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A couple of big things are changing for professional writers next year. Get ahead of the changes now!
Second, Goodreads is ENDING its free (for publishers/authors) book giveaway program! Starting in January, they will be charging quite hefty fees for all giveaways. So if you've got something coming out soon, schedule that giveaway now while it's still free! And if you're a reader, go look at the giveaways! I predict a bump as publishers/authors try to sneak their giveaway in under the deadline. https://www.goodreads.com/giveawayWhat I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I'm doing a December writing challenge! The goal is write something, anything, for every day this month (with two skip days of your choice). It's reminding me of the value of writing every day. It really keeps the current story in the forefront of my mind.
We’re excited to announce our newest One Teen Story Contest! From
November 15th, 2017 through January 14th, 2018, we’re asking writers
ages 13-19 to enter their original, unpublished fiction. We are
interested in great short stories of any genre—literary, fantasy,
sci-fi, love stories, horror, etc. What’s in a great short story?
Interesting characters, strong writing, and a beginning, middle and end.
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
| Kferrin |
Fantasy flash fiction and short stories |
$0.100 |
|
http://www.kferrin.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Liminal Stories |
Strange, unsettling, weird |
$0.060 |
|
http://liminalstoriesmag.com/submissions/ |
| Sword & Sonnet ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/1/2018 - 3/1/2018 |
SF, fantasy, and horror themed to female or nb battle poets. |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.swordsonnet.com/guidelines/ |
| Third Flatiron Press |
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, themed issues. Flash fiction, no theme required. |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.thirdflatiron.com/liveSite/ |
| Pulp Literature |
All genres, not just pulp |
$0.035 |
|
http://pulpliterature.com/submissions/submission-guidelines/ |
| Iridium (Fiction) |
QUILTBAG/GLBTQ+ genre fiction incl. SF/F etc. |
$0.030 |
|
https://iridiumzine.com/submissions/ |
| Red Rabbit Presents ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2018 |
SF (first issue themed to military SF) |
$0.030 |
|
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-red-rabbit-presents/ |
| Tales From the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2018 |
Horror themed to pizza |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.darkmoondigest.com/open-call-short-stories-tales-crust-anthology-pizza-horror/ |
| We Shall Be Monsters: Frankenstein Two Centuries On ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/30/2017 |
All genres, science gone wrong |
$0.024 |
|
https://weshallbemonsters.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Triangulation RECURRING ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/1-2/28 |
All spec-fic, themed |
$0.020 |
|
http://parsecink.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Hell's Empire (Grey Dog Tales) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/1/2018 |
Dark fantasy/horror themed to hell invading Britain. |
$0.010 |
|
http://greydogtales.com/blog/hells-empire/ |
| Shards ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/1/2018 |
Optimistic fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.springsongpress.com/submission-requirements-shards-anthology/ |
| Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine |
SF/F and supernatural horror, especially humorous and lighthearted |
$0.008 |
|
http://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-faq/ |
| Alchemy Press Book of Horrors ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/2018 |
Horror and weird fiction |
$0.007 |
|
https://alchemypress.wordpress.com/submissions/alchemy-press-book-of-horrors/ |
| Spectacle |
All spec-fic, esp. relevant with good visuals |
|
$500.00 |
https://spectacle.com/submissions/ |
| James White Award, The ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE April |
SF - by non-SFWA-eligible authors only |
|
$266.54 |
http://www.jameswhiteaward.com/rules |
| On the Premises RECURRING CONTEST |
Themed contests. |
|
$220.00 |
http://www.onthepremises.com |
| Dreamers & Makers Zine (Sanguine Press) |
Themed sci-fi, fantasy, and horror featuring PoC main characters |
|
$120.00 |
https://sanguinepress.submittable.com/submit |
| Electric Athenaeum |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror, themed issues |
|
$67.37 |
http://csff-anglia.co.uk/ea/subs/ |
| Making Monsters (Futurefire.net) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2018 |
Retellings of classical monsters |
|
$66.91 |
http://press.futurefire.net/p/making-monsters.html |
| Baba Yaga Anthology (World Weaver Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/1/2018 - 3/1/2018 |
Fantasy themed to Baba Yaga |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.worldweaverpress.com/submit-anthologies.html |
| Black Buttons Vol. 3 (Magnificent Cowlick Media) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/16/2018 |
Horror themed to family and the Midwest |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.magnificentcowlickmedia.com/submissions/ |
| Grimm, Grit, & Gasoline (World Weaver Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/2018 - 9/30/2018 |
Dieselpunk and decopunk fairy tales |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.worldweaverpress.com/submit-anthologies.html |
| On the Premises Mini-Contest RECURRING CONTEST |
Themed contests. |
|
$25.00 |
http://onthepremises.com/minis/ |
| Kasma Magazine |
SF |
|
$19.41 |
http://www.kasmamagazine.com/submit.cfm |
| Allegory |
SF/F/H - some general quirky |
|
$15.00 |
http://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions.htm |
| Wumpus Tales - DEAD MARKET |
All speculative. |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.wumpustales.com/about.html |
| AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review - DEAD MARKET (no recent updates following return from hiatus) |
Science Fiction |
$0.059 |
|
http://aescifi.ca/ |
| Cosmos Magazine - DEAD MARKET (no longer accepts fiction) |
SF |
|
$297.04 |
https://cosmosmagazine.com/submissions/ |
| Spacesuits and Sixguns - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, contemporary pulp stories |
$0.040 |
|
|
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
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Some writers pay too much attention to things like how many other stories are in the submission queue ahead of them. I confess, I am one of those writers!
