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This Never Happened! Alternate History Farce and Fantasy
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: 2% of the net profits from the anthology History is full of "what if" possibilities. What if Rome had never fallen? What if the USA lost the Revolution? What if Hitler had never come to power? This is the stuff of "Alternate History" fiction. But, where's the fun in that? Thus comes our new anthology to provide that answer! This Never Happened is an anthology devoted to the humorous side of alternative history fiction. This collection will hold stories that are funny and outrageous, set in worlds where history differs from what happened in our own reality, with ridiculous consequences; tales that could not possibly have happened, or maybe they could have but they'd have just been absolutely hilarious! Explore what could have been, and what absolutely could not have been as well. Make us laugh, and screw up history like never before for this wacky story collection! If you wish to submit a story to this anthology, please adhere to the following guidelines: 1: Format: Stories should be formatted in either Times New Roman (preferred) or Courier New, and single-spaced. Please, do not add an extra space between paragraphs. A lot of writers separate their paragraphs into blocks these days, like they're writing a blog post. Please don't submit that way. Also, Files must be in an MS Word compatible format (.doc, .rtf, .docx). 2: PG-13, please. With this anthology, we're hoping to produce something Young Adults can enjoy, as well as older folks. No gratuitous sex scenes or horrifically offensive material. Some language is acceptable, but try to keep f-bombs to a minimum. 3: Word Length: 1,500-10,000 words. While we will entertain reprints, we give preference to fresh, previously-unpublished stories. 4: No Simultaneous Submissions. It is most disappointing to read the greatest story and accept it, only to...
Taking Submissions: Seascape: The Best New England Crime Stories
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: Royalties Beginning January 1st, Level Best Books will be accepting submissions for the seventeenth Best New England Crime Stories anthology. Seascape: The Best New England Crime Stories 2019 will be published in November and debut at The New England Crime Bake. Please read all submission guidelines carefully before submitting stories. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines and procedures will not be considered. Guidelines: Stories must be set in New England or be written by a New England author* in the following genres: mystery, thriller, suspense, caper, and horror from any time period (historical, modern day, future, etc.). Please indicate which New England state is featured in your story (this is especially important for non-New England authors) Stories must not exceed 5,000 words. Stories must be previously unpublished in print or electronically, including self-published works (to include author websites). Stories from both previously unpublished and published authors will be considered. The Level Best editors will consider up to two stories from the same author per anthology** Stories submitted previously, and not published in the interim, are welcome, especially those that have been revised. New England stories are set in the six New England states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. If you have questions about whether your story qualifies, please query us before submitting. We will not consider stories that feature graphic scenes of torture or sex. Submissions will be read blindly by the judges. Your story will be coded to insure anonymity before it is sent to the judges, therefore your name should not appear anywhere on the document. There is no entry fee. Level Best Books is a royalty paying and MWA approved publisher. You may simultaneously submit your story for consideration for the anthology and the Al Blanchard Award, which is judged separately. *Please note: This is a change from previous years. Authors do not...
Taking Submissions: Seascape: The Best New England Crime Stories
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: Royalties Beginning January 1st, Level Best Books will be accepting submissions for the seventeenth Best New England Crime Stories anthology. Seascape: The Best New England Crime Stories 2019 will be published in November and debut at The New England Crime Bake. Please read all submission guidelines carefully before submitting stories. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines and procedures will not be considered. Guidelines: Stories must be set in New England or be written by a New England author* in the following genres: mystery, thriller, suspense, caper, and horror from any time period (historical, modern day, future, etc.). Please indicate which New England state is featured in your story (this is especially important for non-New England authors) Stories must not exceed 5,000 words. Stories must be previously unpublished in print or electronically, including self-published works (to include author websites). Stories from both previously unpublished and published authors will be considered. The Level Best editors will consider up to two stories from the same author per anthology** Stories submitted previously, and not published in the interim, are welcome, especially those that have been revised. New England stories are set in the six New England states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. If you have questions about whether your story qualifies, please query us before submitting. We will not consider stories that feature graphic scenes of torture or sex. Submissions will be read blindly by the judges. Your story will be coded to insure anonymity before it is sent to the judges, therefore your name should not appear anywhere on the document. There is no entry fee. Level Best Books is a royalty paying and MWA approved publisher. You may simultaneously submit your story for consideration for the anthology and the Al Blanchard Award,...
Taking Submissions: A Murder of Crows
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: Royalties A Murder of Crows—cozy to cozy-noir crime stories, set in any time, from dinosaurs to the present, using the collective names of groups of animals which includes mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, and insects. If your imagination goes beyond the scope of known collective names, you may create your own. Earth animals/birds only, none from outer space or invented animals. You can put your animals in jeopardy but animal cruelty or killing an animal is an automatic rejection. Choosing an animal/bird that is a little different may give you an edge on being chosen. We don’t want multiple stories using the same species! Your animals should be an integral part of the crime, not just a mention as part of the story. Examples of collective names to use: http://www.namibian.org/travel/misc/collective-nouns.html https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/99-strange-collective-animal-names https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-names-for-groups-of-animals.html Submission Period: December 17th – April 30, 2019 [email protected] and the name of your story in the subject line. Standard manuscript form, sent as an attachment. Your contact information on Page One. Length: 2500 to 6000 words. Four to five thousand words is a good goal. We expect the anthology to have approximately seventy-five thousand words, a mix of longer and shorter stories. Payment: Royalty Fifty percent of the gross royalties per calendar quarter will be distributed equally among the contributors. Contributor copies will not be offered. A limited number of review copies will be available. We ask for the exclusive right to publish your story for one calendar year following contract signing, excluding publications of those previously published. Title subject to change. For additional information, please contact [email protected] or visit the website at http://www.darkhousebooks.com. Sandra Murphy is the author of From Hay to Eternity: Ten Tales of Crime and Deception. Her short stories have appeared in Flash and Bang, The Killer Wore Cranberry...
Taking Submissions: Hatchet Job
Deadline: April 30th, 2019. Payment: 2 cents a word for reprints, 4 cents a word for original work. This horror anthology, to be edited by Jerry L. Wheeler, seeks stories under 10,000 words that involve one of the traditional tropes of campfire tales and slasher films: the axe murderer. Stories need not focus solely on this antagonist, but all stories must somehow involve this threat or concept. Think Angela Carter’s “The Fall River Axe Murders.” Surprise us by breathing new life into this theme. That said, we anticipate most of the book will be reprints – for which we are offering 2 cents a word. Original work pays 4 cents a word but first query the editor with a synopsis. Specs? Please submit Word docs only, standard formatting, 12 pt Times Roman to me at [email protected], using the title of the anthology as the subject line. The deadline is April 30th, 2019. Via: Lethe Press Books.
Taking Submissions: The Once and Future Moon
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: £10 and a contributor's copy A new fiction anthology to be edited by Allen Ashley and to be published by Eibonvale Press (UK) during 2019. Guidelines from Allen Ashley: This will be an anthology of stories set on / dealing with the abiding influence of the Moon. You can take a literal or non-literal approach. The “Once” aspect will deal with how older cultures / earlier civilisations / people in history saw the Moon, considered and reflected upon the Moon. Think Verne, Wells, Godwin. Think mythology. Think the Sumerians. Think the Ancient Greeks. Think beliefs held by vanished cultures. These stories do not have to be factually, scientifically accurate; the Moon element could be seen as poetic, figurative, imaginative, etc. These stories will likely form one-third of the book. Possibly half. For “Future”, I am looking at both the liveable near-future (e.g. up to 50 years’ time) and slightly further ahead as well. I want stories grounded in how we will live on / adapt to / use the Moon in the near and further future. What issues might we face – some of which have yet to be even thought of by NASA? I will also look at stories about how the Moon will affect our lives going forward. Will it be the site of the next war? Will it be the focal point of a conflict between science and religious forces (consider how the Moon is central to many religious practices)? What happens if the Moon starts to move closer to us or to move further away? What if the Moon was badly damaged or destroyed? What if the Moon acquired a companion? I am likely to take between half and two-thirds of the stories for this segment. These Guidelines are meant...
