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Deadline: March 10th, 2024 Payment: $20 Theme: Any genre of fiction Deadline: 2024/03/10 $20 Contributor’s Payment if Accepted No Reprints Submit once per reading cycle If accepted, wait 24 months before submitting again We are a non-genre specific publication. Read our previous issues to get a sense of what we publish. Submission Guidelines Samjoko purchases first worldwide English-language serial and electronic rights from the date the contract is signed and paid for up until 6 months after publication date. After initial publication date, Samjoko Magazine will maintain non-exclusive rights to publication. Paid submissions must not use the intellectual property of any other author or company. Just To Clarify: your work will not appear, and will not have appeared, in any other available format (blogs and public forums included) until 3 months after the release date of the story in Samjoko Magazine. After 3 months, we’ll retain ongoing non-exclusive distribution rights, but you can self-publish your work or sell your story to another paying market. Each piece we acquire will be published on samjokomagazine.com in an electronic seasonal issue. We may also excerpt pieces for promotional purposes. The author retains all other rights. We pay up to 6 months after publication through PayPal only. Payment projected to happen sooner. Current payment is $20 per accepted submission, though we hope to increase this with greater support from readers. Cover letter should have contact information, PayPal email, and author’s bio less than 100 words. Email subject should read: Example - SUBMISSION: The Grey Wolf (FICTION - 3200) by Lauren Hill See below for detailed submission guidelines. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines will be deleted unread. Notification of receipt and rejections will be form letters to save time. There will be no personal responses except in the case of general queries and acceptances. Cover Letter...

Submission Window: January 1st – March 12th, 2024 Payment: $25 Theme: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror The Empyreal Tree is a genre fiction magazine. Our main purpose is to share stories, populated in a strange new world, only connected by the similarities of character and emotions that entangles humanity together. Please check out the What We Are Looking For section to see the kind of stories we like. We are looking to release 3 issues throughout the year, each issue containing 5 short stories. The submission period will be between: January 1 – March 12 May 1 – July 12 September 1 – November 12 The anthology will be released within two months after the submissions ended. (For example, if the submission periods ends in November 12, the issue should be released between November 13 and December 31). There will be a theme that ties the edition together, so please be on the lookout for that! In addition, please send a cover letter discussing how the theme ties into your story. Rules:     Word Count: 1,000 – 15,000 words. Be aware that we’ll be strict with the word count, and if anyone sends a story over the word count, we hope the story is incredible, because we’ll unfortunately send in an immediate rejection.     Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror     Payment: We offer $25 per short story, although we hope to give more in the future.     Response Time: Depending on the severity of the slush pile, we’ll be hoping to give out responses within 3-4 days. However, if the submission pile grows to difficult to handle, the response time is generally within 12 weeks. Please be patient as we are a small group (and by group, it is one person) working hard to get through these lovely stories. Format: All submissions must...

Deadline: March 12th, 2024 Payment: €175 Theme: Stories that look into unexpected places, or, 'stranger' places From Feb 8 to March 12*, we are reading short story submissions for our new collection, Stranger! We are looking for stories of all genres that respond to our title and/or cover art, and selected writers will receive a flat rate of €175 for accepted submissions. I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds. Wallace Stevens, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Behind the fog, in the tall grass, or even standing in plain sight – there are mysteries everywhere for those brave enough to look. Sometimes, reality might just refuse to behave in the ways we expect it to. It might come in the form of prowling creatures, or in a revelation from someone we knew, or maybe in ourselves; the important thing is that a whole new facet of reality suddenly shines in new light. Truth might be stranger than fiction, but we've decided to look for the strangest fiction for our seventh anthology. We're looking for stories that go beyond the boundaries of the expected – or maybe even those of possibility! Stranger is an anthology for stories that look into unexpected places. We want real or magical, lyrical or experimental, as long as it finds that truth wasn't as simple as once thought. We are looking for stories inspired by our title – Stranger – and/or the cover artwork below, Night is Calling, by James Fenner. All genres of writing are welcome, we want to read any stories that find that there is more out there than we once thought (in a real or metaphorical way)! More than any specific story or style, we want the emotional response the title and artwork evokes...

