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Deadline: June 30th, 2018 Payment: Royalties Two years ago, The Geeky Press released Bad Jobs & Bullshit: It's Unlikely That We'll Be Missed. We loved the experience (and the writing) so much that we decided to continue the series. We're pleased to announce a call seeking nonfiction and narrative essays, poetry, fiction, and short scripts for an anthology collection titled Bad Jobs & Bullshit: Summer Jobs. As you can surmise, this collection is about the sometimes sweaty, sometimes sentimental, and always entertaining hours we’ve spent at the shittiest summer jobs imaginable. Whether it’s staffing third shift at a rural gas station or hunching under the soul-sucking fluorescent lights of a corporate desk farm, everyone has a story of that job. And the bullshit that went along with it. DEADLINE Open Call: January 1 - June 30 General Submission Guidelines LENGTH Essays and Creative Nonfiction: Submit completed work no more than 5,000 words Fiction + Short Stories: Submit completed work between 1,000 and 5,000 words Scripts: no more than 15 pages Poetry: Submit completed work; no more than 5 pages. You must submit each poem individually! Photo Essay: No more than 5 black-and-white pictures and 100 words per picture STYLE AND SUBJECT We publish fiction, nonfiction (creative nonfiction, essays), screenplays, scripts, black-and-white photography, and poetry. There are standards. We can't articulate them. COVER LETTER Please keep yours brief, though we do like to hear from people who like the magazine. We’re not concerned about writing degrees or past publications, so don’t be daunted if you don’t have an MFA or much in the way of previously published work. FORMATTING Please don't use colors or weird fonts. (We strip both out before we start the design process.) Visual poetry is not accepted. SCRIPT FORMATTING Must be a Word doc or docx, 2010...

Deadline: June 30th, 2018 Payment: $25 and 2 contributor's copies. We were so pleased with how our 2018 WhimsyCon Anthology (Wit & Whimsy) came out, we want to do it again! Do you want to submit your work to be included? See the details below! WhimsyCon 2019 Anthology Submission Guidelines Shiny Garden is seeking short fiction for its 2019 WhimsyCon Anthology. Steampunk, science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative fiction preferred. Submissions should be: Written in English. Written for a PG-13 audience (no explicit sex or violence). Between 5,000 – 15,000 words. Typed and double-spaced. Include the author’s name, address, phone number, and approximate word count at the top of the first page. Print ready (already edited for grammar, continuity, etc.). Saved as a .doc or .docx file. Note: Paragraph indentations must be created using document formatting features, not tabs. If your submission is selected for the anthology, you will receive: $25 in payment. Two (2) complimentary copies of the printed anthology. Option to purchase additional copies at 50% of the cover price. Submission Process Submissions should be sent by email (as an attachment) to [email protected]. Submissions will be accepted May1, 2018 – June 30, 2018. Authors will be notified that their submissions were received within seven (7) business days of receipt. Authors will be notified of acceptance status by July 31, 2018. WhimsyCon 2019 Anthology Guest Editor We are pleased to announce Andy Burns will be our guest editor for the 2019 WhimsyCon Anthology! A.M. Burns has been writing since high school but got serious about things while working in corporate America in his thirties. Since that time, he has authored over 150 works of various lengths and helped numerous authors with their editing. As a member, and previous president of Colorado Springs Fiction Writers Group, he’s worked with authors...

Deadline: July 1st, 2018 Payment: $150.00 CAD Dark, deadly and noirish tales of holiday havoc and yuletide woe. Featuring stories by  S.A. Cosby (Thuglit; Fast Women and Neon Lights), M. Darusha Wehm (Beautiful Red; The Andersson Dexter series), BPAA and Aurora Award-winner E.C. Bell (Stalking the Dead; Dying on Second), Arthur Ellis Award nominee Axel Howerton (Hot Sinatra; Wolf & Devil: Demon Days), Bony Pete Award winners Therese Greenwood(EQMM; Kill As You Go) and Rob Brunet (Noir Nation 3; Stinking Rich), and a double-shot of Vancouver’s own Unhanged Arthur Award winner Sam Wiebe (Invisible Dead; Last of the Independents). Edited by Robert Bose Projected launch date is November 2018. We will be accepting open submissions for 2-3 stories (of up to 5,000 words) to be featured alongside the invited authors. Submissions are open NOW and close on July 1, 2018. We are looking for holiday (I.E. Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, etc.) themed CRIME stories ONLY. No Sci-Fi, no Fantasy Payment currently listed at $150.00 CAD/story Please send in .doc or .docx format, in standard formatting. See our STYLE GUIDE for more information. ***ANY SUBMISSIONS NOT FOLLOWING THE PRESCRIBED FORMATTING MAY BE SUMMARILY DISMISSED WITHOUT REPLY*** DUOTROPE LISTING Via: Coffin Hop Press.