If you've ever wondered how many other people are submitting stories to the same place you are, I figured out a rough approximation based on what percentage of writers track their submissions on Submission Grinder (tl;dr = 10%). You can read the nitty-gritty here at Some Extremely Unscientific Submission Math. What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I brainstormed, plotted, wrote, revised, and submitted a short story in a week, which is a short amount of time for me. Very exciting! (Especially the part where I had to cut. So. Many. Words. to make it fit the wordcount limits of the contest.) Wish me luck.
Also, this happened!
Killing It Softly 2 is a huge anthology of horror by female-identifying writers. My short story about hoarding, "Belongings," is at the beginning of the cognitive deception section. This anthology reached the top 5 in hot new horror anthology releases, and the first volume in this series has a 4 1/2 star average rating on Amazon, so, y'know, people seem to like the series! Go read the sample stories on Amazon.
Track your time use on Toggl to find more writing time: https://toggl.com/
Featured Market
If This Goes On wants policy-inspired SF, offers pro+ pay rate plus royalty split. - Must be set at least one generation in the future (You are welcome
to write an epic fantasy in the Friedman tradition, so long as it is in
the far future!)
- Must include the impact of current political policy (social,
scientific, legal, criminal, etc.) as a meaningful aspect of the story.
- Stories are strongly encouraged to avoid focusing on current
political personalities and, instead, to focus on the policy impacts and
long-term changes to our world.
Basics: themed science fiction, 5,000 words or fewer, no reprints, pays $.08/wd plus royalty split. Guidelines: http://parvuspress.com/itgo/.
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
| Factor Four Magazine |
SF, fantasy, superhero, and supernatural |
$0.080 |
|
http://factorfourmag.com/submissions/ |
| If This Goes On (Parvus Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2018 |
SF, themed to policy implications |
$0.080 |
|
http://parvuspress.com/itgo/ |
| Apex's Annual Flash Fiction Contest - due 10/15-11/16 |
Themed |
$0.060 |
|
https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontpage/46103937-apexs-annual-flash-fiction-contest |
| Ogrezine |
Themed to the Ogre game |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.sjgames.com/ogre/products/ogrezine/writing.html |
| Tin House |
Literary fiction, SFF-friendly |
$0.060 |
|
https://tinhouse.submittable.com/submit |
| Corpus Press Halloween Anthology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/30/2018 |
Halloween-themed horror |
$0.030 |
|
https://www.evans-light.com/call-for-submissions/ |
| Apparition |
Speculative fiction, themed. Separate monthly flash fiction contest. |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.apparitionlit.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Hypnos Magazine |
Weird fiction |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.radiumtownpress.com/guidelines.html |
| Behind the Mask - Tales From the Id ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/30/2017 |
Horror |
|
$38.40 |
http://thingsinthewell.webs.com/submissions |
| Bête Noir |
Dark |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.betenoiremagazine.com/magazineguidelines.htm |
| Brewed Awakenings (Caffeinated Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY |
All genres |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.caffeinated-press.com/anthology/ |
| Enchanted Conversation |
Themed to classic fairy tales |
|
$30.00 |
http://www.fairytalemagazine.com/p/blog-page_22.html |
| L Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future QUARTERLY ANTHOLOGY. |
Spec-fic |
|
$5,000.00 |
http://www.writersofthefuture.com/writer-contest/ |
| Wild Musette Journal of Music, Mystery, and Myth, The |
Themed to music, dance, relationships, environmental, or fantasy and mythic fiction |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.wildmusette.com/submissions/ |
| Exploits in the Adirondacks (Pub 518) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2017) |
All non-erotica genres, dealing with happenings in mountains / woods / small back-water towns |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.pub518.com/submit-to-us.html |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
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In discussions of writing,
this question often comes up. Being a writer is a process of continual
self-improvement and self-education.
I recommend Steven King's On Writing
for early-stage writers. For more advanced writers and those with a
tolerance for academic discussions, I suggest Samuel R. Delany's About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews. I love the Writing Excuses, Ditchdiggers, and Odyssey's SF/F Writing Workshop podcasts. There are countless author blogs that often talk about the craft side of writing.
What do you recommend?What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I taught my class on selling short stories. The class is done! Huzzah! I need to consider what classes I want to propose for next year, but that is still in the future.
I'm inching through revisions on a novelette that I'm looking forward to sending out soon. I'm writing a short story aimed at a themed anthology that should open for submissions soon. And I haven't touched my novel for a while, because of other projects, and so that's a bit frustrating.
