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Deadline: December 15th, 2023 Payment: $50 Theme: Fiction and creative nonfiction, as long if they are compressed in some way The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is looking for, as you might guess, "compressed creative arts." We accept fiction and creative nonfiction, as long if they are compressed in some way. Work is published weekly, without labels, and the labels here only exist to help us determine its best readers. For fiction & creative nonfiction prose (and we think of the prose poem as such), we have a word-count limit: 600. Please be sure to submit in the correct category; we've been receiving several fiction submissions in the creative nonfiction category. THIS IS THE FICTION CATEGORY. Also if you are writing prose poetry that is also FICTION, this is the category for you. Our response time is generally 1-5 days. Also, our acceptance rate is currently about 2% of submissions. We pay writers $50 per accepted piece and signed contract. The reading period is March 15 to June 15 & September 15 to December 15. If you've been previously published by the press, please wait a year until submitting again. Thanks. The  reader for your submission is, during this round of  submissions, the managing editor. Please be sure to submit in the correct category; we've been receiving several fiction submissions in the creative nonfiction category. We do not publish poetry that has line breaks, but we are thrilled to consider prose poetry without line breaks. For all submitters, we aren't as concerned with labels—hint fiction, prose poetry, micro fiction, flash fiction, and so on—as we are with what compression means to you. In other words, what form "compression" takes in each artist's work will be up to each individual. However, we don't publish erotica or work with strong, graphic sexual content. In short, we want to fall in love with your work. That might happen in the way we've fallen in love...

Deadline: December 15th, 2023 Payment: Fiction: 2¢ per word for original, 1¢ per word for reprints. Poetry: $20 per original poem and $10 for reprints. Artwork: $100 for issue cover art, $30 for back cover art, and $20 for art used on our site. Theme: Stories and poetry containing elements of science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, or dystopia. Note: Reprints Welcome Radon welcomes short stories and poetry containing elements of science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, or dystopia. ​ We publish quality work every January, May, and September. Submissions accepted year-round. Simultaneous subs are welcome. Reprints taken if writer has rights. AI submissions are not allowed. ​ We kindly request a third person bio that is 100-words or shorter in your cover letter.Author rights: For original work, Radon asks for first English digital rights and non-exclusive, indefinite archival rights. ​ Authors published in Radon cannot be accepted into the issue immediately following, but may submit after this period. ​ Our reading periods are: ​ January issue: Aug. 16 - Dec. 15 ​​ May issue: Dec. 16 - April 15 ​​ September issue: April 16 - Aug. 15 Prose We accept flash fiction and short story submissions up to 3,000 words. Radon pays a semi-professional rate of 2¢ per word for original work and 1¢ for reprints. ​ For quicker processing, please use a submission style similar to the modern manuscript format. We ask that you utilize single-spacing. Please note that we do not publish fantasy stories and are looking for work that includes leftist social commentary. Poetry Please submit up to five poems in a single Word document. There is no line limit. Radon pays a semi-professional rate of $20 per original poem and $10 for reprints.We request single-spaced formatting using a standard 12pt font such as Times New Roman, Calibri, or Lato. The poetry editor prefers free verse poems with...

Deadline: December 15th, 2023 Payment: $100-$300 Theme: BIPOC writers who live in or hail from rural or semi-rural locales and whose short stories feature characters living and/or working in rural or semi-rural spaces published between 2021-2022. EastOver Press is accepting previously published short stories for a forthcoming anthology. The stories should have been published in 2021 or 2022. The anthology will focus on BIPOC writers who live in or hail from rural or semi-rural locales (in the United States) and whose short stories feature characters living and/or working in rural or semi-rural spaces. In addition, we'll also accept work from BIPOC writers who've spent a significant amount of time in rural or semi-rural locales and whose work might reflect those spaces. Erika T. Wurth will serve as guest editor. Submissions should be no more than 25 pages or 7500 words and may include up to three submissions per author or five submissions per editor of a literary journal. Our payment to authors upon publication of the anthology is $100-$300. Send questions to [email protected]. Via: East Over Press.

