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Submission Window: September 1st - 7th, 2023 Payment: Drabbles and Flash - £5, Short Stories 1001 to 4000 words - £10, Short Stories 4001 to 8000 words - £15 Theme: All genres, styles and themes will be considered Note: Only publishes creators from under represented and/or marginalized communities. WE ONLY PUBLISH CREATORS FROM UNDER REPRESENTED AND/OR MARGINALISED BACKGROUNDS AND/OR COMMUNITIES We don't ask for any proof, we take this on trust with the expectation that anyone not from a marginalised background or underrepresented community wouldn't take up the space of someone who is. We ask you to consider this before submitting. QUARTERLY ONLINE ANTHOLOGY: BRIEF We’re looking for stories you’ve poured your soul into but haven’t been able to find the right home for. We’re looking for stories that make us feel something. Warmth, love, melancholy, rage. We want it all.  All genres, styles and themes will be considered and we especially love stories that are outside the box in their telling. Ambiguous endings? Non-linear storytelling? Antagonist’s point-of-view? A story told in just one scene? We love it all. ​ SUBMISSIONS: CLOSEDPLEAE NOTE: We will close submissions early if our cut off point is reachedQuarterly Online Anthology Submission Schedule: September 1st - 7th (Winter Issue) or until we reach 70 submissions December 1st - 7th (Spring Issue) or until we reach 70 submissions March 1st - 7th (Summer Issue) or until we reach 70 submissions June 1st - 7th (Autumn Issue) or until we reach 70 submissions ​ we do not have set issue themes but feel free to be inspired by the season, seasonal occasions and events. We are unlikely to publish stories with seasonal events out of season - for example a story set in the Winter isn't likely to make it into our Summer issue even if we adore it. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES -...

Submission Window: September 1st - 8th, 2023 Payment: 4 cents (CAD) per word, up to a maximum of $350 (CAD) per story. Theme: SF-tinged literary fiction stories and novelettes Note: Apologies for the short notice, hopefully you have something laying around, we were just notified of this market. What We Want Science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction stories and novelettes ranging anywhere from 2,000 to 15,000 words. Although any science fiction subgenre is fair game, our tastes lean towards slipstream, cyberpunk, post-apocalypse, and anything with a little taste of the bizarre. FF prefers character-driven stories, and often skews towards quiet, reflective pieces. If the primary tone of your story is one of high adventure or humour, it’s probably not the right fit for FF. That said, quality always outstrips genre preference in terms of importance, so feel free to send us anything that even vaguely resembles science fiction. We’ll be publishing reprints, but no more than one per issue, so expect acceptance rates to be accordingly lower. Work written by humans. We have no interest in AI-written stories. We’re always interested in publishing work by marginalized voices. If that’s you, and you feel comfortable doing so, please call this out in your cover letter. What We Pay Both previously unpublished work and reprints pay 4 cents (CAD) per word, up to a maximum of $350 (CAD) per story. Our preferred method of payment is PayPal. If you live in a region where PayPal is not available, we’ll do our best to work with you to find an alternate method of payment. How To Submit Send your stories in RTF, DOC, DOCX or ODT file formats. Standard manuscript formatting is nice but not necessary. No one’s going to get accepted or rejected based on manuscript formatting, so don’t stress about it....

