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Deadline: January 1st, 2019 Payment: $1 per 100 words. Note: Reprints Allowed Nexxis Fantasy has a twice a year publication. Our goal is to publish an exquisite science fiction anthology filled with the greatest works from across the galaxy. We are accepting short stories and flash fiction up to 15,000 words. We are also accepting Fantasy art and photography. If you’re looking to submit a novella or novel please use this form. This upcoming anthology’s theme will be “Lost". We’re also happy to announce that all profits from this anthology will be donated to Doctors Without Borders which provides aid to people threatened by violence, neglect, natural disasters, epidemics and health emergencies. Get Paid for your accepted submission. $1 per 100 words. Keep the rights to your work. You allow us non-exclusive rights to publish your work. Can be an awesome story you’ve already published before. Join other great authors and artists and reach thousands of fantasy fans. All profits from the book will be donated to Doctors Without Borders. Manuscripts should be finished. Submission deadline is January 1st, 2019. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. You can either submit your submission using the form to the right or by emailing us at [email protected]. Authors must be 18 years old or older to submit. Via: Nexxis Fantasy.

Deadline: January 1st, 2019 Payment: 3 cents (USD) per word We will accept submissions for the non-themed anthology Tales from the Lake Vol. 6 from November 1st, 2018 through January 1st, 2019. Compiled and edited by Mercedes M. Yardley and Eugene Johnson. Pays 3c a word (USD) upon publication. Don’t miss out! In previous volumes we’ve published Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, Graham Masterton, Ramsey Campbell, Elizabeth Massie, Tim Curran, Edward Lee, Gene O’Neill, Tim Waggoner, Bev Vincent, Kealan Patrick Burke, and many more. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Create believable, three-dimensional characters just as real as your friends and neighbors. The world these characters inhabit should be equally authentic, hitting all the senses. We want stories that’ll haunt the readers for months to come. Stories should be between 500 and 5,000 words max, with 3k to 4k being the sweet spot. Originality is 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. Kelly Link, Karen Russell, Joe Hill, and Damien Angelica Walters are prime examples of current dark fiction writers encapsulating the above in their work. Quality of the work must be top notch! The authors mentioned above represent the high-water mark we’re looking for. WHAT WE’RE NOT LOOKING FOR: Stories sent before or after the submission window. These will not be read. Rape stories or sexual abuse or any explicit abuse toward children or animals is expressly forbidden. This can however be mentioned or remembered by your character, but be subtle. Stories that are not short horror stories. Novels or novellas. Stories with flat worlds. To avoid too many writers writing about lakes, please keep in mind this is a non-themed anthology. PAYMENT: For this anthology we are paying 3 cents (USD)...

Deadline: January 1st, 2019 Payment: $20 and a contributor's copy. Note: Reprints Allowed For those interested in submitting, this anthology is animal horror themed. That means it can be any sort of horror involving animal attacks. Consider it like natural horror only minus the plants (and no Kaiju stories, for now; that might be a later anthology)--but we will accept insects--hybrids, too (including half-human/half-animal). Think books like The Rats, The Birds, Jaws, Watchers, Ursa Major, Ratman's Notebook, and of course, the works of Guy N. Smith. The word max is 10k, the deadline will be January 1st, and we are paying $20 upon acceptance and each contributor will get a physical copy of the book. We will accept reprints as long as you hold the publishing rights. To submit, email [email protected] and include ANIMAL HORROR in the subject line, along with the title of the tale. We look forward to reading your fine stories! Via: Nightmare Press's Facebook.

Deadline: January 1st, 2019 Payment: 1 cent per word Writer's Guidelines The Cafe Irreal is a quarterly webzine that presents a kind of fantastic fiction infrequently published in English. This fiction, which we would describe as irreal, resembles the work of writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector and Jorge Luis Borges. As a type of fiction it rejects the tendency to portray people and places realistically and the need for a full resolution to the story; instead, it shows us a reality constantly being undermined. Therefore, we're interested in stories by writers who write about what they don't know, take us places we couldn't possibly go, and don't try to make us care about the characters. We would also suggest you take a look at the current issue, archives, and theory (especially the essay, "What is irrealism?") pages on this web site. We accept unsolicited fiction up to 2,000 words in length. Translations are welcome. There is no minimum length. We accept only electronic submissions via e-mail at [email protected]. We cannot, due to the various computer viruses and worms, accept attachments anymore, so please paste your story into the body of the e-mail. Also include your name, address, e-mail address, and a short bio in the text of the submission; please put the word "submission" in the subject heading of the e-mail to ensure that your submission doesn't get lost among all the spam. We pay an honorarium of one cent U.S. per word ($2 minimum) to buy first-time internet rights (the story will then be archived). Payment is made upon publication. We don't accept simultaneous submissions and are only interested in reprints in unusual cases (e.g., the story has appeared in print but not on the internet). Therefore, if the story or translation has been published before, please...

Deadline: January 1st, 2019 Payment: $0.01 / word Submissions are currently open until about noon Mountain Time on January 1st, 2019. Link to the new submission system is below, in the hopes that you will actually read some of the submission guidelines. What I’m Looking For To steal a joke, StoryHack Magazine publishes both kinds of fiction – action and adventure. To be more clear, by action I mean that there should be characters actively engaged with an antagonist who represents imminent physical danger. Fistfights, car chases, vine swinging (alligators or spikes below), jungle insects, all that. But the protagonist must have an active role in the plot, rather than just having stuff happen at him/her. By adventure, I mean the character does awesome things (is proactive) in a exotic (not mundane) situation. Heroics often enter in. The protagonist can be in a cool time period, a fantasy world, or have a bizarre profession, something about his/her situation should transport me, the reader, out of the mundane world. After reading, I should be able to say a main character “had an adventure.” I’m open to any genre, as long as there’s action and adventure. And I’m serious when I say any genre. Space opera, spy thriller, sword & sorcery, lost world, high-seas swashbuckling, occult detective, treasure hunt / explorer, western, technothriller, you’re limited only by your imagination. As to style, think Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, A. Merritt, Leigh Brackett, Doc E. E. Smith, Kenneth Robinson. Think fun and energetic. I’m not partial to mopey emo fiction. You should know that StoryHack will not be publishing erotica or extreme gore. Also, I’m not likely to accept a story that has tons of cursing. A little humor is good, but I’m not looking for farce or screwball comedy. More Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, less Rowan...

