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Deadline: January 30, 2017 Payment: 3 cents (CDN) per word What’s that rumbling sensation under your feet? Is it the subway train? Or perhaps the return of the Cabbagetown Monster? What ghosts lurk in the castle? Who whispers in the tunnels? What strange lights flicker in the windows of Casa Loma late at night? Those rolling patches of fog from Lake Ontario could be lake fog or perhaps they’re the ghosts who haunt the Legion Road streetcar stop? What lures the broken hearted to fling themselves from the Bloor Street viaduct? Why do they film so many horror movies in Hart House and other U of T properties? Is the lighthouse keeper on Toronto Island lonely even though he’s been dead for years? Who was buried between the walls at the old Sanctuary Vampire Sex Bar? If you’re familiar with the dark history of Toronto, you may know the answers to some of these questions. You may even be tempted to create some of your own. Dark Toronto is looking for fictional horror stories set in Toronto.  This anthology is open to anyone who can write a horror story about Toronto and make us feel like we’re there. Stories originally set in Boston or Dublin and transposed to Toronto, will be easy to spot. There are many unique characteristics about Toronto. There are many creepy, dark, and strange places that may or may not harbour creatures of the night. So be certain you’re intimate with the setting before you submit. Toronto The Good? Dark Toronto aims to bury that nickname. At the bottom of Lake Ontario. Where many of the city’s skeletons rest. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 3000 to 6000 words. 12 pt Times New Roman, Standard Manuscript Format  Please include name, mailing address, and word count on page 1 of manuscript Email...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: .03CAD per word and 2 contributor's copies As long-time readers and authors involved with MMP know, our annual anthology project takes a seed story or concept from the history of Weird Fiction and allows that seed to grow in strange and interesting new ways. We encourage our authors to unshackle themselves from the standard tropes that can weigh down the imagination and move into truly authentic dimensions of fear, awe, and cosmic wonder. We want to see the Weird move with confidence into the 21st Century, and want our authors to share that commitment. For A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession, the seed story will be H P Lovecraft’s classic The Colour Out of Space. This is easily one of his best works, and will be included in the anthology. Colour presents many interesting entry points into our theme of unusual possession: the titular entity — an unknown, sentient being from beyond the stars that manifests as an unearthly, unplaceable hue — is released from a fallen meteorite and proceeds to infect and alter everything around it. The earth, plants, animals, and humans within its sphere of malign influence change and suffer. The Colour pollutes the ground water like a common toxic spill, yet also spreads like radiation. It appears to be a brute force of nature, affecting its surroundings on the molecular and genetic levels, but can also attack specific individuals with something approaching intelligence, inhabiting their minds and reducing them to shambling wrecks both physically and mentally. A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession will offer the reader just that: tales that subvert and challenge the common ideas of what it means to be “taken over” by something that is not yourself. We do not want to see...

Deadline: January 31, 2017 Payment: $0.06/word and 2 contributor's copies WE’RE LOOKING FOR STORIES THAT: Have a main character that a middle grade reader (ages 8-12) can identify with; Show a diverse set of real characters; Are well written, fun to read and encourage a love of reading science fiction; Tell of adventure, space, science.  Give us rockets, robots and alien encounters, and we’re pretty happy. Steampunk, time travel, weird west and alternate history are all fine. To be super clear – we’re looking science fiction, in all it’s variants. While we love fantasy as well, please don’t submit fantasy stories for this anthology. Are between 3,000 and 6,000 words. We’re especially looking for stories: Of adventure!  We love a good dystopia as much as the next robot, but remember – this is the young explorer’s adventure guide. Where the main character is of a population that has traditionally been under-represented in science fiction, e.g. girls, people of color, differently abled people; Where the main character has agency, exercises it, and isn’t just along for the ride. We are strong supporters of both the #weneeddiversebooks and #ownvoices movements.   We’re not interested in: Stories where the female characters primarily exist to be rescued or as a prize for the males; Stories where the primary plot or subplot is romantic in nature; Stories with graphic violence or any form of sexual activity; Stories with any violence towards animals; Stories about the first girl to do X, surprising everyone; Stories that depict any ethnicity or gender as universally bad or stupid. Please note:  although we’re aware kids have a wide and varied vocabulary, we’d prefer not to have swearing in the stories. If your story has swearing, please rephrase before submitting. Submission deadline, mechanics and planned schedule Anthology will be open for submissions from...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: Contributor's copy, £10, and royalty split An anthology of science fiction and speculative stories exploring how science and technology could change what it means to be human. We’re looking for stories that explore ideas including, but not limited to: bio implants, cybernetics, genetic modification, and age reversal and the human experience of undergoing such procedures. You are encouraged to populate and create your own world with original characters and to set the tale as close or as far away from present time as you wish. We’re after fresh and engaging work that makes us laugh, cry, and think. Show us what the future holds should technology continue to advance at unprecedented speed. We’re asking that stories are between 6-10k in length and polished to perfection. Submissions period is open until the end of January 2017. Please send all stories to us via our submittable link: Kristell Ink SUBMIT NOW! Via: Kristell Ink.

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: Contributor's copy, £10, and royalty split An anthology of science fiction stories exploring the many different reactions and experiences of people during the 24 hours leading up to the end of the world. We’re looking for stories that show us a range of emotions and reactions to the news of the apocalypse. How and why is entirely up to you, but some examples include nuclear warfare, alien invasion, ecological disaster, an impact event, dysgenics and so on. Our base instinct is to survive, but when the end is nigh, do we simply lie down and die? Or do we celebrate our life and achievements? Exploring the uncertainty of our future can sometimes force us only to look at misery, but we encourage you to have fun. Whatever the reaction, make us feel the many emotions of your characters. Love, loss, forgiveness, revenge, or just that final goodbye… We’re asking that stories are between 6-10k in length and polished to perfection. Submissions period is open until the end of January 2017. Please send all stories to us via our submittable link: Kristell Ink SUBMIT NOW! Via: Kristell Ink.

