Taking Submissions: Wily Writers Podcast: Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic
Wily Writers Podcast: Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic Deadline: October 31st 2011 Payment: $50 Stories must fit the "young adult post-apocalyptic" theme. The Wily Writers site publishes two short stories per month in both audio and text formats. We host celebrity editors who choose the stories along with head editor Angel Leigh McCoy. We publish only short fiction that falls under the genre umbrella of speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal romance/mystery/adventure. Every month, we have a different theme to follow, as listed below. We’re also going to be spotlighting a few writers organizations around the globe. We’re doing this because we believe strongly that writers organizations play a primary role in the support and success of up-and-coming writers. They provide networking and knowledge, the two most valuable treasures a writer can receive. If you’re not a member of a writers organization, then you may want to consider joining one, so that you have access to all the wonderful writing resources these organizations provide. Submissions need to follow the guidelines listed below. IMPORTANT: Name your file so that it makes sense. An impressive filename for a fiction submission is: (lastname)-(word from title).RTF Word count: 1000 – 5000 (Firm. Do not query). Use standard manuscript formatting. (more info) No simultaneous submissions to other publishers. Multiple submissions okay, but only one story per theme or organization. Story must have a speculative fiction element. Gore, sex, and adult language okay, but make sure it improves the story. We do not edit, so make sure you use good grammar, have double-checked the punctuation, and have done a spell-check. We prefer Chicago Manual of Style rules, and we will reject it if it’s a mess, even if it’s an amazing story. We will accept reprints. Make double sure that the rights have reverted to you....
Taking Submissions: Satan’s Toybox: Toy Soldiers
Satan’s Toybox: Toy Soldiers Deadline: October 31st 2011 Payment: Exposure Only We are looking for truly frightening tales of toy soldiers come to life. Think tin soldiers, green plastic army men, GI Joe or any number of other soldier toys. We want stories that chill and thrill. Stories should be 3,000 to 10,000 words in length, dark fiction themed and should include toy soldiers. Please see our submission guidelines for formatting. Submissions will be accepted from October 1st to October 31st. Scheduled release date for anthology is December 15- just in time for Christmas!
Taking Submissions: Damnation And Dames
Damnation And Dames Deadline: November 1st, 2011. Payment: 2 copies of anthology and Aus 2 cents/word (GST inc., maximum payment $150) on publication. Damnation & Dames edited by Amanda Pillar and Liz Grzyb We are looking for stories which show the paranormal and noir crime worlds colliding. You might find werewolf femme fatales, vampire hardboiled detectives, alcoholic psychic journalists, zombie bankrobbers, ghostly gendarmes, demonic insurance salesmen, down-on-their-luck djinns, double-crossing mummies, or even fae with a love for red herrings. The anthology will be published by Ticonderoga Publications in 2012. Submission guidelines: Send us your best paranormal noir stories. Story length 1,000 to 7,500 words. (Longer stories may be accepted, although payment is capped at 7,500). Original stories only: no reprints, multiple, or simultaneous submissions. Stories may be submitted via email at [email protected] Manuscript format: double spaced, large margins, sensible font, Australian English spelling. The editors reserve the right to use their discretion in selecting stories. Deadline: 1st November, 2011. Payment: 2 copies of anthology and Aus 2 cents/word (GST inc., maximum payment $150) on publication.
Taking Submissions: Behind Locked Doors
Behind Locked Doors Deadline: November 7th, 2011 Payment: $5.00 flat rate. $1.00 extra for every 1,000 words over 5,000. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 7, 2011 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: General horror. Here is a place for all your short stories that are wonderful but haven’t found a home in a specialized anthology. This is a collection of stories to be enjoyed by everyone, please keep excessive cussing and sex out unless integral to your character. Email submissions to: [email protected] Word count is 2,000-6,000 Only accepting UNPUBLISHED work Payment will be $5.00 flat rate. $1.00 extra for every 1,000 words over 5,000. How To Submit: Please put the title of the story, and word count, in the subject line of your email. send to: [email protected] Submissions should: Already be self edited In .rtf format. No spaces between paragraphs Single space after sentences “Double quotations” for conversation No hard returns No headers/footers Use italics NOT underline No hidden formatting Font in Georgia or New Times Roman Submissions pasted in the body of email will be rejected, unread. Questions about this anthologies? Email : [email protected].