Submission Window: December 15th, 2023 - March 15th, 2024 Payment: $10 Theme: Stories that constitutes the ever-moving edge of its kind, as a place between light and dark, consciousness and un, today and tomorrow; work exhibiting the strange, the bizarre, that which is not of the world we know, but more of a twilight realm or even altogether alien place. Submission window: We are always open for submissions of art, animation, and music! We are currently closed for fiction and poetry submissions. We are open for fiction and poetry submissions from 15 June to 15 September and from 15 December to 15 March each year. I would love to see submissions representing not only multiple cultures but subcultures, exploring issues of race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, and many things I haven't thought of. Does this mean you have to represent everybody and everything in 1000 words? Of course not. But be aware that we are creating a magazine that overall reaches and represents the true diversity of the world we live in. In terms of genre, I am looking for work that constitutes the ever-moving edge of its kind, as a place between light and dark, consciousness and un, today and tomorrow; work exhibiting the strange, the bizarre, that which is not of the world we know, but more of a twilight realm or even altogether alien place. Not necessarily science fiction, not necessarily fantasy, not necessarily horror, and not necessarily not these things. In short, ideally edgy. Maybe even idealistically edgy. I am NOT looking for porn. Penumbric generally accepts submissions in the following categories: fiction, poetry, illustration, graphic narrative, animation, music, or combinations of these (e.g., a spoken-word version of a poem). If you have something that fits some other category that can be displayed to advantage on the web, try me; I'll take a...

Deadline: March 15th, 2024 Payment: US 4¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $4, maximum $25 Theme: Dragons Eye to the Telescope 52, Dragons, will be edited by J. D. Harlock. Even though no one can agree on what exactly dragons are, nearly every culture has mythologized them in some way. From their size to their design to their abilities to their origins, tales of dragons are as diverse as humanity itself, with some of the earliest poetry in the English language revolving around them, reinventing what dragons were perceived as for the time. In this dragon-themed call, we want your take on dragons. Feel free to draw from traditions outside the predominant Western narrative to develop an original take on these fearsome creatures or introduce under-appreciated interpretations from your own cultures. Not only can you twist the idea of what dragons are as you see fit, but you can place them in genres outside of traditional fantasy, where they have often been underutilized or absent. Poetry that rhymes is more than welcome, and I'm open to a genre approach to submissions as much as I am to a literary one! Submission Guidelines SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Use the form at  to submit. Please submit 1–3 unpublished poems in English (ideally, attached as .docx or .txt) and include a short bio. Translations from other languages are acceptable with the permission of the original poet (unless public domain). Inquiries only to [email protected] with “ETTT” in the subject line. Deadline: March 15. The issue will appear on April 15, 2024. Payment and rights Accepted poems will be paid for at the following rate: US 4¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $4, maximum $25. Payment is on publication. The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association normally uses PayPal to pay poets, but can also send checks. Eye to the Telescope is an...

Submission Window: March 2nd - March 15th, 2024 Payment: 2¢ (2-cents) per word , with a $25 minimum and $100 maximum and 2 contributor's copies Theme: Horror and weird fiction from 500 to 5,000 words, firm. OPENS: March 2, 2024 CLOSES: March 15, 2024 We are seeking horror and weird fiction from 500 to 5,000 words, firm. Query first if your story is over 5,000 words. We are a home for the strange, the macabre, the eerie, the esoteric, the fabulist, and the gothic. The darkly numinous. The odd. We are not interested in extreme horror. Do not send science fiction or fantasy. We’ve published established professional authors Brian Evenson, John Langan, M. Rickert, Steve Rasnic Tem, and more. But we are also very supportive of emerging writers, and have twice published first-time authors. Please send 1 story only per reading period. NOTE - We are not considering stories written, co-written, created, or assisted by AI and machine-learning languages such as ChatGPT. Please do not send them. We are seeking first English-language publication rights. Fiction must be in English, and previously unpublished in English anywhere, in any format (including audio), on any platform, including your blog, website, newsletter, Patreon, etc. Please do not query about reprints. We will consider works translated to English, as long as you are offering first English-language publication rights. Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Please inform us if your story is accepted elsewhere. No multiple submissions. Please send 1 story only per reading period. The magazine is free to read online here: Read Weird Horror We encourage you to read some of the stories to familiarize yourself with our aesthetic. We receive about 1,000 manuscripts each period, and accept less than 2% of submissions. Do not be discouraged by a form rejection. Payment is U.S. 2¢ (2-cents)...

Submission Window: March 1st 15th, 2024 Payment: 6 cents per word for flash, 3 cents per word for nonfiction Theme: Horror Dealing With Time Travel We’re looking for content for MONSTROUS #2, our horror comic magazine. FLASH FICTION WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: A horror story dealing with time travel. No Morlock stories. Sorry. Submission Period: March 1, 2024 - March 15, 2024 Payment: 6 cents a word Length: 1000 to 1500 words Simultaneous submissions are okay. Just let us know if you were accepted elsewhere. No multiple subs or reprints. Email full stories to jamesmonstrousbookscom and use this format for the subject heading: Monstrous 2 Flash - Title - Author Name. (If this isn’t correct, we may delete without reading. With the number of submissions we get, things get confusing without the proper heading.) Include a short bio in your email. Use Classic Shunn formatting. ARTICLES WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Pitches for articles about time travel. It could be about the history of time travel in fiction or you can get more creative with it. Don't send finished articles. The pitches need to be only a short paragraph long. Payment: 3 cents a word Submission Period: Open now until further notice. Email pitches to jamesmonstrousbookscom and use this format for the subject heading: Monstrous 2 Articles - Title - Author Name. Include a short bio in your email. SHORT COMICS WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Finished black-and-white horror comics from 1 to 4 pages. We are NOT looking for scripts. Comics should deal with time travel in some way and lean toward horror. Size: Digest magazine, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Email submissions to jamesmonstrousbookscom and use this format for the subject heading: Monstrous Comics - Title - Author Name. Include a short bio in your email. Check out our Kickstarter to familiarize yourself...