Taking Submissions: The Third Corona Book of Horror Stories
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: advance royalties of £50 ($67) The call for submissions for The Third Corona Book of Horror Stories is now open. Help us make this our best anthology yet. We invite submissions of brilliant modern horror short stories from you, whoever you are and wherever you are. In fact, we want to do everything to encourage you to submit your stories and nothing to discourage you. So: We're not asking for exclusivity or any rights to your story other than to publish it in The Third Corona Book of Horror Stories. We will pay advance royalties of £50 ($67) to the author of each story we publish in the book. We're keeping our guidelines as simple and straightforward as possible with no outdated or unnecessary rules about formatting etc. Full details are as follows: This autumn we will publish The Third Corona Book of Horror Stories, to be a collection of the best in new horror writing comprising between fifteen and twenty short stories. If you think you have written, or can write, a great horror story that you would like to see included in The Third Corona Book of Horror Stories, we would love to hear from you. We want this collection to include only brilliant modern horror stories and to surpass in terms of quality the high standards we set ourselves again with last year's The Second Corona Book of Horror Stories. We are looking for the best in new horror stories. Submissions in English are welcome from any country. Stories should be between a minimum of 1,000 words and a maximum of 8,000 words - there will be room for both short short stories and long short stories. There will be room too in the book for various different takes on what constitutes horror - we want the stories in the book...
Taking Submissions: American Cult
Deadline: April 30th 2019 Payment: $5.00 Alternative American history, dark supernatural takes on national tragedies, the dark gods behind the politics and power. This anthology is the place to put the horror back into our homeland. There are lots of horrifying things going on in the country, however, for this collection, we are specifically seeking cult/supernatural horror. As these are works of fiction, we strongly recommend changing the names of living politicians in your work. Even if you make it painfully obvious who inspired it. We will not accept any stories about rape. Racism/Sexism/Bigotry of any form will never be accepted here. Stories between 1500-5000 words prefered. Double check your grammar and spelling. Format your story correctly. Please submit all stories in DOC/RTF format. We prefer stories that have not been published before. We prefer to avoid multiple and simultaneous submissions. We retain exclusive publishing rights for 12 months. We pay $5.00 for stories Deadline is 4.31.19 Send all submissions with the subject ‘American Cult’ (Your story Name) to [email protected] Via: Madness Heart Press.
Taking Submissions: Nox Pareidolia
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: 6 cents per word Open Period and Deadline Nox Pareidolia will open to previously unpublished submissions on April 1st and will close to submission at the close of that month. Payment Payment will be 6 cents per word. I prefer shorter pieces but I will accept exceptional tales that are longer, however the payment will be capped 6,000 words. Theme The theme is heavily inspired by Robert Aickman's fiction. Initially, I envisioned a book of stories where it is ambiguous as to whether the nature of the horror/weird element is supernatural or not. But I've recently decided to make that a more openly interpreted theme of ambiguous horror/weird fiction. Whether it be ambiguously supernatural or whether what exactly has or is happening is ambiguous, or any creative idea playing off of ambiguity could be interesting to see explored. But the element that is ambiguous must be intrinsic to the story. Formatting Standard Shunn formatting is just fine, but we're finding more and more that we prefer single spaced manuscripts as we read submissions on our devices. And italics should preferably be italicized and not underlined. Single spaces between sentences is also a huge help when final formatting comes around. That said, we will not reject stories if the formatting isn’t perfect. First and foremost make it readable. And where stories require odd formatting for effect, certainly don’t change that on our account. Via: Night Scape Press</a..
Taking Submissions: The Overcast Podcast
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: 1 cent per word, a flat rate of $20 if under 2,000 words. The Overcast is currently open to submissions three times a year, during the months of January, April, and October. (Note we are no longer reading during July. Our summers have just gotten too hectic. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for understanding.) What We Want We are interested in speculative fiction, whatever that means to you, be it Science Fiction, Fantasy, Steampunk, Magical Realism, Slipstream, or an as-yet-unnamed genre. Anything that looks at the world and life from an unexpected angle. We want the original vision of William Gibson. The magic and beauty of Erin Morgenstern. The uncompromising voice of Margaret Atwood. The technical brilliance of Ted Chiang. We want to read stories that transport us to places that we've never imagined. We want to still be thinking about a story days after reading it. Be original. Be amazing. We are based in Portland, OR, and shine a spotlight on writers hailing from, living in, or connected in some way to the Pacific Northwest, as loosely defined by the bioregion of Cascadia. We feel there is an exceptionally strong talent pool of speculative writers in Cascadia, and we want to celebrate and promote them to a larger audience. Roughly half the stories we publish are by PNW writers. That said, we are not exclusive, and the other half of our stories come from authors all over the globe. So no matter where you live, send us your stories. If they make us laugh, cry, or turn cartwheels of astonishment, preferably all at once, we will find a place for them on The Overcast. This is an audio format publication. We feel that stories of around 20-30 minutes in length are the best...
Taking Submissions: Black Rainbow
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: $0.03 USD per word Note: Must identify as LGBTQIA to submit. DEADLINE: April 30, 2019 PAYMENT: $0.03 USD per word MINIMUM WORD COUNT: 500 MAXIMUM WORD COUNT: 3500* MAXIMUM SUBMISSIONS PER AUTHOR: 2 REPRINTS: No** SUBMISSION EMAIL: [email protected] *Authors are welcome to interpret the maximum word count as a guideline rather than a strict ruling. The maximum payment for a single story, once accepted, will not exceed $105 regardless of final word count. (If you send in something that is around 3690 words and we love it, we’ll compensate you for 3500 of those words and you’ll have to give the rest of them to us for free.) Regardless of this flexibility, PLEASE NOTE: Stories exceeding 3900 words will not be considered for publication. **For the sake of this project, reprints are defined as follows: stories that are posted on your personal blog, a Reddit account, or other similar social media will be considered “first run” and eligible for acceptance. Stories that have been narrated on horror podcasts such as The NoSleep Podcast, Creepy, Monsters Out Of The Closet, etc, will be considered for acceptance (provided the author retains the right to resell these stories.) As it relates to “Black Rainbow” we define reprints as works that have been previously published and distributed in print (whether that be in a magazine, book, e-book or otherwise previously distributed medium.) If you have previously published the story with a similar publisher, it will not be accepted. Works that have not been published anywhere will move to the front. ADDITIONALLY: MOVING FORWARD ALL SUBMITTERS MUST BE LGBTQIA IDENTIFYING. Authors may submit any number of stories they wish for consideration. Should we choose to select multiple stories from a single author, we will only be accepting two per author. This is not an erotica anthology. We...