Taking Submissions: So Long and Thanks for All the Brains: A Zombie Anthology
DEADLINE: November 15th 2011 PAYMENT: Exposure Mail submissions to: [email protected] Please put the title of your story, your first and last name, and the word count in the subject line of your email. “So Long and Thanks for All the Brains” is a Living Dead-themed anthology. All genres of horror will be considered. Dark, disturbing, suspenseful, supernatural, gruesome, and gory are welcome. Bring out your undead! Romero-style is always great, but send us anything you think people will want to read: intelligent zombies, running zombies, zombie animals, whatever. In fact, the more unique, the more likely your story will get the star treatment… Well, a least it will get into the book! We will consider stories approximately 1000 words - 8000 words. We're leaving such a wide open word range to encourage writers to write a story until it is finished without padding your submissions with irrelevant details or chopping out important information to stay below a word maximum. Keep the story as tight, exciting and action-packed as possible. In order to satisfy those who enjoy a “quickie” horror fix, we will be accepting a limited number of flash fiction (i.e. 500 words or less) stories. There will be no payment for this anthology. The only compensation is exposure and the joy of being a published writer. While multiple submissions are allowed, please don’t send in simultaneous submissions or reprints. DEADLINE: The deadline for this anthology is November 15th, 2011. Expected response time is under one month after the undeadline has passed. Please don't query about the status of your submission until 30 days have passed. The projected release date will be January 2012. So you're ready to submit your story to Dead Avenue Press. We look forward to reading your work, but ask that you take a couple of...
Taking Submissions: So Long and Thanks for All the Brains
So Long and Thanks for All the Brains Deadline: November 15th, 2011 Payment: Exposure Only Email submissions to: [email protected] Please put the title of your story, your first and last name, and the word count in the subject line of your email. “So Long and Thanks for All the Brains” is a Living Dead-themed anthology. All genres of horror will be considered. Dark, disturbing, suspenseful, supernatural, gruesome, and gory are welcome. Bring out your undead! Romero-style is always great, but send us anything you think people will want to read: intelligent zombies, running zombies, zombie animals, whatever. In fact, the more unique, the more likely your story will get the star treatment… Well, a least it will get into the book! We will consider stories approximately 1000 words - 8000 words. We're leaving such a wide open word range to encourage writers to write a story until it is finished without padding your submissions with irrelevant details or chopping out important information to stay below a word maximum. Keep the story as tight, exciting and action-packed as possible. In order to satisfy those who enjoy a “quickie” horror fix, we will be accepting a limited number of flash fiction (i.e. 500 words or less) stories. There will be no payment for this anthology. The only compensation is exposure and the joy of being a published writer. While multiple submissions are allowed, please don’t send in simultaneous submissions or reprints. DEADLINE: The deadline for this anthology is November 15th, 2011. Expected response time is under one month after the undeadline has passed. Please don't query about the status of your submission until 30 days have passed. The projected release date will be January 2012. So you're ready to submit your story to Dead Avenue Press. We look forward to reading your...
The Glass Woman Prize – Ghost Story Contest
The Glass Woman Prize - Ghost Story Contest Contest - Female Authors Only Deadline: November 18th, 2011 Payment: $100 to the winner An EXTRAORDINARY call for ghost stories with November 18, 2011 DEADline: An anonymous flesh and blood patron of the arts has offered a $100 prize for a ghost story written by a woman. Here is what she writes: Ghosts are with us all year round and in this season of mists they call for particular attention. I leave the definition of “ghost story” up to the author and look forward to the many embodiments and disembodiments of this theme. Preferred length 1000 to 3000 words, but stories of any length may be submitted. Unlike the current restricted submissions for the regular Glass Woman Prize, this ghost story prize call for submissions is open to all women writing in English. Please send your submission by email to [email protected] and--very important!--put "Ghost Story" in the subject line; paste your story into the body of an email (i.e. no attachments). One submission per author. Simultaneous submissions and previously published stories are okay, but please mention that in your submission. The winning story will be offered non-obligatory publication on the Glass Woman Prize page. There is no reading fee.
