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Deadline: December 15, 2015. Payment: $15 and a contributor's copy 1. Don’t Open Till Doomsday  will be a collection of Science Fiction short stories totalling 10 - 15 pieces. 2. Submissions are open until December 15, 2015. 3. You may submit only one story of 2,000 to 10,000 words. Your story must be completely original and must not be set in someone else’s world. We are interested in fresh voices and new points of view. Use today’s science to create the “what if” stories of tomorrow. 4. We seek first print rights. Story may not have been published online, or in print, in any form, although we will consider it for publication if portions of it have been posted on the writer's personal blog. 5. Compensation: one contributor copy and a one-time payment of $15. 6. We are open to all styles and voices. 7. Please wait 90 days before inquiring about your submission. 8. For answers to any questions, please use the form on the Contact Page. Via: Punks Write Poems.

Deadline: December 15th, 2015 Payment: $25 Editor: Carrol Fix Word Count: 3,000 – 8,000 Deadlines: Art: 10/30/15 Stories: 12/15/15 Authors and Artists receive token payment of $25. Authors and Artists The theme is whatever could occur in the deep regions of space between stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Physical contact and proximity to other stars/planets is off-limits, although communications of all kinds are allowed. Via: Lillicat Publishers.

Deadline: December 15th, 2015 Payment: $0.01/word and a contributor's copy Anthologist: Bascomb James Third volume in the Far Orbit anthology series edited by Bascomb James. Series includes Far Orbit (volume one) and Far Orbit Apogee (volume two); Far Orbit Perigee (volume four, accepting submissions starting January 1, 2016.) To protect from all enemies… World Weaver Press is expanding the Far Orbit anthology series with a new a new military science fiction anthology, Last Outpost. Last Outpost will be published in 2016. As the name implies, we’re looking for military adventure stories, page-turners that keep us on the edge of our seats. We’re not looking for mindless mayhem; we want compelling science fiction stories with a military theme. Send us stories about grunts, space fleets, espionage, alien invasion (even if we are the aliens), hostage recovery, battle bots, drones and droids, cyber wars, special ops, inciting rebellions, or quelling them. Anything in the military action adventure genera is fair game. We’ll entertain biopunk, cyberpunk, solarpunk, and other punkish motifs but the story has to be a rip-roaring adventure. Please stay away from fantasy elements (wizards, magic, gods, etc.). Fan fiction is a definite no-no. Fantasy-like adventures (John Carter of Mars) have to be really special to be included in the anthology. Gore is OK but it has to advance the plot. Please remember that this is a science fiction anthology. The action can take place on far off worlds or on Earth, in the far future or the day after tomorrow; so long as it’s a military themed science fiction adventure. If you can write a military space opera in under 10,000 words, go for it. We’ll be happy to read it. Here are some submission tips from Bascomb James, the series anthologist. I’m not a fan of the “everyone dies horribly” ending unless you...

Deadline: December 15th, 2015 Payment: 3 cents per word "It's Come to Our Attention" or "Scratching the Surface" - Under the radar: things that are happening quietly, without a lot of fanfare, that may still be extremely significant or make a big difference. Like, what's going on with those bees. Maybe a little "Tragedy of the Commons" would work under this theme. Reading Period: October 15 - December 15, 2015 Writer Deadline: December 15, 2015 Publication Date: February 15, 2016 If you’re interested in having your work read and getting paid a little something for it, then submit your story today. Third Flatiron Publishing are a specialist digital publisher and can help you distribute your work to a truly global audience. Third Flatiron Publishing is based in Boulder, Colorado. We are looking for submissions to our quarterly themed online anthologies. Our focus is on science fiction and fantasy and anthropological fiction. We want tightly plotted tales in out-of-the-ordinary scenarios. Please send us short stories that revolve around age-old questions and have something illuminating to tell us as human beings. Fantastical situations and creatures, exciting dialog, irony, mild horror, and wry humor are all welcome. Stories should be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Inquire if longer. Role models for the type of fiction we want include Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur C. Clarke, Dan Simmons, Connie Willis, Vernor Vinge, and Ken Kesey. We want to showcase some of the best new shorts available today. See the “Submissions” tab for preferred formats, etc. For each anthology, we will also accept  a few very short humor pieces on the order of the “Shouts and Murmurs” feature in The New Yorker Magazine (600 words or so). These can be written from a first-person perspective or can be mini-essays that tell people what they ought to do,...