Taking Submissions: Flash Bang Mysteries
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: $20 Thank you very much for considering BJ Bourg’s Flash Bang Mysteries. We will do our level best to ensure your experience is a pleasant and positive one. SEE BELOW FOR SUBMISSION PERIODS Fiction we seek: Original mystery/suspense of all types (police procedural, private eye, amateur sleuth, cozies, hardboiled, etc.). Basically, if it involves a crime and it is within our guidelines, we would love to consider it. (Updated: October 25, 2015) We want stories that feature believable characters who speak naturally, realistic situations that bleed conflict, and surprise endings that stay with us long after we reach the final period. We welcome new and established authors. We publish four times per year: January / Winter April / Spring July / Summer October / Fall Submission periods are limited to the following dates: October 1st to October 31st for January Issue January 1st to January 31st for April Issue April 1st to April 30th for July Issue July 1st to July 31st for October Issue How to submit: We accept submissions via e-mail only. Send as .rtf or .doc attachment. Include brief cover letter in body of e-mail We do not accept simultaneous submissions. If you have not received an answer by publication date, feel free to submit your story elsewhere. Please submit one story per author at a time. E-mail submissions/queries to [email protected] (Updated: August 13, 2015) Subject line must read: “Flash submission: ” Manuscript format: (Updated: December 31, 2017) Font: Times New Roman, 12-pt Center title in all caps at top of first page, skip line, insert byline, skip line, and begin story. Use single line spacing. Skip line between paragraphs and do not indent at the beginning of paragraphs. Single-space after periods. Use two hyphens instead of the em-dash. Use italics to indicate flashbacks and...
Taking Submissions: Weird Mask Magazine – Cthulhu / Lovecraftian Edition
"Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari"D 1919/20R.: Robert WieneConrad Veidt Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy Hey weirdos! We are looking for Cthulhu mythos / Lovecraftian tales for our May issue. Submissions must be in by April 30th! Length should be between 1k-3k. Compensation is a contributor copy. Send submissions, copy and pasted in the body of the email, to weirdmaskzine at gmail dot com Please be sure to add your address, story credit and twitter or instagram handle (if you have one). Via: Weird Mask.
Taking Submissions: The Shadow Booth Volumes 4 And 5
Deadline: April 30th, 2019 Payment: 1.5p per word You know how we like to keep you on your toes? Well... The Shadow Booth is now OPEN for fiction submissions until the end of April! Here are some basic guidelines: We are a bi-annual journal of weird and eerie fiction. Do not send us your Western romance (in space). Do not send us your drug addiction memoir. Do not send us your shopping list (unless you're buying some really weird things). Weird. Eerie. Fiction. Please. If you want an idea of what we mean by weird and eerie, then read one of our previous volumes. This is the best way to find out what we like! All ebooks are under £5, and like all independent publications, we need your support to keep going. Paperbacks are under £9, and our latest, Vol. 3, has just been published. (Paperbacks, ebooks and subscriptions are available here. Okay, rant over...) If you want further pointers, why not read editor Dan Coxon's article on the Ginger Nuts of Horror website: Face the Strange. Submissions should be 1,000 - 8,000 words long. We won't quibble over a word or two, but otherwise those limits are fixed. We would particularly like to read stories by BAME writers, and by women writing within the weird/eerie horror scene. In our experience, these tend to be underrepresented within the genre. Having said that, if you fall into neither of these groups, we want to read your work too - all stories will be considered on an equal basis once they have been submitted. Please only submit one story during the submissions period. Any further submissions during this period will be rejected. (We would say 'send us your best', but you know that already...) Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know if your story is accepted elsewhere....
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Taking Submissions: Demonic Anthology Volume 3, Demonic Carnival: First Ticket’s Free
Deadline: May 1st, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy Battle Goddess Productions is a big fan of Fantasy in all shapes and forms. We enjoy hack-n-slash adventures, the inner workings of Dark Fantasy, to a bucket load of paranormal, occult or mythology, to even the funny awkward reads. Demonic Anthologies Volume III Demonic Carnival First Ticket's Free Is There A Deadline? MAY 1st 2019 at Midnight EST When Will This Be Published? We are aiming to Publish this Anthology in August/September 2019 What Carnival Items/Rides/Games Are Taken? We are looking for dark & funny stories featuring rides, attractions, or even stands found at a carnival. From the ticket booth to the Merry-go-round to even the Freak show. We want them all! The story should span Horror and Comedy genres in some form. The darker the piece, the further to the back of the book you will be placed. Lighthearted creepy reads often start our readers off in the front of the book. Be sure to email us to claim your topic! Carousel Love Tunnel EMAIL ME TO CLAIM YOUR TOPIC! Suggestions: Guess Your Weight, Shoot out booth, Fun House, Tilt-a-whirl, Bumper cars, Petting Zoo, Candy Apple stand, Pie Contest, Clowns, Dunk Tank, Ring o Fire, Pirate Ship, Ticket booth, arcade, Fried Everything stand, Cotton Candy Stand, Cattle show, Swine show, Rodeo, Bumper Boats, Himalaya, Pendulum Ride, Ferris Wheel, Drop Tower, Gravity Ride, Roller Coaster, Enterprise, Simulator Ride, Swing Ride, Caterpillar, Devil's Wheel, Evolution, Fireball, Fun slide, Log flume, Mechanical Bull, Slingshot bungee, spinning Tea cups, Top Spin, Tunnel of Love, Zipper, Ball and Bucket toss, Duck Pond, Darts, Shooting Gallery, Plate Break, Whac-a-mole, Water Gun, Ring Toss, Basketball, and so much more! If you want to claim one, I will start to build a public list of taken items/rides to help other...
Taking Submissions: The First Line – Summer 2019
Deadline: May 1st, 2019 Payment: $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 - $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction 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): Summer 2019 All submissions must begin with one first line from Volume 6, Issue 1 to Volume 10, Issue 4. Due date: May 1, 2019 A few notes: Don't just resubmit a story we've already rejected. We will know. We have every story submitted to us on file and why we rejected it. 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. However, if you used one of our past first lines for a story that was...
Taking Submissions: True Crime: Serial Killers
Deadline: May 1, 2019 Payment: USD $130, and 2 print copies of the book Calling all crime writers and crime reporters! Worldwide Call for Submissions: True Crime Theme: Serial Killers I’m seeking new true-crime stories for an exciting new anthology I’m editing for an American publisher. I’d especially like to see stories featuring serial killers from locations outside of the United States. (If you prefer to write about a serial killer who’s extremely well known to American audiences, offer a new angle on the story.) Material must be factual and fact-checked. I’m looking for well-developed content that offers the reader more than dry reportage. Story range: 4,000-7,500 words One-time payment per story: USD $130, and 2 print copies of the book. (Fee is competitive with what other anthology editors working with this publisher or similar are offering.) Contributor fees paid approximately 1 month after publication. (Preferred payment method: PayPal.) For: Non-exclusive rights with one-year’s exclusivity from date of publication. No reprints. Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2019 Contact me with suggestions and/or queries at: Submissions4Mitzi @ gmail.com Submission requirements: Stories should be formatted as follows: double-spaced Arial 12-point Word document (sent as attachment). Indent the first line of each paragraph by half an inch. Do not add extra lines between paragraphs or irregular spacing between words or sentences. American spelling and punctuation (i.e. quote marks, etc.). Include your legal name, postal address, and an author bio of 50-100 words written in the third person. No simultaneous submissions please. In the subject line of your email: Serial Killers anthology. If you don’t receive an acknowledgement within a week of submitting your material, definitely follow up! Mitzi Szereto (mitziszereto.com) is a multi-genre fiction and non-fiction author and anthology editor of more than two dozen books including Ladies of Gothic Horror (A Collection of Classic...
