Taking Submissions: Best New Werewolf Tales Volume One
Best New Werewolf Tales Volume One DEADLINE: March 31st 2011 PAYMENT: 1 cent/word and contributor copy Reading Period: Submission period starts now and ends March 31st 2011. Word Count: Between 1,500 and 15,000 words. What we want: This is a reprint anthology for Books of the Dead Press. Werewolf stories only. If your story does not have a werewolf in it - or more than one werewolf in it - your story is not right for this anthology. We are looking for the best of the bunch. The year your story was released does not matter; whether or not it was previously released does. If you have a story that has not yet been published, but you have previously sold a story to Books of the Dead, feel free to send it. If you have never had a story published by Books of the Dead, query first. What we don’t want: Stories that do not have a werewolf, or have only been published on personal websites, blogs, etc. Payment: Authors receive 1¢ per word, plus one contributor copy of the book. Multiple Submissions: A maximum of two stories; please put both stories in the same email. Submission guidelines: Email your manuscript as a doc attachment (not docx) to BestHorror (AT) gmail.com. Preferred font: Garamond. Please double space, number your pages, and use standard manuscript formatting. Keep italics in italics. We claim non-exclusive electronic rights and print rights; the author maintains all other rights. Return time: As soon as possible, once the submission period has ended. Submissions are to be sent to: Besthorror at gmail.com
Taking Submissions: Technicolor Tentacles
Technicolor Tentacles The Library of Bizarro Horror is proud to announce it's second anthology 'Technicolor Tentacles'! What I'm looking for: Bizarro Horror! I want weird wild stories. I want strange and scary tales. I don't just recommend reading some bizarro (at least one of the three Bizarro Starter Kits or Houdini Gut Punch) before hand and checking out www.bizarrocentral.com but I insist on it. I'm giving everyone four months so there is plenty of time to read some great bizarro before you try writing some. I'm looking for a good variety of humor and horror and long as its strange and spooky. I will be looking for a few shorter (1.5K-2K) stories. But since I'm only looking for a few little ones if that's what you are subbing make it damn good. I want NOTHING under 1K, nothing. Please don't even ask. WORD COUNT: 4K-9K PAYMENT: 1cent p/word + 1 contributor copy DEADLINE: April, 20 2011 or when filled FORMAT: Times New Roman or Courier 12pt font, please. One press of the TAB to indent a new paragraph. Double-spaced. Italics should be italics NOT underlined, please. NO headers or footers except on first page .Please, please don't use any fancy formatting as it drives me absolutely nuts (eg extra space between paragraphs, colored “attention-grabbing” fonts, etc). Stories should be send as Word Docs or RTF only. I will not open zip files or PDFs, sorry. Send stories to [email protected] with your last name and story title in the subject line. I'll try to send you out an 'I got your story email' within a week, if you don't hear from me after a week try again. Thank you and I look forward to reading your stories!
Taking Submissions: It Lives!- Vol. One
It Lives!- Vol. One DEADLINE: April 20th, 2011 PAYMENT: Not Listed What Hath Mother Wrought? Theme: New Life, Birth and Rebirth Genres: Sci-Fi, Horror, Paranormal Style: Open Length: 2,000 ~ 7,500 words Submission Deadline: April 20th, 2011 Publication Date: May 30th, 2011 I want really strong, emotionally-charged, character-driven stories that focus on the creation, birth or rebirth of something wonderful, horrible or positively weird. For this one, I prefer stories that take place in the future, leaning more towards the science-fiction side of the house. However, if it's a really good story, I'm always willing to bend the rules. Cross-genre is ALWAYS encouraged. To submit e-mail: [email protected]
Taking Submissions: Zombie Zak’s House of Pain : Tales of Dark Horror
Zombie Zak's House of Pain : Tales of Dark Horror Edited by Zombie Zak and Bill Tucker Seeking previously unpublished contemporary creative tales of dark horror/dark fiction to fill up the House of Pain Not seeking zombie stories The details: Word count is 3k to 7k No headers or page numbers Single spaced – otherwise follow the Shunn rules Please put your name, address, email, phone number and approximate word count on the title page. No multiple or simultaneous submissions please All submissions must be received on or before April 30, 2011 Send submissions to [email protected] Payment is 1 cent per word and 1 contributor copy.