The 8 Persuasive Words That Can Instantly Help You Sell More: https://sumo.com/stories/persuasive-wordsWhen Is the Best Time to Post? https://coschedule.com/blog/best-times-to-post-on-social-media/#facebookThe Mysteries of Outlining and Nesting MICE: Creating Killer Stories: http://blog.karenwoodward.org/2012/10/the-mysteries-of-outlining-and-nesting.htmlBest and Worst Times to Post on Social Media: https://www.fastcompany.com/3036184/the-best-and-worst-times-to-post-on-social-media-infographFeatured Market
Book Smugglers is open (through December 31st) for submissions to be published in 2018! AWAKENINGS will be Book Smugglers Publishing’s FIFTH season of short
stories, following Fairytale Retellings, First Contact, Superheroes, and
Gods & Monsters.
When it comes to Awakenings, anything goes. You, the author, should
feel free to take this general theme and interpret it in any way you see
fit–from a story about an AI’s first hours of sentience, to magical
alternate histories featuring characters discovering how to wield power
for the first time, anything goes.
We encourage authors to subvert these sample themes, to expand upon
what “awakenings” means, and adapt the prompt to other possible
connotations and genres under the Speculative Fiction umbrella.
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Fireside Fiction |
All genres, explicitly including spec-fic |
$0.125 |
|
https://firesidefiction.com/about/#submissions-guidelines |
| Book Smugglers, The |
SFF, themed |
$0.080 |
|
http://thebooksmugglers.com/2017/10/book-smugglers-publishing-open-call-short-stories-submissions-2018-awakenings.html |
| Daily Science Fiction |
SF, fantasy, slipstream, dark fantasy but not pure horror, etc. |
$0.080 |
|
http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines |
| Holy C.O.W. ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/01/2017 - 11/30/2017 |
Spec-fic themed to Fertile Crescent, Levant, and the Middle East |
$0.070 |
|
http://holycowpublishing.com/guidelines.html |
| Novel Fox Shorts, The - DEAD MARKET |
Fantasy, SF, and adventure fiction |
$0.070 |
|
http://www.thenovelfox.com/shorts |
| Other Covenants (Chi-Zine Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/4/2018 |
Alternate histories of the Jewish people |
$0.065 |
|
http://chizinepub.com/other-covenants-alternate-histories-of-the-jewish-people/ |
| Compelling Science Fiction |
Hard SF |
$0.060 |
|
http://compellingsciencefiction.com/guidelines.html |
| Guilds & Glaives (Zombies Need Brains LLC) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2017 |
Sword & sorcery themed to a guild |
$0.060 |
|
https://jpskewedthrone.dreamwidth.org/494607.html |
| Razor's Edge, The (Zombies Need Brains LLC) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2017 |
Military SF and fantasy themed to rebellions |
$0.060 |
|
https://jpskewedthrone.dreamwidth.org/494607.html |
| Second Round: A Return to Urbar (Zombies Need Brains LLC) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2017 |
Stories featuring a time-traveling bar |
$0.060 |
|
https://jpskewedthrone.dreamwidth.org/494607.html |
| Tales from the Lake Vol. 5 (Crystal Lake Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/01/2017 |
Dark fiction and quiet horror, non-themed |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.crystallakepub.com/crystal-lake-submissions/ |
| Lost Films ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2017 |
Movie-themed horror |
$0.020 |
|
http://www.darkmoondigest.com/open-call-short-stories-lost-films/ |
| Bourbon Penn |
Odd and imaginative, slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions.php |
| Sci Phi |
SF with strong philosophical or scientific themes |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.sciphijournal.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Antimatter Magazine |
SF inspired by recent headlines |
|
$20.00 |
https://antimatter.submittable.com/submit |
| Dead Oaks |
Horror themed to a town where evil things happen |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.deadoakspodcast.com/2017/06/dead-oaks-submissions-now-open-for.html |
| Far Fetched Fables (PODCAST) |
Fantasy |
|
$50.00 |
http://farfetchedfables.com/submissions/ |
| Mad Scientist Journal |
First person fiction themed to mad science |
|
$20.00 |
http://madscientistjournal.org/submissions/ |
| Speculative City |
All genres, themed to cityscape and issue's theme |
|
$75.00 |
http://www.speculativecity.com/submissions/ |
| Damnation Books - DEAD MARKET |
Dark fiction: Thrillers/SF/F/H |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.damnationbooks.com/submissions.php |
| Red Penny Papers, The - DEAD MARKET |
Dark pulp and gothic |
$0.010 |
|
|
| Hazard Cat - DEAD MARKET |
All genres - cat-themed |
$0.005 |
|
http://hazardcat.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html |
| Death Rattle - DEAD MARKET |
Horror |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.evilcatpress.com/submissions.html |
| The Sleep Club - DEAD MARKET |
All genres—stories to lull people to sleep |
|
$0.00 |
|
| Sam's Dot Drabble PERIODIC CONTEST - DEAD MARKET |
Themed |
|
$1.00 |
|
| Plutonian Times - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, SFF preferred |
|
$5.55 |
|
| Darker - DEAD MARKET |
dark speculative fiction |
|
$5.00 |
|
| Inscription Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
F/SF for teens |
$0.060 |
|
|
| Lakeside Circus - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic, and literary/weird/interstitial |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.facebook.com/LakesideCircus/ |
| Tales from New Babbage - DEAD MARKET (see Gallery of Curiosities) |
Weird fiction, SF, post-apocalyptic, esp. steampunk. |
$0.010 |
|
http://talesfromnewbabbage.blogspot.com/2015/10/call-for-submissions.html |
| Plasma Frequency Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Themed issues, science fiction, fantasy, and some horror |
$0.010 |
|
|
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
* If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage. * To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.