Taking Submissions: Underbelly
Deadline: May 1st, 2019 Payment: $10 We are now officially open for submissions for the fourth issue of Underbelly Magazine! If you're a writer looking for a place for your strange and disturbing fiction, check out our Submission Guidelines page and get in contact with us. If you're interested in seeing the kinds of things we're looking to publish, our first issue is available for free here. The deadline for submissions is May 1st, 2019, so get writing and/or submitting! We look forward to exploring the Underbelly with you once more... - H. J. Bartels & A. Fletcher Harper What We Want: We are a quarterly zine interested in Extreme Horror, Splatterpunk, Bizarro, LGBTIQ+, Adult Content, freaky fantasy worlds and futures, ridiculous mash-ups, or anything just plain weird. Dark, twisted, and disturbing stories that push the envelope and explore the far reaching limits of the unnerving side of humanity. The things that people won’t talk about in polite company. The things that we all think about but refuse to acknowledge. Bring it to the light, let us look at it directly in the eye, and if we like what we see, we want it. What We Don’t Want: Don’t mistake permissiveness for blithe acceptance. We don’t want your gross-out rape fantasies, sick fantasies unless there’s a good reason for it. We want art! And please don’t send us your boring-ass zombie stories. The world has enough of them. Length/Payment/Legal Stuff: We’re interested in a wide range of lengths, from 1,000 word flash pieces up to 7,500 words. We would also be willing to accept longer stories on a case-by-case basis. A token payment of $10 will be issued upon publication. Be aware if you publish with us that any future submission of your story to another publication will be as a...
Contest: Don’t Be A Hero: A VILLAINthology Featured Story
Deadline: May 1st, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy Note: I was iffy on posting this but I liked the theme so much I felt there could be a few others who did as well. The Fairfield Scribes are releasing Don't Be A Hero: A VILLAINthology, and we're looking for our feature story. DON'T BE A HERO. Heroes are boring. Standing up for weaklings, defending the status quo, reacting instead of acting. Villains are the go-getters, the ones who put grand plans into motion, the ones who change the world. For their own benefit, naturally. Villains are complex individuals with tales of their own to tell, and it's hard to have a great story without them. There's the dark figure cackling in the shadows, the grinning businessman behind the desk, the evil emperor sending forth his legions, the jerk down the hall who deliberately parks too close to the line every day . . . Sometimes, it just feels good to be bad. Submissions are open between March 1st and May 1st, 2019. Original stories only, please – no reprints will be accepted. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know immediately if your story is accepted for publication elsewhere. Word length can be between 2,000-10,000 words, which includes the possibility of a flash series of 2-4 pieces (as long as the total word count for all pieces together is between 2,000-4,000 words and the stories are all related in some way). The winning story will be featured in the collection, and the winner will receive both an electronic and hard copy of the anthology. The author will also be promoted on our website, and invited to participate in any reading events that will be scheduled (located in the Connecticut/New York area). The Fairfield Scribes asks for first publication rights of the winning story for print...
Taking Submissions: Tiny Nightmares
Deadline: May 1st, 2019 Payment: $100 Tiny Nightmares will be a collection of short and terrifying tales of monsters, madness, and nightmares. The anthology follows up on Tiny Crimes, an anthology of short crime fiction featuring stories by Carmen Maria Machado, Yuri Herrera, Brian Evenson, Amelia Gray, and more. For Tiny Nightmares, we’re seeking short stories that play with and expand the boundaries of horror fiction -- think of the stretch of unlit highway between Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream, and Stephen King’s IT. Stories that turn our understanding of “scary” on its (trembling) head. We’re looking for: Stories of new monsters, and old ones that scare us in new ways Tiny, intimate horrors to make our hair stand on end Horror as cultural/political/environmental funhouse mirror Subversions of traditional horror tropes Something so scary we haven’t thought of it yet Guidelines: Stories should be under 1200 words. Stories should be previously unpublished. Payment will be $100 dollars. Deadline: May 1st Via: Catapult's Submittable.
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Taking Submissions:: Switchblade: Tech Noir
Deadline: May 5th, 2019 Payment: $15 Switchblade is an outlaw fiction print anthologyfeaturing authors writing in the hardboiled/noir genre, and nothing else. So think Richard Stark, Ross MacDonald, Jim Thompson, Don Winslow, Ken Bruen, James Ellroy, Lawrence Block, Iceberg Slim, Max Allan Collins, Christa Faust. (just to name a few) We don’t do cozies. We don’t do procedurals. We’re not a literary magazine, and we don’t do other genres. That said, we will consider noir/crime fiction ranging from the early twentieth century up to present day. Aside from that, we are a no limit hardboiled fiction journal—we publish the kind of stories no one else will consider. Back in the day there was a Nynex yellow pages ad campaign that went like this: if it’s out there, it’s in here—that’s how we feel. The world is filled with deviance, and good hardboiled fiction reflects that. We like strong characters, and good story telling, and we will not reject anyone based on mainstream morality. Amoral protagonists are encouraged. We will not however, publish masturbation fodder for masochistic pedophiles. We’re not interested in torture erotica. But if you’ve got a deplorable protagonist, and there’s a good story—we’ll print it. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES **Submissions for 2019** Our next reading period will be MARCH 10th to MAY 5th For the 2019 Cybrerpunk themed Special Issue ONLY Switchblade: Tech Noir Content. Rural noir is fine (very popular right now) but we love urban noir too. Urban being the setting.(not a reference to the racial demographic--any racial demographic is fine) We do mob stories. And not just Russian mob stories. Got a tight piece of fiction about the Sicilian mob in Jersey—we’ll look at it. Anyone who thinks the Italian Mafia (LCN) in America evaporated into thin air after the John Gotti trial, hasn’t spent any time in Philadelphia. That said—if it reads like a Sopranosscript or Goodfellas fan fiction, it’s going right...
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Taking Submissions: Bennington Review
Deadline: May 15th, 2019 Payment: $100 for prose of six pages and under, $200 for prose of over six pages, and $20 per poem and 2 contributor's copies Bennington Review is published twice a year in print form, Summer and Winter. Submissions are customarily read every fall, winter, and spring. The next submissions period will be from November 1, 2018 to May 15, 2019. We aim to stake out a distinctive space for innovative, intelligent, and moving fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, film writing, and cross-genre work. In the spirit of poet Dean Young’s dictum that poets should be “making birds, not birdcages,” we are particularly taken with writing that is simultaneously graceful and reckless. We only accept unsolicited submissions through Submittable. There is, at present, no reading fee. We are unable to respond to paper submissions or unsolicited e-mail submissions, or to comment on individual pieces. We pay contributors $100 for prose of six pages and under, $200 for prose of over six pages, and $20 per poem, in addition to two copies of the issue the piece is published in and a copy of the subsequent issue. Work must be previously unpublished in print or online, including on personal blogs. Prose submissions must be double-spaced and paginated. Please include a cover letter with your submission. We welcome simultaneous submissions, as long as you notify us immediately when work has been accepted elsewhere. We do not accept unsolicited submissions from current or recent students, faculty, or staff of Bennington College. Undergraduate and graduate alumni, as well as past employees of Bennington, are asked to wait two years before submitting work to the magazine. We welcome submissions from established and emerging writers alike. We ask that writers who submit to the journal possess a familiarity with contemporary literature in the genre...
Taking Submissions: Oklahoma Pagan Quarterly Summer 2019
Deadline: May 15th, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy As the name suggests, submissions to Oklahoma Pagan Quarterly have a quarterly window. Deadline is February 15th for Submissions for Spring Quarter (Ostara and Beltane) Deadline is May 15th for Submissions for Summer Quarter (Litha and Lugnhasadh) Deadline is August 15th for Submission for Autumn Quarter (Mabon and Samhain) Deadline is November 15th for Submission for Winter Quarter (Yule and Imbolc) General Submissions Guidelines: Please send your submission in an email where the subject line is Submission: Title, where Title is the name of your article or piece, to [email protected]. Note that our submissions can often become backed up due to the number of people on staff, so please allow up to four weeks for us to respond. If queries or submissions have been unanswered after six weeks, please send us an email with ‘QUERY’ in the subject line. Please indicate which prospective issue your piece is being submitted for. What We Are Looking For: Oklahoma Pagan Quarterly is looking for fiction and non-fiction submissions for our quarterly publication. OPQ is a quarterly magazine dedicated to folk religion, spirituality, and paganism of all paths and stripes. Whether your article is over Witchcraft, Fey Work, Reiki, Heathenry, or other equally important paths, we would love to feature the independent voices of our community. Though we are located in Oklahoma and as a result are focused on our local community, we also want to hear from those in other states, locations, and countries. Part of the appeal of Paganism and other nontraditional paths is the diversity of thought and culture inherent in our worship and way of life. To that end, we will not accept work that is derogatory, violent, or condemnatory of other ways, walks, or paths in life. We will not judge...
