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Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: Contributor's copy, £10, and royalty split Land belonging to no-one. An anthology of speculative fiction that explores the colonisation of our Solar System and far beyond, where pioneers carve out a new existence under other stars. New worlds and new challenges bring the potential for rich stories filled with alien races and strange technology, but against this backdrop we want to experience the many facets of human emotion during the struggle to make a new home. Show us human life on the final frontier. We’re looking for stories that leave us thinking about the characters long after The End. We’re asking that stories are between 6-10k in length and polished to perfection. Submissions period is open until the end of January 2017. Please send all stories to us via our submittable link: Kristell Ink SUBMIT NOW! Via: Kristell Ink.

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: Contributor's copy, £10, and royalty split An anthology of science fiction stories exploring the many different reactions and experiences of people during the 24 hours leading up to the end of the world. We’re looking for stories that show us a range of emotions and reactions to the news of the apocalypse. How and why is entirely up to you, but some examples include nuclear warfare, alien invasion, ecological disaster, an impact event, dysgenics and so on. Our base instinct is to survive, but when the end is nigh, do we simply lie down and die? Or do we celebrate our life and achievements? Exploring the uncertainty of our future can sometimes force us only to look at misery, but we encourage you to have fun. Whatever the reaction, make us feel the many emotions of your characters. Love, loss, forgiveness, revenge, or just that final goodbye… We’re asking that stories are between 6-10k in length and polished to perfection. Submissions period is open until the end of January 2017. Please send all stories to us via our submittable link: Kristell Ink SUBMIT NOW! Via: Kristell Ink.

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: 8 cents per word Following on our anthology Tomorrow's Cthulhu, we're launching a themed anthology series of weird horror set in or inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. The next release is Ride the Star Wind: Cthulhu, Space Opera, and the Cosmic Weird, presenting tales that combine space opera with cosmic weird horror, either set within the Cthulhu Mythos or inspired by it. It is now open to submissions. Send us into space, away from earth, and bring the weird! Give us adventure and wonder, spaceships and monsters, tentacles and insanity, determined struggle and starborne terror. Whether sprawling in scope or tightly focused and personal, make sure to give us a taste of the greater universe of your story, such as the culture and politics. Make us long to know more of your universe. We want diverse stories with modern sensibilities from many different voices that show the immense and diverging possibilities ahead for weird horror. We want to forge ahead and explore the new and the strange. We are actively seeking submissions from writers from underrepresented populations. (This includes, but is not limited to, writers of any race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, class, and physical or mental ability.) We want stories that mesh space opera with cosmic weird horror. For the elements of space opera, modern touchstones include James SA Corey (Expanse series), Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch series), Iain Banks (Culture series), Nnedi Okorafor (Binti), David Brin (Uplift trilogy), and Becky Chambers (Wayfarers series). For mixing elements of space opera and cosmic weird horror, the short story "Boojum" by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette is a great touchstone. The technology level for submissions can fall anywhere in the soft- to hard-science range. Stories should also be set within or be inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. We want to see the Mythos continue...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: Varies on length - See below! MASHED : The Culinary Delights of Twisted Erotic Horror! (Tentative Title) Short Story Anthology – A Food Related Erotic Horror Anthology What We Want: Stories that make us laugh, make our skin crawl and leave us feeling inappropriately aroused. Preferably all three! Combine food, eroticism and horror. Have fun! Any sub-genre sci-fi, western, just keep it interesting and unexpected humor is always encouraged! Must be your own original work of fiction. No fan fiction and no copyrighted material you do not own the rights to. Story Length: (See Anthology Payment Guidelines For Details on Rates) 4-8 Stories 500-2500 pieces Pays up to $10, ($0.01c per word up to a maximum of $10) 4 Stories 2500-5k pieces (20k) Pays up to $20 ($0.005c per word up to a maximum of $20) 2 Stories 5-10k pieces (20k) Pays $30 ($0.005c per word up to a maximum of $30) We will be purchasing first world anthology rights for E-book Format, Print & Audio. Rates above are for each individual format. The initial payment will be for E-book & Print Rights(Double the amounts listed above), The final payment(if executed) for audio rights will be only the amount listed above. We will update the above story needs as spaces are filled. Payment to Authors: Will be via Paypal, See the Anthology Payment Guidelines for full details. Simultaneous Submissions: As an author myself, I get it! We accept simultaneous submissions, just let us know if your work gets accepted elsewhere as quickly as possible. Multiple & Reprint Submissions: We do not accept multiple submissions. If your first piece is rejected, you may query about a second piece, but do not send until given approval. We do not accept reprints. Response Time: We will strive to respond...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: 1cent/word, drabbles pay more Note: Reprints Allowed December 1st, 2016 – January 31st, 2017 11:59 EST Anything submitted outside of this window will be deleted unread. Artists and photographers can submit year round. CURRENT THEME Year One: Saturnalia ISBN-13: Coming Soon ISBN-10: Coming Soon sat·ur·na·li·a ˌsatərˈnālyə/ noun the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December, which was a period of general merrymaking and was the predecessor of Christmas. an occasion of wild revelry. noun: saturnalia; plural noun: saturnalias A time of revelry and reversal, Saturnalia represents the breakdown of what has been deemed the natural order. Hyperion and Theia’s inaugural volume wants stories and poetry that runs the gamut of genres and turns expectations on their heads. Submit a fantastical murder-mystery set in the biggest carnival in Atlantis. Wow us with a sweeping romance in space where gods and goddesses serve their creations after a bloody war. Deadline January 31st, 2017 11:59 EST. RIGHTS SOUGHT FOR FICTION & POETRY First world electronic and print rights in English with exclusivity for 8 months from the date of publication Non-exclusive archival rights as long as the website(s) hosting the work are online If your story is selected to be podcast and approved in the future, or an audiobook is produced, payment is $0.01USD per word for non-exclusive electronic audio rights Copyright remains with the author at all times Please query if anything listed is of concern. Here is a good explanation of what this entails. LENGTH & GUIDELINES COVER ART: To be used in the electronic and print editions, can be art or photography, and is usually solicited. ARTWORK: Usually solicited. Payment dependent on the artist. POETRY: Up to 100 lines. Paid $0.25USD a line. MICRO FICTION: Drabbles are strictly 100 words. Titles should be no longer than 3 words....