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This is super-exciting. I have all kinds of marvelous plans for what I can get done during that extra time. Of course, as soon as I listed my quarterly writing goals, any idea of "extra" time disappeared. How'd that happen?
It's a good reminder that no matter how much time we have, we need to manage it carefully. One of the pitfalls for writers can be doing way more research than is necessary. (Did you like that segue?) This article on analysis paralysis makes a very good point. To satiate the intellectual curiosity that yearns for more information
(and therefore stalls progress), set yourself parameters for what you
need to know (now) and what you’d like to know (in the future). I should confess that I found this article while doing story research! Serendipity is good, too, but there needs to be a balance.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I'm back to chipping away on the novel. Actual progress is being made. Huzzah! I'm also making progress on long-overdue edits, so I hope to get more short stories into circulation soon. And next month, I'm teaching a class on selling short stories!
Want to see your writing in print? If you're in the Twin Cities, check out the class!
* Revolutionize Your Writing with These 4 Editing Hacks: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2017/09/07/editing-hacks/* WordPress For Writers: 10 Most Useful Plugins For Your Author Website: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2017/09/09/useful-plugins-author-website/Featured Market
The Into the Black contest wants science fiction about the basic living stipend and pays a huge prize. The most
compelling story will change hearts and minds, and ultimately the life
of the author; the grand prize winner will receive a basic income of
$12,000 over the next year. People
are turning to the idea of a basic income both to fight against poverty
and joblessness, and to provide a springboard to opportunity, with all
the potential societal benefits that would come with it. While
academics, politicians, and journalists debate the specifics of policy,
we need to reach beyond bar graphs. Into the Black is a short story contest that asks you, the writer, to use your imagination to reach beyond the data.
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet. Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
* If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage. * To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.
* To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.* Feel
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That is not how I normally approach editing. I don't believe that cutting down to the bone is best for every story. You can lose a lot of your personal voice and style that way. (I still cut my fair share of weasel words and plot going nowhere and bits that only exist to get from Point A to Point B, I assure you!)
I've also cut a couple hundred words from my "finished" long version. Maybe 1/10th of the time, the shorter version is stronger, not just different. I don't recommend gutting your story simply to see what works better that way, but it's a good exercise to try once. Save the original version first!
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I held back on announcing this, because reasons, but I have a new publication to announce! My short story, "Miracle Material," appears in Mother's Revenge: A Dark and Bizarre Anthology of Global Proportions.
In this mixed genre group of eco-tales, thirty-two authors from around
the globe offer up some lessons in why it's wise to be kind to Mother
Earth. Read and take heed. Your very life may depend on it! 
And if you're in Minneapolis, next Sunday I'm leading a free workshop on PoV (Point of View). Come and say hi!
How to Get Book Reviews as an Unknown Author: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2017/07/29/how-to-get-book-reviews-as-an-unknown-author/
Featured Market
Strange Horizons is a pro market that accepts all speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Some particular things we love, or are interested in: - Fiction from or about diverse perspectives and traditionally
under-represented groups, settings, and cultures, written from a
non-exoticizing and well-researched position.
- Unusual yet readable styles and inventive structures and narratives.
- Stories that address political issues in complex and nuanced ways, resisting oversimplification.
- Hypertext fiction. If you have a work of hyperfiction you think
might be a good fit for Strange Horizons, please query us to discuss how
to submit it.
Things which are fine: - Profanity is fine. Use whatever words are appropriate for your story.
- Sex or violence in a story should be artistically justified; no excessive gore.
- We welcome submissions from anywhere in the world, and British spellings are fine.
- We will consider stories which have previously appeared in another language, but have never been published in English.
- We welcome all subgenres and forms of speculative fiction.