Taking Submissions: LampLight Magazine
Deadline: May 15th, 2019 Payment: 3¢ per word, $150.00 max, 1¢ per word for reprints Note: Reprints accepted We are a literary magazine of dark fiction, both short stories and flash fiction. We want your best. But then, doesn’t everyone? No specific sub-genres or themes, just good stories. For inspiration, we suggest “The Twilight Zone”, “The Outer Limits”, and LampLight, Vol1 Issue 1 which is free. We go for stories that are dark, literary; we are looking for the creepy, the weird and the unsettling. We do not accept stories with the following: vampires, zombies, werewolves, serial killers, hitmen, excessive gore or sex, excessive abuse against women, revenge fantasies, cannibals, high fantasy. Writers We have published writers of all backgrounds from all over the world in LampLight, but not everywhere, nor all shapes and sizes of writers. Help us to shine a light on greater diverse writing and keep LampLight a showcase of the best dark fiction out there by submitting and encouraging others to as well. Edition and Rights The quarterly is published as print and ebook, and at the end of the year all the quarterlies are bound together in an annual collection. We are asking for non-exclusive, worldwide, serial rights to your work for both electronic and print. We want to publish it, we don’t want to own it. We will take reprints, provided you have the rights we are asking for. We will not consider reprints that are currently available for free online. If you have already been in LampLight, we ask you wait until the next volume to submit again. Payment We accept originals and reprints up to 7,000 words (firm). Payment in USD. Unpublished Fiction: 3¢ per word, $150.00 max Reprints: 1¢ per word Please note: works published to a Patreon or similar site are considered reprints Simultaneous and...
Taking Submissions: Visions Issue #2
Deadline: May 15th, 2019 Payment: 4 to 5p (~6¢) per word and a contributor's copy The submissions for Visions Issue Two are open until 15/05/2019. Read the guidelines below and submit your story. What we’re looking for The theme for the second issue is humanity. Much like in the first issue, we’re not looking to precisely define the subject but rather show the variety of perspectives that surrounds it. This goes from pieces about what makes us human now and in the future, to ones highlighting how little we might differ from computers or animals. Stories about robots and artificial intelligence are welcome but so are the ones about DNA manipulation, eugenics, death and human behaviour in society at large. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of topics you can draw from (stories don’t have to cover any of these topics as long as they relate to humanity): DNA manipulation, Anthropocene, anthropocentrism, art, beauty, climate change, cloning, creativity, death, elderly care, evolution, humour, immortality, laughter, music, religion, robots, sleep, written communication. Format We welcome a range of science fiction and speculative short stories, from micro fictions to 3000-word pieces. This is not a hard limit, but we won't consider pieces which are much longer. There are many definitions of science fiction but please note, we're not looking for paranormal, supernatural or fantasy stories. We’re more inclined to favour pieces that emphasise the literary and reflective aspects of science fiction. We accept multiple submissions of micro and flash fictions totalling less than 3000 words. For longer texts, please only send the one that’s most relevant to the theme. We understand that authors sometimes send the same story to multiple outlets simultaneously but insist that you send withdrawal requests to the concerned parties if your piece is accepted. We’re generally not open to reprints and will not...
Taking Submissions: The Bumper Book of British Bizarro!
Deadline: May 15th, 2019 Payment: Contributor's Copy (Charity Anthology.) Seeking short fiction, short non-fiction, poems, experimental works and anything Bizarro related for a charitable anthology. We at the British Bizarro Community are seeking to celebrate the weird and wonderful Bizarro writers we have in the UK and to make the world a more caring and safer place. The Charity we have chosen to support is the UK based Mermaids. Mermaids supports children and young people up to 20 years old who are transgender and/or gender diverse, and their families, and professionals involved in their care. If you wish to know more please visit their website at; https://www.mermaidsuk.org.uk/about-mermaids.html GUIDELINES All submissions must be sent to: [email protected] Must be Bizarro related, weird, crazy, bonkers stuff. If you want a quick intro to the genre email us or contact us on face book, we have a group! Submissions must come from the UK or from people born in the UK. Short fiction/ non-fiction 1500-3000 words. Poetry would preferably be short versed preferably under ten stanzas. Anything else weird 3000 max word limit. If you're unsure about anything please message us on our facebook page or at : [email protected] SUBMISSIONS OPEN FROM MARCH 10TH UNTIL MAY 15TH!!!! As this is a CHARITY anthology we will not be able to pay anyone but you will receive a contributors copy and 100% of the proceeds will go to the charity. So if you believe in the cause, Bizarro fiction and us as a group of utterly whacked out nutters please consider submitting. Thank you for reading this far and we all look forward to reading your work!! Via: The British Bizarro Community on Facebook.
Taking Submissions: Once Upon An Enchanted Forest: An Anthology of Romantic Witchcraft Stories
Deadline: May 15th, 2019 Payment: $75 and 2 contributor's copies Title: Once Upon An Enchanted Forest: An Anthology of Romantic Witchcraft Stories Word count: 7K-15K Submission Window: February 5 - May 15 Payment: $75 paid upon publication + 2 paperback copies + 25 electronic copies for distribution to readers/giveaways Anthology Release Date: 9.23.2019, the autumnal equinox. Prompt and Theme: The autumnal equinox marks the shift into darkness which completes on Samhain. Warmth is behind us, cold lies ahead. This is a time of Thanksgiving and kinship. However, in our stories, we also want to consider the theme of The Enchanted Forest. How can you place romance, sorcery, witchcraft, an enchanted wood, cottage, village, or castle into this theme? How can you play up the impending knowledge that everything is changing from light to dark? How can you take your characters from a time of celebration into a world of romance, magical intrigue, and sorcery? What would lurk in your enchanted forest? The autumnal equinox, magical/witchcraft elements, and romance must be includedin some manner, but remember that you have a ton of material to pull from. From the Celtic Connection: Druids call this time of year Mabon, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest. Various other names for this Wiccan Sabbat are The Second Harvest Festival, Wine Harvest, Feast of Avalon, Equinozio di Autunno (Strega, Italian), Alben Elfed (Caledonii), or Cornucopia. The Teutonic name, Winter Finding, spans from the Sabbat to Oct. 15th, or Winter's Night, known as the Norse New Year. (“Information Categories.” What Is Wicca?, wicca.com/celtic/akasha/mabon.htm.) For modern stories, the autumnal equinox is still celebrated across the world. Every culture recognizes or has recognized this turning of the season, so do a little research. So many ideas await! Things to note: We love diversity in all its forms. We love strong women with...