Deadline: December 16th, 2023 Payment: £18.50 Theme: All Christmas/holiday-themes stories in any genre welcome as long as they're funny We are looking for stories between 1k-3k words in length. Please do not submit any works outside of this word range or poetry as they will not be considered or responded to. We will allow multiple/simultaneous submissions up to a maximum of two (please note this refers to stories submitted not emails). Please send all submissions via a word or image attachment, along with a short bio. The submission limit does not apply to cartoon subs. We will pay £18.50 per accepted story submission and £5.00 per accepted cartoon. We will pay £30.00 for our favourite short story. In the interest of fairness, this will be kept private between Humour Me and the winning writer. All payments to be made via PayPal 48 hours before issue release at the latest and on the condition that the writer has responded to the acceptance email with confirmation that they wish to proceed. Please note that we cannot guarantee feedback for rejected submissions and we will not respond to rejection follow up emails. Please send all queries and submissions to: [email protected] GENERAL SUBMISSION RULES   We are happy to accept all types of humour, from sharp satire to slapstick. While humour is subjective, we will not tolerate any form of bigotry or discrimination toward any ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality or disability. We cannot guarantee that we will respond to any submissions that do not adhere to the requirements listed above. We reserve the right to edit submissions for publication. We will not accept re-submissions. Via: Humour Me.

Deadline: December 16th, 2023 Payment: $35 and royalties Theme: Noir stories that take place near the beach. Bonus if a surfer or water-related person is a character. This book's predecessors, The Silver Waves of Summer, and The Dark Waves of Winter were huge successes, including The Dark Waves of Winter earning a perfect 5 Stars from Indie Reader. They were both well-reviewed in myriad publications, including Kirkus Reviews.   "A potent assemblage of briskly paced tales that will satisfy mystery and crime noir fans." - Kirkus Reviews. We are looking to build on our previous success.The Amber Waves of Winter is planned for publication in the fall of 2024. Pay is $35.00 dollars per accepted story and a share of royalties. You will be published next to some big names. We are looking for 10-12 short stories that adhere as closely as possible to the following guidelines: 1)  It must take place in a beach locale. 2) We are looking for noir/neo-noir. Crime, capers, detective stories, and mysteries are all a good fit. Literary stories work as well provided it contain the requisite subject matter. 3) We always appreciate a surfer or water-related person (life guards, sea captains, etc) as a character. 4)  Word count between 3k and 6K preferred. Via: Kelp Journal's Submittable.

Deadline: December 17th, 2023 Payment: 1p a word up to £50.00 and a contributors copy Theme: Science fiction stories published by British authors in 2023 Best of British Science Fiction 2023 is now open for submissions. We are seeking science fiction stories (not fantasy or any other flavour of genre in this instance) that were first published during 2023. Authors must be British, Irish, British-based or ex-pats. This is a reprint anthology, so we are not interested in seeing previously unpublished work on this occasion. There are no limits on word length, though stories over 10,000 words may prove to be a harder sell. Successful authors will receive payment of 1p a word up to £50.00 for the reprint rights. They will also receive contributors' copies of the completed book. Submissions should adhere to standard manuscript format, and should be sent as an attachment (doc, docx, or rtf). Please do not send PDFs or links to published work without an attached document in one of the formats mentioned. Please send only the final version of your work as published. Please note the following: 1. Where conventional speech punctuation applies, please use double quotes rather than single. 2. Where you wish a word to appear in italics, please present it in italics and DO NOT UNDERLINE. 3. Where the word ‘okay’ appears in your text, please present it as such rather than as ‘OK’. We receive a large number of stories so can afford to be selective. Please, therefore, send your very best work to series editor Donna Scott, who will once again be at the helm. Submissions to: [email protected] Submissions close at midnight, UK time, on Sunday December 17th, 2023. Via: NewCon Press.

Submission Window: November 1st - December 17th, 2023 Payment:£20 per accepted story Theme: Self-contained unpublished sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories of between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Fanatical is currently OPEN for submissions. We are looking for unpublished sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories of between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Please only submit one story at a time and don't submit if it's already submitted somewhere else. All stories should be self-contained, no "to be continued". Recurring characters across multiple stories will be considered, as long as each story is a solid read in its own right. If you've already been published in an issue of Fanatical you are free to submit again, but we may hold your submission over so as not to publish the same author in back to back issues. Fanatical will pay £20 per accepted story, paid upon publication. We pay via Paypal. Upon acceptance, authors retain rights to the story but we ask they don't publish/submit it anywhere else before it is published in Fanatical. These stories should be inspired by/based on tabletop games - roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames. Though Fanatical may take it's name from the concept of fan fiction, we're not looking to get sued here.   A story about an adventuring party consisting of a dwarf, an elf, a human and a halfling going into a dungeon to fight a dragon is fine. A story specifically set in a copyright protected world of Dungeons & Dragons, with reference to its locations and characters is not. A story about a genetically engineered super-soldier in power armour fighting aliens in the far future is fine. A story about a Space Marine fighting Xenos in the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000 is not. Rest assured the editors at Fanatical will work with you to ensure your stories meet our criteria in this regard.   Authors should be...