Basics: all speculative fiction, 10,000 max, no reprints, pays $.08/word. Opens for submissions every Monday. Guidelines: http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
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Here are my top picks for places to submit novellas!
| Name |
Min Wordcount |
Max Wordcount |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Beneath Ceaseless Skies |
0 |
|
Literary adventure fantasy in secondary world settings. |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/submissions/ |
| Deep Magic |
1,000 |
40,000 |
Clean F/SF |
|
$1,060.00 |
http://deepmagic.co/submissions/# |
| Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) |
0 |
25,000 |
F & SF |
$0.070 |
|
http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm |
| Grimdark Magazine |
0 |
|
Grim, dark SF or medieval F |
$0.054 |
|
http://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/submissions/ |
| Novel Fox Shorts, The |
1,000 |
35,000 |
Fantasy, SF, and adventure fiction |
|
$250 plus royalties |
http://www.thenovelfox.com/shorts |
| Reckoning Magazine |
0 |
45,000 |
All genres, esp. speculative, themed to humanity's relationship to the earth |
$0.060 |
|
http://reckoning.press/submit/ |
| Tor.com Novellas |
20,000 |
40,000 |
SF/F novellas, themed submission periods |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.tor.com/submissions-guidelines/ |
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
The last couple of weeks: conventions! In two weeks: teaching a class! In-between, when I find time: writing.
Featured Market
The Mother of Invention anthology wants stories about gender as it relates to the creation of artificial intelligence and robotics.
We want to bring some genuine revolution
to the way that artificial intelligence stories are told, and how they
intersect with gender identity, parenthood, sexuality, war, and the
future of our species. How can we interrogate the gendered assumptions
around the making of robots compared with the making of babies? Can
computers learn to speak in a code beyond the (gender) binary?
...We anticipate that some stories will
tackle gender issues (broadly defined) directly; others indirectly. Both
approaches are OK! The only hard-and-fast rule is that the creator of the AI or robot must not be a cis man. All
other characters in the story, including the robots/AIs themselves, can
be of any gender (or non-gendered), and we welcome other exploration of
gender in this area too. (We also stress that the protagonist need not
be the creator!)
Point of view, theme, setting,
everything else is completely up to the author. We’re looking for a
diverse range of authors, story settings, time periods, cultural
backgrounds and protagonists. Magic, history, fantasy, steampunk and
mythology are all options for you to play with; we do not require this
to be a 100% science fiction anthology. Basics: themed science fiction and fantasy, 500-5,000 words, no reprints, pays $.06/word. Due 8/31/2017. Guidelines: http://motherofinvention.twelfthplanetpress.com/submission-guidelines/
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Mother of Invention ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/2017 |
Themed: gender as relates to AI and robotics incl. fantasy golems, steampunk, etc. |
$0.060 |
|
http://motherofinvention.twelfthplanetpress.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Nature Futures |
Hard SF |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.nature.com/nature/authors/gta/others.html#futures |
| Young Explorer's Adventure Guide ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1 - 12/31 |
Adventure SF with protagonist that 8-12 year old reader will identify with. |
$0.060 |
|
http://dreamingrobotpress.com/young-explorers-adventure-guide-submissions/ |
| Little Blue Marble |
Themed: climate change |
$0.038 |
|
https://littlebluemarble.ca/submission-guidelines/ |
| Cosmic Caravans ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/7/2017 |
Themed: sci-fi for pre-teens |
$0.020 |
|
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1633839459982662/ |
| Afrofuturism ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/30/2017 |
Far-future SF with main character of African descent |
$0.010 |
|
https://mugwump.submittable.com/submit/72930/afrocentric-anthology-afrofuturism |
| Heart of a Devil, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/10/2017 |
Themed: sympathetic monsters, demons, murderers, etc. |
$0.005 |
|
http://fantasiadivinitymagazine.myfreesites.net/anthology-submission-calls |
| Last Line, The |
Must end with provided last line |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.thelastlinejournal.com/submission.htm |
| Silver Blade |
F/SF |
|
$8.00 |
https://www.silverblade.net/submissions-2/ |
| Aurora Wolf Magazine |
PG-rated fantasy and SF |
|
$5.00 |
http://aurorawolf.com/guidelines/ |
| Story Seed Vault |
Micro fiction, SF, fantasy, and speculative fiction |
|
$1.53 |
https://storyseedvault.wordpress.com/submissions/ |
| Inwood Indiana |
small town surrealism/magic realism |
|
$1.50 |
http://inwoodindiana.com/submit/terms.php |
| Red Sun Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror. |
|
$100.00 |
https://redsunmagazine.wordpress.com/guidelines/ |
| Untied Shoelaces of the Mind - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, especially horror or dark—and recipes! |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.untiedshoelacesofthemind.com/ |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
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What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I recently wrapped up a short writing project. I've gone back to working on my novel(s), except the next 6 weeks are full of conventions, related convention panel prep, and teaching classes. Classes! I am teaching classes! If you are interested in these, register. If someone you know in the Twin Cities area would be interested, please pass this information along. Register now!
Stealth Characterization via Setting (https://www.loft.org/shop/product_detail/2/classes/998/stealth_characterization_via_setting/) explores creating characters indirectly, through how you construct and describe their surroundings. Sign up now! Registration closes soon.