Deadline: September 10th, 2023 Payment: $20 Theme: Non-Genre Specific Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry Deadline 2023/09/10 $20 Contributor’s Payment if Accepted No Reprints If previously accepted, wait 24 months before submitting again. Only submit once per reading cycle. We are non-genre specific. Read the previous issues to get an idea of what we publish. 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: August 13th - September 10th, 2023 Payment: $25 Theme: The End Accepting: Short Stories up to 3000 Words Flash and Micro Fiction up to 1200 Words Narrative Poetry/Stories in Verse up to 1200 Words Author Compensation: $25.00 (USD) per piece Rights: We request first worldwide and digital rights for four months following publication. Thereafter all rights revert to the author. All copyright remains with the author. Issue Theme: “The End” Call Status: CLOSED Publication: Digital Format (PDF) Submission Period: August 13th, 2023 – September 10th, 2023 Decisions By: October 1st, 2023 Release Date: October 26, 2023 What We’re Looking For: Quiet Horror and Dystopian genre works. You may be as creative with your interpretation of the theme as you like as long as your submission fits the genres we publish (see our FAQ page for more on how we define Quiet Horror and Intimate Dystopia). EMail Submissions To: [email protected] Continue below to read our submission rules and guidelines… ~ Submission Guidelines ~ For all open calls, submit your work by email to [email protected] with the subject line formatted as such: “ ” (ex.“April 2023 – The Sinkhole – Emily Young – Adult”). Please submit your work as an email attachment in .doc/.docx format. Authors may submit up to two pieces per issue. We request that each piece be submitted via its own individual email. You are welcomed to interpret each issue’s theme however you like but keep in mind that your interpretation should be within the realms of quiet horror and/or intimate dystopia. Ensure your document contains your story title, your name (or pen name), and an approximate word count. In the event that your story is selected for publication, we will need your legal name for the contract. Please include a header on each page of your document with your surname, title and page number. Your document should be formatted in Times New Roman, 12pt., with...

Deadline: September 10th, 2023 Payment: $20 Theme: Historical Horror October Historical Horror SUBMISSIONS CLOSE: September 10th The Crow's Quill is an online literary magazine, brought to you by Damon Barret Roe and the rest of Quill & Crow Publishing House's editorial team, that boasts stories horrific, dark, and defiantly macabre.  Are you a writer? Join us! We are looking for short stories that fall under different monthly themes. Submissions Requirements Submissions will be read in the order they are received. Please only submit one previously unpublished story per month. You will receive notification within one week of your chosen month's submission end date. Please be sure to send in your best work; all submissions are final. Do not send us unrequested re-writes after your initial submission. Please note, we will not consider any submissions written, developed, or assisted by A.I. writing tools; please do not submit A.I. written stories to us. We are looking for a total of 4-8 stories per month, so please get your submission in as soon as possible. We are offering $20 per short story. Please attach your 1500-2000 word story in .docx format (12 pt Times/double spaced) to an email with a brief query. Please specify which month/theme you are submitting for. *Please include a trigger warning in your submissions email for any instances of child/animal death/abuse. Poetry Submissions Requirements Note: Poetry submissions close on the 20th of each month, 10 days after the story submissions close. Submissions will be read in the order they are received. Please only submit one previously unpublished poem per month. You will receive notification within one week of your chosen month's submission end date. Please send to the correct email. We are looking for a total of two poems per month, so please get your submissions in as soon as...

Submission Window: October 1st - 31st, 2023 Payment: Microfiction: $3 per piece, Flash Fiction $5 per piece Theme: Gothic stories From October 1st - 31st, Diet Milk Magazine will be accepting micro and flash fiction for its December series, IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER. Twenty-five works will be chosen to be posted from December 1st through Christmas to our website and boosted on twitter. At the end of the month, all pieces will be compiled into an easy-to-read .PDF and made available for free (though donations are appreciated!) on our issues shop. GENERAL GUIDELINES: All submissions must fall under the Gothic umbrella, but aren't required to be a specific genre No reprints or multiple submissions Simultaneous submissions permitted, though we ask to be informed promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere! Submissions should be .doc, .docx, or .pdf format If you receive a rejection, you may submit again (with new work) immediately ‘In The Bleak Midwinter‘ is diet milk magazine’s annual micro/flash fiction call, which runs from Oct 1—31st. Twenty-five pieces will be selected and posted daily from December 1st through Christmas. Think of it like a eerie advent calendar. These pieces, posted to a dedicated blog on our website, will be compiled in January into an easy-to-read digital volume. The volumes will be available to download for free on our shop, and the original postings left up for those who prefer that method of reading. What we accept MICRO FICTION: up to 3 pieces, no more than 350 words in length each, in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format FLASH FICTION: up to 3 pieces, between 351—1000 words in length each, in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format If you wish to submit a mix of micro and flash, that’s perfectly fine! But we still ask that you submit no more than 3 pieces at a time. Payment...