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Taking Submissions: Summer Solstice Volume 1
Deadline: May 18th, 2019 Payment: $15 per piece. In our stories, we crave the wild, weird, wonderful, and witty. Make us laugh, make us cry, surprise and shock us. Make us feel something. After all, isn’t that what writing is for? Our next reading period will run from January 5, 2019 to May 18, 2019 for Summer Solstice, Volume 1 exclusively featuring writers between the ages of 13-20. All rights revert to the author upon publication. Pieces and bios accepted for publication will receive light copyedits if needed. We do not charge submission fees. We currently offer a flat rate of $15 per piece. Multiple submissions are allowed, but they must be in different genres. For example, you may not submit two fiction pieces, but you may submit a piece of fiction and a poem. If you are submitting more than one piece, please send each document in separate emails. Details for genres are listed below. We allow simultaneous submissions. Please inform us if your piece is accepted elsewhere. Work must be your own and not previously published, including on personal blogs. TO SUBMIT Email all submissions to [email protected] in docx format. For visual art and cartoon submissions, send in jpeg, jpg, png, or pdf. Put your name, title of piece, and category in the email subject line. Submissions will be read blindly, so please make sure your name does not appear anywhere on the document. Include your short bio in the body of the email. We do not accept mailed submissions. We will do our best to respond within 90 days. CATEGORIES FOR SUBMISSION Fiction & Young Adult Submit one short story, maximum of 6,000 words or three flash fiction pieces in separate documents. We accept literary and genre fiction, including fantasy, horror, sci-fi, mystery, etc. We do not...
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Taking Submissions: Strange Girls – Women in Horror Anthology
Deadline: May 20th, 2019 Payment: $5 Deadline: May 20, 2019 Payment: $5 flat fee per story (author must have a valid PayPal address as that will be used for payment) We will be creating an anthology titled Strange Girls. It will be a collection of fictional short stories in which the protagonist will either be a girl or the short story will feature a girl. We’re aiming for the horror genre. Short stories should focus on a certain strange trait in a girl, whether the trait is physical (ex. Deformity), mental (ex. Demonic possession, telekinesis), creature-like (ex. Vampire, shapeshifter, mythological creature, mermaid, etc.), or supernatural (ex. Ghosts, banshees, wraith, etc.) or aliens. The author submitting MUST BE FEMALE. The author must retain full rights to the work intended for our consideration and that the work itself is complete and not published anywhere else (including personal websites or social media). Having been previously published isn’t a requirement, if you have a compelling story, send it to us! Publisher: Twisted Wing Productions Requirements: Stories must NOT exceed 8,000 words. Format: Word doc, 12 font, double space Arial or Times New Roman. Not a reprint. We are asking for exclusive first worldwide electronic and print rights for 18 months and the right to keep the story in print, and nonexclusive right to continue to publish for the life of the anthology. We do not place any limits on what the author does with the story after the exclusivity period. We are not looking for poetry or screenplays. Bonus: Characters in stories are own voices, POC, or LGBTQ Submission method: Please send story as an attachment (.doc or docx. Only) to azzurranoxyahoo.com Please include the following with your submission: Author (Legal Name) Pen name (if applicable) Email Story Title Word Count Third person biography Acceptance letters will be sent out by June 1....
Taking Submissions: Enchanted Conversation: Water Theme
Deadline: May 20th, 2019 Payment: $10 Submissions now OPEN UNTIL MAY 20 for the JUNE Issue Theme: WATER Enchanted Conversation is looking for stories and sequential art (aka comics) that use the theme of water in some way. The idea of water can be the ocean, lakes, streams, a pond, rain, a puddle, a backyard pool, or anything else you can dream up, just as long as some version of water plays a part or operates as a catalyst to the story in a fairy tale, folktale, or myth. Work can either be re-tellings of established stories or use original characters as long as they are set within the fairy tale, folktale, or mythic templates. WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR "selkie" stories, (we already have one for the issue) or re-tellings of "The Little Mermaid" tale, as EC has already published many versions of that story. Be bold, traditional, lyrical, or experimental in your storytelling, and enchant us with your original stories set in a variety of locations around the world and time periods from ancient to modern. Examples of "water" stories previously published in EC. The Kappa by Kelly Evans The Pearl by Sabrina N. Balmick Wishing Well by Sonni de Soto What the Water Takes by Katherine Kendig The Salt Pool by Angie Dickinson Made for Their Hands by G.D. Watry WE'RE LOOKING FOR STORIES between 700-2000 words with our sweet spot being around 1,200 words. PAYMENT FOR STORIES: $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. At the time of contract, authors will have the option of donating the token payment...
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Taking Submissions: The Toilet Zone
Deadline: May 30th, 2019 Payment: $5, Equal share of 30% of the anthology profits ...no, don't panic, we are not looking for lavatory-themed tales of terror - although should your short story involve the smallest room in the house, we'd be more than delighted to read it! The theme for this anthology is short horror stories that will make an ideal sit-down read, just long enough for those extended stays at the convenience, and terrifying enough that they really are best read whilst over water.... This anthology will be compiled by the incomparable author and filmmaker Bret McCormick, so be sure to write to impress! We have based story length upon the average time spent upon the convenience (10-15 mins) and the average reading speed (200-250 words per minute), so that the stories within this exceptionally unique anthology will be the perfect 'per visit' length! NOTE: we will also accept a handful of shorter stories - 'flush fiction' - if the fit is right! 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 * Absolutely NO extra lines between paragraphs! * 2.5K-4K word count (although we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!) * Write 'TOILET ZONE' 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. - Make sure that you check your mss for grammar and punctuation, use our guidelines to help you: DOWNLOAD YOUR HBB GUIDE TO GRAMMAR HERE (PDF) Deadline: MAY 30th 2019 (for publication June...
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Taking Submissions: Shock Totem
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 (From Submittable.) Payment: 5 cents per word, reprints: 3 cents per word Note: Reprints allowed To submit or check the status of a previous submission, click here. In addition to the guidelines below, please read the submission requirements on our Submittable page prior to uploading your submission. WHAT WE WANT: We consider original, unpublished work within the confines of dark fantasy and horror—mystery, suspense, supernatural, morbid humor, fantasy, etc. WHAT WE DO NOT WANT: We’re not interested in hard science fiction, epic fantasy (swords and sorcery), splatter (blood and guts and little more), or clichéd plots. Clichéd themes are okay. We won’t turn our noses up at the sight of zombies or serial killers or vampires, but there needs to be something that sets it apart from the norm for us to seriously consider it. No fan fiction. WHAT WE WILL CONSIDER: Reprints. Unpublished work will always get first consideration. Any submitted reprint must be out of print and the author must retain all applicable rights. All previous publication information (for the submitted work only) must be disclosed. FORMAT: All submissions must be sent via our Submissions Manager (see link at the top and bottom of this page). Please use 12pt Times New Roman font, double-spaced lines, and indented paragraphs. Use italics (do not underline for italicized words). Please include your full name, contact info, and word count in the document. No simultaneous/multiple submissions. READING PERIOD: Unless otherwise noted, we’re open from February through May, and August through November. RESPONSE TIME: 90 days or less.* PAYMENT: We pay 5 cents a word for original, unpublished fiction, and 3 cents a word for reprints, up to 5,000 words. RIGHTS: For previously unpublished work we claim First North American Serial Rights and First Electronic World Rights (not to include Internet use)...
Taking Submissions: AGNI Online
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $10 per printed (or printed-out) page for accepted prose, and $20 per page for accepted poetry, up to a maximum of $150., 2 copies of print magazine if accepted into a print copy We look for writing that catches experience before the crusts of habit form—poetry and prose that resist ideas about what a certain kind of writing “should do.” We seek out writers who tell their truths in their own words and convince us as we read that we’ve found something no one else could have written. When to submit AGNI welcomes manuscripts between September 1st and May 31st. Submissions mailed in June, July, or August will be returned unread, provided sufficient return postage is included. Things to know when submitting Nearly everything we publish is unsolicited. We encourage submissions from writers of all identities, living anywhere, published and unpublished. We will not consider writing that has already been published in English, whether in a book, magazine, newspaper, or on an app, a website, a social media feed, or a publicly accessible online community. We consider only work written in English or translated into English. We have no word limits, though space is at a premium and length sometimes affects our decisions. We do not publish genre romance, horror, mystery, or science fiction; however, we are open to writing that borrows elements from any of these. We will consider excerpts if they read as if they were meant to stand alone. We are interested in personal essays, think-pieces, memoir, prose poems, formal poems, blank verse, free verse, short stories, and short shorts; we do not publish academic essays or purely journalistic writing. Though we rely on student interns for many things, they are not involved in considering submissions. All manuscripts are read by masthead...