Deadline: December 17th, 2023 Payment: 9 cents per word Theme: Science-fiction, fantasy and horror, inspired by classic pulp magazines, starring LGBTQIA+ heroes and villains. IWTTO! is seeking classic pulp adventures centring non-traditionally masculine queer heroes and villains. If you’ve ever found yourself reading Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Robert E. Howard or Fritz Leiber, and just wanted it to be more sodding gay then this anthology is for you. Whether fantasy, science-fiction or horror, we want to prove that hetero himbos don’t hold a monopoly on giant swords. We want out and proud thrill-rides starring queers who don’t give a frack what society says. Smash systems, kiss boys, be gay do crime. Concept: Pulp-inspired science fiction, fantasy and horror that explores or subverts classic genre tropes through queer protagonists and villains, particularly those who are non-traditionally masculine. What we’re looking for: Stories that take full advantage of pulp excess (“more is more”), and that have queerness at their core. The Editors take a broad definition of queer and we want to see stories that speak to our own community. We love our LGBTQIA+ heroes AND villains, and are just as eager for queer rage blood baths as we are for Flash-Gordon-style space opera. Bring us your femboy starship captains, bring us to trans berserkers fuelled by queer rage, bring us your literal demon twinks. Most of all, bring us stories that make you shriek... “I Want That Twink OBLITERATED!” Guidelines: ● We are seeking original science fiction, fantasy and horror stories written in English. This is an inclusive LGBTQIA+ anthology from a queer press and we want stories that uphold that ethos. ● Instructions: All stories should be submitted through our online form as a .doc or .docx file. If for any reason you are unable to use a Google login...

Deadline: December 18th, 2023 Payment: $20 CAD Theme: Science Fiction & Fantasy stories with the theme of: Strange Clocks & Different Calendars. We are accepting submissions for our upcoming Funemployment Quarterly ‘Timeless Volume‘ of short fiction. The prompt for the upcoming anthology is: Strange Clocks & Different Calendars. Think the schism between Gregorian & Julian calendars, the attempt of the French revolution to start their own, the Soviet days of the week, what a calendar would look like if the elves lived millennia, how time would be kept on a space station in the void, internal & external clocks, circadian rhythms, hourglasses filled with enchanted grains, secret societies with secret timepieces, the subjectivity of a second, punching in, clocking out, we can’t wait to see what you & ourselves come up with… The submission deadline for the upcoming anthology is 11:59PM, Pacific Standard Time, on December 18th, 2023. Here are our rules/guidelines for submissions: Length should be one thousand to five thousand words. Broad canvas to paint on! We only accept previously unpublished stories, in English. All stories should be original. No fan fiction or tales set in existing fictional landscapes. Taste is subjective and the complete discretion of the editors. We’re very open-minded people, but nothing that’s going to require a scouring with brain bleach, please. Nothing that glorifies sexual assault, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, vortexes, any of that. There’s a difference between themes and glorification. You know what we’re talking about, cut it out. If you disagree, alt-f4, thx. Payment and Rights Accepted works shall be paid $20 in Canadian currency, through Paypal. If required, other payment methods can likely be arranged, just let us know. If accepted for publication, we purchase exclusive rights for first publication for both the internet and the anthology. These rights exist for...

Deadline: December 20th 2023 Payment: £100 plus a contributors copy Theme: This is an open call to writers of Horror and Weird fiction. We are now accepting submissions for our first collection of short stories, an anthology of Folk Horror tales.  Deadline for submissions is December 20th 2023.  Please submit your short story, with your name and the title of the story  (maximum 10,000 words) to our editor Victoria Sharpe at [email protected] as a word doc/or PDF file format Please include a covering letter with brief synopsis of the story,  and any relevant links /short biography. If the story has been previously published please forward details. ​ *If your story is selected for publication we will be in touch but unfortunately cannot offer criticism or guidance on individual submissions. We are a passionate micro-publishing press with a team of only three people. We produce high quality,  small, limited edition print runs. All authors of the stories selected via the open call will be paid a flat rate of £100 plus a contributors copy of the limited edition.  ​ Via: Nepenthe Press.