Deadline: January 4th, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy An Altered Fairytale Anthology Give us a different take on children’s fairytales. Think The Little Mermaid or Beauty and the Beast. Genres we want are fantasy, paranormal, dystopian and horror. Word Count: 2,000 – 7,500 (No stories over 7,500 or under 2,000 words will be accepted) Submissions Close: 4th January 2019 Response: You should get a response within 3 weeks after submissions close. Compensation: A Contributors Copy (eBook) Reprints Accepted: No Estimated Release Date: July/August 2019 For more information on how to submit, check the Submission Guidelines. All submissions are to be addressed as per the Submission Guidelines for the specific category or anthology call you are submitting to and emailed to: [email protected] Email subject lines should read in the following format: SUBMISSION: Submission Catergory, Title – Word Count Example: SUBMISSION: Short Story, Myth and Magic – 4186 Submission categories are as follows: Flash Fiction (500 words) Short Story (2,000 – 7,500 words) Single Author Collections (min 20,000 words – max 50,000) Anthology – up to 7,500 words (check open anthology call) A short cover letter is required. Please include your legal name, pen name (if you have one), contact information, recent publications/awards (if any), and a bio of up to 150 words, written in 3rd person. Please don’t be concerned if you don’t have previous publications or awards. New writers are welcome. Submissions should be attached in the email as a .doc or .docx All submissions should be formatted as per Shunn’s manuscript style. Via: Iron Faerie Pubishing.

Deadline: January 11th, 2019 Payment: The winner will receive an advance against future royalties of $10,000. Read on for more details. Rules for the 2019 St. Martin’s Minotaur/ Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition Sponsored by Minotaur Books and Mystery Writers of America (MWA) 1. The Competition is open to any writer, regardless of nationality, aged 18 or older, who has never been the author of any Published Novel (in any genre), as defined by the guidelines below, (except that authors of self-published works only may enter, as long as the manuscript submitted is not the self-published work) and is not under contract with a publisher for publication of a novel. Employees, and members of their immediate families living in the same household, of Minotaur Books or Mystery Writers of America (or a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of either of them) are not eligible to enter. Only one manuscript entry (the “Manuscript”) is permitted per writer. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Please read all of the rules and guidelines before submitting your entry. If you have questions or need further clarification after reading the following rules and guidelines, you may contact us at [email protected] 2. To enter, you must complete an online entry form and upload an electronic file of your Manuscript. The entry form will allow you to upload one electronic file. Only electronic submissions, uploaded through the online entry form, will be considered; do not mail or e-mail manuscript submissions to Minotaur Books. To be considered for the 2018 competition, all submissions must be received by 11:59pm EST on January 11, 2019. a) Manuscripts must be submitted as Microsoft Word documents or PDFs. All manuscripts must be double-spaced, with pages numbered consecutively from beginning to end. All manuscripts must be saved as “Manuscript Title_Entrant...

Deadline: January 13th, 2019 Payment: Royalties Grumpy Old Gods: Seeking We’re looking for stories about mythical Gods who are waning, reborn, retired, or otherwise AWOL from their assigned post. We invite you to re-imagine old myths, mine your local retirement home for things that tickle your fancy, and invite your Muse to go wild.  The only requirement is that the god or goddess in question (or whole pantheon if you so choose) must be retired, retiring, waning in power, or ignoring their responsibilities. Bonus points for good humor. Genre: Speculative Fiction. What is Speculative Fiction? Well, Wikipedia says… “It encompasses the genres of science fiction, fantasy, science fantasy, horror, alternative history, and magic realism.” Words: 3000-4000 Rating: PG13-PG17 Deadline for Submissions: January 13th, 2019 Submission Format: Word Doc or PDF (No Google Docs please, but we’re willing to work with you if you need to submit in a different format, just contact us!) Publication: March 2019 What rights are we asking for? We’re asking for the right to print the stories in the anthology, but the writers will retain everything else. Payment: All authors who participate in the collection will receive an equal portion of the profit, paid quarterly via paypal. None of the startup costs for the book (book cover, formatting, etc…) will be deducted from the proceeds.  Submit to: [email protected] Editors: Vanessa Wells and Juneta Key. Who we are: Juneta Key: You know her as the woman who puts together the Storytime Blog posts. The social media skills are strong with this one. Vanessa Wells: Self-professed short story junkie and editor of two previous anthologies Spirit and Trick or Treat. Via: June Takey.

Deadline: January 15th, 2019 Payment: $20 per story 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. We reserve the right to shift publication date slightly, as necessary. We have reading periods for each issue, though we never close to submissions. February closes January 15 May closes April 15 August closes July 15 November closes October 15 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...

Deadline: January 15, 2019 Payment: $75 + print & digital contributor copy ould But Time Await: An Anthology of New England Edited by Scott T. Goudsward and K. H. Vaughan Ulthar Press is seeking original, unpublished short stories for an anthology of folk horror with New England ties, scheduled for release at Necronomicon-Providence in 2019. For the purposes of this project, we are defining folk horror as horror literature in which the present (in the story, not necessarily current day) collides with the history, folklore, traditions, and psychogeography of a region. The term “folk horror” came to prominence in describing a subgenre of film represented best by the “unholy trinity” of Witchfinder General (1968), Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) and The Wicker Man (1973). In general, themes include: ❖ Psychological and physical Isolation ❖ The effects of geography on emotion and behavior ❖ Old and strange traditions that persist despite the encroachment of the modern world ❖ Contrast between folklore and formal, academic, or “official” knowledge ❖ Conflict between the urban outsider and the rural insider ❖ Supernatural strangeness hidden beneath the surface of civilization Some excellent discussion of what does and does not constitute “folk horror” can be found online (see links below), but there is no source that we consider authoritative. If your story can convince us that it is folk horror, then it is. We want to see fresh takes on old tropes. We are looking for work that uses the physical, historical, and social landscapes of New England as a focal point (rather than a story that could be set anywhere else but just happens to be set in New England.) There is a long and rich history of horrific and strange folklore in New England but that doesn’t mean a writer needs to restrict themselves...

Deadline: January 15th, 2019 Payment: One contributor copy, plus $10 for writers based in USA. To help towards shipping costs, international writers receive one copy. unpredictable, fearless, glistening, innovative… GREAT great weather for MEDIA seeks poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction for our annual print anthology. Submissions are open from October 15th through January 15th every year. Need a reminder? Sign up to our monthly newsletter. Our focus is on the edgy, fearless, and experimental but we do not have a set theme for our anthologies. We highly recommend reading one of our previous collections to get a feel for the type of work we are interested in. Our latest anthology is Suitcase of Chrysanthemums. We are based in New York City and welcome submissions from both national and international writers. 1-4 poems of any length. If you are submitting more than one poem, include them all in a single document. Do not submit multiple poems in separate files. Single-spaced please, or how it should appear on the printed page. Start each poem on a new page. 1 prose/creative nonfiction piece, 2 if under 500 words. Maximum word count: 2,500. Prose should be in English. Multiple submissions (in the same genre) are not accepted and will not be read. Please wait until you receive a response from us before submitting again. Simultaneous submissions are fine – just notify us with your good news immediately. If you wish to withdraw part of your submission, please log in to your Submittable account to add a note to your submission activity and list the title no longer available for consideration. If you wish to withdraw your entire submission, log in and update your Submittable account – instructions here. Please don't send revisions. You can always add a note to...