Submission Window: September 1st - 14th, 2023 Payment: Fiction: 1500-7500 words ($.08 per word, $100 minimum), Poetry: up to 5 poems or 5 pages of poems, whichever is shorter. ($40 per poem), Nonfiction: 1000-2000 words ($75 per essay or article), Cover Art: $100 for reprints, $200 for original unpublished, Interior Art: $50 for reprints, $100 for original unpublished Theme: Solarpunk Our submission windows are currently closed, but will reopen from September 1-14, 2023 for general solarpunk submissions. Septembers open window will be our final submission period of 2023. Our 2024 submission window schedule will be published before the end of this summer. (At the moment, our nonfiction department is current and always open for submissions. If the fiction portal is closed and you submit fiction through the open nonfiction portal, your submission will be rejected.) All submissions to Solarpunk Magazine are done via Moksha. Any submissions received via email will be deleted without a response. Please don’t email us to describe your story and ask if it’s something we’d be interested in before submitting. We appreciate the consideration, but its easier if you just submit the story through Moksha. Please read the full submission guidelines on down below or on our Moksha page before submitting your work. All submission periods end at 11:59 pm PST on the 14th of their given month. 2023 Submission Window Schedule: January 1-14 March 1-14 (Colorful Roots: BIPOC authors only) May 1-14 July 1-14 September 1-14 2023 Issue Release Schedule: Issue #7 – January 10 Issue #8 – March 14 Issue #9 – May 9 Issue #10 – July 11 (Theme: Colorful Roots)* Issue #11 – September 12 (Theme: Solarpunk Myths)** Issue #12 – November 14 *Submissions for the Colorful Roots themed issue will be accepted during our March submission window. This is to accommodate our guest editor’s (TBA) schedule....

Deadline: September 15th, 2023 Payment: $10 for the magazine and additional royalties if included in an anthology Theme: Speculative Fiction We are open for fiction and poetry submissions from 15 June to 15 September and from 15 December to 15 March each year. In general ... 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 adult content. 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 look. All works must be the creation of the author(s) submitting them, and must not infringe upon any right of any other person or entity. We buy non-exclusive worldwide periodical rights to publish your work in Penumbric, and will accept reprints on a case-by-case basis. We are also buying the right to continue...

Deadline: September 15th, 2023 Payment: US 4¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $4, maximum $25 Theme: poems inspired by Food and feasting Eye to the Telescope 50, Food & Feasting, will be edited by Claire McNerney. Food is the essential connector, it links people to their identities and to each other. It fuels us, allows us to dream. In the realms of fae, it’s a curse. What might food look like in other words? Taste like? Feel like? What might it do to people? How might someone’s relationship with food be impacted by the way that it’s made? Don’t be afraid to delve into detail, no matter how disgusting. As for feasting—is it a celebration or a crime? Who does the feasting? What prestige do certain items of food have? Delicacies aren’t always delicate. In the far future, would people even eat? If not, what might feasting look like for them? I’m interested in works that explore all aspects of food and feasting, from production to consumption, from culture to detachment, from ecstasy to shame. Don't be afraid to explore form & new forms, but I admire emotional and imaginative potency above all. 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: September 15. The issue will appear on October 15, 2023. 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...

Submission Window: August 15th - September 15th, 2023 Payment: 3 cents per word and a contributors copy Theme: A reckoning of southern extreme horror TITLE: Y’ALL AIN’T RIGHT GENRE: Extreme Horror THEME: Southern / Backwoods / Bayou EDITOR/ARTIST: K. Trap Jones WORD COUNT: 3,000 word MAX REPRINTS: Hell Naw MULTIPLE SUBS: Hell Naw SIMULTANEOUS SUBS: Hell Naw RELEASE DATE: January 2024 PAYMENT: 3 cents per word + paperback copy RIGHTS: 1-year English Exclusive SEND stories as .DOCX or .DOC as attachment to [email protected] with subject line- YALL SUB: (story title) by (author name) OPENING DATE: AUGUST 15, 2023 CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 *All emails before or after the dates will be beaten, tortured, grilled and eaten within a tortilla. —TOC subject to change— Table of Contents so far… Joe R Lansdale - Kasey Lansdale - Edward Lee - Jeff Strand - Wrath James White - Kristopher Triana - Kristopher Rufty - Ryan Harding - Christine Morgan - Daniel J Volpe - Bridgett Nelson Via: The Evil Cookie.