Taking Submissions: State of Horror: North Carolina
State of Horror: North Carolina Deadline: November 30th, 2011 Payment: $3/copy and residuals Reading period will be October 15th 2011 - November 30th 2011 Stories submitted before the reading date or after the reading dates will be returned unread, NO EXCEPTIONS! What the next theme will be - Horror Stories set in North Carolina Length and submission... We are looking for tales in the 2,500-7,500 word range. Nothing more, nothing less. We will return (unread) anything not within these guidelines. You can submit a story as either an attachment to the e-mail address in Word or in the body of an e-mail. We do NOT accept snail mail. Please put "State of Horror: North Carolina" in the subject of the e-mail and give a word count in the e-mail itself, even if the story also has it listed. Our reading time is usually 10-12 weeks NO multiple submissions, NO exceptions. Reprints accepted. Payment info... We pay $3.00* for each story accepted via PayPal. That's it. We are a brand new eBook-only publisher looking to get the name out there and get some quality releases under our belts without making the mistake of so many other small-press publishers and overdoing it in the beginning. We pay everyone once the anthology has been officially filled and proofed. If this is acceptable, kindly submit to us. * Our eBooks will generally sell for $2.99... we offer the $3.00 flat rate, but an author can earn royalties after each 150 eBooks sold as follows: ~ 1-149 eBooks sold = $3.00 flat advance ~ 150-300 eBooks sold = an additional $3.00 per author ~ 301-450 eBooks sold = an additional $3.00 per author ~ 451-600 eBooks sold = You get the idea... ADDITIONALLY, we will be publishing a PRINT version as well, and for every...
Taking Submissions: Bronie
Bronie Deadline: November 30th 2011 Payment: $10 Per Accepted Story Kazka Press is currently seeking submissions for an anthology of short stories on the following topic (this is not the flash fiction anthology): It all started as an innocent Twitter-sation. Lauren noted that “A pony is better than a unicorn because he doesn’t know how cute he is! Unicorns are all glitter and sass. Very pompous.” Fine. No problem. But then she wrote, “I think we have room for at least 500 more pony stories in the f&sf genre.” And anyone who has read Kij Johnson’s Nebula winning short story “Ponies” at Tor knows this to be true. However, quickly the Twitter-sation moved from ponies, innocent and sweet, to bronies (Google it), to which Kazka Press founder L. Lambert Lawson replied, “I’ll make bronies the subject of my October story.” To which Kij Johnson replied, “Dare you. Double dare you.” Now, one does not take a dare from as wonderful a writer as Kij Johnson lightly. In fact, one responds to such a challenge with doughty resolve. But then she upped the ante when she tweeted, “There should be a bronies anthology.” And, hence, the reason you are here. You want to be a part of that anthology–I can see it in your quivering IP address. So, without further ado: What: Kazka Press is soliciting submissions for an ebook anthology of bronie themed stories set in a speculative fiction setting. Specifically, a bronie is a man who likes to watch My Little Pony. However, we’re going to define bronie for the sake of this anthology as “a man who likes ponies.” Oh, and we’re going to allow some leeway with how you define “man” as well. For example, it doesn’t have to be a man at all. It could be,...
Taking Submissions: The Darkleian Times Vol.1
The Darkleian Times Vol.1 Deadline: November 30th, 2011 Payment: No advance. Shared royalties on sales. Announcing the Darkleian Times anthology ezine volume 1 - Tales of speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy and horror that blur the boundaries of what is and what isn’t. There’s not enough great speculative fiction. There can never be enough. Hence, the Darkleian Times - an independent quarterly (at least) e-zine of crackingly good speculative fiction. We are looking for speculative short fiction up to about 5000 words for inclusion in the first issue. If this goes well, there will be a second. And a third. And so on….. Here’s the theme for volume 1, your brief if you like: Imagine a world in which everything and everyone is monitored…. That’s it. Best imaginationing hats on. The details: Publication Date: 15th December 2011 (or thereabouts) Publication format : eBook, generated and distributed through Smashwords Word Length : Short fiction 2000 to 5000 words. Guidelines: Short works of speculative fiction containing some or more elements or sensibilities of science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, alternate history, folklore, and/or related ‘nonrealist’ genres and subgenres. No, I’m not sure what this all means either. I’m not overly keen on excessive adult content, or graphic violence. Not that I’m a prude – it just limits your market, man! Also, sword and sorcery fantasy (unless served up with a side-dish of pure ‘speculative fiction’ twist) probably isn’t going to find a place here. Rules: No reprints. Original, unpublished fiction only. No simultaneous submissions. Payment : No advance. Shared royalties on sales. Rights : First rights, electronic. Submit: .doc or .rtf files only please. Deadline for submission: 30th November 2011 Go to it. Email submissions and/or questions to [email protected]. I’ll try and respond to each and every submission within 3 days.