Deadline: January 15th, 2018 Payment: $5 Submissions At Sanitarium, we’re dedicated to bringing audiences the best in horror from around the world. We believe horror should be fresh, bold, and diverse. We aim to publish seasoned professionals alongside new voices, and we encourage authors to take creative risks with their work. Sanitarium is an inclusionary publishing space, and for this reason we ask that all authors submitting work adhere to our guidelines in order to facilitate our blind submission system. Due to the high volume of work we receive, submissions that don’t follow the respective guidelines will be rejected. Additionally, work that is sent outside the posted deadline, or set reading windows, will not be considered for publication. SANITARIUM MAGAZINE Sanitarium Magazine is now open for submissions. Offered in both print and digital editions, Sanitarium Magazine is a quarterly publication—released every January, April, July, and October—dedicated to bringing readers the best in short-form horror. We’re looking for work that chills readers to the bone, makes us think the impossible is all too possible, and leaves a lasting impression. We want characters we can relate to, care about, see ourselves in, and obsess over. Authors are encouraged to submit works which fall under any form of horror and supernatural fiction (including but not limited to body horror, psychological horror, stories of the paranormal, dystopian works, and “creature features”). Body horror, psychological horror, and pieces dealing with the supernatural or paranormal are all encouraged. While we encourage writers to take risks and push the limits of literary horror, we ask that creators be mindful while doing so. Work that’s homophobic, transphobic, racist, ableist, or discriminatory will not be considered for publication. Additionally, works depicting and/or glorifying child abuse, animal cruelty, explicit sex acts, sexual assault and rape, or excessive violence towards women...

Deadline: January 15th, 2019 Payment: One contributor copy, plus $10 for writers based in USA. To help towards shipping costs, international writers receive one copy. unpredictable, fearless, glistening, innovative… GREAT great weather for MEDIA seeks poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction for our annual print anthology. Submissions are open from October 15th through January 15th every year. Need a reminder? Sign up to our monthly newsletter. Our focus is on the edgy, fearless, and experimental but we do not have a set theme for our anthologies. We highly recommend reading one of our previous collections to get a feel for the type of work we are interested in. Our latest anthology is Suitcase of Chrysanthemums. We are based in New York City and welcome submissions from both national and international writers. 1-4 poems of any length. If you are submitting more than one poem, include them all in a single document. Do not submit multiple poems in separate files. Single-spaced please, or how it should appear on the printed page. Start each poem on a new page. 1 prose/creative nonfiction piece, 2 if under 500 words. Maximum word count: 2,500. Prose should be in English. Multiple submissions (in the same genre) are not accepted and will not be read. Please wait until you receive a response from us before submitting again. Simultaneous submissions are fine – just notify us with your good news immediately. If you wish to withdraw part of your submission, please log in to your Submittable account to add a note to your submission activity and list the title no longer available for consideration. If you wish to withdraw your entire submission, log in and update your Submittable account – instructions here. Please don't send revisions. You can always add a note to...

Deadline: January 15th, 2019 Payment: $250 for stories and essays and $75 for poems SUBMITTING TO SLICE SLICE magazine welcomes submissions for short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We’re looking for anyone with a fresh voice and a compelling story to share, and we are particularly enthusiastic about championing emerging voices. The best way to get a sense of Slice’s content is to read the magazine. You can subscribe here. At the core, Slice aims to bridge the gap between emerging and established authors by offering a space where both are published side-by-side. In each issue, a specific cultural theme becomes the catalyst for articles, interviews, stories, and poetry from renowned writers and lesser known voices alike. We offer all contributors of Slice a monetary award for their work ($250 for stories and essays and $75 for poems). GUIDELINES Our reading period is currently open. The reading period runs from December 1, 2018 – January 15, 2019. The theme is “Birth.” All submissions during that time will be considered for Issue 25, which will be released fall 2019. Click here to submit via Submittable, an online submissions manager. Please note, we are unable to accept any submissions sent to us via email or post. The maximum word count for submissions is 5,000 words. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as we’re notified immediately if the work is selected for publication elsewhere. All work should be previously unpublished. Please allow up to three months for us to reply to your submission. Via: Submission Guidelines.

Deadline: January 15th, 2019 Payment: $10 per poem, $10 per flash piece (under 1,000 words), $25 for short fiction and essays (over 1,000 words). Hello from Outlook Springs! Send us your weird, wobbly wordwork: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. See genres for specific submission guidelines, but here's a quick rundown: - Please only one submission at a time. - Please submit only twice per Reading Period. - Of course simultaneous submissions are OK. They should always be OK. - Payment is $10 per poem, $10 per flash piece (under 1,000 words), $25 for short fiction and essays (over 1,000 words). Payment via PayPal or Venmo. - Double-spaced, Times New Roman is good, but hey, you do you! - Please don't hide any curses or hexes in your semi-colons (ahem, Dave) - See our site for some examples of what we publish (www.outlooksprings.com) - No counterfeit exclamation points or hyphens Questions? Email [email protected] Thanks for submitting. Thanks for reading. Thanks for everything! Send us stories we can’t put down. Our emphasis is literary fiction: “the Bigfoot's heart in conflict with itself,” as Faulkner famously said. But we aren’t biased against genre. To the contrary! Experimental, science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, magical realism, minimalist, maximalist, flash, etc., etc., are all welcome into our home, so long as there is an emphasis on character and/or language rather than on cleverness and conceit. Let us reiterate: character and language are important. We want sentences radioactive with the bizarre, the beautiful, the ugly—the world as only you see it. Surprise us. Break our hearts. Humor is always a plus. Humor and heartbreak together? Oh, boy. That’s a dream come true. Outlook Springs isn’t looking for merely competent stories—stories that are technically proficient but emotionally cold. Zap us with life. In short: send us your best work. We...

Deadline: January 18th, 2019 Payment: $25 for original work, $10 for reprints. Note: Reprints allowed Superior Shores Press is pleased to announce plans for its first multi-author anthology, The Best Laid Plans, which will include stories of mystery and suspense with an overarching theme of “the best laid plans.” The deadline for submission is January 18, 2019. All submissions will be acknowledged. Acceptance/rejections will be emailed to all submitting authors on or before March 18, 2019. The number of stories in the collection will depend on the length of stories selected. Estimated length: 250 printed pages in trade paperback format. An introduction, acknowledgments, and author bios will be included. Publication date is scheduled for *June 18, 2019 (trade paperback/Kindle/Kobo/Nook/iTunes). Both reprints and new material will be considered. Previously unpublished authors are welcome to submit. Please, no simultaneous submissions. DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & SUBMISSION FORMS TBLP Submission Guidelines TBLP Submission Form Guidelines (Download latest above in case changes were made.) ANTHOLOGY TITLE: THE BEST LAID PLANS: STORIES OF MYSTERY & SUSPENSE GENRE: Mystery/suspense PUBLISHER: Superior Shores Press EDITOR: Judy Penz Sheluk DEADLINES: January 18, 2019. Late submissions will not be considered. All submissions will be acknowledged. Acceptance/rejections will be emailed to all submitting authors on or before March 18, 2019. Please, no simultaneous submissions. PUBLICATION DATE: *June 18, 2019 (trade paperback/Kindle/Kobo/Nook/iTunes/GooglePlay) *The Publisher reserves the right to postpone and/or cancel due to unforeseen circumstances or if an insufficient number of qualified stories are submitted/accepted. DESCRIPTION: A multi-author anthology of short stories of mystery and suspense with an overarching theme of the best-laid plans. The will depend on the length of stories selected. Estimated length: 250 printed pages in trade paperback format. An introduction, acknowledgments, and author bios will be included. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Both previously published and unpublished authors are welcome to submit....