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: Contributor's copy, £10, and royalty split Land belonging to no-one. An anthology of speculative fiction that explores the colonisation of our Solar System and far beyond, where pioneers carve out a new existence under other stars. New worlds and new challenges bring the potential for rich stories filled with alien races and strange technology, but against this backdrop we want to experience the many facets of human emotion during the struggle to make a new home. Show us human life on the final frontier. We’re looking for stories that leave us thinking about the characters long after The End. We’re asking that stories are between 6-10k in length and polished to perfection. Submissions period is open until the end of January 2017. Please send all stories to us via our submittable link: Kristell Ink SUBMIT NOW! Via: Kristell Ink.

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: 8 cents per word Following on our anthology Tomorrow's Cthulhu, we're launching a themed anthology series of weird horror set in or inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. The next release is Ride the Star Wind: Cthulhu, Space Opera, and the Cosmic Weird, presenting tales that combine space opera with cosmic weird horror, either set within the Cthulhu Mythos or inspired by it. It is now open to submissions. Send us into space, away from earth, and bring the weird! Give us adventure and wonder, spaceships and monsters, tentacles and insanity, determined struggle and starborne terror. Whether sprawling in scope or tightly focused and personal, make sure to give us a taste of the greater universe of your story, such as the culture and politics. Make us long to know more of your universe. We want diverse stories with modern sensibilities from many different voices that show the immense and diverging possibilities ahead for weird horror. We want to forge ahead and explore the new and the strange. We are actively seeking submissions from writers from underrepresented populations. (This includes, but is not limited to, writers of any race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, class, and physical or mental ability.) We want stories that mesh space opera with cosmic weird horror. For the elements of space opera, modern touchstones include James SA Corey (Expanse series), Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch series), Iain Banks (Culture series), Nnedi Okorafor (Binti), David Brin (Uplift trilogy), and Becky Chambers (Wayfarers series). For mixing elements of space opera and cosmic weird horror, the short story "Boojum" by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette is a great touchstone. The technology level for submissions can fall anywhere in the soft- to hard-science range. Stories should also be set within or be inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. We want to see the Mythos continue...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: Varies on length - See below! MASHED : The Culinary Delights of Twisted Erotic Horror! (Tentative Title) Short Story Anthology – A Food Related Erotic Horror Anthology What We Want: Stories that make us laugh, make our skin crawl and leave us feeling inappropriately aroused. Preferably all three! Combine food, eroticism and horror. Have fun! Any sub-genre sci-fi, western, just keep it interesting and unexpected humor is always encouraged! Must be your own original work of fiction. No fan fiction and no copyrighted material you do not own the rights to. Story Length: (See Anthology Payment Guidelines For Details on Rates) 4-8 Stories 500-2500 pieces Pays up to $10, ($0.01c per word up to a maximum of $10) 4 Stories 2500-5k pieces (20k) Pays up to $20 ($0.005c per word up to a maximum of $20) 2 Stories 5-10k pieces (20k) Pays $30 ($0.005c per word up to a maximum of $30) We will be purchasing first world anthology rights for E-book Format, Print & Audio. Rates above are for each individual format. The initial payment will be for E-book & Print Rights(Double the amounts listed above), The final payment(if executed) for audio rights will be only the amount listed above. We will update the above story needs as spaces are filled. Payment to Authors: Will be via Paypal, See the Anthology Payment Guidelines for full details. Simultaneous Submissions: As an author myself, I get it! We accept simultaneous submissions, just let us know if your work gets accepted elsewhere as quickly as possible. Multiple & Reprint Submissions: We do not accept multiple submissions. If your first piece is rejected, you may query about a second piece, but do not send until given approval. We do not accept reprints. Response Time: We will strive to respond...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: 1cent/word, drabbles pay more Note: Reprints Allowed December 1st, 2016 – January 31st, 2017 11:59 EST Anything submitted outside of this window will be deleted unread. Artists and photographers can submit year round. CURRENT THEME Year One: Saturnalia ISBN-13: Coming Soon ISBN-10: Coming Soon sat·ur·na·li·a ˌsatərˈnālyə/ noun the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December, which was a period of general merrymaking and was the predecessor of Christmas. an occasion of wild revelry. noun: saturnalia; plural noun: saturnalias A time of revelry and reversal, Saturnalia represents the breakdown of what has been deemed the natural order. Hyperion and Theia’s inaugural volume wants stories and poetry that runs the gamut of genres and turns expectations on their heads. Submit a fantastical murder-mystery set in the biggest carnival in Atlantis. Wow us with a sweeping romance in space where gods and goddesses serve their creations after a bloody war. Deadline January 31st, 2017 11:59 EST. RIGHTS SOUGHT FOR FICTION & POETRY First world electronic and print rights in English with exclusivity for 8 months from the date of publication Non-exclusive archival rights as long as the website(s) hosting the work are online If your story is selected to be podcast and approved in the future, or an audiobook is produced, payment is $0.01USD per word for non-exclusive electronic audio rights Copyright remains with the author at all times Please query if anything listed is of concern. Here is a good explanation of what this entails. LENGTH & GUIDELINES COVER ART: To be used in the electronic and print editions, can be art or photography, and is usually solicited. ARTWORK: Usually solicited. Payment dependent on the artist. POETRY: Up to 100 lines. Paid $0.25USD a line. MICRO FICTION: Drabbles are strictly 100 words. Titles should be no longer than 3 words....

