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Deadline: March 15th 2011 Payment: Stories that are under 4,999 words will receive a paperback contributor copy of the finished anthology. Stories that at 5,000 words and above will receive $10.00 and one paperback contributor copy as payment. I'll Never Go Away Edited and Compiled by Lyle Perez-Tinics Deadline: March 15, 2011 (or until full) Target release date: May 1, 2011 How to Submit: Send submissions to [email protected] with “I'll Never Go Away Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a WORD document file containing your story. Please use Times New Roman, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. What we are looking for: We are looking for the most creepiest, voyeuristic stories you can think of. Have you ever felt like someone was following you; waiting outside your door, or worse, hiding inside your house while you're there? Let your imagination run wild as you explore the world of stalkers and obsessed fans. Almost anything is acceptable, but your story must contain a plot. I don't want stories of a guy following a girl then having his way with her for 3,000 words. There must be a story, and please keep rape and obscene acts to a minimal. Stories must be between 3,500 - 8,000 words. Works that are shorter or longer will not be considered as well as reprints. Please do not query about those. Payment: Stories that are under 4,999 words will receive a paperback contributor copy of the...

Deadline: March 15, 2012 Payment: $15 and 1 contributor's copy Triangulation is an annual 125-150+ page short fiction anthology that publishes science fiction, fantasy, horror, and any other speculative fiction that caught the editors' fancy. Every year we have a theme: 2011's theme is "Morning After". We pay for the work we select and are available online at places like Amazon.com. We're a small outfit but we work hard to produce a quality product; We will consider fiction up to 7,500 words.We are interested in publishing a wide variety of entertaining and literate stories, so the more space a story would take, the more it will need to impress us. We dig flash; there is no minimum word count. We have no interest in getting more specific about the term "speculative fiction." Science fiction, horror, fantasy, magic realism, alternate history, whatever -- if there's a speculative element vital to your story, we'll gladly give it a read. We love creative interpretations of our theme, "Morning After". Don't ask us what it means -- tell us what it means with a story that convinces us you're right. We publish both new and established writers; the level of experience for the authors gracing our pages has ranged from "first time in print" to "Hugo winner" and "Nebula winner". The majority of our stories usually wind up being from American authors, but we've had a number of international contributions; we're happy to consider work from anywhere in the world, just as long as it's written in English. We will run mature content if we like the story. So make sure there's an actual story in that mature content. We will consider reprints, but our focus is on original stories. We are unlikely to accept a reprint that is less than astounding, or one...

Deadline: March 20th 2012 Payment: £10 + paperback author copy + story illustration. (and promotion/profile on the www.cityofhellchronicles.com website.) That’s right folks. City of Hell Chronicles: Volume 1 has been released and the Great Maurr needs more victims. We are looking for 10 stories (4-6k in length) and set in the City of Hell mythos. Here’s a scope document that outlines some basic ‘rules’ of the world and some guidance to the kind of stories we are looking for: CoH2-Requirements It’s imperative that you read the first volume and note how the stories although are set in the world and revolve around the world, they are first and foremost centered on the characters. This is a horror anthology and we pull no punches. However, we are not into pointless torture, there has to be reason and logic for any gore or violence. We are especially interested in psychological horror as much as the violent/gory nature. Each story will be illustrated and as part of the payment, you will receive a hi-res digital copy of your story’s illustration. Deadline day for all stories is March 20th 2012. However, it would be prudent to get your story in earlier, because if we see a story that isn’t quite right but could be with some editing then we would like to give you time to edit and resubmit. Send the entire story attached to an email with 1.5 spaced, Times New Roman .doc or RTF file. Indented paragraphs. (no double spaced paragraphs please.) Include a cover message with the following in the body of the email: Short (max 200words) biography. List of any previous publishing credits (link to books if available.) Mention if we have met, or if you have been invited to submit. Brief synopsis/outline (max 200 words) of the story. Any...