Deadline: January 20th, 2019 Payment: 5% of the gross profit will be paid for each accepted story. These payments will be issued to you at quarterly intervals. Stories under 1,500 words will only receive 4% of the gross profit. No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s ….Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. General Carl von Clausewitz devised Absolute War. A war single-mindedly focused on the destruction of the enemy and attainment of a political victory (or conquest) by pure force. Von Clausewitz rejected the theory. But intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic have higher regard for Absolute War, and wage it in their devastation of the Earth… War of the Worlds: Absolute War is a collection of short stories expanding on H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. Generally, we’re seeking to show the entire world’s response to the Invasion.   WHAT WE WANT It’s possible to read The War of the Worlds and assign it to any number of dates within a nearly 30 year period. We’ll be working from the assumption that the Martian Invasion occurred in June, 1896. So far as fitting the novel into a real-world context, consider the narrator of The War of the Worlds to have been H.G. Wells himself, the narrator’s wife to be Amy Wells, and the narrator’s brother to be Frank Wells. The book detailing Wells’ perspective of events was subsequently released in 1898. Please don’t rehash H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. We have had countless adaptions, sequels, and “stories behind the story,”...

Deadline: January 20th, 2019 Payment: $10.00 Love can be magical or tragic; star-crossed or end happily ever after; an unrequited longing or two souls that always find one another. Enchanted Conversation is looking for stories and sequential art (aka comics) that explore the different aspects of love set within the fairy tale, folktale, or mythic templates. Work can either be re-tellings of established stories or use original characters. Be bold, traditional, lyrical, or experimental in your storytelling and enchant us with stories set in a variety of locations around the world and time periods from ancient to modern. What if a witch’s curse backfires and turns into true love? Did Medusa love Perseus before her tragic end? Why does the Land long for the touch of the Sea? Can the cold heart of a trickster be warmed by one who out-tricks him? Be bold, traditional, lyrical, or experimental in your storytelling. Think beyond palaces, princes, and princesses in their usual context. Take readers on a journey to long ago Japan, an enchanted forest in Russia, or magical root bridges in India - where the stage is set for characters to tell their unique tales of love.   WE'RE LOOKING FOR   STORIES between 700-2000 words with our sweet spot being around 1,200 words. Payment flat rate: $10.00 U.S. dollars only The upper limit 2,000 word count is FIRM. Stories over 2,000 words will not be considered. SEQUENTIAL ART/COMICS: 1 to 5 pages in length. Payment flat rate $10.00 U.S. dollars only. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE THROUGH PAYPAL ONLY Absolutely none of the following: Sci-fi, dystopian, erotica, high fantasy, excessive world building, time-travel, futuristic or space travel. We are NOT ACCEPTING POETRY for this issue. We're accepting only previously unpublished work. Only one work per writer per submission period. Simultaneous submissions...

Deadline: January 23rd, 2019 Payment: 1 cent per word for fiction, $10 for poetry Note: Reprints Allowed Note: Our apologies for the short window, it was pointed out we missed posting this one prior to the #21 listing. 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. 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 first three volumes (sixteen stories) of the Clive Barker series Books of Blood. Please bear in mind that we're looking for pieces that relate to the BOOKS ONLY. References to movies or television shows will not be accepted. 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. We do not accept .pdfs. Authors...

Deadline: January 24th, 2018 Payment: Short Fiction (<150CH) $3AUD per story, Long Fiction (>150CH/<200CH) $2AUD per story What is the Story Seed Vault? The Vault is an online periodical that adheres to the limitation of Twitter publishing. We consider all types of fiction with one condition – your story must be based on science. We’re looking for stories that act as story seeds – prompts for spin off plots and weird tangents. We want to think in new ways about how our world works and the possibilities for future worlds, expanding tangentially from what we know now. Who can submit to the Vault? The Vault will takes submissions from all sorts of writers, from established writers to new, science communicator, or people who have a personal passion for science. As long as you adhere to our guidelines, we will publish your work! In accordance with the ethics and values of our editorial team, the Vault is also a diversity-oriented publication. As such, we welcome and encourage submissions from a multiplicity of voices and perspectives, particularly those from marginalized and under-represented groups. Science communication is done by all sorts of people – and we want writers who reflect that diversity. Where can I find science to be inspired by? We suggest taking a look at science news websites and science magazines, such as the below: Ars Technica Technology news, provides breakdowns on the latest scientific advancements. Main focus is IT and ‘gadgets’. Science Daily Scientific research news. Does not report on general science news. Science Mag Reports on research and general science news. Almost always evidence-based reporting. Science Alert and Live Science Pop science news. An easily accessible form of science news that doesn’t use academic language. Prone to clickbait titles. If you’re still stuck on what to write, take a...

Deadline: January 27th, 2019. Payment: $0.01/word for previously published pieces, and $0.02/word for first run. All pieces under 500 words or 5 minutes are compensated at a $5 flat rate. Note: Reprints welcome. Note: LGBTQ+ authors only. A LGBTQ+ HORROR FICTION PODCAST Episode 18 - Gothic From haunted manors, repressed secrets, and horrifying leaps of science and faith—this episode celebrates the tradition of Gothic literature and film. Submissions due January 27th, 2019. Submissions of fiction, poetry, music, art, and more are always accepted on a rolling basis. Late submissions can be sent up to a week after the formal deadline if you inform us ahead of time to expect a late piece. Note: We try to respond to all readers and artists within 48 hours. We consider all piece lengths, but generally have difficulty accepting pieces over 20 pages long. No ableist, racist, transphobic, homophobic, sexist or otherwise oppressive work will be accepted. Lastly, we only accept work by self-identified LGBTQ+ artists! Thank you! To submit content: Fill out the following form HERE to submit content to us. Please specify if you are submitting for a specific episode and whether you would like editorial feedback! Submissions are compensated at $0.01/word for previously published pieces, and $0.02/word for first run. Music is compensated at $1/minute for previous released tracks, and $2/minute for music released through us. All pieces under 500 words or 5 minutes are compensated at a $5 flat rate. To read/act for us: If you would like to be a volunteer reader or voice actor, please fill out this form HERE. We will follow up via email to collect further information for our directory. Via: Monsters Out Of The Closet.