Deadline: January 31, 2017 Payment: Poems (4-100 lines): $50 plus one contributor’s copy Short-short stories (under 1000 words): $50, plus one contributor’s copy Fiction (6000 words max.) 1000-2999 words: $125 plus 2 contributor’s copies plus a One year subscription 3000-4999 words: $175 plus 2 contributor’s copies plus a One year subscription 5000-6000 words: $200 plus 2 contributor’s copies plus a One year subscription The story coffers have run dry once again and we are looking for your best speculative short fiction! Please read the Style Guide carefully and keep it wholly to ensure your story is read. During our last submission period we received over 400 stories; we thinned the field by rejecting without reading any story which didn’t follow the guide. No, yours will not be an exception. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2017 at 11:59pm MST. All submissions must be made through our Submittable page; stories received in any other way will not be considered. We are a volunteer-run publication, so we promise to get through all the submissions as quickly as we can. We will provide feedback as time allows, but please understand we simply don’t have the time to provide detailed feedback for every submission. If you do sell your story elsewhere before we have made a selection, please let us know at [email protected].   Poetry Submissions are Open In fact, poetry submissions are open year-round. Please follow the link to our Submittable page and click the appropriate button. To increase the chances of a successful poetry submission, please take a moment to read the guidelines once you are there. As with the stories, you can track the progress of your submission via Submittable. Cover Art Submissions are Open And like poetry submissions, are always open. You can submit your art for consideration on our...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: $50 Summary Tales to Terrify is a volunteer-run fan podcast featuring short horror, dark fantasy, and other disturbing fiction. We are looking for works up to 10,000 words long. All submissions are welcome and encouraged from writers of every race, religion, nationality, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Feel free to challenge the definition of horror. Standard tropes and monsters are welcome just as much as blood, sex and gore. Scare us with your Gothic stories of haunted buildings, but do your best to honor the diversity within the genre. We want to be terrified by your concepts, by your implications, by your story’s possibilities. We want to read works that threaten to bleed into our reality and corrupt something as ordinary as a toaster. Scare us. Make our breath stop and disturb our minds. Anything is allowed as long as it’s well-conceived and well-written. Terrify the hell out of us with your tales. What We Are NOT Looking For: Stories that are not horror, dark fantasy or some form of disturbing fiction Fan fiction Manuscript Format Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format Double spaced 12 pt. Courier New or Times New Roman font Please include author, title and word count on first page. Submission Procedure All fiction must be submitted to the District of Wonder’s Moksha account: https://districtofwonders.moksha.io Please use the cover letter field for biographical information and any links to websites or social media that you would like included. Simultaneous submissions (submitting the same stories to other publishers at the same time) and multiple submissions are allowed. Each author may submit up to two stories during the submission period. Any story beyond the first two or which is received outside of the submission period will be rejected unread. Response Times Most submissions will receive a...

Deadline: January 31st, 2017 Payment: $3 Haunted Waters Press seeks exceptionally small works of flash fiction to be showcased in Penny Fiction, a regular feature of the literary journal, From the Depths. Stories will also appear in the Penny Fiction Poster Collection. DETAILS Penny Fiction is open to all new, emerging, and established writers. We seek flash fiction stories told in exactly 15 words—no more, no less. One submission per author, per reading period. Multiple stories per submission encouraged. No previously published works. Penny Fiction submissions are welcome in three reading periods: December (2016)/January, March/April, June/July Expect a decision within 30 days of the close of each reading period. See full guidelines below. PAYMENT $3.00 per published piece. (That’s a professional rate of .20 cents per word— enough for a fresh brewed cup of coffee to enjoy while reading the next edition of Penny Fiction Pages!) SUBMISSIONS All entries accepted via Submittable. Free to submit! PENNY FICTION 2017 FULL GUIDELINES Tell us story in exactly 15 words—no more, no less. Extra points will be awarded for those writers who adhere to the guidelines. Not really. There are no points. Just read the guidelines below and impress Penny with your ability to follow instructions. The Lovely Submission: One submission per author, per reading period. (Contributors are encouraged to submit multiple stories in a single file, but may only transmit one submission per reading period.) One story is fine. Four is cool. Twenty is borderline obnoxious. We like obnoxious! Just remember: a single submission with multiple stories! Each Penny is a short story told in exactly 15 words—no more, no less. Titles are not included in word count, but should not be an extension of the story. No theme requirements. Looking for inspiration? Follow Penny Fiction on Facebook for prompts and inspiration. No poetry, tag lines, or jokes....

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: Contributor's Copy Locker Shockers: Urban Legends is a Young Adult horror anthology. Deadline February 1, 2017 Edited by Cassie Carnage We are looking for 5,000 word stories about young adults and their encounters with the paranormal entities of urban legends. Such as: Creatures living in the rain sewers Aliens Vampires living next door Children who mysteriously died when breaking into school at night Bloody Mary Slenderman Possessed/haunted school objects- computers, phones, furniture, appliances, pictures, trophies, mirrors etc. Ouija boards that keep showing up, even after they are burnt and their ashes are thrown out Paranormal Games, like the Charlie, Charlie Challenge When you were a teenager did your friends tell you scary stories about your home town or school? Think back to your own childhood for inspiration. What scared you then? Channel that into your young character’s psyche and run with it. Submission Guidelines: 5,000 Firm Word Count. Please note that you  can go over the word count, but not under this amount. The main character must be between the ages 13 and 18 years of age for it to be considered a Young Adult horror story. Keep your story PG-13. No graphic sex, no hate speech, no gratuitous violence, no adult content. Keep swearing to a minimum. (Anything that can be said on night time television is acceptable.) Please follow the proper manuscript format, which can be found here for your reference:  http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html Submissions that do not follow the proper manuscript format will not be considered for publication. Multiple submissions are accepted. However, simultaneous submissions with other publications are not. All authors published in Locker Shockers will receive a contributor’s copy. Locker Shockers: Urban Legends Deadline February 1, 2017 Please email all submissions to [email protected] Via: GLAHW.

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: 0.03 cents USD What we are looking for: Non-themed short horror stories that arrests readers and leave them haunted for months to come. Since horror is the only genre of fiction defined by an emotion, your story must have the following: Believable, three-dimensional characters just as real as your friends and neighbors. A real world—hitting all the senses—these characters inhabit. Originality is just as important—we don’t want your version of someone else’s story from yesteryear. Although our arms are wide open, we’re more interested in fiction that reflects the modern. Joe Hill, and Mercedes M. Yardley are prime examples of current dark fiction writers encapsulating the above in their work. Quality of the work must be top notch! The following authors have appeared in previous Tales from The Lake anthologies: Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Rena Mason, Graham Masterton, Lisa Morton, Tim Lebbon, and Tim Waggoner. That’s the high-water mark you must strive for. If you want to write a story about vampires, werewolves or ghosts, then your story needs to evolve that trope. You must have a unique premise. I cannot stress that enough. If you wish to submit an “extreme horror” or “splatterpunk” story, that’s fine with us. However, you’ll have to make sure that your emotional foundations are solid, and your characters actually have an arch. We will not accept stories that just go for the gore and offer nothing more. What we are not looking for: Stories that are not short horror stories. Novels or novellas. Stories bereft of characters that readers can believe in and root for. The only exception to this rule would be the “terror tale,” which is best kept as short as possible. Think a thousand words or less. Stories with flat worlds. Trunk stories. Stories about serial...

