.com/p/writers-resources.html Each story must include a supernatural, paranormal or occult element (horror may include psychological horror with or without one of the other elements). See definitions at: http://www.lycanvalley.com/p/writers-resources.html Regardless of genre and element, we’re looking for unrestrained and emotional writing, interpreted as you see fit for the story. Word Count: 2500 to 8000 words. Stories less than 2250 or more than 8250 will be declined unread. Payment: $0.04 per word based on final published word count. Submission: Please read our general submission guidelines before submitting, including basic Shunn formatting with blind submission requirements. http://www.lycanvalley.com/p/submission-guidelines_1.html Submissions that do not follow proper formatting guidelines or meet the minimum required elements will be declined unread. No simultaneous submissions. If you submit to us, please wait until you receive a response before submitting elsewhere. Declined story...

Deadline: December 31st, 2018 Payment: .01 cent/word plus 1 contributor copy We want to see your splatter, bizarro and new weird tales set in space. Space is…well, pretty vast, but still, there can only be so many stories that take place on a space station or spaceship or escape pod before it starts to get old. That’s why we’re open to non-space settings too, as long as it’s set in the distant future and/or features strong elements of advanced technology, advanced beings, or meta-physical elements. If it’s a space-age scenario, send it in. And of course, don’t forget the blood, guts, and subversive messages. Since this call was generated before we had an official website, we have extended the submission period. However, the membership requirements still stand. Please check all requirements below. NOTE: You MUST be a Splatter Club member who joined before April 1st, 2018 to be eligible to submit a story. Email: [email protected] Subject: Splatter in Space Length: 500 words up to 7K Deadline: December 31, 2018 Multiple Submissions: Up to 2 stories (attached to same email) Simultaneous Submissions: No Payment:  .01 cent/word plus 1 contributor copy Via: Splatter Club.