Ongoing Submissions: The Drabblecast

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Payment: $.06/word for original fiction, with a cap of $300.00. Reprint submissions at a pay rate of $.03/word, with a cap of $300.00.
Theme: Strange Stories for Strange Listeners
Note: Reprints welcome

The Drabblecast is an award-winning online speculative fiction magazine and podcast that publishes “Strange Stories for Strange Listeners,” often also classified as “Weird Fiction.”

Loosely, this encompasses any and all genres, but largely centers around those of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

We’re looking for powerful stories that are simultaneously relatable and a good degree off the beaten path. We’re looking for stories that will work particularly well when read aloud and treated with full cast audio production. We’re looking for submissions that are humorous, bizarre, gross, disturbing, badass, interesting and original— your favorite story that we both know would be a hit if only it found the right home.

We’ve been expecting you! Please wipe your feet on the various dismembered feet on your way in.

What We Buy

  • Short Fiction — 500- 4,000 words

We Also Run

  • Drabbles — Exactly 100 words.
  • Twabbles — Exactly 100 characters.
  • Episode Art — See the Art page.

Payment Considerations:

  • The Drabblecast currently pays the professional market rate for speculative fiction as defined by the World Science Fiction & Fantasy Association of $.06/word for original fiction, with a cap of $300.00.
  • The Drabblecast accepts reprint submissions at a pay rate of $.03/word, with a cap of $300.00. 
  • Stories under 500 words (including Drabbles and Twabbles) are published on a pro bono basis.
  • The Drabblecast accepts Simultaneous Submissions (please let us know if someone else accepts before us)
  • Drabblecast does NOT accept Multiple Submissions, unless specifically requested or solicited by Drabblecast editorial staff.

Your Submission Should:

Submit stories to [email protected]

  • Include your name and story title in the subject of the email.
  • Include bio (including preferred gender pronouns), story word count, information regarding the submission’s publication history or indication if the work is original and unpublished in the body of the email.
  • You do not need to submit a cover letter.
  • Please attach submission as either a .doc, .docx or .rtf file, or include story in the body of the email if preferred.
Our response time is no later than 3 months, most often sooner. In the event that you have not received a response from Drabblecast after 90 days, please feel free to inquire as to story status.

Rights Requested:

The Drabblecast requests first world electronic rights (text and audio), first print rights, and non-exclusive anthology rights for any print and electronic anthologies.
Drabblecast Content is protected by a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative 2.0 License.

Diversity Statement:

The Drabblecast believes that, like great fiction, great writers come in all shapes, sizes, colors and backgrounds. We welcome submissions from writers of every race, religion, nationality, gender, and sexual orientation.

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1 Response

  1. Adeniyi idowu says:
    June 11, 2023 at 2:13 am

    But what if what I submitted was in two file and I submit it in different submission form, what will happen next since they don’t accept multiple submission