Deadline: January 27th, 2019 Payment: $3 We are looking for some suitable stories for February 2019, including: Groundhog Day The Day the Music Died The Super Bowl Valentine's Day getting tired of winter / cabin fever Every Day Fiction is looking for very short (flash) fiction, of up to  1000 words. There’s no such thing as too short — if you can do the job  in 50 words, have at it! — but our readers prefer pieces that tell or at  least hint at a complete story (some sort of action or tension rising  to a moment of climax, and at least a clue toward a resolution, though  it doesn’t have to be all spelled out). All fiction genres are acceptable, and stories that don’t fit neatly  into any genre are welcome too. While personal experiences and other  non-fiction can be great sources of inspiration, please turn them into  fiction for us, or send them elsewhere. Our readership is adult, so children’s stories are unlikely to be  accepted unless they are relevant to adults as well. On the other hand,  we are not impressed by gratuitous sex and violence, or pointlessly foul  language; edgy content should be necessary and appropriate to the plot  and characters. It ought to go without saying that any story submitted to Every Day Fiction must be your own unpublished original creation. If  you publish a story on a blog, even your own personal blog, or any  website accessible to the general public (i.e., if the story can be  found and read online without a password or friend status or other  limitation), it is considered published and therefore inappropriate for  our market. Since we do not have the time or resources to manage copyright  permissions, please do not send us works with quoted song lyrics. You  may use...

Deadline: January 28th, 2019 Payment: Authors will receive a share of 30% of ebook royalties and 8% of print royalties. Exact shares will be determined by the number of stories accepted and will be stated in the contract for selected authors. Between now and January 28, we’re accepting short stories in the Steampunk genre. We’re looking for stories between 3,500 and 10,000 words, and that cover a wide range of Steampunk topics. In brief, Steampunk began as a literary genre loosely inspired by the real or imagined cultures, events, and technologies of the Industrial Era. It can take various forms, from an alternative history, to a dystopian future, to a complete fantasy world untethered to our sense of time and space. In more recent times, Steampunk has leaped from the pages of books and into people’s lives in the form of special events, elaborate costumes, and dedicated “sports.” If you are looking for a more in depth explanation, you can check out this brief intro or all of the wonderful posts on SteampunkJournal.org. Though many of the works in the Steampunk genre take place in London during Victoria’s reign, don’t let that limit you. The steam era happened all over the world and with different consequences. The “scientific romances” of the 19th century are a wonderful place to get inspiration, and those stories take their characters into the center of the earth, into outer space, and through time. So get ready to spread your pneumatic wings and let your imagination fly! One of the amazing things about Steampunk is how it can be mashed up with a variety of genres. So bring us your horror, your romance, your adventure, and everything in between. All submissions must be submitted to [email protected] before midnight Eastern time on Jan. 28. Your submission email should include: Inquiry/SteampunkAnthology/Story title on the...

Deadline: January 30th, 2019 Payment: $0.01/word for previously published pieces, and $0.02/word for first run. All pieces under 500 words or 5 minutes are compensated at a $5 flat rate. Note: Reprints welcome. Note: LGBTQ+ authors only. Submissions of fiction, poetry, music, art, and more are typically accepted on a rolling basis. We are seeking just a few more submissions for Year 2, for which themes are listed below. Submissions for the remainder of Year 2 will close January 30, 2019. We will reopen submissions for Year 3 in Spring 2019. Submissions are compensated at $0.01/word for previously published pieces, and $0.02/word for first run. Music is compensated at $1/minute for previous released tracks, and $2/minute for music released through us. All pieces under 500 words or 5 minutes are compensated at a $5 flat rate. We consider all piece lengths, but generally have difficulty accepting pieces over 20 pages long or under a page. No ableist, racist, transphobic, homophobic, sexist or otherwise oppressive work will be accepted. Lastly, we only accept work by self-identified LGBTQ+ artists! Thank you! To submit content: Fill out the following form HERE to submit content to us. Please specify if you are submitting for a specific episode and whether you would like editorial feedback! To read/act for us: If you would like to be a volunteer reader or voice actor, please fill out this form HERE. We will follow up via email to collect further information for our directory. Episode 20 - Grave Meet us by the old cemetery at midnight... Face your mortality upon the ground where mortals may fear to tread. Episode 23 - Vengeance Vengeance is ours! Empower yourself. Exact ruthless justice this month. Episode 25 - Halloween III Our annual Halloween tribute episode returns once more! All pieces are welcome...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: Contest with $2,000 Prize Pool - 1st Place: $800 2nd Place: $400 3rd place: $300 4th place: $200 5th place: $100 6th place: $100 7th place: $100 - Each winner receives author copies: 1 signed hardcover, 5 paperbacks and a digital copy of the book. Note: You must be a subscriber to the Dark Regions Press e-mail newsletter to qualify which is free to join at darkregions.com/newsletter Announcing Black Labyrinth Anthology I : Possession - Open Submissions Free to Enter Writing Contest with $2,000 Prize Pool! Dark Regions Press is excited to announce our new open submissions writing contest for 7 stories in the first anthology in the Black Labyrinth imprint with a $2,000 prize pool! Featuring original psychological horror stories based on individuals possessed by internal and/or external forces, this new book will be published in 2019 as the first anthology in our critically acclaimed Black Labyrinth imprint that has published original novellas by Tom Piccirilli, Joe R. Lansdale and Ramsey Campbell each illustrated by Santiago Caruso. You can support this writing contest by participating in the early preorder of Black Labyrinth Anthology I : Possession on our website and/or sponsoring the writing contest on the same page. A note to collectors:Black Labyrinth Anthology I : Possession will be published in a Flood Black Signed & Numbered Hardcover format designed to match other Black Labyrinth titles and it is available for preorder now on our website. Thanks to everyone who supports the contest! BLACK LABYRINTH ANTHOLOGY I : POSSESSION WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES THEME: Psychological horror story of one or more individuals possessed by internal and/or external forces. WORD COUNT: 10 to 10,000 PAY: Contest with $2,000 Prize Pool - 1st Place: $800 2nd Place: $400 3rd place: $300 4th place: $200 5th place: $100 6th place: $100 7th place: $100 - Each winner receives...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: $10 and a contributor's copy Death’s Head Press will be accepting submissions for an unnamed REVENGE anthology starting October 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019 Have you ever been done wrong and wanted payback BIG TIME? Remember when that driver cut you off on the interstate and you had to slam on the brakes, which resulted in you spilling hot coffee on your crotch, blistering your nether regions? Remember when that girl from down the street decided it would be just fine to sleep with your boyfriend? What would you like to do to these people? What would you like to do to any of those people who have ever screwed you over? We want revenge stories! Payback is the name of the game. What we’re looking for: Death’s Head Press is seeking short stories between 3,000 to 8,000 words. The short stories MUST BE ABOUT REVENGE. If it does not have an element of revenge to it, then, well, what are you doing? We will only accept one submission per author for this anthology. So, send us your best! Simultaneous submissions are fine, but let us know if another publisher picks up your story before us. This is a no-holds-barred anthology! We want to see how brutal your revenge can get. If you think you can offend us, gross us out, or otherwise make us wince at your story, give it a shot! How to submit: Email your submission to [email protected] with the Subject line reading REVENGE ANTHOLOGY. Consider the body of your email the cover letter. Give us a brief description of your work (3-6 sentences), list any previous published works, and tell us any relevant information about yourself. Attach your entire manuscript to the email in .doc, .docx, or .rtf formats. Use 12 pt...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 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. Tell us a story in exactly 19 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. WORKS CONSIDERED We seek flash fiction stories told in exactly 19 words—no more, no less. Original fiction only. No poetry, taglines, or jokes. Please include a title for each story submitted. One active Penny Fiction submission per author, per reading period. Multiple stories per submission encouraged. One is fine. Four is cool. Twenty is borderline obnoxious...we like obnoxious! No previously published works. Need inspiration? Follow Penny Fiction on Facebook for tips and prompts. THE DREADED COVER LETTER Include one interesting fact about yourself in 13 words or less. Undertakers and cat herders earn extra points. If we do not find you interesting, we reserve the right to make you appear more interesting. No long lists of previously published works. No cut ‘n paste author bios. Confused? Check out The Lovely Penny bios from any past issue. COMPENSATION $3.00 per published piece. (That’s a professional rate of .15 cents per word— enough for a hot cup of coffee to sip on while you pen your next brilliant work of incredibly short fiction!) THE DETAILS Free to submit. Accepting submissions in the months of December/January, March/April, June/July Limited to 200 submissions per month. Submit early! Notifications to be sent as decisions are made or within 60 days of closing. Please review full guidelines prior to submitting,...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: 6 cents per word Submissions to this anthology must follow our No-Harm Guidelines. Please read these guidelines prior to writing or submitting a story. One purpose of these guidelines is to ensure the collection is friendly to a diverse set of potential readers. No-Harm Guidelines (pdf) 81.34 KB Download Submission Guidelines Originally Posted 15 September 2018 Last Updated 01 December 2018 Thank you for your interest in the Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove anthology. Bottom line: Send your unpublished story of 1-4000 words to [email protected] by the end of January 2019, with the subject “Stormcove Submission.” Format: Please submit your story as a Word document. Include your: name, writing as, country, and primary pronoun (e.g. she/he/they/e). Include the story’s: title, number of words, and primary genre (e.g. romance, fantasy, contemporary, mystery). Include for the subtitle, the: year (e.g. 2018, c1100), location (e.g. Room 102, Room 845, Ballroom, Lobby), and start time of the five minutes (e.g. 9:32 PM, 2315, sunrise). If the day or time of year is relevant (e.g. New Year’s Day or November), please include that information. For this collection, we are not interested in reprints or works submitted simultaneously for other publication. Please only submit unpublished content. Theme goals: Feature unique, original, diverse, artistic content from authors across fiction genres. Provide an anthology theme that is workable within many genres. Provide guidelines that will generate original content but are flexible enough, that if a story is not included, can still be used elsewhere with small tweaks. Allow authors, editors, and readers all to have a little fun with the collection. Payment and legal: The anthology will be published by Atthis Arts, LLC. All accepted submissions will require a signed contract with Atthis Arts, LLC — we believe in pay, respect, and autonomy for authors, so we’ve done our...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: $20 and one contributor copy. Nightscript is published annually, during grand October, in both trade and electronic editions, and will feature contemporary fictions ranging in length from 2,000 to 7,000 words. Note: I am OPEN to submissions for Vol. 5. (For the month of January only.) N. is a venue for ‘strange tales’, a term used to describe fictions supernatural, uncanny, weird, and so forth. In other words, I am looking for subtle and darksome literary horror. If you feel that your work has been inspired in no small part by authors such as Robert Aickman, Shirley Jackson, Dennis Etchison, Flannery O’Connor, Terry Lamsley, Lisa Tuttle, Thomas Owen, Mary Shelley, Arthur Machen, then N. is probably the venue for you. Authors are asked to submit their original tales via the email provided below and should allow 1 to 8 week(s) for a response. (If a submission is held for longer than two weeks this typically means that it is being considered.) Submit .doc files to: [email protected] (Please send only one story per reading period. No simultaneous submissions, please.) Payment is $20 and one contributor copy. N. is a labor of love, and as such I shall endeavor to produce an aesthetically pleasing product for which all contributors can feel proud. That said, I look forward to reading your work! Thank you kindly for your interest. C.M. Muller, editor & publisher To keep up-to-date with all things N., please consider following its Facebook page. Via: Cthonic Matter