Taking Submissions: One Story
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $500 and 25 contributors copies Submission Periods: January 15th - May 31st | September 3rd - November 14th What kinds of stories is One Story looking for? One Story is seeking literary fiction. Because of our format, we can only accept stories between 3,000 and 8,000 words. They can be any style and on any subject as long as they are good. We are looking for stories that leave readers feeling satisfied and are strong enough to stand alone. Does One Story pay? Yes. One Story pays $500 and 25 contributors copies for First Serial North American rights. All rights will revert to the author following publication. Does One Story accept previously published material? No. One Story is looking for previously unpublished material. However, if a story has been published in print outside of North America, it will be considered. Stories previously published online—on blogs, personal websites, online literary magazines, or forums—will not be accepted. Does One Story accept simultaneous submissions? Yes, but please notify us immediately if your submission is accepted for publication elsewhere. What file types can I submit? We accept PDF, RTF, and TXT files that are less than 500KB. Please include the story title and all writer contact info on the first page of the submitted file. Will you send me comments on my story? No. One Story receives close to 100 submissions each week. Please understand that we do not have time to comment on individual stories. Can I change the story I submitted with an updated draft? No. Do you consider translations? Yes. Please include the name of the original author and language, as well as the name of the translator on the first page of your submission. How do I submit to One Story? We have an automated...
Taking Submissions: Wordland 8: Time We Left
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: £10 and contributor copy. Time We Left, stories and poetry telling stories of humankind in space. Mass migration, one-man expeditions, strange new worlds, wondrous journeying through the gaseous landscapes of nebulae and star clusters, voyages through the oceans of gravitational waves, expeditions to the hauntingly beautiful surfaces of a thousand exoplanets, delicate and dangerous contact with whoever and whatever lives out there. I'm looking for longer tales, 3,000 to 5,000 words, let your stories breathe, let the strangeness unfold. No Star Wars, no conventional space opera. I want the alien, I want adventure, I want invention. Lets get the wonder back in science fiction. Payment £10 and contributor copy. Submission Deadline: 31st May 2019 Submission Address: [email protected] PLEASE READ FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS BELOW 12pt Times New Roman Double-Spaced 1cm indents for paragraphs Double comma speech marks Via: Wordland.
Taking Submissions: Beer-Battered Shrimp for the Soul
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $5 and a contributor's copy I've been inspired to create a thought-provoking book of short quotations and really short stories. I'm titling it Beer-Battered Shrimp for the Soul. What? You were expecting it to be a NORMAL book filled with NORMAL stories? Nope. Silliness and weirdness will abound. All I ask is that submissions be happy and silly and hopeful. Not dark or scary or disturbing. Well, maybe a little disturbing. Details: What I want:Strange little stories or silly inspirational quotes of up to 125 words (this is not a firm count, but if it's longer, your piece had better be exactly what I'm looking for). I want something that will fit on a single page in a large and funky font. Here's an example (used by permission from Michaelbrent Collings) - I wish all rabbits were named Barry. That way, when you were out walking with your friend and you saw a rabbit and your friend said, "I wonder what that rabbit's name is?" you could say, "It's Barry," and you'd look very smart. Forgot to add: Please keep it G or PG. No profanity or explicit sex or violence, please. What you get: Right now, token payment of up to $5 per story/quote and one copy of the collection when it's finished. You can also have space for a bio and a website if you want it. Basically it would be a charity collection. Any proceeds the book earns will go towards this fundraiser - https://www.heifer.org/gift-catalog/animals-nutrition/honeybees-donation.html or one of their other animal gifts. Why am I doing this:Because it sounds like fun. And I like silly books of uplifting quotations, inspirational stories, and weird things. The world needs more happiness. How do I submit? Write something, edit it, make it shine, then email it to...
Taking Submissions: Year’s Best Cosmic Horror 2019 Anthology
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: 2 Cents Per Word Minimum. TBD Note: Reprints ONLY Greetings from the Ether, We have been anxious to say these words, and alas, here we are. Gehenna & Hinnom Books is now officially open to submissions from publishers for our Year’s Best Cosmic Horror 2019 Anthology. What is Cosmic Horror? Cosmicism, or Lovecraftian Horror, is a subgenre which emphasizes the unknown or unknowable, the fear of things beyond our comprehension, and the insignificance of mankind in the grand scheme of the universe. Reality erodes in this genre, and often science or discovery are responsible for this corruption. We’re looking for the absolute best Cosmic Horror tales from 2018. Publishers are welcome to submit individual stories, anthologies, collections, etc., to our email in PDF format, though we will also accept other formats, such as Mobi. and ePub. Please send emailed submissions with “Year’s Best Cosmic Horror” in the title. If you wish to send print copies of selected works, please use the below address: GEHENNA & HINNOM BOOKS YEAR’S BEST COSMIC HORROR 2019 ANTHOLOGY 510 N 38TH AVE MB 11 HATTIESBURG, MS 39401 For writers who are unsure if their work has been submitted, or will be submitted, please forward all questions to the email address above. Make sure to contact your publishers before sending any queries. Specifics on submission qualifications: Stories to be considered for reprint should fall under 12,000 words. Stories that exceed this word count, novelettes, novels, collections etc., can and should be submitted, but will only be referenced in our “Overview” of 2018. The final cut-off date for submissions is May 31st, 2019. Any submissions sent after that date will not be considered. We are gunning for a summer release of this title, and it will likely move to print come June or July. Deadline...
Taking Submissions: Liminality Poetry Magazine
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $10 In anthropological terms, liminality is the midpoint of a ritual: the threshold where a person is no longer quite who they were, not yet who they might become. In between masks, what face might you have? What might you be in transit? Where will you go? Everything is possible in that moment; change is its own goal. Liminality is the space between. Liminality is an online quarterly magazine of speculative poetry edited by Shira Lipkin and Mattie Joiner. We are very pleased to meet you. We’re looking for speculative literary poems that touch the heart as much as the head; poems of the liminal, the fluid, and the fantastic. We’d love to see work that shifts shape, refuses to be to be easily pinned down or categorised. We actively welcome diversity; we want to hear new as well as established voices. Tell us tales we thought we knew, the way only you can tell them. Give us new myths. Liminality pays $10 per poem, for first worldwide publication rights and non-exclusive anthology rights. We will be open: April 1 – May 31 July 1 – August 31 October 1 – November 30 To submit, send up to five poems to liminalitypoetry AT gmail.com with the subject line “SUBMISSION – ”. Please include your poems in the body of the e-mail; if you have formatting that makes that untenable, you may attach the poem as an .rtf. You may send up to five poems per reading period. We do not accept reprints or simultaneous submissions. (If the poem has been publicly viewable online, yes, it would be a reprint.) “Dear Editors”, “Dear Mattie and Shira”, and “Dear Shira and Mattie” are all fine as forms of address. Via: Liminality.
