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Taking Submissions: Arsenika

October 31, 2019

Deadline: October 31st, 2019
Payment: $60 USD for fiction and $30 USD for poetry

Our previous quarterly submission periods are no longer valid. Our new submission windows are:

  • October 1–October 31: OPEN to flash fiction and poetry.
  • April 1–April 30: OPEN to flash fiction and poetry.

Submissions sent outside these windows will be rejected unread.

Feel free to record your submissions at Duotrope and/or the Submissions Grinder. We are also listed on Ralan.

Fiction and Poetry Guidelines

Arsenika is looking for previously unpublished original fiction and poetry up to 1,000 words long. Payment is $60 USD for fiction and $30 USD for poetry for first world electronic rights and non-exclusive audio rights. We hope to raise the poetry rate to $60 as well in the future—please support us on Patreon if you’d like to help us reach our goal.

Submit no more than two flash fiction pieces and five poems at a time, and please make sure you fill out the form again for each piece you send, unless the pieces are meant to be read together (e.g. a triptych of poems).

All work should be in Standard Manuscript Format (fiction format/poetry format). Format poetry exactly as you would like to see it online—use italics for italics, underlines for underlines, boldface for boldface, etc. Send only TXT, RTF, DOC, and DOCX files.

Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Multiple submissions are allowed, but please have no more than two flash fiction pieces and five poems in the submissions queue at a time.

We try to respond to all submissions within 30 days. If you haven’t heard from us in 90 days, please send us a query at [email protected]. Our secondary email address is [email protected].

Remember: Don’t self-reject.

We use Moksha to manage submissions. If you are ready to submit, please use the button below to reach our Moksha page. Do not email submissions.

Reprints

Arsenika does not accept unsolicited reprints. Payment is $30 upon acceptance.

Art

Arsenika pays $100 for reprint art. Please feel free to query us at [email protected] with a link to your portfolio.

Questions

Q. Can I submit multiple times per submissions period?

A. Yes. Please have no more than two flash fiction pieces and five poems in the queue at a time; once we respond to those, you can send more. For example, if you’ve sent one flash piece and four poems and we’ve responded to all of them, you can send another two flash pieces and five poems. Please note that pieces held for further consideration count as being in the queue: if you send three poems and we hold one and reject the other two, you may only send another four poems and two flash fiction pieces at a time.

Q. Does Arsenika accept microfiction (fiction under 500 words long)?

A. Absolutely! We have no minimum word limit, though we do require that microfiction still tell a story of some sort.

Q. Does Arsenika accept prose poetry?

A. Yes!

Q. Does Arsenika have any line limits for poetry?

A. No, although we do have a word limit of 1,000 words.

Q. Does Arsenika accept horror?

A. Yes; we prefer horror with a speculative element.

Q. Does Arsenika accept translations?

A. Definitely; we’re very interested in translations! Please note that you must acquire translation rights from the original author unless the piece is already in the public domain. If we accept your translated piece, we will need the original author’s contact information as well; we treat translations as co-authored and pay both the author and the translator our rate for individual pieces.

Q. Does Arsenika accept fanfiction?

A. It depends—we’d rather not face potential legal issues with properties that are currently trademarked/under copyright, but we’re fine with reinterpretations of works in the public domain, myths, fairy tales, folk tales, etc. We understand there will be some degree of allusion, but we also would prefer it if the works could stand alone.

Q. Does Arsenika accept interactive fiction and poetry?

A. Yes. Please send a link to your piece and make sure it is password-protected or otherwise not viewable to the public. Be sure to include the password or access details in your submission.

If you have any further questions, please email [email protected].

Via: Arsenika.

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Date:
October 31, 2019