Deadline: July 1st, 2018 Payment: $0.03/word CAD Tales of dimwitted criminals and unlucky twits on the wrong side of the law. Nimrods, numbskulls and rejects. Bumbling sidekicks and idiots-gone-wrong. Elmore Leonard and Charles Willeford ain’t got nothin’ on these dipshits. Edited by Robert Bose Projected launch date is November 2018.  We will be accepting open submissions for 3-5 stories (of up to 5,000 words) to be featured alongside 6-8 stories from some well-known and extremely talented authors. Submissions will are open NOW and close on July 1, 2018. We are specifically looking for darkly humorous CRIME stories. No Sci-fi, no Fantasy. Payment currently listed at $0.03/word CAD Please send in .doc or .docx format, in standard formatting. See our STYLE GUIDE for more information. ***ANY SUBMISSIONS NOT FOLLOWING THE PRESCRIBED FORMATTING MAY BE SUMMARILY DISMISSED WITHOUT REPLY*** Via: Coffin Hop.

Deadline: July 1st, 2018 Payment: $10, a contributor's copy, and a potential royalty bonus if sales quotes are met "Fall Into Fantasy" will contain stories from Epic to Urban, High to Paranormal and everything in between. We are seeking fresh faces as well as seasoned fantasy pros for this yearly anthology to be released every September/October. All submitted stories will be reviewed by a small committee here at Cloaked Press.   What we are seeking for this collection: Original, short stories created by the author submitting the story. We do not want reprints as part of our goal is to bring fresh stories to readers. We are purchasing first, exclusive rights to both print and digital publishing of this work in the world. This is for a period of one year from date of publication. During this time we ask that the author not republish or sell any secondary rights to another publisher. All other rights are retained by author. Story ranges from 2000-7500 words. All sub genres of Fantasy are acceptable, please include the sub genre you feel the story falls into. This is more for informational to the readers as it will be included with the listing in the anthology. All voices are encouraged and acceptable, diversity is a wonderful thing. This extends to the characters in the stories as well. Delight and entertain us with your unique characters and the worlds they live in. Please submit your story in .DOC or .DOCX format. This will make it easier to compile the accepted submissions. What we would like to avoid: Novels or Novellas. These are too long for this collection. No multiple submissions. We are looking for the ONE story you want in this collection. No simultaneous submissions. If you have submitted this story to another anthology/publishing company,...

Deadline: July 1st, 2018 Payment: 8 cents per word We are now open to original short stories of urban weird fiction (so stories about cities and dealing with the complexity that is other people) for the upcoming Nowhereville: Weird is Other People. These are modern weird tales (give or take a few decades) that could only be told of the weirdness of the urban experience and our interactions with one another. REQUIREMENTS  We want diverse stories with modern sensibilities from many different voices that show the immense and diverging possibilities for weird fiction, fearlessly exploring 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 abledness.) Original, previously unpublished weird fiction short stories of 3,000-7,500 words (you can read more of what we're looking for with regard to weird fiction briefly below and in more detail at Eyedolon magazine in the Overview under the title "Toward a Weirder Tomorrow") Pay rate of 8 c/w for first rights to digital, audio, and print formats in English. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please, let us know as soon as possible if your submission has become unavailable before you hear back from us. No Cthulhu Mythos for this one. Only one submission per author. We seek both rich characters and grandiose ideas. We seek diverse characters. Submit your story in standard manuscript format as an attachment to submissions(at)brokeneyebooks(dot)com with a subject line of the following:  "Your Story Title". Submission window open from May 1, 2018 to July 1, 2018. (We cannot confirm receipt of your manuscript, so please don't ask. We will accept or reject as quickly as we can.) The published anthology will be a mix of stories both from invited authors...