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: Royalties Supervillains have been invited by the proto-villain, G-Force, and are all seated around the huge table at the old gothic hotel in an undisclosed location. They have decided to come together to pool their resources against the superhero interlopers, who always seem do a much better job of teaming up. The only way the villains can make a new association of misunderstood metahumans work is to choose a leader. So they each give their case, explaining why they should be selected as the Supreme Archvillain. You are invited to submit your writing where your original supervillain pleads his or her case as to why they are the best suited to become the Supreme Archvillain. It can be through their dramatic battle(s), humorous, or some other unique device. The Supreme Archvillain Election is a superhero prose fiction anthology project open to anyone, until February 1, 2017. It is a vehicle for published authors of prose superhero fiction to promote their work. New writers are also welcome to contribute. Stories and characters must be original, or public domain. No fan fiction. This is not a Creative Commons project. Submission does not guarantee acceptance. You may be required to rewrite or edit, or your piece may be rejected. Or, I may do some light editing on my own. The contributions should be around 3,000 to 5,000 words long.Reprint excerpts that fit may be used. Upon acceptance, you will be giving one-time rights to use your piece. Bear in mind that most publications will not publish pieces that have already been published, so after your work is published by us, it can only be marketed again as a reprint, which severely limits the number of markets that will accept it, and drastically reduces the pay rate it can receive. If you submit a contribution, I...

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: 1 cent per word and a contributor's copy NonBinary Review is a quarterly digital literary journal that joins poetry, fiction, essays, and art around each issue's theme. We invite authors to explore each theme in any way that speaks to them: re-write a familiar story from a new point of view, mash genres together, give us a personal essay about some aspect of our theme that has haunted you all your life. We also invite art that will accompany the literature and be featured on our cover. All submissions must have a clear and obvious relationship to some specific aspect of the source text (a character, episode, or setting). Submissions only related by a vague, general, thematic similarity are unlikely to be accepted. We are open to submissions which relate to the entirety of Edgar Allan Poe's work--poetry as well as prose. We encourage you to explore Project Gutenberg for reference, and suggest Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV and Volume V of Poe's Complete Works, or The Complete Poetic Works as your source of inspiration (and accuracy.)  Submissions which do not tie into the plots or make use of characters/settings from the stories WILL NOT be considered--there needs to be a clear connection to the source material.  We want language that makes us reach for a dictionary or a tissue or both. Words in combinations and patterns that leave the faint of heart a little dizzy. FICTION, CREATIVE NON-FICTION, FLASH & HYBRID/EXPERIMENTAL NonBinary Review accepts fiction and creative non-fiction of up to 5,000 words in length, although shorter is probably better. Fiction should be double spaced, 12-point type, in Times New Roman or similar font in a Word document or text file. Authors may submit up to 5 pieces of flash fiction, no more than 1000 words each, in this category....

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: $25.00 Note: Reprints Allowed Do you have a pet?  Do you want a pet? Do you dream of pets?  Most importantly, do you write about pets? Smoking Pen Press is issuing a Call for Submissions for  an anthology of short stories about pets.  Real or fantasy, usual or unusual, ordinary or not so ordinary.. The deadline for submission is February 1, 2017. Stories should be between 1500 and 7000 words.  Submissions should be in Word (.doc or .docx) format and should be sent to [email protected] As always, there is no submission fee.  Authors of selected stories will receive a one-time payment of $25.00.   No simultaneous submissions. Multiple submissions accepted, and welcomed. Previously published work may be submitted, as long as any exclusivity has expired, all rights have reverted back to the author, and author must fully disclose  all details about the previous publication. For more information on any of our Calls for Submission, or if you have questions, use our Contact Us form, and make sure to indicate in your comment that this is in reference to the Read on the Run series. Via: Smoking Pen Press.

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 - $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction and a contributor's copy Spring: Eddie tended to drift into whatever jobs were available that would pay the rent. Due date: February 1, 2017 We love the fact that writers around the world are inspired by our first lines, and we know that not every story will be sent to us. However, we ask that you do not submit stories starting with our first lines to other journals (or post them online on public sites) until we've notified you as to our decision (usually two to three weeks after the deadline). When the entire premise of the publication revolves around one sentence, we don't want it to look as if we stole that sentence from another writer. If you have questions, feel free to drop us a line. (Also, we understand that writers may add our first line to a story they are currently working on or have already completed, and that's cool. But please do not add our first line to a previously published story and submit it to us. We do not accept previously published stories, even if they have been repurposed for our first lines.) One more thing while I've got you here: Writers compete against one another for magazine space, so, technically, every literary magazine is running a contest. There are, however, literary magazines that run traditional contests, where they charge entry fees and rank the winners. We do not - nor will we ever - charge a submission fee, nor do we rank our stories in order of importance. Occasionally, we run contests to help come up with new first lines, or we run fun, gimmicky competitions for free stuff, but the actual journal is not...

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: Split Royalties Do you remember that guy or girl you did everything for? The one you walked on water for, bent over backward for and sacrificed your own happiness to please them... The one who ended up leaving you distraught, numb, and dying on the floor? Revenge of love is the best remedy to soothe your burning soul! Piece by Piece is an Anti-Valentine's Day Horror Anthology for short stories. Massacres, heartbreak hotel, obsessive love; the one thing they all have in common: The color red that smears the walls and allays the maniacal laughs of the once dying and broken soul. 3k-10k word count Times New Roman 12 pt font Deadline: February 1st Crisp, clean, polished work Must be Valentine themed Please send submissions to [email protected] Split royalty payment Via: Azoth Khem Publishing.