Deadline: March 20th, 2024 Payment: Does not say in this call, previous payments were: £100 per article, interview or short story and £50 for poetry and rituals Theme: Sound and Vision Note: Not open to fiction submissions from North America at this time We are open to print magazine submissions. Our next theme is Sound and Vision. Artists have long spoken of the mysterious nature of creation – where do their great works come from? Tell us about found stories, the automatic process, of pictures and songs invoked in séances, of musicians and poets who found magic by unorthodox means, and occult-derived art. Some songs and paintings are like spells, speaking to our unconscious and activating something within us, from war cries to the songs with revolutionary spirit to the secret chords that please gods and the folk songs that invoke lives lead outside the mainstream. Tell us about subliminal messages in advertising and how the aesthetic and auricular world influence us. A pioneering artwork might predict the future, or change the course of history. It might show us a piece of the world and mind we never knew before. Sight is a privileged sense – what is it to see clearly, or to not see at all? Visual aids such as spectacles changed our ways of seeing – so too did the emergence of various -mancies and scrying mirrors that offered an alternative perspective; there is seeing with our eyes and then there is seeing with our other senses. For this issue, we draw inspiration from Hilma af Klint, David Bowie, William Burroughs, Ithell Colquhoun, Leonora Carrington, WB Yeats, William Blake and a whole host of other artists, musicians and writers who had visions. We are looking for interviews with musicians and artists, personal essays, articles, rituals, poetry and...

Deadline: March 23rd, 2024 Payment: 10 cents per word Theme: Speculative poetry and fiction that is uplifting, happy, and/or hopeful. Worlds of Possibility is a project I've been working on since the beginning of 2021. My patrons and subscribers' pledges help sponsor original creative Science Fiction and Fantasy works, which I release early in ebook format to subscribers and then a bit later to the general public online and in audio on the OMG Julia Podcast. Worlds of Possibility celebrates human creativity and is not interested in AI assisted work. Submissions for Worlds of Possibility. Speculative poetry and fiction that is uplifting, happy, and/or hopeful. Poetry: Payment of $50.00USD for right to display the poem online with six months of exclusivity, and eventually (within two years of online publication) publish in an anthology. Fiction: 5,000 word maximum, no minimum. Worlds of Possibility loves flash and drabbles and other short short forms as well as short stories! Payment of $0.10USD / word for right to display the story online with six months of exclusivity, and eventually (within two years of online publication) publish in an anthology. Current window open until March 23rd. View the full guidelines for examples of what I have published in the past for this project. Currently Open to Submissions  New Submission Closes to Submissions on Friday, March 22, 2024 11:00 PM (America/Chicago) Via: Worlds of Possibility Moksha.

Deadline: March 29th, 2024 Payment: $15 USD and 4% royalties for 4 years Theme: Halloween themed horror story that takes place around a carnival Note: Female identifying authors only. This INCLUDES trans women and non-binary/gender fluid. The Sisterhood of the Black Pen is back at it again! Submissions are open for our next spicy Halloween horror anthology! This time, a carnival is home to our nightmares. Female identifying authors only. This INCLUDES trans women and non-binary/gender fluid. Submissions due by March 29th, 2024. Story Requirements -7k-10k words roughly. Give or take. -Majority of setting must take place in or around a carnival. -Carnival must be Halloween themed, or story must take place on Halloween day, or a Halloween world, or any variation of these things. -Must contain at least one spicy scene. Why submit a short horror story to us? -We pay $15 USD to each author chosen PLUS around 4% royalties (depending on our final story count) for 4 years. -Rights returned after 6 months of publication date. -We are NOT a publishing house. We are two indie authors who are women who want to help other women. (trans women and non-binary/gender fluid included) succeed in the indie author world. -Our second anthology Twisted Tales of Halloween Horror sold over 4,000 copies. It was voted Best Indie Horror Book 2023 (hosted by @catiereadsandwrites on IG) Hosted by readers, nominated by readers, voted on by readers! It holds over 4 stars on Goodreads and Amazon. -We handle everything from cover design to marketing and everything in between. BUT we communicate with authors during design and help create something we all love. Simultaneously, we walk authors through what we are doing and how we are doing it so that newer authors can learn the steps of indie publication. -Authors finalize their...