Deadline: January 31, 2017 Payment: Poems (4-100 lines): $50 plus one contributor’s copy Short-short stories (under 1000 words): $50, plus one contributor’s copy Fiction (6000 words max.) 1000-2999 words: $125 plus 2 contributor’s copies plus a One year subscription 3000-4999 words: $175 plus 2 contributor’s copies plus a One year subscription 5000-6000 words: $200 plus 2 contributor’s copies plus a One year subscription The story coffers have run dry once again and we are looking for your best speculative short fiction! Please read the Style Guide carefully and keep it wholly to ensure your story is read. During our last submission period we received over 400 stories; we thinned the field by rejecting without reading any story which didn’t follow the guide. No, yours will not be an exception. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2017 at 11:59pm MST. All submissions must be made through our Submittable page; stories received in any other way will not be considered. We are a volunteer-run publication, so we promise to get through all the submissions as quickly as we can. We will provide feedback as time allows, but please understand we simply don’t have the time to provide detailed feedback for every submission. If you do sell your story elsewhere before we have made a selection, please let us know at [email protected].   Poetry Submissions are Open In fact, poetry submissions are open year-round. Please follow the link to our Submittable page and click the appropriate button. To increase the chances of a successful poetry submission, please take a moment to read the guidelines once you are there. As with the stories, you can track the progress of your submission via Submittable. Cover Art Submissions are Open And like poetry submissions, are always open. You can submit your art for consideration on our...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: $50 Summary Tales to Terrify is a volunteer-run fan podcast featuring short horror, dark fantasy, and other disturbing fiction. We are looking for works up to 10,000 words long. All submissions are welcome and encouraged from writers of every race, religion, nationality, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Feel free to challenge the definition of horror. Standard tropes and monsters are welcome just as much as blood, sex and gore. Scare us with your Gothic stories of haunted buildings, but do your best to honor the diversity within the genre. We want to be terrified by your concepts, by your implications, by your story’s possibilities. We want to read works that threaten to bleed into our reality and corrupt something as ordinary as a toaster. Scare us. Make our breath stop and disturb our minds. Anything is allowed as long as it’s well-conceived and well-written. Terrify the hell out of us with your tales. What We Are NOT Looking For: Stories that are not horror, dark fantasy or some form of disturbing fiction Fan fiction Manuscript Format Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format Double spaced 12 pt. Courier New or Times New Roman font Please include author, title and word count on first page. Submission Procedure All fiction must be submitted to the District of Wonder’s Moksha account: https://districtofwonders.moksha.io Please use the cover letter field for biographical information and any links to websites or social media that you would like included. Simultaneous submissions (submitting the same stories to other publishers at the same time) and multiple submissions are allowed. Each author may submit up to two stories during the submission period. Any story beyond the first two or which is received outside of the submission period will be rejected unread. Response Times Most submissions will receive a...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: $3 Haunted Waters Press seeks exceptionally small works of flash fiction to be showcased in Penny Fiction, a regular feature of the literary journal, From the Depths. Stories will also appear in the Penny Fiction Poster Collection. DETAILS Penny Fiction is open to all new, emerging, and established writers. We seek flash fiction stories told in exactly 15 words—no more, no less. One submission per author, per reading period. Multiple stories per submission encouraged. No previously published works. Penny Fiction submissions are welcome in three reading periods: December (2016)/January, March/April, June/July Expect a decision within 30 days of the close of each reading period. See full guidelines below. PAYMENT $3.00 per published piece. (That’s a professional rate of .20 cents per word— enough for a fresh brewed cup of coffee to enjoy while reading the next edition of Penny Fiction Pages!) SUBMISSIONS All entries accepted via Submittable. Free to submit! PENNY FICTION 2017 FULL GUIDELINES Tell us story in exactly 15 words—no more, no less. Extra points will be awarded for those writers who adhere to the guidelines. Not really. There are no points. Just read the guidelines below and impress Penny with your ability to follow instructions. The Lovely Submission: One submission per author, per reading period. (Contributors are encouraged to submit multiple stories in a single file, but may only transmit one submission per reading period.) One story is fine. Four is cool. Twenty is borderline obnoxious. We like obnoxious! Just remember: a single submission with multiple stories! Each Penny is a short story told in exactly 15 words—no more, no less. Titles are not included in word count, but should not be an extension of the story. No theme requirements. Looking for inspiration? Follow Penny Fiction on Facebook for prompts and inspiration. No poetry, tag lines, or jokes....