Deadline: MARCH 25th, 2012 Prize: The best pasta (as selected by the readers of Terribly Good Stuff) will receive, by mail, one Edgar Allen Poe Action Figure (Donated Generously by Rorschach Redemption) . Message Body: Terribly Good Stuff is having a Creepypasta Contest! Have a bit of horror flash fiction lying around? Looking to unwind with a bit of fun, laidback, terrifying-storytelling? Well, don't be shy! Submit to our contest! http://www.terriblygoodstuff.com/2012/02/creepypasta-contest-finally.html SUBMISSION PERIOD: FEBRUARY 25th - MARCH 25th, 2012 Prize(s): The best pasta (as selected by the readers of Terribly Good Stuff) will receive, by mail, one Edgar Allen Poe Action Figure (Donated Generously by Rorschach Redemption) . [IF AN ANTHOLOGY IS FORMED, ALL SELECTED AUTHORS WILL RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF THE EBOOK] RULES AND REGULATIONS: So, you've decided to submit a creepypasta. Well, good for you. I'm pretty goddamned honored that you're sending it to me. But first, let's give you a reminder. What IS creepypasta? (ignoring the etymology) A creepypasta is a piece of flash fiction designed to terrify, shock, or, at the very least, instill feelings of misanthropic dread in the reader. The creepypasta audience, generally speaking, is 4chan.org/x/, reddit.com/r/nosleep, and other Internet forums. Your submission should be succinct, frightening, and well written. FIRST AND FOREMOST: THIS IS AN ORIGINAL CREEPYPASTA CONTEST. Do not submit a pasta that has been featured in another anthology/contest/website. Do not submit a pasta that someone other than you wrote. I will find you out, and I will go Liam Neeson on your ass. Anyway, let's get down to the nitty gritty: YOUR SUBMISSION: -Must be in English. But you can be from anywhere in the world. No discrimination here, gang. -Will be no more than 1,600 words (this is not an unbreakable rule, but it is a firm one; any...

Deadline: March 31st, 2012 Prize: $300 Canadian Writers Only Open to Canadian writers. Submissions ONLY accepted Feb 15th to March 31st, 2012. ONLY emailed copies accepted. On Spec has a special story contest for the Apocalypse! We are looking for a variety of engaging "end of the world" theme stories (3,000 to 6,000 words please). The best story will receive $300 and be the lead story in our Fall 2012 issue (said issue to be published, come hell or high water!). Submissions must have "Apocalypse:" in the email title plus the story title (e.g. "Apocalypse: Story Name"). Please follow the submission guidelines: http://www.onspec.ca/submissions/email

Deadline: April 5th, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only A new anthology is opened. We are accepting submission for a new anthology titled SPIDERS!. So many people are scared of spiders…scare the readers! Deadline for this will be April 5th, 2012. The story must be between 3000 and 10,000 words and should be emailed to [email protected] attached as a .doc (preferred) or .rtf Please send in your submissions using 12 font Times New Roman, single spaced, justified. No hard breaks between paragraphs (hitting return twice to break between paragraphs). Following paragraphs can be started on the next line. Scene breaks or changes in point of view need to be separated by a hard break, centered asterisks (* * *) and a hard break. The title page should contain your contact info and word count. May December Publications

Deadline: April 15th 2012 Payment: ¼ cent a word upon publication Soul Reflections SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 15, 2012 Midnight (EST) Edited by Mark Taylor and Jessica A. Weiss WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: They say that the mirror reflects the soul, the Egyptians believed that the shadow held great power and could move at great speeds, and Narcissus believed that his reflection in water was a vision of his own sister - a woman of unsurpassed beauty. Sometimes a reflection shows us what we want to see, other times it shows us the horrors of what we don't. We are looking for dark fantasy/horror stories revealing the truth behind the reflections, and most certainly not limited to those mentioned. WHAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR: Slash and hack, blood and gore for their own sake. Graphic rape, torture, child molestation, and animal torture have their place, but not here. No erotica or adult themes. We prefer stories written in the third person—will consider first person if you knock our socks off. Looking for short stories in the 3,500- 6,000 word range, but will consider stories slightly over 6,000 words. Lower word count is FIRM. Payment is ¼ cent a word upon publication. Email submissions to: [email protected] Please put SUBMISSION, followed by the title of the story, and word count, in the subject line of your email.

Deadline: April 16th 2012 Payment: $3.00 and royalties Rymfire Sci-Fi (a new imprint of Rymfire Books) is proud to announce out latest project… Nonproliferation anthology “The Cold War is 20 years gone. Yet the looming omen of the End of Days still haunts us. The notion that Russia and America will obliterate us all with nuclear weapons seems unlikely. So how will the world end? And what will people do to survive it? Would the limited supply of copper lead to a massive communications breakdown? Would the continued genetic manipulation of crops lead to widespread crop failures? You picture the Apocalypse and write us a story in under 7500 words. Stories that will not impress us: Zombies, Dark Tower rewrites, or anything from the Twighlight Zone. They may be great, but they’re already done. Things that will grab our attention: stories with a conscience, stories that push the envelope with a new idea, and works that go beyond the typical wasteland.” We are also proud to have Boone Dryden back in the fold as well! Boone previously worked with me at Carnifex Press and this anthology is his baby and his first of what I hope are many projects! ALL submissions will go to Boone Dryden ONLY and not the normal Rymfire Books e-mail address… Editor: Boone Dryden [email protected] Reading period will be March 1st – April 16th 2012 Length and submission… We are looking for tales in the 2,500-7,500 word range. Nothing more, nothing less. We will return (unread) anything not within these guidelines. You can submit a story as either an attachment to the e-mail address in Word (NOT docx) or in the body of an e-mail. We do NOT accept snail mail. Please put “Sci Fi Anthology” in the subject of the e-mail and give a word...