Deadline: December 15, 2015 Payment: $5.00 plus equal share of 50% of royalties. Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Empire into victory… Mara Jade fights first for the Empire and then for the New Republic struggling against the past and using her talents with the Force to fight for what she believes is right… Katniss Everdeen offers herself up for the gladatorial Hunger Games instead of her little sister, who she fears would not survive… When felinoid alien, Pianfar Chanur, runs across a “human” alien, it is only the pride that keeps her from returning him to his captors… Fleet Lieutenant Esmay Suiza must face the truth of her background simultaneously with the threat of alien invasion… We never tire of reading about these amazing heroines and their exploits, but have you considered writing a science fiction story of your own about a heroine or perhaps a female-dominated society?  Here’s your chance. We are looking for stories primarily about women from female-dominated societies (Gate to Women’s Country, The Shore of Women…) to powerful female heroines such as the ones listed above. We're interested in science fiction, futuristic magic use (think Star Wars), grand adventures with swashbuckling heroines, and touching tales. Whether they are from a matriarchal or Amazon-style society or traditional male-dominated world, bring us powerful women and their stories. RESTRICTIONS:  No fan-fic. Keep the content PG-13, please.  Limit profanity and erotic content. We want to make this book available to young adult readers as well as adults. If you have questions about content, please feel free to email: SUBMISSION EMAIL: [email protected] READING PERIOD:  November 15, 2015 to December 15, 2015 (DO NOT SUBMIT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 15th) RELEASE DATE:  March 31, 2016 PAYMENT: $5.00 plus equal share of 50% of royalties. SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED: We do not...

Deadline: December 25th, 2015 Payment: 6 cents per word for original work, 3 cents per word on reprints Reprints Allowed We're looking for speculative stories--science fiction, fantasy, horror--with Christian themes, characters, or cosmology. Technical details Stories can be up to 10,000 words. The anthology will be published in ebook and POD formats. We pay 6 cents/word for original stories (or original translations of stories that have not previously appeared in English), and 3 cents/word for reprints. We are seeking one year of exclusive worldwide print and electronic distribution rights for original works (with exceptions for Best of the Year anthologies), and non-exclusive worldwide print and electronic distribution rights in perpetuity for both original works and reprints. No multiple or simultaneous submissions. Send us only one story at a time, and don't send us a story that's currently with someone else or send someone else a story to which we have not yet responded. Don't re-submit a rejected story unless we request revisions. We hope to have responded to everyone within one month of the submission window's closing. Feel free to query if it's been longer than two months. Stories must be double spaced, in 12-point Courier or Times New Roman font. The story title, your byline, a word count, and contact information should appear on the first page, and your last name, story title, and page number should appear in the header information of all other pages. We're not particular about whether you use italics or underlining for emphasis, how many spaces are after the period, or whether you use straight or smart quotes. Submissions may be sent to the email address: Submit your stories via email as an attachment in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. The subject of your email should be FICTION: <story title> by <byline>. The email body should contain a list of your three or four best publications (if...

Deadline: December 28th 2015 Payment: $10 Being sick sucks, and being the healthy one in a household of sickies is even worse, though being a paranoid germaphobe in flu season is unbearable No real guidelines here, just get creative InfectiveINk.com is interested in great fiction. Unless specified, we are open to all genres and styles, except erotica. We offer $10 per Short Story, payable via PayPal. We do not currently pay for Short Story submissions under 1500 words, or for any Flash Fiction submissions, bragging rights however, are priceless. Remember, InfectiveINk.com is a prompt-driven publication. Be sure that the story you're submitting corresponds to one of our prompts before sending your work. Submissions should be sent to [email protected] In the subject line please include the word 'submission', your last name, and the prompt you're submitting for, e.g. Submission, Fitzgerald, Monsters. The body of the email includes: Your name Your pen name, if you use one Your contact details (including the email address we would send your Paypal payment to if your story is 1500+ words) The word count An interesting bio that doesn't simply list your publications Your submission You are welcome to paste the submission in the body of the email, we also accept .doc, .docx, .txt, and .rtf attachments. Please replace any curly quotes with straight quotes, curly apostrophes with straight ones. Double and triple check for grammar and spelling errors, watch your possessives, take care with there/their/they're. Write to the prompt and HAVE FUN! These aren't the stories to devote months of intense effort toward. Let your creative juices flow freely (yeah, that sounded gross), and play fast and hard! Edit with a vengeance and submit. Please read over our Author Agreement before submitting. InfectiveINk.com is listed at Duotrope, don't forget to track your submissions! Questions? Need...