Deadline: February 1st, 2017 Payment: Unlisted but "will always meet or exceed SFWA minimum compensation guidelines" Retro Future is a bi-monthly pulp magazine that searches for diverse, surprising, and progressive science fiction in art, prose, essay, and comics. Issue #2: "Love" - February 1, 2017 Issue #2: Relationships and love in the future. Submissions Guidelines We welcome submissions of art and writing that approaches retrofuturism through a progressive lens. Essays and flash fiction of approximately 250-500 words is especially welcome; longer works may be serialized. Comic submissions should be 1-8 pages of finished work. Anything longer may get serialized across multiple issues. Please note that inside art should be in grayscale (please refer to art and comic templates for details.) Galileo Books acquires first serial rights; upon publication, these rights revert back to you, the author. We ask that you acknowledge Retro Future (Galileo Books) as the venue of original publication when the work appears in your book or is otherwise collected. If a work becomes unavailable while under our review, please contact us via email. Submitted work for specific issues may be considered for other issues if themes fit. Art and comic templates are located here. (Dropbox will ask you to join, you can ignore that and click the 'continue to download' link) Retro Future is a progressive publication. Subjects such as sexual violence, un-examined racism, and other potentially offensive material are often used as fodder for exposition in genre stories–this is not appropriate for inclusion in Retro Future. We are looking for forward-looking and optimistic science and science-fiction. Sensitive topics can be part of a good story, but a vision of a future better than our present is the focus of Retro Future. Keep this in mind when submitting. Submission Email [email protected] In the subject, please format as follows for artwork:...

Deadline: February 5th, 2017 Payment: Royalty Split Submissions Call! Jan 5th – Feb 5th Spark and Fizz Books is accepting submissions to the inaugural issue of its quarterly science and speculative fiction zine Planet Scumm. We’ll be accepting submissions January 5th to February 5th, or until we fill the collection. What We’re Looking For Previously unpublished short fiction that doesn’t lean heavily on genre tropes. Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain. Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream, glitterlit, analogpunk. Basically anything that pleases Scummy, our megaphone-toting slime buddy. Include submissions as an .RTF or .DOC attachment sent to [email protected] along with a brief cover letter in the email body. Stories, or collections of flash fiction, should be 1000-7500 words in length, and submitted in standard manuscript format. Use the subject line “Planet Scumm Submission” followed by your story title. Submit only one short story or flash collection. We will not accept multiple submissions from the same author in one reading period. Simultaneous submissions are okay, as long as you promptly withdraw a story accepted elsewhere. Submissions that are too long or short will be rejected immediately, as will those that are incorrectly formatted. In addition, submissions covering the topics below aren’t likely to play well with our slush readers. The No-No List Zombies, vampires, werewolves, pirates, ninjas Cthuloid/Mythos tales Straight horror without a clear speculative element Erotica Fan fiction Sword-and-spell fantasy Steampunk Anthropomorphic animals Stories that end with “It was all a dream” or “Turns out they were in a simulation” Use With Caution Time travel Political allegory Satire/Comedy Lasers (pew-pew handheld ones, and big blue planet-killers) FTL travel Schedule, Rights and Payment Issue 001 will be released July 4th, 2017 as an e-book with a limited print run. Most accepted stories will also be...

Deadline: February 10th, 2017 Payment: $0.01 per word Note: Reprints allowed but unlikely Typewriter Emergencies is seeking works featuring furry characters. We're looking for stories, book reviews, articles, and any other form of furry material. The journal accepts work that is considered rated R or Less. You can throw in the word "f*ck" around a few times, but no excessive sex, blood, and guts pretty much. Typewriter Emergencies publishes under the philosophy of degenerate literature. We're not here to be proper, we're here to make art. We don't have a specific theme for our issues, therefore it's free reign. Themes may be implemented in the future. ​ We plan on publishing at least twice a year. If we feel we can take on a heavier load, we'll open up for more issues. Our Schedule is as follows: ​ Issue 1 release - May 2017 - Submissions must be received by February 10, 2017. Payment is $0.01 per word. ​ All rights revert back to the author. We simply ask for the right to publish the story for the period this journal is active. ​ Simultaneous submissions are fine. It is your responsibility to notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. ​ Story Guidelines: ​ Max word count is 2500 words. Anything over this will not be accepted. Reprints will be reviewed, but we will prefer previously unpublished work. Each issue is expected to have a small amount of material, 3-5 stories at most. ​ Articles & Reviews ​ Max word count 1000 words. Anything considered a book review or article that is over 1000 words will not be considered. Articles/Book reviews must be predominantly furry in nature. Reviews must not contain spoilers. We will not accept reviews that are overly negative. As for articles, familiarize yourself with  or Dogpatch Press, and...

Deadline: February 14, 2017 Payment: 5 cents (CA) per word In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, Bundoran Press Publishing House will publish an anthology of short science fiction, entitled 49th Parallels: Alternative Canadian Histories and Futures. Stories will be sought from across Canada and around the world exploring what might have been – or what might yet be. The anthology will be edited by two-time Aurora winning editor, Hayden Trenholm. Publication is planned for October 2017. As always, 49th Parallels only seeks science fiction (no supernatural creatures or events of any kind) but for this anthology, it might include steam or diesel punk. Stories must be set in Canada or involve Canada and Canadians as the principal subject operating in the larger world (or beyond). Stories may be historical (back to 1867) or futuristic, but whatever creates the alternative past or possible future must take place prior to 2017. The causal factor may be scientific, technological or as a result of major political or social change. We look forward to seeing how both Canadian and non-Canadian writers explore this question. We are seeking original English language stories (first world rights - print and digital) between 1500 and 7000 words. Reprints will ONLY be considered for English translations of stories originally published in FRENCH. A limited number of short poems (less than 100 lines) may be accepted.We are particularly interested in indigenous and multi-cultural voices. Payment rates will be five cents (Canadian) per word for original short stories and poems (minimum $10 per poem). Reprints will be paid a flat rate of $100. Payment on publication. Please submit in .rtf, .doc or .docx format. In the title line of e-mail put: SUBMISSION 49th:"Title of your story." Include a brief cover letter in the body of your e-mail giving us the title...