Deadline: July 1st, 2018 Payment: $0.01 per word and a contributor's copy Details: Stories can be 1,000 words to 10,000 words. The anthology will be published in ebook and paperback formats. We pay upfront $0.01 / word. Authors will receive the e-book and one print copy of the anthology, plus wholesale pricing for additional print copies. Previously unpublished submissions strongly preferred. We are seeking twelve months of exclusive worldwide print and electronic distribution rights and non-exclusive worldwide print and electronic distribution rights in perpetuity. Multiple submissions are fine, but simultaneous submissions are discouraged. Please 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 Times New Roman font (or something similar). Do not submit in Courier. 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 SUBMISSION: <story title> by <byline>. The email body should contain a short list of your publishing credits and any pertinent biographical details. The submission period begins April 1, 2018, and ends July 1, 2018. Theme guidelines The story must have a fantasy/speculative element. Science fantasy is ok, but we’re aiming for fantasy rather than straight science fiction. We prefer “clean” stories and strongly prefer noblebright stories. For more on noblebright, please see noblebright.org....

Deadline: July 1st, 2018 Payment: $100 Test Patterns : Creature Features (a follow up to 2017’s Test Patterns) Seeking: Original stories of 2500-7000 words (no reprints or poetry currently, thank you) and no bio / biblio info attached, please. Payment is $100 for an accepted story. Multiple subs are fine, but we will only select at most one story per author. We are currently estimating a need for about 25 stories for the book total, depending on length The Theme: We're looking for stories that involve monsters! Our loose theme is based on the SF/F TV programs of the late 50s/early 60s, (Twilight Zone, Outer Limits; but think of the vibe, not literal pastiche; i.e. twist endings, weird situational reveals, moral / allegorical messages told through a spec-fic lens) but we will consider any well-written speculative tale The Details: File format should be MS Word compatible, exact file type and / or formatting doesn’t matter much to us, we will handle most of that on the back end to fit the aesthetics of the final book. We are projecting our window to stay open June 1st through July 1st, but will make an announcement if we fill up before then, again, we are projecting about 25 stories for this volume Submissions should be directed to our editor; Duane Pesice at: moderan(at)hotmail(dot)com Use “creature features” as the subject line to help us keep them sorted and separated, please We tried to cover all the details above, but any questions can be asked here or we’re always open for PM’s, thanks Via: Test Patterns' Facebook.

Deadline: July 1st, 2018 Payment: $5 FICTION SUBMISSION GUIDELINES DEADLINE FOR ISSUE 1 IS JULY 1st! We accept all genres of fiction (ie: horror, crime, romance, sci-fi, fantasy) as long as the element of horror, supernatural, macabre, gothic, and/or occult are present within the overall plot of the story. We are currently looking for Short Fiction 5,000 words or less. Fiction must be submitted in MLA format as an .ODT or .DOC file! COMIC SUBMISSIONS Submission must be sent in PDF format. ART SUBMISSIONS All art must be sent in PDF format ALL ACCEPTED WORD WILL RECEIVE A PAYMENT OF $5.00 USD PLUS A COPY OF THE PUBLICATION! THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS TO WHAT WE REVIEW FOR SUBMISSION SO FEEL FREE TO MAKE IT AS UNUSUAL AS POSSIBLE! ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT TO [email protected] Via: Gravely Unusual.

Deadline: July 1st, 2018 Payment: $0.01 per word Nexxis Fantasy is looking for talented authors and artists to contribute to our next anthology. Submission deadline is July 1st. Anthology will launch July 31st. We are only accepting completed works at this time. Please email your submissions to the email address below. You are open to submit anything you feel fits into the science fiction genre and would fit our next anthology titled "Corporate Shadows". GENRES: Open to Speculative Fiction (works in which the setting is other than the real world, involving supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements); Suspense/Thriller; Supernatural/Horror; or Science Fiction (or some combination of any of those genres) is acceptable. THEME: This anthology’s title is “Corporate Shadows” and is inspired by the recent net neutrality rulings. How you interpret that is up to you! SPECIFICALLY UNACCEPTABLE GENRES: Romance/Erotica, Middle School, Biographical, Autobiographical, Memoirs, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Western, or adult content.   WORD COUNT: 2,000 to 15,000 words. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES: Standard manuscript format. Submissions must be made as .doc or .docx attachment only and NOT copied into the body of the email. Only electronic submissions accepted. In accordance with Arc Book Club’s standards, stories containing pedophilia, overtly descriptive rape, or graphic gore will not be considered. Factors in anthology acceptance: How well it fits the theme of a given book; Quality of the story based on characterization, conflict, TWIST at the end, and how engaging it is; Word count, length, and formatting (while minor considerations, it indicates a certain professionalism about the craft); Technical writing quality: sentence and story structure, pacing, split infinitives, an overabundance of adjectives, adverbs, similes, filter words, etc. Quality of the manuscript’s editing/proofreading (again, both indications of professionalism about the craft) Failure to submit story according to guidelines will be cause for immediate rejection....