Taking Submissions: The Undead That Saved Christmas Vol. 2
The Undead That Saved Christmas Vol. 2 If you have been keeping up to date with the Facebook fan page at http://www.TinyURL.com/UndeadChristmasFB then you will know that book one has been delayed more times then I would have liked. Most of the delays were because of the time restrictions I had. Submissions closed on Aug. 20 and my target release date was for Oct. 1. That was not enough time for me to edit all of the stories, get all of the artists together, put the book together and many other things. That’s why I decided to get a head start on next year’s books. The release date will be September 1, 2011 and I will not delay it for any reason. If you submit a story early please expect to hear back from me in March. The Undead That Saved Christmas Vol. 2 Edited and Compiled by Lyle Perez-Tinics & Eloise Knapp Deadline: May 1, 2011 (or until full) Target release date: September 1, 2011 Send submissions to [email protected] with “TUTSC2 Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a word document file containing your story. Please use Book Antiqua, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. The Undead That Saved Christmas is a charity anthology of short stories, comics and poems. Net proceeds from the book will help provide Christmas presents for foster kids at Hugs Foster Family Agency (http://www.HugsFFA.org/) I am seeking Christmas/zombie themed short stories ranging from 2,500 –...
Taking Submissions: The Undead That Saved Christmas: Vampire Edition
The Undead That Saved Christmas: Vampire Edition Edited and Compiled by Lyle Perez-Tinics & Joe Filippone Deadline: May 1, 2011 (or until full) Target release date: September 1, 2011 Send submissions to [email protected] with “VampTUTSC Submission (story title and author name)” in subject line. Please attach a word document file containing your story. Please use Book Antiqua, size 10 font and please DO NOT double space or use headers or page counts. Page one of the file must contain your contact information (name, mailing address, E-mail and word count) If any of these items are missing from your document, I will reject right away. If this information is there, it makes it easier for me to contact you. The Undead That Saved Christmas Vampire Edition is a charity anthology of short stories, comics and poems. Net proceeds from the book will help provide Christmas presents for foster kids at Hugs Foster Family Agency (http://www.HugsFFA.org/) I am seeking Christmas/vampire themed short stories ranging from 2,500 – 7,500 words. The stories should have strong holiday themes and must contain Vampire. This is nothing toward Twilight, but no sparkling or romantic vampires. I want these creatures to be evil and nasty. Please be creative and as gruesome as you’d like. Even though this book is to help children, its target readers are adults. Original stories only, please no reprints. Multiple submissions are fine up to three stories. Only one story per author will make it in. For comic submissions please have your contact information in the body of the email. The comic script must be illustrated by your artist (or yourself) prior to submitting. Comics can be any length, but must contain Christmas and vampires. All images must be 300DPI and at least 6x9. I will adjust size as needed. Keep all text...