Writer ... With Kids: Finding Time to Create (https://www.loft.org/shop/product_detail/4/adult_class/1015/writerwith_kids_finding_time_to_create/) is a class for creative people with too little time. Somewhere in between teaching classes, attending conventions (I am actually at a convention right now), and restarting novel writing, I also need to revise a couple of short story projects so that I can send them out.
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Places to Find Free Pictures for Facebook:
https://adespresso.com/academy/blog/15-places-find-amazing-free-pictures-for-facebook-ads/ The Easy Way to Use Data to Improve Your Book Sales: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2017/04/19/easy-way-to-use-data-to-improve-your-book-sales/
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
* If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage. * To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.
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What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I'm working on a performance piece for my upcoming feature appearance the Not So Silent Planet (if you're an interested Twin Citian, you can find the event link at https://www.facebook.com/events/1131529496959262/). My writer-brain apparently decided that that wasn't interesting enough, so now it's a chance-dependent TEDtalk/personal confessional hybrid that I'm trying to write short enough to fit the time allotted. Argh!
Featured Market
Unshattering wants fiction that points the way to a better future. I am primarily looking for science fiction short stories that show us
the way back to a livable future. While I expect that most will be
science fiction, I am open to fantasy and literary fiction as well.
I am also looking for poetry, memoir, art, and commentary that helps
us restore our world and find our way back to having a promising future.
Basics:
science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction, query for over 4,500 words, pays $.10/word. Guidelines: http://unshattering-kathryncramer.nationbuilder.com/guidelines
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Unshattering |
Stories leading to a better future |
$0.100 |
|
http://unshattering-kathryncramer.nationbuilder.com/guidelines |
| Lightspeed Magazine |
Science fiction and fantasy |
$0.080 |
|
https://johnjosephadams.moksha.io/publication/lightspeed/guidelines |
| Corporate Cthulhu ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2017 |
Themed to corporate Cthulhu |
$0.030 |
|
http://pickmanspress.com/sub-corpCthulhu.php |
| Red Room Magazine |
Extreme horror and dark crime |
$0.030 |
|
http://cometpress.us/redroom/guidelines/ |
| SQ Mag |
SF/F/H |
$0.010 |
|
http://sqmag.com/submissions/ |
| Anatomy of Monsters Vol 2, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2017 |
Themed: new takes on old monsters |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1145407552272531&set=a.112121925601104.24556.100004098920172&type=3&theater |
| Arsenika |
All spec-fic |
|
$60.00 |
http://arsenika.ink/submissions/ |
| Mad Visions of al-Hazred, The (Alban Lake) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2017 |
Horror, themed |
|
$25.00 |
http://albanlake.com/the-mad-visions-of-al-hazred/ |
| Pulp Horror Book of Phobias, The (Lycan Valley Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2017 OR UNTIL FULL |
Horror themed to phobias - see list |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.thecrowsinmyattic.com/2017/02/the-pulp-horror-book-of-phobias.html |
| Wyrd, The |
Speculative, weird, and cross-genre fiction, or boundary-pushing |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.wyrdmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Unlikely Story - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
All genres, themed issues |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.unlikely-story.com/submission-guidelines/fiction-submissions/ |
| Unsung Stories - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
|
$30.99 |
http://www.unsungstories.co.uk/short-fiction |
| Triptych Tales - DEAD MARKET |
Contemporary(ish) spec-fic and weird |
|
$100.00 |
http://triptychtales.net/submissions.html |
| InfectINk - DEAD MARKET |
Prompt-based, all genres |
|
$10.00 |
http://infectiveink.com/ |
| Fantasy Scroll Mag - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
$0.010 |
|
http://fantasyscrollmag.com/submissions/ |
| Gamut Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Neo-noir spec-fic |
$0.100 |
|
https://gamutmagazine.submittable.com/submit |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin-Wiebe's Author Website
Aswiebe's Market List Details
* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
* If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
* To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.
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What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
My time until recently has been eaten by photo projects and taxes. In the last couple of days, I've been working on edits, prepping for narration work (yup, using my dulcet tones), and this newsletter.
None of this is new writing, you may note ...
Book Marketing: Using Amazon Ads to Grow a Book List: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2017/03/02/amazon-ads/The Clues to a Great Story (TedTalks video): https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_storyA Magic User in the Hundred Years' War: http://mockman.com/2017/02/27/a-magic-user-in-the-hundred-years-war-using-dd-with-historical-settings/Featured Market
Grimdark Magazine wants the darker, grittier side of fantasy and science fiction.
Grimdark Magazine is a grimdark fantasy and sci-fi pro paying market for
authors and artists. Working in a sub-genre means we are after a very
specific style of story or image. We want dark settings, grey characters of both sexes, morally ambiguous decisions, and plenty of grit.
Joe Abercrombie, George R.R. Martin, Mark Lawrence, Scott Lynch, Graham
McNeill, Dan Abnett, and R. Scott Bakker are our favourite authors.