Deadline: December 31st Payment: We pay first-time authors a royalty rate of 45% of the net sale from books sold on the Torquere Books site, and 35% of monies received from our distributors' sites, paid quarterly. Distributor sales are not paid until we receive payment from that seller. Print books pay 25% royalties on net monies received from our distributors. Once an author has a proven sales record with us, incentives may be offered on further contracts Our anthology calls are a great place to get your feet wet with a short story, or to explore a theme without committing to a full novella or novel. For all anthology calls, we’re looking for fully realized, romantic LGBT stories about the chosen monthly theme. Make us laugh, make us cry, or surprise us and make us glow with happy endings! Please send your submissions following the below specified word count to [email protected] with the title of the theme (ie: Torqued Tales) and your story title in the subject field. Please see our general submissions guidelines for formatting etc. Each theme has a title and due date listed on the individual call. If the completed anthology reaches a minimum word count of 60K, the book may go to print. In that case, payment is a $35 flat fee for first time electronic and print rights for three years, as well as an electronic and print copy of the book. Print rights are reserved for six months. If the print rights are not optioned, all print rights revert to the author. We'll also be releasing the story on its own in ebook format. Royalties for the single title electronic version will be 45% net on books sold through Torquere Books and 35% net on books sold through our distributors, again for a period...

Deadline: December 31 2015 Payment: $0.06 per word Note: These will initially be printed online with the possibility though not guarantee of an ebook and physical anthology at a later date. Book Smugglers Publishing is currently open for submissions for short stories to be published between June and August 2016. General information and theme: We’re looking for original short stories from all around the world as long as they are written in English. Our goal is to publish at least three short stories, unified by a central theme. Each short story will be accompanied by one original piece of artwork from an artist commissioned by us separately. For the publication period between June and August 2016, the theme is: The Year Of The Superhero Recently, we announced that 2016 is going to be the Year of the Superhero and we have quite a few things in the pipeline. To supplement the awesome projects we have in the works, we are also looking to add short stories to our Superhero calendar! When it comes to superheroes, we think of sweeping themes that deal with the central issues of heroismand, of course, superpowers. As usual, we welcome authors to subvert these sample themes, to expand upon what “superhero” means, and adapt the prompt to other possible connotations and genres under the Speculative Fiction umbrella. What We’re Looking For: DIVERSITY. We want to read and publish short stories that reflect the diverse world we live in, about and from traditionally underrepresented perspectives. We more than welcome stories featuring LGBTQIA characters: PLEASE SEND THEM TO US. It should go without saying that we’d hope for a respectful and responsible approach to creating diverse worlds and characters. Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult audience submissions are welcome.Good speculative fiction is ageless! We are VERY keen...

Deadline: December 31st 2015 Payment: £10 and contributor's copy Oh, another bloody slasher. Oh, more extreme horror. Oh, it must be Tuesday. BORED! Whilst sipping a martini clarity arrives: one hungers for a change of pace, dash it all: So we would like tales of civilised, gentle(wo)manly horror, cold, calculating and bloodless; spinechillers rather than slashers, enervating instead of eviscerating. Though a wee bit of the red stuff will not make us blanch, focus more on unshakeable dread. Make us afraid to investigate that noise downstairs. Cause us to shudder when we glimpse something move out of the corner of our eyes. Think Ann Radcliffe and the Gothics, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wilkie Collins, M.R. James and even those modern folks like Shirley Jackson and Fritz Leiber. It’s all about the style. Mashups are the Fox Spirit specialty, so mix and match to your little heart’s content (Lovecraftian Wodehouse has been done). Just be sure to keep the theme uppermost. Humorous attempts at horror are acceptable, but be warned that your editor’s sense of humour like her taste in martinis is most peculiar and exacting. You would be strongly advised to inform yourself of her tastes. THE PARTICULARS for Respectable Horror Follow our house style and submit via Word document attachment to katelaity at gmail dot com by December 31st, 2015. Selection of stories will happen in the spring; the publication itself will appear later in 2016. You will be expected to join in the publicity efforts as much as you are capable (social media mostly). Word count: ~4-8K Payment: £10 upon publication + digital and print copy of the volume What ho! Ask any questions you have in advance of the closing date. Via: Fox Spirit.