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Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $.05/word advance + royalties. Vernacular Books is pleased to announce we are currently accepting submissions for our anthology The Way of the Laser: Future Crime stories. What we’re looking for:  Crime stories that take place in the future. Preferably these stories will go beyond simple murders or capers to reveal something about how technology and the powers that wield it have changed our world. Is poisoning the nanobots responsible for programming the ads in your neural feed a crime? Is organized crime society’s only hope or responsible for its downfall? Consider what will constitute a crime and what unique problems it poses for your characters. Keep in mind what is criminal behavior one day may be legal the next and vice versa. We want to see people caught up in the pitfalls of society ruled by corporations, ideologies, and demagogues and what lengths people will go to when there simply is no other choice. Wow us with your original idea and blow us away with your writing. Length: 4,000-8,000 words Payment: $.05/word advance + royalties. Rights: World English in print, digital, and audio, exclusive for five years. Deadline: January 1, 2020/TBD Send submissions to vernacularbookssubmissions at gmail dot com. Via: Vernacular Books.

Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $50 CAD and a contributors copy Submissions Guidelines for Resiliency Limited Demographic The Resiliency project is open only to Canadian residents, citizens, or landed immigrants and asylum seekers. Canadian citizens living abroad are also eligible to submit. We will accept submissions in French as well as Indigenous or First Nations languages if an English translation can be provided. The project is funded by Calgary Arts Development and was awarded to The Selkie Collective. The Selkie is committed to working with marginalised and/or underrepresented voices and will only consider work by/concerned with: individuals identifying as women or non-binary; people of colour; minorities in predominantly white nations; refugees and first-generation immigrants; LGBTQIA+ and two-spirit communities; those living with mental illness, or physical or other disabilities; those persecuted for their political or religious beliefs; victims of violence, or domestic or sexual abuse; and those without access to higher education degrees, living below the poverty line, or who are/have been homeless or incarcerated. Theme The theme for the anthology is resiliency. The theme evokes recovery, what happens after profound change and upheaval, and how we carry on. The theme can be interpreted in any way you choose and artistic work does not have to be specifically set in Canada or feature Canadian symbols or themes. We accept all genres that fall under fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and submissions are open to writers of all ages. Compensation and Rights Successful contributors will be paid $50 CAD and will receive one physical copy of the anthology ($15 value). Simultaneous submissions are accepted but previously published material is not considered. For each selected story, we ask for exclusive first world English anthology rights in all print and electronic forms, and in all editions of the book. This means that the The Selkie Publications CIC...

Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $20 Ultrablack will be publishing a collection of short stories based on the prompt below. We will publish in Ebook and Paperback format. Writers will be compensated with a copy and given a bonus of $20 for accepted submissions (PayPal, Cashapp, Venmo) More details will follow if we chose your story. TITLE: “ULTRABLACK: the beasts” PROMPT: Short stories about original creatures. OUR SOFT SPOTS: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Realism, Gothic, Horror NOT ALLOWED: Furry, Fan Fic, Boring, Plagiarized Work, Unoriginal Creatures (Dragons, Werewolves, Big Foot) FORMAT: 12 Point Font New Times Roman Double Spaced 2,500 - 5,000 Words HOW TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: (( EMAIL, SUBMITTABLE, or DUOTROPE)) All Emails must have this format. SUBJECT Author Name and Title BODY Story Name Word Count Age Social Media or Website Author Bio or Notes/Comments Doc/ Docx or PDF Attachment ((NO LINKS)) Email to [email protected] DEADLINE - JAN 1 2020 RIGHTS - Non-exclusive SUBMIT Email Via: Ultrablack.

Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Payment: $10 and a contributors copy This is the sequel to the first anthology Fantasia Diviniy ever released. Like the first book, we are looking for steamy stories, perferably with a fantasy or paranormal twist. For erotica and erotic romance. No necrofilia please (vampires and werewolves in human form are fine). No poetry. SPECIAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT: For this anthology, there is a requirement to submit. In order to submit you must have either had a story accepted and published by us in 2019, or have featured in volume 1.  If we receive a submission that doesn't meet the requirement, it will be returned. You will be allowed to resubmit your story once the requirement has been met. ​​Word Count: 5,000-15,000 (Please ask us before submitting a story that is over this.) Submission Deadline: January 1st, 2020 Response Time:  30 days from close of submission deadline. Compensation: $10, 1 Print Copy, 1 ebook Copy, Discounted Hardcover Reprints: No Multiple: If your story is rejected you may submit another one before the deadline. Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, but you must inform us as soon as it is accepted elsewhere. Estimated Release: November 2020 THIS ANTHOLOGY HAS VERY LIMITED SPOTS! ONLY 10 WILL BE SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION. Submission Guidelines Submissions and questions about submissions are to be sent to: [email protected]​ The subject line of your email must read: EVER DREAM SUBMISSION: In the body of your email, please include: your name, pen name (if applicable), author bio (written in third person), and word count. You will receive an automated message when your email is received. We respond to every submission, even rejections, so if you don't receive a response by the end of the deadline, please email us again. Via: Fantasia Divinity Magazine.

Deadline: January 5th, 2020 Payment: $10 Current theme: Misfortuneget Deadline: January 5th, 2020 We welcome submissions from both emerging and established writers. All work should be submitted via email to [email protected]. Submissions should be in standard manuscript format and include word count. Haphazardly formatted manuscripts will not be considered. Fiction submissions Please read our full guidelines here. ​ Language: English ​ Genres: Horror, any variant ​ Compensation: We are a privately funded, small-press magazine. For now, flat rate upon acceptance is $10.00 US dollars ​ Rights: Novel Noctule is granted exclusive, first rights to the submitted work upon acceptance for a period of six months. Exceptions require written permission from the publisher. Rights include worldwide audio and printing. After the six month period, the author is free to distribute the work as they see fit. Archival and re-publishing rights are maintained  indefinitely by the magazine on a non-exclusive basis. ​ No unsolicited reprints. ​ Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please notify us upon acceptance elsewhere. Poetry & Art submissions Poetry and art submissions relating to the current theme are accepted on a rolling basis. Please be advised that these are compensated at the standard flat rate. Via: Novel Noctule

Deadline: January 6th, 2019 Payment: $0.02/word or $25/story, whichever is greater. Genre: Dark Fantasy, Supernatural, Eerie Horror Deadline: January 6, 2020 Release Date: March 19, 2020 Word Count: * Flash Fiction (500-1,500 words) * Short Stories (3,000-8,000 words) * Novella (12,000-25,000 words) Pay: $0.02/word or $25/story, whichever is greater. Wanted: Seeking stories that explore the darker side of speculative fiction. We want stories that are scary or disturbing or upsetting, or that wouldn’t be out of place in a collection of Gothic prose or Grimm folktales or dark contemporary fantasy or a dark forest as night comes on … While horror is the name of the game, this anthology is for those stories that might not hit all of the tropes, but still leave us unsettled when the night settles in. Submission Guidelines Send all submissions to: [email protected], addressed to the Editor, Rachel A. Brune. Follow submission guidelines and use the Crone Girls Press Style Guide to format your manuscript before submitting. Please. If you have any questions, a good place to get a feel for who we are is the Crone Girls Press Facebook Group. Come on in. We won’t bite. Most of us won’t, anyway. Each anthology will be anchored by one novella, with a mix of short stories and flash fiction. I am primarily looking for short stories to make up the bulk of each anthology, but don’t let that discourage you from submitting. Reprints and simultaneous submissions are absolutely welcome! If it is a reprint, please be prepared to let us know where it was previously published so we can include that correctly in the anthology. If it is accepted elsewhere, congrats! (But please, let us know.) One note about diverse protagonists (and characters in general): I find as a writer, sometimes it helps for the anthology call to...