Deadline: February 17th, 2017 Payment: Royalties. Deadman’s Tome is open for submissions for it’s March 2017 issue entitled The Ancient Ones. March 15th marks the death of H. P. Lovecraft and it would only be fitting to dedicated an issue to the legend that created the Cthulhu mythos. Guidelines for March 2017 issue Short stories and flash fiction 4000 word limit – a little spillover is fine No reprints Multiple subs okay Payment is 10% of net earnings off of magazine sales (print and digital) Deadline February 17th Send submissions to [email protected] Via: Deadman's Tome.

Deadline: February 18th. 2017 Payment: $15-20 and a contributor's copy Fire is alive, a sentient element that can create or destroy.  Once ignited, fire can feed an army or destroy a city.  Both tools and weapons are forged in flames.  Stories and spells have been cast by its warm, flickering light since the dawn of dreams.  Millions of miles away, combusting stars illuminate the night.  Burning within everyone, the divine spark drives us forward, to our destinies.  Fire fuels passion and hate with equal sincerity, never flinching at our feeble attempts to contain it.  Fire's magic extends from the hearts beating in the Fae folk and the controlled conflagrations that clear away dead undergrowth for new life, from the campfire warming weary adventurers to the angry demon consuming a family's home. How are you affected by fire? Do you burn to ashes, or are you reborn in the inferno? Transmundane Press is looking for short stories exploring humanity's ancient friend and foe, fire.  We're interested in your interpretation of the element. We’re only accepting 20 stories for this anthology. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: DEADLINE: 18 February 2017 WORD COUNT: between 4 and 10 thousand words. FORMATTING INFO:   A title page with your full name and contact information (address, e-mail, phone number, word count, and brief author bio) helps us organize with editing notes.  We like headers in the top right corner with your last name and page numbers so your work can't get jumbled up.  The body of the word should be in Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced. SUBMITTING THE FILE: word doc, docX, or RTF to [email protected].  Your submission file should be saved as FIRE_LAST NAME_STORY TITLE so we can easily find your work during the consideration and editing process. (example: FIRE_SMITH_THE BURNING) RATE OF PAY: $15-20, depending on...

Deadline: February 20th, 2017 Payment: $5 - $10 depending on length We've all heard people say 'if he published his shopping list, people would buy it'? Well, Jaded Books Publishing are giving all authors the opportunity to have their shopping list published! Authors preface their submitted horror tale with their own shopping list - a typical list that tells the readers a little about themselves. As for the horror stories, they can be anything that the author desires, as long as it is horror, bizarro or supernatural - as well as written and entertaining.   To submit, email your story (and your shopping list as your first page) to [email protected]   PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines... * Word format saved in .doc, or .docx * 12 pt times new roman * Double spaced * 5K-8K word count * Write 'SHOPPING LIST' along with your name and story title in the header of your email *The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter. * The submission documents are to be separated and Word (.doc or .docx) documents are to be attached to your submission email. Deadline 20th Feb 2017 This anthology pays $5 - $10 per story depending upon length - this is your chance to show us - and our readers - what ya got! Via: Hell Bound Books.

Deadline: February 20th, 2017 Payment: $5 - $10 depending on length A dark anthology comprising tales of taboo, the unmentionable and the darkest recesses of the human mind. We want to attract dark horror, the darkest possible erotic horror and bizarro - but all stories must be well written and not simply 'sick for sick's sake'. They must also be acceptable for Amazon (of course - so please do your homework! - no child rape, for Pete's sakes!).   To submit, email your polished story to [email protected]>   PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines... * Word format saved in .doc, or .docx * 12 pt times new roman * Double spaced * 5K-8K word count * Write 'BOOTLEG' along with your name and story title in the header of your email *The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter. * The submission documents are to be separated and Word (.doc or .docx) documents are to be attached to your submission email. Deadline 20th Feb 2017 This anthology pays $5 - $10 per story depending upon length - this is your chance to show us - and our readers - what ya got! Via: Hell Bound Books.

Deadline: February 28th, 2017 Payment: 2 cents a word and a contributor's copy Triangulation is open for submissions. This year’s theme: “Appetites”. We are Parsec Ink’s speculative fiction annual, now in our 13th year. We’re looking for outstanding fantasy, science fiction, and horror–from new and established writers. Take the theme and run with it. Tell us a story we won’t forget. Theme:  “Appetites” Submissions Open: December 1, 2016 Submissions Close: February 28, 2017 Word Count: We consider fiction up to 6,000 words, but the sweet spot is 3,000. There is no minimum word count. Genre: We accept science fiction, fantasy, and horror–and enjoy intelligent blends of the three. Stories without a speculative element will not be considered. Compensation: Pay is semi-pro: 2 cents a word. Authors will receive an e-book and one print copy of the anthology, plus wholesale pricing for additional print copies (typically 50% off the cover price). Rights: We purchase North American serial rights, and electronic rights for the downloadable version(s). All subsidiary rights released upon publication. Submissions: We are a meritocracy. New authors are as welcome as those with a laundry list of accomplishments. But it’s going to be the story that wins us over. Grab us by the lapels, drag us onto that plane, take us for the ride of our lives… but get us back on the ground safely and home in time for dinner. “Appetites” is our theme. Make us hungry, make us beg… then feed us until our eyes cross. Or you can go beyond the dinner table. People hunger for vengeance. Lust for power. Some have drives for the unimaginable. P.S. We know Soylent Green is people, but if you’re going to send us a cannibalism story, make sure it knocks our socks off. 🙂 We do not accept reprints, multiple submissions, or simultaneous submissions. If...