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: One penny Sterling per word Note: Reprints allowed. Clark Ashton Smith (CAS) is my favourite fantasy author. I’ve had the pleasure of publishing several stories in the vein of CAS’s works. I’m very interested in publishing an anthology of stories, poems and prose poems in CAS’s vein. Whether the stories are based in Averoigne, Hyperboria, Poseidonis, Zothique or anywhere else, as long as it fits CAS’s mode of storytelling, I’ll be more than interested. If your story, etc. has been published elsewhere, please let me know where and when the work was published. I will pay one penny Sterling per word, with a minimum payment of £10 Sterling for poems and very, very short stories and prose poems. For illustrations, I will pay £30 for ‘header’ illustrations to a story, £100 for full page illustrations and £200 for the cover illustration. All rights are reserved by the author or artist. I would like to have all the material in by January 31st, 2019 so I can publish the anthology by June 2019. Contact me by email ([email protected] or [email protected]) or by post to Jon Harvey, 56 Mickle Hill, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 8QU, UK. Via: Atlantean Publishing.

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: $.05 per word To Seoul, from the World Fiction Writers in Seoul is a creative writing community based in Seoul, South Korea. Since 2013, we have critiqued over 250 submissions by writers from all around the world. Though varying in themes and genres, together they represent a diverse voice of travelers and expats who have called Seoul their passion, their home. And now, our aim is to weave these stories into an anthology that promotes the unique perspective and creativity of the expat community in Seoul. How to Submit We are seeking unpublished short stories under 6000 words that are set in and/or about the city of Seoul. Writers are encouraged to interpret this broadly and freely; submissions of all genres are welcome. We are looking for stories that 1) provide a fresh and relatable insight into the city and its culture, and 2) are intensely engaging, with all the appeals of a traditional story. As a token of our dedication to quality, we will pay $.05 per word for accepted submissions. Please send your submission to [email protected] as an attachment. Multiple and simultaneous submissions are accepted, and there is no reading fee. Estimated response time is up to twelve weeks. The deadline is January 31st, 2019. Please note that the anthology will also be translated into Korean and pitched to traditional Korean publishers. Via: Fiction Writers in Seoul.