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: 0.03 cents USD What we are looking for: Non-themed short horror stories that arrests readers and leave them haunted for months to come. Since horror is the only genre of fiction defined by an emotion, your story must have the following: Believable, three-dimensional characters just as real as your friends and neighbors. A real world—hitting all the senses—these characters inhabit. Originality is just as important—we don’t want your version of someone else’s story from yesteryear. Although our arms are wide open, we’re more interested in fiction that reflects the modern. Joe Hill, and Mercedes M. Yardley are prime examples of current dark fiction writers encapsulating the above in their work. Quality of the work must be top notch! The following authors have appeared in previous Tales from The Lake anthologies: Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Rena Mason, Graham Masterton, Lisa Morton, Tim Lebbon, and Tim Waggoner. That’s the high-water mark you must strive for. If you want to write a story about vampires, werewolves or ghosts, then your story needs to evolve that trope. You must have a unique premise. I cannot stress that enough. If you wish to submit an “extreme horror” or “splatterpunk” story, that’s fine with us. However, you’ll have to make sure that your emotional foundations are solid, and your characters actually have an arch. We will not accept stories that just go for the gore and offer nothing more. What we are not looking for: Stories that are not short horror stories. Novels or novellas. Stories bereft of characters that readers can believe in and root for. The only exception to this rule would be the “terror tale,” which is best kept as short as possible. Think a thousand words or less. Stories with flat worlds. Trunk stories. Stories about serial...

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: Royalties Supervillains have been invited by the proto-villain, G-Force, and are all seated around the huge table at the old gothic hotel in an undisclosed location. They have decided to come together to pool their resources against the superhero interlopers, who always seem do a much better job of teaming up. The only way the villains can make a new association of misunderstood metahumans work is to choose a leader. So they each give their case, explaining why they should be selected as the Supreme Archvillain. You are invited to submit your writing where your original supervillain pleads his or her case as to why they are the best suited to become the Supreme Archvillain. It can be through their dramatic battle(s), humorous, or some other unique device. The Supreme Archvillain Election is a superhero prose fiction anthology project open to anyone, until February 1, 2017. It is a vehicle for published authors of prose superhero fiction to promote their work. New writers are also welcome to contribute. Stories and characters must be original, or public domain. No fan fiction. This is not a Creative Commons project. Submission does not guarantee acceptance. You may be required to rewrite or edit, or your piece may be rejected. Or, I may do some light editing on my own. The contributions should be around 3,000 to 5,000 words long.Reprint excerpts that fit may be used. Upon acceptance, you will be giving one-time rights to use your piece. Bear in mind that most publications will not publish pieces that have already been published, so after your work is published by us, it can only be marketed again as a reprint, which severely limits the number of markets that will accept it, and drastically reduces the pay rate it can receive. If you submit a contribution, I...