Deadline: January 7th, 2020 Payment: .04 per word Folk Horror continues to stalk sunlit fields and shadowed groves with its grafting of the mundane and the sublime. The pervasive themes of isolation, paranoia, depravity, loss of individuality, and rustic madness captivate and terrify audiences. Nosetouch Press is pleased to conjure up FIENDS IN THE FURROWS II: More Tales of Folk Horror, a call for submissions for Folk Horror from around the world—from Britain and Ireland, to continental Europe, to North and South America, Africa, and Asia. We encourage writers to continue to explore the wilderness of Folk Horror, while honoring the elemental essence of this subgenre’s tangled, grasping roots. SEND YOUR BEST ORIGINAL FOLK HORROR STORIES OF 4,000 TO 8,000 WORDS. SUBMISSIONS THAT ARE CHOSEN WILL BE PAID $.04 A WORD. NO POEMS OR REPRINTS, PLEASE. Email entries to [email protected] .doc or .rtf format • Please state “FIENDS 2” in the subject line. SUBMISSION PERIOD: NOVEMBER 1, 2019–JANUARY 7, 2020 Via: Nose Touch Press.

Deadline: January 10th, 2020 Payment: 2 cents per word Horror Magazine Breaking Rules Publishing's Online And Hard Copy Magazine Comes Out Monthly. The submission level has been high - the next submission deadline date for the Horror Magazine is January 10, 2020. Send your submissions to [email protected]. The Scribe, Triangle Writers and Horror - are 100 - 125 page magazines that feature articles and tools to assist in the success of the writers and readers that subscribe. It also offers writers, published authors and young writers the opportunity to share their work, promote their novels, short stories or poetry. To submit your short story or poems to The Scribe - please email us at [email protected]. The submission deadline for ALL Magazines will always be the 10th of the prior month. Send all of your submissions to [email protected]. Submission Guidelines can be found under the "Guidelines" tab. *If your short story is accepted for publication in any issue of any of our magazines, you may be asked for an Author Byline and a piece of artwork such as a picture that compliments your story. Authors Submitting Articles -  Articles submitted by writers for our magazines will be unpaid. Writers submitting articles will however be given a full page authors promo package for their compensation. Please see the packages below. Via: Breaking Rules Publishing.

Deadline: January 10th, 2020 Payment: Contributor's Copy Thurston Howl Publications is now accepting submissions for its furry anthology, BENEATH THE SUIT. Deadline: Jan 10, 2020 Editor: Cedric G! Bacon Word count: 2,500-8,000; a little above and a little below will be acceptable What makes characters like Michael Myers, Jason, and Jigsaw terrifying? They all wear these uncanny masks. We rarely see the face beneath the mask. When they stand still, and their face follows you, it's creepy in ways that Freddy or the Werewolf can't pull off. Imagine ways that fursuiters and pup-players can do the same thing. This is a horror collection all about fursuits and pup hoods. It is perfectly fine but not required if submissions are NSFW. We are honestly expecting horror here, gritty, gory, and maybe even a little sexy. However, again, adult stories are by no means required for acceptance. Stories do not have to be set in a world that is "furry," but it's fine if they are! We will NOT accept: Racism, sexism, or discrimination presented in a positive light. Pedophilia or sex with characters under the age of 18 presented in a positive light. Rape, torture, dubious consent, forced seduction presented in a positive light. Snuff or Necrophilia presented in a positive light If you are in doubt, ASK. Better to ask then to get a straight up rejection! If you are unsure, just shoot me an email at [email protected]. (restrictions borrowed from Voice: https://t.co/MWykJ6RY36) You can submit up to three stories, but we will only accept one per author (if any). Reprints are fine, but you have to own full permission of the work in order for us to consider it. We will not accept simultaneous submissions. Payment: Authors will receive a free copy of the print book. Send submissions in .doc or .docx...

Current theme: BLACK & GREY All of us here at GST like tattoos; we have many. There is something about the process, the pain, the permanency that appeals to us (and many others I'm sure). For this collection, we would like your stories to do with tattoos or tattooing. Does your main character have them? Are they a tattooist? Is there something about a particular tattoo that is so unusual, special or strange that it just must be written about? Colp is for everyone and therefore we are willing to read stories that fall into any genre. So, no matter whether your story is a horror, adventure, romance, sci-fi or historical fiction piece, please send it on through. Be original. We also encourage new and unpublished writers to take the leap and get in touch. Please ensure that you read through the general guidelines below and format your submission accordingly. If you have any specific questions please contact us using the form on the home page or via the listed social media accounts. To help make sure that your submission gets to the correct place, please include the following in the subject line of your email: Colp - B&G - Story Title. Word count: 1000 - 2500 words Deadline: January 11 2020 Payment: AU$5.00