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Deadline: June 30th, 2016 Prize: $25 and chance at publication as audio podcast on REDSHIFT. Prompts: 1) Why does this book have two page 34's? 2) The maid screamed when she saw my face. 3) The smoke in the room turned from black to blue,filling my lungs. Current Contest Rules:   a) Word Count Limit: 2,500 words. b) At least one of the listed prompts             must be used in the story  as either         narrative or dialogue. c) Contest CLOSES June 30th, 2016 at 12 a.m. EST.  d) Winner/honorable mentions  will be announced on July 15th, 2016. e) No entry fee required. f) Winner receives $25 and chance at        publication as audio podcast on                REDSHIFT. Contest Rules And Prizes: 1) Entries must follow theme and genre listed under "Current Contest." 2) Participants may enter only one entry per contest. 3) The contest is open to all original, unpublished work by any English-language writers. 4) Winners and honorable mentions are considered published. Buzz & Roar Publishing LLC has the right to submit your published story to REDSHIFT for transfer to audio medium. 5) Entries must be submitted by the end date listed in "Current Contest" section. Late entries will not be considered. 6) Winner and Honorable Mentions will be notified by email.   To Enter Go Here: Buzz And Roar Publishing.

Deadline: June 30, 2016 Payment: .10/word for the first 1,000 words, .05/word for the next 5,000 words and .03/word after that Theme: I Regret Nothing Too many characters spend their time brooding about the past, whether it’s missed opportunities or mistakes that led to misfortune down the line. For our first anthology, we want your stories with at least one character who has no regrets – either for a specific moment, or in general. Your story must feature a predominantly POC cast to be considered. Genres: Sci-fi, Fantasy, or Horror (no poetry, please) Story Length: For this anthology, we’re looking for original, short fiction up to 10,000 words. While we’ll read a piece that’s slightly longer, we will absolutely not consider any story over 12,000 words. Your story must be complete within the stated word count – no serials or other multi-part pieces. Pay: We pay .10/word for the first 1,000 words, .05/word for the next 5,000 words and .03/word after that. Contract Overview: Our contract covers the right to publish your story within our digital and print anthology, as well as online at Sanguine Press for paying members. We ask for exclusive rights for one year, and non-exclusive after that. A full contract will be provided upon acceptance into the anthology. No multiple submissions: Please only send us one story at a time, and wait for a response before sending another. We’re excited to get to read your work, but as a two-person team we have to do all we can to give as many authors as possible a fair chance to be read. No simultaneous submissions: If you decide to submit to another publisher, please send us a note and withdraw your submission here, first. We ask this only because of time constraints, and this policy may change in...

Deadline: $10 per story Payment: July 1st, 2016 Artist: Druscilla Morgan Compiler: Brian Woods Looking for 10 stories, 5,000 - 7,500 words Villains or killers (Dark and Evil) must be the main theme Not looking for romance or erotica Seeking fantasy based story (can not have minor love story) Payment: $10 per story Paypal ONLY Contract: First Electronic, First Print, and Anthology rights. Format: Font Size: 12 Font Style: Times New Roman Double Spaced No spaces before or after paragraphs Automatic indention of first sentence per paragraph (no tabs) .doc or .docx only Submission Dates: 3/1/16 - 7/1/16 Submit to [email protected] Set Subject to "Dark and Evil Submission" Please include Amazon Author page link and Facebook/Twitter link Follow ACA Books on Facebook! Via: ACA Books.

Deadline: July 1st, 2016 Payment: A set net percentage royalty. We’re looking for stories. Scary stories! Stories that get under the skin. Stories that stay with you and come back to haunt you once the lights go off. We’re looking for new horrors. 21st Century horrors that reflect the way we live now. We want you to reinvent the genre – reimagine the nightmare. And the modern world isn’t short of inspiration. …sorry, it’s hard not to get dramatic when thinking of horror fiction. Fun though! I’m sure you get it – horror, but make it new. Though we’re not afraid of you conjuring the old masters for a bit of help. Dead Ink will publish New Horrors as a series of subscription eBooks, so we want stories between 5,000 and 30,000 words in length. Short-to-long stories. Authors will be paid with a set net percentage royalty. We may also anthologise the series as a print book in the future. Submissions are open world-wide, but they must be in the English language and must not have been previously published. We encourage everyone to enter and we especially like to see submissions from individuals and communities who feel that they may be under-represented or marginalised. The series is also open to both emerging and established authors. To send your work simply attach it to an email to [email protected] and include “New Horrors” in the subject headline. Please include a short author bio with your entry too. Entries close on the 1st of July. Via:

Deadline: July 4th, 2016 Payment: £10 per 1000-word story or £20 per 2000-word story We are currently accepting short story submissions for the second edition of the new short fiction anthology, blÆkk. blÆkk is a hand-bound quarterly publication that strives to deliver quality writing accompanied by beautiful illustrations. The first edition will be out on June 23rd. Each edition of blÆkk is compiled around a general theme, the second of which will be FEAR. PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES. WHERE TO SUBMIT? Email your submission to [email protected]. In addition to your piece, please add a short brief of who you are, approximately 100 words. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? Short fiction of any genre. There are no limitations as to how you interpret the theme FEAR. We encourage you to think beyond the horror genre. Please note that we are currently not accepting poetry or essays. DEADLINE Monday the 4th of July, 2016. We will let you know when we have received your submission, and you will know whether you have been successful within two weeks after the deadline. If you haven’t heard anything from us, please consider your piece unsuccessful. RIGHTS We reserve the right to the work for six months after the issue is out. After six months the work can be published elsewhere with a note saying it already has been published with us. Resubmissions can be considered. WORDCOUNT Pieces must be either 1000 or 2000 words of length, with a 10% +/- margin. PAYMENT At Blyant we believe that all creatives should get paid for their work, so even though we are a brand new establishment we do offer a symbolic sum of £10 per 1000-word story £20 per 2000-word story In addition, we offer a 50% discount to contributors on all publications from Blyant Publishing as well as other items for sale. STYLE Your...

Deadline: July 15, 2016 Payment: $20 Please don't query us about your story submission. We don't have the manpower to answer such queries. An editor will email you back as soon as possible with the decision about your story. This can take a few days, or, up to three months. We make every effort to get back to authors in a timely manner but we get a lot of submissions so sometimes it's not possible. A note on our editorial policy: before publication we may edit the story for length or readability. However, we always remain true to the spirit of the story. Issues are published at the end of February, May, August, and November. Please do not submit the same story more than once, and please submit only one story at a time. We consider any story between 250 and 7000 words with speculative fiction elements. We prefer science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre, but we're willing to push the limits of traditional forms of these genres. We do not consider poetry, stories with over-the-top sex or violence, serials, novels, fan fiction, or non-fiction. We don't accept multiple submissions; in other words, only submit one story at a time and wait for a response before submitting another. We accept simultaneous submissions as long as you let us know up front and tell us as soon as it's accepted elsewhere. We do not publish reprints, including anything that has appeared on a website. We pay $20 for each story we publish. We buy first-printing world exclusive rights for four months. Payment will be made shortly after publication using PayPal. We encourage our authors to establish a PayPal account if they don't already have one. We prefer to read submissions in traditional manuscript format. This means indented paragraphs instead of left...

Deadline: July 15th, 2016 Payment: (1k to 3k words): $18, (3k to 7k words): $25 The submission window for the 2nd issue of Mantid Magazine will close on JULY 15th or when all slots have been filled. ------------------- Please review the submission guidelines below and email us at [email protected] with any questions. For the SUMMER 2016 issue we are only accepting submissions from WOMEN, WOMAN-IDENTIFYING and NONBINARY-IDENTIFYING contributors. LGBTQA, people of color, and/or the differently-abled are encouraged to submit. Those who do not align with these diverse identities must submit work that is considerate and inclusive. What we are looking for to fill our Summer 2016 issue: ARTICLES Articles should be between 1,500 and 5,000 words. We are seeking both opinion and academic/scholarly articles discussing subjects involving diversity in media. Some topics include film theory, art theory, gender equality/feminism, sociological/psychological perspectives on art trends, the impact of art on social change, etc. Topics centered around the horror, science fiction, fantasy, and/or magic realism genres are encouraged. SHORT FICTION/POETRY Stories should be between 1,500 and 7,000 words. Poetry should be under 1,000 words. Work should fall under one or more of the following genres: Horror Dark Fantasy Dark Science Fiction Dark Fairy Tales Magic Realism Surrealism Avant-garde Experimental Diverse characters are encouraged. PHOTOGRAPHY/ART WORK The strange and avant-garde will be given special priority over more commercial work. Some art movements that we appreciate include: German Expressionism Symbolism Surrealism Bauhaus Conceptual Art Works with thematic elements drawn from horror, fantasy, science fiction, and/or magic realism are preferred. Works that emphasize the beauty and power of diversity are highly encouraged. Make it weird! No submission fee. Submissions should be in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format. Names should be included on any manuscripts/images. PAYMENT SHORT FICTION (3k to 7k words): $25 SHORT FICTION (1k...