Taking Submissions: Terror at 5280
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $25 for flash fiction (up to 1,000 words) or 1 cent per word– maximum $40–for short stories (up to 5,000 words) Note: Authors submitting must live in Colorado Denver Horror Press is seeking the best in local horror fiction to publish in our upcoming anthology, Terror at 5280’. We’re looking for short stories related to or taking place in or around Denver, Colorado (bonus points for including local lore or haunts) written by authors currently living in Colorado(stories written by those outside of Colorado will not be considered). Submission Guidelines Submissions should follow standard manuscript format and shouldn’t exceed 5,000 words. Email submissions to Submissions AT DenverHorror DOT com and attach your document in PDF or Word Doc or DocX format (a submission pasted in the body of the email will not be considered) with subject: “Submission: ”. In the body of the email, please include a brief bio including current town/city of residence, relevant blog/website URLs, social media links, and publishing credits (if any). We will accept reprints provided you have retained all rights to the story, but priority will be given to previously unpublished submissions (put REPRINT in the subject line of your submission). Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2019. Usage Rights We will ask for exclusive rights for one year. After that, they will revert to continuing non-exclusive rights. Payment Upon publication, we pay $25 for flash fiction (up to 1,000 words) or 1 cent per word– maximum $40–for short stories (up to 5,000 words) for the anthology. If your story doesn’t make it into the anthology but we think it’s awesome, we may ask your permission to publish it on the Denver Horror Collective website (DenverHorror.com) and in the newsletter for $15. Response time Response times may vary depending on the number of submissions we...
Taking Submissions: Accursed
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $25 Accursed items. Some people believe in them, some people don’t. With a truly cursed item, belief doesn’t matter. It’s gonna do its best to get you anyway. You might survive, with the worst luck ever. Or you might not. Maybe you'll be compelled to do things you never would without its influence. Maybe you thought it would help you at the casino. Maybe it did. But there’s always a price to pay, one you aren’t ready for. That little lucky charm you have in your pocket may be doing more damage than good. But you think its helping. It's cursed, and does not have your best interests in mind. Sometimes it’s not even an item, it’s a person. Be careful what you pick up. Be careful who you friend. You never know. It, or they, might be accursed. Your story must prominently feature some kind of cursed item. Jolly Horror Press LOVES horror/comedy, but we will publish pure horror as well. We give humorous stories a slight edge however, when considering whether to include them. Diversity and Inclusiveness: Yes, we want stories from all sectors, from all kinds of people! We encourage submissions from women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community. We seek to include writers from all walks of life who have a scary/funny story to tell. The Details: Please see our generic submission guidelines page for how to submit. Submission Period: April 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019 Reading Period: July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019 Expected Publication Date: December 2019 We reserve the right to close early, but no earlier than May 31, 2019 Payment: $25 per accepted story (via Paypal) Note: These guidelines are generic and apply to all Jolly Horror Anthologies unless otherwise noted. Please see the actual call for submissions for each...
Taking Submissions: Under Sapphire Stars
Deadline: March 31st, 2019 Payment: $5 Note: Female-identifying writers only Under Sapphire Stars, our first LGBTQ anthology is calling for female-identifying writers to step up and deliver their own amazing horror in that LGBTQ space. Stories can range from themes of horror, insanity, and murder to eroticisms played out within the ranks of an eldritch cult. Editor Desiree LeAnn is looking for only the best of the best, but we invite you to surprise us, scare us and to move us. We will not accept any stories about rape. Racism/Sexism/Bigotry of any form will never be accepted here. Stories between 1500-5000 words preferred. Double check your grammar and spelling. Format your story correctly. Please submit all stories in DOC/RTF format. We prefer stories that have not been published before. We prefer to avoid multiple and simultaneous submissions. We retain exclusive publishing rights for 12 months. We pay $5.00 for stories Submission Date: 4.1-5-31 Via: Madness Heart Press.
Taking Submissions: Selene Quarterly Magazine
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $0.06USD per word, $50 for poetry, reprint prices below Note: Reprints Allowed Selene Quarterly Magazine is a quarterly periodical of speculative romance, mystery, and alternate history published in May, August, November, and February. We accept unsolicited submissions from MAY 1-31 11:59 EST every year. Anything submitted outside of this window will be deleted unread. SUBMIT Format using Shunn’s manuscript style. Track your submission using Duotrope, The Submission Grinder, and Ralan. Submit via HeyPublisher. A short cover letter is required. It should be submitted alongside the text of your submission or inside of the summary field. Please include your legal name, pen name (if relevant), contact information, PayPal email address (if different), recent publications/awards (if any), preferred contributor’s copy (.epub or .mobi for Kindle™), and a third person bio of 50-150 words. A photo is optional. We take 2-3 weeks to respond to submissions. If you haven’t received a response by then, please query. Email submissions are deleted unread. Please note that a blank response through HeyPublisher means your piece was rejected. If you have any questions, email subs selenequarterly.com. POETRY: Any length paid $50USD per poem. FICTION: 100-7500 words paid $0.06USD per word. REPRINTS: Any length of poetry paid $15USD and 100-7500 words of fiction paid $0.01USD per word. RULES Translations are accepted Only submit one submission in each category Simultaneous submissions to other markets are accepted RIGHTS Copyright remains with the author and poet at all times Non-exclusive archival rights as long as the website(s) hosting the work are online First world electronic and print rights in English with exclusivity for 6 months from the date of publication If selected to be republished in an anthology in the future, payment in royalties is $0.01USD per word If selected for a podcast or audiobook, payment is $0.01USD per word for non-exclusive electronic audio rights HARD...
Taking Submissions: EconoClash Review
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $10 EconoClash Review (Quality Cheap Thrills) is a biannual print journal of Genre Fiction. We accept only the best contemporary pulp submissions. Which includes quality Crime, Noir, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Weird, Humor and Other Words for Uplifting Gormandizers. EconoClash Review believes in free speech and wants to provide our readers with a much needed escape into other worlds. We like stories about Weirdos, Criminals and Pregnant Prom Queens going to great lengths to destroy or keep the status quo. HOWEVER, we don't want erotica, or adult content, or torture between characters of any age, race, species both real or fictional. Nothing gratuitous. Avoid the tropes best you can. Just because we want GENRE doesn't mean we want STALE. Above all else--EconoClash Review wants fiction full of energy that feels real. We encourage our writers to submit short fiction between 1,500 and 4,500 words. That word limit is FIRM and STRICTLY ENFORCED. We will open again for subs May 1st to May 31st 2019. Any manuscripts sent outside the open submission window will be deleted unread. Follow us on Twitter @econoclashrevue for updates. EconoClash Review claims the following publishing rights: First English Language Rights, English Language Periodical Rights, World Periodical Rights, First Audio Distribution Rights, Subsidiary Rights and Electronic Distribution Rights. All Rights revert back to the writer six months after initial publication. Should EconoClash Review choose to create an anthology of previously published work, new rights will be negotiated. Bear in mind that most publications will not publish pieces that have been published in print, eBook, or on the web, so for all intents and purposes after your work is published by us it can only be marketed as a reprint, which severely limits the number of markets that will accept it, and drastically reduces the pay rate it can receive. It is up to you, the author, to decide if giving up your First Publishing Right for our token payment, is really...
Taking Submissions: Fire and Brimstone
Deadline: May 31st, 2019 Payment: $5AU-$20AU depending on length. Note: Only Australian and NZ authors. A Demonic Compendium of the Wicked, Fallen and Accursed Submissions will be open to all Australian and NZ based authors starting Jan 1st 2019 and will continue to May 31st 2019 (to be released October 2019). We are looking for original flash fiction and short stories 500 - 15000 words featuring demonic hellspawn. Think tales of demonic possesion, faustian deals, crossroad bargains and plain old demonic chaos... Our preference will be for a wide array of demonic entities, from a range of cultures, we're not really looking for 15 different versions of Lucifer's biblical fall. Token payments for accepted works are as follows: Flash fiction 500-1000 words: $5AU Short story 1000 - 5000 words: $10AU Short story 5000 - 10000 words: $15AU Short story 10000 - 15000 words: $20AU No fanfiction or stories based on existing franchises. No reprints. No erotica and, as always, no sparkly vampires. SUBMIT HERE Via: Cobblestone Scribe.