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: 6 cents per word Note: This market is only open to veterans TWO BIRDS WITH ONE DIAMOND Aftermath by Artist Ari B. Bernabei, San Diego, CA, Publisher, veteran, recovered alcoholic and substance abuser, James Musgrave, is looking for veterans of the United States Military to write stories about conquering post-traumatic stress. Each author will be featured inside this anthology with a tailored illustration by an artist (see featured drawing in this post). In addition, the author will receive a professional rate of .06 cents per word (up to 5,000 words maximum). Each vet author must provide a scan of his/her military ID or a copy of his/her DD214 discharge paper along with his/her submission. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of this volume will be going to organizations that assist veterans in coping with their PTSD, such as suicide prevention, medical and psychological care facilities, and dog companion services. To get an idea of what the publisher is looking for in this volume, please read a copy of the title story at the author’s Google Doc website (you must join Google Doc to read–it’s free). Each author will also provide a short bio and photo. One of the giveaways at the Kickstarter campaign will be a signed copy featuring all the authors in the volume. The publisher is looking for stories that are realistic and human. The emphasis will be to show dialogue and the juxtaposed reality of how psychological “flashbacks” can enter the present and must be coped with to survive on a daily basis. As you can see in the title story, the pathos was fictionalized by using the dialogue between a vet on a suicide hotline talking to a veteran’s daughter who wants to join her father in death. PTSD...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: $10.00 Description Animal-themed apocalypse stories. The apocalypse can be big or small (the larger scale the better), but it must include an animal as a major part of the story. The animal can be the cause of the apocalypse, the salvation from the apocalypse, or the pet that helps the one hero get through it all. It can even be from the animals point of view. Payment Information Accepted submissions will receive: Payment: $10.00 40% discount on paperback book purchases. E-book copy of the completed anthology. Protection from any animal related apocalypse in the next 20 years.* (*Protection not guaranteed in the case of bird flu, wolverines, dragons, or pretty much any other apocalypse situations*) Submission Period 10/20/2018 - 1/31/2019 Deadline:  38 days Multiple Submissions:  Yes Submission Requirements We are looking for animal themed apocalypse stories. The animals can be the cause of the apocalypse, the salvation from the apocalypse, or just the pet that really helps someone survive as the world falls around them. The story can even be from the animals point of view. We will be lose with the definition of apocalypse, but know that we prefer larger scale apocalypse stories for this anthology. The main key is that the story is amazing, compelling, with great characters, and is focused on an animal and an apocalypse of some kind.   Wordcount: 2,000 - 7,000 Content Restrictions: Keep the content at a PG-13 rating or lower. No explicit sexual content or gore, and minimal cursing (absolutely no "S" or "F" words). Formatting Guidelines: Use an easy to read font (Times New Roman, Calibri, Garamond, etc) (Do not use Courier New) 12 point, double spaced. No spaces for paragraph indents. No double spaces after periods. Extra Information: Please do not include your name or Author Bio in the manuscript to ensure that all submissions are read...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: 6 cents per wrod Hidden Histories - A secret history (or shadow history) is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real history which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars. Your tale can be based in the real world, past, present, or future, as long as it has a speculative fiction element. We're not exactly looking for alternate history, but there can be a fork in the road timewise. Reading period: January 1-31, 2019 Writer deadline: January 31, 2019 Publication date: April 15, 2019 Third Flatiron Publishing is based in Boulder, Colorado, and Ayr, Scotland. We are looking for submissions to our (approximately) quarterly themed anthologies. Our focus is on science fiction and fantasy and anthropological fiction. We want tightly plotted tales in out-of-the-ordinary scenarios. Light horror is acceptable, provided it fits the theme. Please send us short stories that revolve around age-old questions and have something illuminating to tell us as human beings. Fantastical situations and creatures, exciting dialog, irony, mild horror, and wry humor are all welcome. Stories should be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Inquire if longer. Role models for the type of fiction we want include Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur C. Clarke, Dan Simmons, Connie Willis, Vernor Vinge, and Ken Kesey. We want to showcase some of the best new shorts available today. For each anthology, we will also accept  a few very short humor pieces on the order of the "Shouts and Murmurs" feature in The New Yorker Magazine (600 words or so). These can be written from a first-person perspective or can be mini-essays that tell people what they ought to do, how to do something better, or explain why something is like it is, humorously. An SF/Fantasy bent is preferred. See the "Submissions" tab for preferred formats, etc. Continuing with Third...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: $0.03/word original $0.01/word reprint Unnerving Magazine accepts short story submissions of horror, dark science fiction (light), dark fantasy, crime, thriller, and suspense. Generally leaning toward horror over other genres. Sex, gore and violence are welcome in moderation (nothing gratuitous). The same goes for bizarro works, nothing too far gone (whatever that means). Please no hard science fiction, sword and sorcery fantasy, erotica, romance, humor that isn’t sinister or literary works that venture so far into experimental that they become nonsense, no cop dramas unless hard boiled gumshoe vs. supernatural, no fan fiction, no war stories, no stories where rape is the lead character's motivator, and no blatant rip-offs. No Lovecraft characters, locations, or wording. Moving forward, I am less interested in quiet horror, though still will print it, as there are significantly more paying markets for dark literary and dark weird than thrilling and commercial horror. Payment is 3¢/word for original fiction and 1¢/word reprint fiction. I ask for three months exclusivity from publication date and non-exclusive print-on-demand rights for five years. Submit only one story at a time. Submit in .docx, .doc or .odt only. Double-spaced. No tabs. No extra spaces after periods. Please use common sense when formatting. Everything hard on the eyes will be rejected automatically. Allow for up to 6 months before querying. Simultaneous submissions are welcome (which means submitting to other publications, not sending me every story you've ever written). Open to authors from any country. Payment by PayPal only within 30 days of publication. If accepted, wait six issues to submit again. Only stories from 800-4,000 (FIRM! DO! NOT! ASK! TO! SUBMIT! OTHER! LENGTHS!) words will be considered with preference leaning toward stories around 2,500 words. Via: Unnerving Magazine.

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: 1.0p a word (£40 for 4,000 words) and a contributor's copy 2019 sees the second volume of the Alchemy Press Book of Horrors to be edited by Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards. The first volume includes 25 original stories by amazing authors including Ramsey Campbell, Storm Constantine, Stan Nicholls, John Grant, Samantha Lee, Stephen Laws and many more. We are looking for horror stories … but not just horror. We want tales that can be described as “weird”, “strange”, “amazing” and “peculiar”: stories that would have found a home in Weird Tales, Unknown Worlds, Fantastic and Fantasy Tales among other illustrious publications. We also like subtlety, ambiguity… It would be nice to see a few more supernatural/ghost stories this time (but avoid Jamesian pastiches). Your story can be set in almost any era, any place, but should also give a glimpse at and pervert the usual perceptions of reality – and unreality. We do not want stories that deal with common horror tropes without stretching boundaries. Avoid zombies unless they are tackled in an unexpected and strange fashion. No urban romance – you know, heroine falling for a vampire and so forth. Nor do we want to see religious tracts, adult content, and we really, really do not want gross-out horror tales. Read previous Alchemy Press anthologies to give you a sense of what it is that we are looking for. We also suggest you take a look at volume one of Horrors (it will be published on 1 November 2018 in print and eBook formats). Send your stories in a standard manuscript format (3,000-6,000 words ) to [email protected] to arrive between 1st January and 31st January 2019. Payment: 1.0p a word (£40 for 4,000 words) plus a copy of the book. This is a...