Deadline: February 28th, 2017. Payment: 1 cent per word and $25 for reprints NOTE: There is a PDF linked to down below with a lot of details you should really read before submitting. Welcome to Occult Detective Quarterly (or ODQ, as the hip kids call it), where the doomed meddlers lurk. This page and other entries will keep you up to speed on what’s happening with ODQ – submission openings, new writers joining us, progress on each issue and what’s going on in general. Occult Detective Quarterly is a quarterly magazine with fiction, articles, reviews and art. Print is our first priority, but e-formats will be available as we go along. THE CONCEPT Don’t be fooled. This is no ordinary foray into the world of occult detectives. We are looking for great stories of psychic investigators, worn-out private eyes, supernatural sleuths and doomed meddlers of every kind in every setting. We want protagonists and antagonists who challenge us, who set old standards on their heads as well. We still offer a home for the amateur sleuth in his tweeds, creeping through the cursed house, but next to him we want his counterparts: the cynical socialite in thirties Berlin with a luger in her bag; the gay French police detective daring to enter the catacombs of Paris in the sixties; the black investigator learning the true history of her brother and the Chicago slaughterhouses; the Hindu priest facing weirdness amongst the remains of British forts in India; the South American bruja who finds that Montevideo has a heart of darkness. We welcome weird explorations of what it might mean to face the unnatural, including what many call ‘literary’ horror. At the same time we have room for classic adventure, folk-horror and out-and-out ghosts. Anything, in fact, which has an occult investigation...

Deadline: February 28th, 2017 Payment: $.02/word. Alternative Truths Anthology is open for submissions on the post-election era. What does the future hold? Endless alternative facts? Brilliant leadership? Alien invasions? Zombies in the Whitehouse? The submissions are not restricted to a political bent and may run the gamut from political satire to dystopian visions. The common thread to is that the election, the transfer, and the future are some how part of the vision. We are looking for well written visions of the post-election world in the near or far future. We are looking for thoughtful complete pieces that well demonstrate and inspire thoughts on the country. We want to look past the stereotypes and find interesting visions of the adventure our country is embarking on. Good luck. Submissions should be in standard manuscript format in either RTF, Doc, or Docx files. Queries are welcome complete stories are more welcome. Submissions should be made to [email protected]. Target lengths are 1500 to 7500 words. Hate speech, gratuitous sex or violence is not our objective. A face book group: Alternative Truth Anthology, is open to provide an ongoing status of the effort. Editors, Bob Brown and Irene Radford Payment is $.02/word. February 28 deadline. Via: Alternative Truths Facebook.

Deadline: February 28th, 2017 Payment: 6 cents per word So, for 2017 we’re opening short story submissions for the following titles: Lost Worlds, Supernatural Horror, Time Travel & Heroic Fantasy. As always we need between twenty to thirty short stories by new writers to complement a selection of classic tales. We are keen to encourage new writers, without prejudice to age, background or previous publication history. It’s the story that matters, and the quality of writing. Submit by email to [email protected] Beautiful and Powerful Oh my, it seems like yesterday when we announced our first short story collections, in 2015. Forget Pandora’s box it feels like we’ve tunneled deep into a mountain and found a pit of eternal imagination. Our first deluxe edition short story compilations, Chilling Horror, Chilling Ghosts and Science Fiction are still in print and we’re currently deciding how much of the 2016 crop to reprint: Murder Mayhem, Crime & Mystery, Dystopia Utopia and Swords & Steam, all are fantastic. Our anthologies are designed to be read in print. They look and feel fantastic. You’ll feel proud to hand them to your friends, family, colleagues. We’ve had so many great reviews (which really makes a difference to us), such as: Beautifully bound book with silver foil pages full of excellent short stories. (5.0 out of 5 stars | By soso on 11 Mar. 2016) An awesome collection of old and new. The opening story, "Stay Away from the Accordian Girl" is absolutely splendid. We’re just about to release two special editions with H.G. Wells and Lovecraft Short Stories as we seek new ways of growing this part of our list, and we’re reading through some wonderful submissions for our new full novel list, Flame Tree Press (more on that soon). The 2017 Short Story Titles Lost Worlds will be...

Deadline: March 1st, 2017 Payment: $0.01USD per word, optionally more for certain factors Announcing Radiant Crown Publishing’s upcoming anthology of dieselpunk fiction, featuring art from the premiere dieselpunk artist, Gaslandia! SUBMISSIONS WINDOW January 1st, 2017- March 1st, 2017 Anything submitted outside of this window will be deleted unread. THEME ISBN-13: Coming Soon ISBN-10: Coming Soon Gaslandia is an upcoming anthology of speculative, mysterious, and romantic dieselpunk adventures! Framed as a book of legends told during an air raid, each story should have a 1920s-1950s pop culture aesthetic not necessarily restricted to a North American audience. Critical nostalgia is key. Don’t feed us the same old tired tropes without engaging the past in new ways. We want sprawling metropolises teeming with innovation, undiscovered frontiers in the depths of the oceans, and the vastness of the open skies re-imagined. Pack your stories full of locomotives, speakeasies, radios, spies, telegraphs, gangsters, submarines, world fairs, skyscrapers, inequality, warfare, and magic that dazzled and divided the world. Deadline March 1st, 2017 11:59 EST. INSPIRATION Snowpiecer (Movie) Last Exile (Animation) Children of the Sun (RPG) Jean “Mœbius” Giraud (Comics) Sunrise: A Dieselpunk Fantasy (CYOA) Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual (Illustrated Serial Fiction) RIGHTS SOUGHT FOR FICTION Non-exclusive archival rights as long as the website(s) hosting the work are online If an audiobook is produced, payment is $0.01USD per word for non-exclusive electronic audio rights First world electronic and print rights in English with exclusivity for 8 months from the date of publication Copyright remains with the author at all times Please query if anything listed is of concern. Here is a good explanation of what this entails. LENGTH & GUIDELINES SHORT STORIES: 1001 to 7,499 words. Paid $0.01USD per word. NOVELETTE: 7,500 to 17,499 words. Paid $0.01USD per word. NOVELLA: 17,500 to 40,000 words. Paid $0.01USD per word....