Deadline: July 15th, 2016 Payment: $0.01USD per word Helios Quarterly Magazine aims to publish quality fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art that illuminates the darkness. HQM wants stories and poems that grab a hold of reader from the opening lines all the way to the finish line. Works that push boundaries, are succinct, and well developed are smiled upon. READING PERIODS* January 1-15 11:59PM EST (March Issue) April 1-15 11:59PM EST (June Issue) July 1-15 11:59PM EST (September Issue) October 1-15 11:59PM EST (December Issue) Anything submitted outside of these windows will be deleted unread. Artists and photographers can submit year round. *Effective October 2016 CURRENT ISSUE Miscommunication is key to conflict. In the realm of science fiction there’s been the urge to gloss over language with universal translators, or the dominance of the English language far into the future. In horror, communication is largely an issue with supernatural entities and cellphones without service. In fantasy literature, where whole new languages take form, the topic of not being able to read and write let alone speak more than one is rare. In the midst of terror, war, and in critical situations, not being able to communicate can mean the difference between life and death. Center your work around how language (or the lack therefore) is central to an issue within the plot, etc. Open to submit between June 1-June 30th 11:59PM EST FICTION, POETRY & NON-FICTION IDEAS A mute bounty hunter discovers a parasitic monster that has shut down communication between the crew and outside world Ghost hunters must find a way to communicate with a spirit through signs and symbols in an abandoned house How does it feel to be the last being to speak your language in the whole universe? Two alien children discover an injured human being but, have not been fitted with...

Deadline: July 16, 2016 Payment: Pro Rata depending on the number of stories accepted – an equal percentage of royalties will be split Submission Period: May 16, 2016 – July 16, 2016 We will accept .doc and .docx submissions ONLY Only standard manuscript format accepted Payment: Pro Rata depending on the number of stories accepted – an equal percentage of royalties will be split Word Count: Anywhere between 500-10,000 words Poetry WILL be considered Send stories to [email protected] E-mail subject: SUBMISSIONS/Story Title Calling all writers! As of today, I am opening up submissions to a new anthology: “Tales of the Once and Future King”. This will be an anthology of juvenile stories about King Arthur and all things Arthurian related. Juvenile is a broad term that can mean anything from a “Chronicles of Narnia” reading level to the later Harry Potter books. The guidelines are very broad. Since it’s juvenile: No sex No unnecessary gore No nihilism HOWEVER – “juvenile” is not the same as “sanitized”. So: There CAN be romance There CAN be fighting Things CAN get dark We don’t want to see stories that talk down to children. Children are young, not morons. No stories that insult the Arthurian tradition. This means nothing like “And King Arthur was really a BAD King and later scribes changed it!” or “Chivalry is sexist and horrible and the knights were all misogynist pigs”. This is one that’s more on our end than yours – if you think it might work, submit it, and we’ll see what we think. Stories that insult Christianity probably won’t be accepted. I have no problem if you’re more interested in things like Druidic mysticism or Paganism than Christianity, it’s just flat-out insults I’m not really interested in. Once again, if you’re not sure, submit it and we’ll make...

Deadline: July 22nd, 2016 Payment: 6 cents per word Note: Usually I wouldn't double up but with these both coming from the same publisher and ending SOON I wanted to get a post up. UPDATE: SUBMISSIONS are now OPEN for Swords & Steam and Dystopia Utopia.  Following the great success of last year’s Gothic Fantasy, Deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts,Horror and Science Fiction, 2016 sees the publication of four new books. Submissions are now open and will close on 22nd July for the second two: Swords & Steam and Dystopia Utopia We need between twenty to thirty short stories by new writers to complement a selection of classic tales. Submit by email to [email protected] What’s the difference between the books? Swords & Steam covers any form of historical fantasy and steampunk flavoured mystery, horror, crime and sf. From Walter Scott to Dr Who, Legend to Prester John. Dystopia Utopia focuses on stories which offer perfect worlds gone wrong, or imperfect worlds with perfect people, Somewhere between Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, Mad Max and The Hunger Games gives you the taste and the breadth. Accentuating the Printed Form Last year’s titles speak for themselves (see here). Still available they work because their unusual mix of modern and classic writing, combined with the tactile deluxe presentation offers something beyond the sea of consumable digital fare. They’re books you can be proud of, you can leave on anyone’s table and guarantee they’ll be picked up, and loved. We make illustrated books, gorgeous notebooks and calendars with incredible fine and fantastic art, but we also devour fiction. The economics of publishing and selling new stories is pretty tough but we really enjoyed reading and selecting the stories last year, so settled on four new titles for 2016. Call for Submissions We are looking for new and recent short stories. We...