Basics: science fiction and fantasy, 4,000 max (6,000 for reprints), reprints okay, pays AUD$.07/word (about US$.05/wd). Guidelines: https://grimdarkmagazine.com/pages/submission-guidelines-for-grimdark-magazine
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Grievous Angel (Urban Fantasist) |
Spec-fic flash fiction and poetry |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.urbanfantasist.com/-submission-guidelines.html |
| Grimdark Magazine |
Grim, dark SF or medieval F |
$0.054 |
|
http://grimdarkmagazine.com/pages/submission-guidelines-for-grimdark-magazine |
| Deciduous Tales |
Horror and dark fiction with literary merit |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.deciduoustales.com/submit/ |
| Chthonic (Martian Migraine Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2017 |
Lovecraftian |
$0.023 |
|
http://martianmigrainepress.com/chthonic-weird-tales-of-inner-earth/ |
| Dark Luminous Wings (Pole to Pole Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/30/2017 OR UNTIL FILLED |
Spec-fic themed to wings |
$0.020 |
|
http://poletopolepublishing.com/submissions/ |
| Jack of No Trades Short Fiction Store |
Horror, SF, Fantasy, Mystery, YA, and Romance reprints only |
$0.020 |
|
http://jackofnotradesproductions.com/submission-guidelines/short-fiction-store-guidelines/ |
| Utter Fabrication ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2017 |
Themed to strange buildings and hauntings |
$0.020 |
|
http://madscientistjournal.org/2017/03/call-for-submissions-utter-fabrication/ |
| Dark Moon Digest (Perpetual Motion Machine) |
Horror – dark, scary, or funny |
$0.010 |
|
https://darkmoondigest.submittable.com/submit |
| Hic Sunt Dracones ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/2017 |
Reprint dragon stories |
$0.010 |
|
https://dfpcorp.submittable.com/submit |
| Blood in the Rain 3 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/2017 |
Vampire erotica |
|
$75.00 |
http://bloodintherain.com/ |
| Trigger Warning |
Horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and crime |
|
$75.00 |
http://www.triggerwarningshortfiction.com/contact/ |
| Eclectic Writings Anthology Series (Inklings Publishing) |
Themed, all genres |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.inklingspublishing.com/submissions.html |
| Outlook Springs |
Fiction tinged with the strange |
|
$25.00 |
https://outlooksprings.submittable.com/submit |
| Perpetual Flash Fiction (Perpetual Motion Machine) |
Dark |
|
$25.00 |
https://pmmpublishing.submittable.com/submit/34164/perpetual-flash-fiction |
| Broadswords and Blasters |
Pulp fiction |
|
$15.00 |
https://broadswordsandblasters.com/submissions/ |
| Hoot |
All genres, flash, twitterfic |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.hootreview.com/submissions/ |
| Mrs Claus (Worldweaver Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/2017 - 5/30/2017 |
SFF themed to Mrs. Claus |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.worldweaverpress.com/submit-anthologies.html |
| Pulp Modern |
Crime, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western pulp |
|
$10.00 |
http://pulp-modern.blogspot.com/ |
| Fiction Silicon Valley - DEAD MARKET |
All genres |
$0.060 |
|
http://fictionsv.com/submit.html |
| Bull Spec - DEAD MARKET |
F/SF |
$0.050 |
|
http://bullspec.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Shattered Prism - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
$0.060 |
|
http://shatteredprism.com/guidelines.html |
| Problem Daughters (Future Fire) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DEAD MARKET - ANTHOLOGY CANCELLED |
Speculative fiction featuring intersectional feminism |
$0.060 |
|
http://press.futurefire.net/p/problem-daughters.html |
| Phobos Magazine - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
All spec-fic, plus bizarro, experimental, and adventure tales - themed |
$0.050 |
|
http://phobosmagazine.com/submissions/ |
| Solarpunk - DEAD MARKET |
Optimistic near-future SF |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.solarpunkpress.com/submit/ |
| Betwixt - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic, especially mixed genre |
$0.030 |
|
http://betwixtmagazine.com/submissions/ |
| Strangelet - DEAD MARKET |
Literary speculative fiction |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.strangeletjournal.com/submit/ |
| Goldfish Grimm's Spicy Fiction Sushi - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.goldfishgrimm.com/submissions/ |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
* If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage. * To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.
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I've been pondering what percentage of my "writing time" I should put toward publicity/marketing/selling, and what does that look like for me anyway? Submitting stories, absolutely. This markets newsletter, probably. My much-delayed author newsletter, definitely (oops, I keep postponing it!). Updating the back copy of my post-apocalyptic book and doing some fiddling with distribution channels? Yes, but is enhancing my back catalog a priority?
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Mostly I've been going crazy because I'm not writing new fiction. I've been knee deep in photo edits for a major project and I'm not done yet. I've drafted and submitted class proposals for the literary center where I occasionally teach. I've worked on getting my convention schedule sorted. And I've been studying up on the Maya underworld so I can write the next scene in my main novel project. All the while, I'm also feeling the itch of other stories that need to be revised and submitted. Never enough time!
Featured Market
Blind Spot wants original science fiction and fantasy stories.