Deadline: January 31st, 2018 Payment: 6 cents per word for original work and 3 cents per word for reprints. Note: Reprints allowed Open to fiction submissions each year during the months of January and July. Open to art submissions year-round. We are looking for speculative stories--science fiction, fantasy, horror--with Christian themes, characters, or cosmology, and for artwork for this site. Fiction Guidelines Technical details Stories can be up to 8000 9000 words (thanks, Patreon supporters!). This is a hard limit--our submission system will enforce it. We pay 6 cents/word for original stories (or original translations of stories that have not previously appeared in English), and 3 cents/word for reprints. Authors are paid once we've agreed on edits and signed a contract, prior to earliest publication (generally on our Patreon page). We are seeking 6 months' exclusive worldwide publication rights for original works (with exceptions for established Best of the Year anthologies), and non-exclusive worldwide print and electronic rights thereafter for both original works and reprints. We want to publish your story online in our webzine and keep it there indefinitely. We're also acquiring the right to offer ebook versions of the stories we publish, as Patreon rewards or for purchase; and to publish a print and ebook anthology of all the stories that appeared in the webzine over a given 1- or 2-year period. For original fiction, we want to be the only place publishing it for the first 6 months; after that, you're welcome to publish it anywhere else in any format you like. No multiple or simultaneous submissions. If multiple writers co-write a story, we consider each distinct group of writers a different submitter. In other words, if two people co-write a story, and they submit the co-written story, and each of them submit a story written on...

Deadline: January 31st, 2019 Payment: 3 cents per word Red Sun Magazine publishes science-fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative, and military science fiction. All writers and authors of these genres are welcome to submit their work.   We’ll consider R-rated material but no erotica or anything graphically or sexually explicit.   Word count for fiction is 500 words or more. Pay is capped at 3,000 words. Payment: $.03 a word.   In addition to fiction, Red Sun publishes interviews, articles, and reviews that are relevant to the genres the magazine publishes, to include role-playing games, comic books, board games, movies, television, etc. Word count: 1,000-2,500 words. Payment: $25.   No poetry.   No multiple submissions. No reprints. Simultaneous submissions are okay. If your submission is accepted elsewhere, let us know.   IMPORTANT: We use an anonymous judging system to choose the work we publish.   Do not include your name anywhere in the manuscript. In addition to excluding your name from your manuscript, your submission must be double-spaced, written in Courier or Times New Roman, and submitted as an .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX file.   Red Sun will reject outright any work that has the author’s name in the manuscript, is not double-spaced and written in Courier or Times New Roman, and/or is not submitted as an .RTF, .DOC or DOCX file.   Email your submission as an attachment to [email protected].   For Fiction: In the subject line, type “Fiction Submission,” the name of your story, the genre, and your name. Ex: Fiction Submission – The Forever War – Military Science Fiction – Joe Haldeman.   For Non-fiction: In the subject line, type “Non-fiction Submission,” the name of your article, the type of article, and your name. Ex: Non-fiction Submission – Is Fantasy Hocus Without Pocus? – Literary Criticism – Karen M....

Deadline: February 1st, 2019 Payment: $75 Writers please share. Looking for fiction and non-fiction. Open call for fiction/non-fiction: The NecronomiCon 2019 Memento Book is accepting submissions for weird/HPL influenced stories of cosmic horror, essays, and non-fiction focusing on the theme of Lost in Time: Newly Discovered Cosmic Horror. This year’s theme will explore authors/essays/tales that have been re-discovered. For fiction we want lost gods, unearthed histories, new myths, and freshly exhumed horrors for our modern eyes. The theme has to do with things or people forgotten but now found. Be creative and have fun with it. For essays and non-fiction we want pieces that focus on authors or fiction/film that have been mostly lost to time and overlooked over the years. Submissions Open September 1st, 2018 through February 1st, 2019. Preferred length 2000-5000 with a flat rate of $75 paid per story. No reprints. Standard manuscript format, no reprints, doc/docx format. Email submissions with a brief synopsis/cover letter and author bio. To: [email protected] Please make clear in the subject line whether the piece is fiction/non-fiction. Editors: Justin Steele and Victoria Dalpe Via: Justin Steele's Facebook.

Deadline: February 1st, 2019 Payment: Unclear but has potential and looks to be an interesting market FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology will be published monthly on this site for a single year starting in January 2019 and ending December 2019, and will feature stellar YA stories from established and emerging authors. Each issue will feature three stories, one of which will be from a new voice specially selected by a beloved author. NEXT DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2019.   WHAT WE’RE SEEKING: We are seeking original YA short stories. Please see our FAQ for what we mean by YA or young adult; stories that are not YA will not be passed along to our team of readers for consideration. Stories should be between 2,000 and 7,000 words. We accept submissions from both previously published authors and New Voices (see guidelines below). We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented voices, including people of color and Indigenous writers; LGBTQIA+ and gender diverse writers; writers with disabilities; and religious, ethnic, and cultural minorities. NEW VOICES: Every issue of FORESHADOW will feature a short story from a “new voice”—a writer who is very early in their career, and this story will be selected and introduced by a beloved, established author. New voices guidelines: Writers being considered as a new voice in our serial anthology cannot have a previously published: A young-adult, middle-grade, or adult book-length work of fiction. A full-length poetry collection. More than a few short stories, whether in print or online—we will look closely at the markets where they’ve been published to decide (e.g., someone with three stories in the New Yorker would not count as a “new voice”). Writers also, at the time of submission, cannot have a YA, middle-grade, or adult book of fiction under contract that will be published before January 2020. Writers who have written picture books...

Deadline: February 1st, 2019 Payment: $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 - $10.00 for poetry and a Contributor's Copy To celebrate twenty years of publication, we're going to revisit the past. There are no new first lines for 2019. Each issue will be comprised of original works based on past first lines. Were you inspired by the fall 2008 first line (Roy owned the only drive-thru funeral business in Maine.) but didn't see the sentence until 2015? Or maybe you started writing a story for the spring 2005 issue (Life would be so much easier if I were a cartoon character.) but you never got around to submitting it. Or maybe you sent us a story that just missed the cut and you reworked it and want to try us again. Well, now is your chance to make up for missed opportunities. The following is the schedule/list of first lines for the 2019 issues (click the season to see the entire list of first lines for each issue): Spring 2019 All submissions must begin with one first line from Volume 1, Issue 1 to Volume 5, Issue 4. Due date: February 1, 2019 All submissions must begin with one first line from Volume 1, Issue 1 to Volume 5, Issue 4: Vol. 1, Iss. 1: Just like his fifth grade teacher, Mr. Young, had always told him, Brian put on his thinking cap. Vol. 1, Iss. 2: The rules are clearly spelled out in the brochure. Vol. 1, Iss. 3: "Well, there's ten minutes of my life I'll never get back." Vol. 1, Iss. 4: As the curtain rose, the scenario began to play itself out. Vol. 2, Iss. 1: The picture told the entire story. Vol. 2, Iss. 2: The person on the train kept saying, "I believe," over and...