Deadline: March 1st, 2017 for the First Round! Prizes: Grand Prize: Book Contract and a TON of mini-prizes! (Read below!) Are you a horror writer who dreams of seeing their work in print? Are you willing to perform challenges to win a book contract? Do you have at least one horror novel to pitch? Then you might be the… NEXT GREAT HORROR WRITER! Enter to compete in the HorrorAddicts.net horror writing contest! This contest is free to enter. Grand Prize (one lucky and talented writer will receive): Novel/book contract. Free edit of novel up to 50,000 words. Short story contract with HorrorAddicts.net “Horror Bites” series. Horror Writer gift box. Supplies and inspiration for the Next Great Horror Writer. Mini-Prizes- Episode specific (one winner from each challenge will receive one of the following): A read of your work for podcast and promotion Feature on another horror news podcast of your non-fiction work Audio drama produced for podcast and promotion 4 different publication contracts for shorts. A sketch of your character by an anime artist. Short story contract with HorrorAddicts.net “Horror Bites” series. More! *Note: Unlike some previous HorrorAddicts.net contests, you will not be required to produce fiction audio for this contest. The only audio involved in this contest is in the form of interviews with HorrorAddicts.net staff. The contest will be based on your ability to write. Professional writers, editors, artists, and movie industry people will be involved in the judging including, but not limited to: Author Annette Curtis Klause, Blood and Chocolate, Silver Kiss, Freaks. Crystal Lake Publishing and owner Joe Mynhardt Producer, Director, Writer Frank H. Woodward, Men in Suits, Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown DJ & Horror Host The Count, Cemetery Confessions, The Requiem & The Belfry Network Author & Editor Dairo Ciriello, Panverse Publishing, Aegean Dream, Black Easter...

Deadline: March 1st, 2017 Payment: Unlisted but "will always meet or exceed SFWA minimum compensation guidelines" Retro Future Open Submissions Retro Future is a bi-monthly pulp magazine that searches for diverse, surprising, and progressive science fiction in art, prose, essay, and comics. Issue #3: "Games" - March 1, 2017 Issue #3: Video games, gaming, and competition. Submissions Guidelines We welcome submissions of art and writing that approaches retrofuturism through a progressive lens. Essays and flash fiction of approximately 250-500 words is especially welcome; longer works may be serialized. Comic submissions should be 1-8 pages of finished work. Anything longer may get serialized across multiple issues. Please note that inside art should be in grayscale (please refer to art and comic templates for details.) Galileo Books acquires first serial rights; upon publication, these rights revert back to you, the author. We ask that you acknowledge Retro Future (Galileo Books) as the venue of original publication when the work appears in your book or is otherwise collected. If a work becomes unavailable while under our review, please contact us via email. Submitted work for specific issues may be considered for other issues if themes fit. Art and comic templates are located here. Please make sure that art finals are high resolution (at least 300 DPI), in the RGB or Grayscale color space, and native Photoshop or TIFF files. No JPG or GIF. (Dropbox will ask you to join, you can ignore that and click the 'continue to download' link) Written material should be attached to the email in TXT, RTF or Word formats. Retro Future is a progressive publication. Subjects such as sexual violence, un-examined racism, and other potentially offensive material are often used as fodder for exposition in genre stories–this is not appropriate for inclusion in Retro Future. We are looking for forward-looking and...

Deadline: March 1st, 2017 Payment: $25 or $100 depending on Kickstarter. Attention Authors! We are soliciting short stories by new and established authors in the military-fiction genre, between 3,500 and 7,000 words in length. At least ten entries will be selected for publication* in a short-story anthology, to be funded with a Kickstarter project. At least three entries will be selected from among those received before the Kickstarter goes live. Payment to the selected authors will depend on the success of the Kickstarter. If it funds, authors will receive a minimum of $100 each (max $1,000). If it fails, authors will receive $25 each, paid out of my pocket. (Sign up here if you want to know when the Kickstarter goes live.) Submission Rules How to submit: Email your manuscript (acceptable document formats: Word, PDF, Pages, TXT, RTF) to the following address: milfic at orenlitwin dot com. Begin the subject line with “”, and make sure to list contact information in the email itself. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2017. Genre: Military fiction, broadly defined. So resistance fighters against Nazis in Warsaw or a tyrannical government in Ohio would qualify, as would English longbowmen or samurai. “Near-future” speculative fiction is acceptable if set within the next decade. Supernatural or fantasy elements do not qualify for this anthology—if you are interested in those or other genres, please suggest them for our next project! Prompt: “The odds are against us.” (In particular, Mary-Sue or Rambo type characters who crush the opposition without effort are strongly discouraged. The protagonist(s) must face the likelihood of failure.) Note: actual combat is not necessary. Day-in-the-life stories, or the travails of the humble logistics officer, or other stories not involving violence, are perfectly acceptable as long as they make good reading. DETAILS Entries must be your own work, must be previously unpublished,...

Deadline: March 4th, 2017 Payment: 1 cent per word Note: Reprints Only QUICKFIC 5+: SHORTER-SHORT FICTION REPRINTS (To be posted on DigitalFictionPub.com - Horror/Fantasy/Science) We are AGAIN looking for shorter speculative fiction, in the horror, fantasy, and science fiction genres, for posting at DigitalFictionPub.com as web content, and to be published in eBook and print as a single collection. This listing will be open to Saturday, March 4, 2017. (Subject to extensions.) We are looking for reprint flash/short fiction that has appeared in professional or semi-professional books, magazines, collections, or anthologies, and that are available to be immediately re-licensed by Digital Fiction Publishing Corp. and published through and on our website (for free) at DigitalFictionPub.com and, eventually, on Amazon (print and eBook) as a collection of flash fiction in an anthology/collection. We are not looking for and will not license original or self-published stories in any format/venue; the pro/semi-pro requirement is important. However, a semi to pro podcast appearance will be considered. Important Note: Stories will be posted on our website, for free access, so all of our content rules apply and we'll be turning up the filters for this as access will be available to all web wanderers, young and old. I don't imagine we'll take hard R or X rated stories of any kind, and if you're depending on heavy gore for your horror it might be a tough sell. As always with Digital, sexual assault of any kind and torture are out of the question. Read our other guidelines, turn up the "won't publish" to 11, and decide if it's worth your time and ours to submit. Also - because these will be published for free online, the chances of retaining much control over the content and its distribution is effectively nil. While Digital absolutely respects the copyright of the author, we're not going to chase down those persons/pages/sites that don't...