Taking Submissions: The ePocalypse: e-mails at the end CONTEST
The ePocalypse: e-mails at the end DEADLINE: May 6th 2011 PAYMENT: Editor's Choice: $150, Contributor's Choice: $100, Runner's Up: $50.00, Ten free contributor's copies for other runner ups The ePocalypse: e-mails at the end Compiled by Jessy Marie Roberts CLICK TO SUBMIT (VIA OUR ONLINE SUBMISSIONS MANAGER) SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 6 MAY 2011 The world is ending. Humanity is on the brink of extinction. Read the electronic communications of Earth’s last survivors… What are we looking for? The ePocalypse will feature apocalyptic collaborative stories told/narrated exclusively through e-mail. Each story MUST have 2 or more collaborating authors. All e-mails must take place as the world as we know it is ending… earthquakes, floods, virus/disease, meteors, aliens, etc. We’re not really looking for zombie stories, though we will consider them if unique to the apocalyptic genre. About the contest… Editor’s Choice Award: $150.00 (split between teammates) The Editor’s Choice Award will be picked by the editor/compiler of the anthology; decision will be at her sole discretion Contributor’s Choice Award: $100.00 (split between teammates) The Contributor’s Choice Award will be picked by the contributing authors of the anthology. When the anthology is compiled, copyedited and typeset, we will send out an interior proof to the authors to check their stories for last minute copyediting/formatting errors. At this time, contributing authors have the option to read through the other stories and vote for their favorite story. Authors can’t vote for their own story, and each contributing author can only vote once. No contributing author is required to vote, but all authors who do are entered into a “consolation drawing” for a free copy of the anthology. Contributor’s Choice Runner-Up Award: $50.00 (split between teammates) The team with the second highest Contributor’s Choice Award votes will win the Contributor’s Choice Runner-Up Award. Consolation Drawing: Every...
Taking Submissions: Code Z
Code Z DEADLINE: May 13th, 2011 PAYMENT: 1 Writer's Copy Of Anthology Working Title: CODE Z – An Undead Hospital Anthology Publisher: KnightWatch Press Release Date: TBA We all know many of the best Zombie flicks and books make their start in or around a hospital but they soon leave the confines of the medical building and start to lay waste to the world but what happens in those first few hours. Now we can find out. " CODE Z – An Undead Hospital Anthology " is a horror anthology with an undead theme. Tales of life excitement and of course the undead. Each story will be a unique and new. What happened in those few precious hours before the plague of the dead left the hospital? What we want: We are looking for short fiction horror stories between 4,000 and 7,000 words pertaining to the ‘Undead Hospital’ theme of the book. Any plot that is horror themed and involving the undead hospital is acceptable except for sexual content including but not limited to rape, and sexual torture of any kind. Remember the undead take many guises but be aware the title of the book is code Z (there’s the clue) What rights do we want? First publishing rights, the right to use the story for as long as there is demand for the book, the right to edit each story for any missed grammatical errors, and the right to use parts of the book and the author's name for promotion. You will keep all other rights and can republish the story anytime you choose. What you get: All authors will receive a copy of the book as payment. How your stories should be sent: All entries MUST be a .doc file. Emails with submissions sent in any other format...
Taking Submissions: Four in the Hole
Four in the Hole DEADLINE: May 15th 2011 PAYMENT: $75.00 A new anthology is opened. We are accepting submission for a new anthology titled “Four in the Hole”. We are looking for either zombies or vampires take your pick. Any storyline and any idea. The catch is that there will only be 4 stories selected for this anthology. Deadline for this will be May 15, 2011 and will be released in September 2011. The select 4 will receive a contributors copy, $75.00 each, and a bonus to be determined upon reviewing the winning submissions. The story must be between 15,000 and 25,000 words and should be emailed to [email protected] attached as a .doc (preferred) or .rtf with the title in the subject line. Please send in your submissions using 12 font Times New Roman, double spaced, justified. The title page should contain your contact info and word count.
Taking Submissions: Undead of Winter
Undead of Winter DEADLINE: May 15th, 2011 PAYMENT: $3 per story with more if enough books are sold Horror eBook anthology - Extreme Undead: Undead of Winter Reading period will be April 1st 2011 - May 15th 2011 Stories submitted before the reading date or after the reading dates will be returned unread, NO EXCEPTIONS! What the theme will be - Extreme Zombie short stories... we're looking for short stories set in winter... we don't care how the Zombie Apocalypse began or ends, we want survival stories set during... we're looking for extreme stories, extreme violence, extreme sexual situations, extreme zombies... 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 "Extreme Undead" 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...