Actually, Blind Spot’s purpose is not only to publish French science
fiction in English. The Angle Mort team thinks that science fiction is a
genre that is growing and evolving all over the world, and that creates
ties between science, art, and literature--and even better, to redefine
the boundaries between these mediums. That is why limiting our work to
only one form of science fiction doesn’t make sense. Therefore, the main
goal of Angle Mort, through its French and its English magazines, is to
explore the ties between these media. The concept of Blind Spot
magazine is the following: 4 short stories written or translated
in English, a cover by an artist who explores science fiction ideas or
concepts, and an introduction prepared by the Angle Mort team.
Basics:SFF in English or French, 10,000 max, no reprints, pays $.08+/word. Guidelines: http://blindspot.pub/guidelines/
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
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I recently finished a big project, and so I've been taking a couple of weeks to attempt to catch up on things like house-cleaning and socializing and emails owed. It's not enough time! But I'm about to start writing again, so I suppose that always being behind on housework and not seeing people as much as I would like (I'm an extroverted writer. I know, I know!) is simply going to be the price I pay for having the time to write. Most writers, especially those with day jobs and/or children, are giving up something to write. It's a question of finding out what price you're willing to pay for time.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
In the category of other things I'm working on that are writing-related, I'm writing up class proposals. One is for "Writing After Kids," a class for creative people with very little time. Another is for "Illuminating Character Through Setting" (better title needed), which will be about how setting/worldbuilding can be used to define a character. What science fiction or higher-level writing topics would you be interested in classes on?
Featured Market
Retro Future wants themed optimistic, progressive science fiction. We are looking for forward-looking and optimistic science and
science-fiction. Sensitive topics can be part of a good story, but a
vision of a future better than our present is the focus of Retro Future.
Keep this in mind when submitting. Issue #2: "Love" - February 1, 2017
Issue #3: "Games" - March 1, 2017 Basics:
themed SF, any length, no reprints, pays $.06+/word. Guidelines: https://www.galileogames.com/retro-future/
Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, The ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31 |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror with elements of the aforementioned, previously published in anthology year |
$0.060 |
|
https://johnjosephadams.moksha.io/publication/basff/guidelines |
| Best Science Fiction of the Year, The ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/01 |
SF |
$0.060 |
|
http://neil-clarke.com/books/submission_guidelines/ |
| Retro Future |
Progressive, optimistic SF |
$0.060 |
|
https://www.galileogames.com/retro-future/ |
| Sword & Sorceress ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/24 - 05/14 |
PG-13 sword & sorcery with strong female protagonist, contemporary okay |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.mzbworks.com/guidelines.htm |
| Midas Clutch, A (Lethe Press Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 01/2018 |
Horror themed to wealth but not anti-rich |
$0.050 |
|
http://www.lethepressbooks.com/call-for-submissions.html |
| Glittership Podcast |
All spec-fic, queer protagonist, prefers reprints |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.glittership.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Gaslandia (Radiant Crown Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2017 |
Dieselpunk |
$0.010 |
|
http://radiantcrownpublishing.com/index.php/2016/12/05/gaslandia-a-dieselpunk-anthology/ |
| Year's Best Hardcore Horror ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31 |
Horror, annual reprint |
$0.010 |
|
http://cometpress.us/submission-guidelines/years-best-hardcore-horror/ |
| Black Superheroes Do It Too (Black Books Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - OPEN UNTIL FILLED |
Superhero erotica with black superhero |
|
$100.00 |
http://blackbookspublishing.com/Submissions.html |
| Kid's Ark, The |
Kid's stories - Christian-friendly contemporary, historical, adventure, or SF. THEMED issues. |
|
$100.00 |
http://www.thekidsark.com/guidelines.htm |
| Black to Mars (Black Books Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - OPEN UNTIL FILLED |
Themed, see title |
|
$50.00 |
http://blackbookspublishing.com/Submissions.html |
| Tales to Terrify PODCAST |
Horror and dark fantasy |
|
$50.00 |
http://talestoterrify.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Gathering Storm |
Spec-fic, themed, plus odd tidbits |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.gatheringstormmagazine.com/guidelines |
| Lonely Riot, A |
All genres, literary |
|
$20.00 |
http://alonelyriotmag.com/submit |
| Devilfish Review |
All genres, esp. SF/F/H |
|
$10.00 |
https://devilfishreview.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Space Squid |
Spec-fic humor |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.spacesquid.com/scifi-fantasy-mag/contributorguidelines/ |
| Penny Fiction (From the Depths Literary Magazine) |
Micro-fiction |
|
$3.00 |
https://hauntedwaterspress.submittable.com/submit/73189/penny-fiction-2017 |
| Book Smugglers Novella Initiative |
Spec-fic novellas |
|
|
http://thebooksmugglers.com/book-smugglers-publishing/the-novella-initiative-open-call |
| Big Pulp - DEAD MARKET, now publishes themed anthologies - see individual calls |
pulp, all genres |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.bigpulp.com/submissions.html |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin-Wiebe's Author Website
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