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New Markets Update December 2019: Wanted: F/F High Adventure ... And Other Aswiebe's Market List Updates
If you are wondering why a) the November newsletter is 3 weeks late, or b) the December newsletter is 1 week early, or c) both, the answer is simple: NaNoWriMo. This year, I did NaNoWriMo for the first time, since I thought I would theoretically have the time to finish it this year. And I did!
...Sort of. I got my 50,000-word hot mess written, and I learned a lot from the experience, but I let a whole lot of other things slide. That included getting the writing markets newsletter out on schedule.
Since we're already in December, and December is also a busy month, this will count as the November/December newsletter. The next Aswiebe's Market Newsletter will appear in January. So this newsletter has a double dose of shiny links and updated market listings.
This is also your annual reminder that many publications close to submissions at the end of December, so if you have something you want to submit, get it in now!
(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the comment form on my website, and it may get answered in the next newsletter.)
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Recovering from the brain-burn of doing
NaNoWriMo. I was seriously burnt out by the end. Now I have a story I want to submit before the end of the month to a themed anthology. But it is buried in the pages of two different notebooks that I had to hunt and hunt to find. Let that be a lesson to you ... if you write a story longhand, type it up once you're done or risk losing it forever! Or at least risk spending a whole lot of time trying to track it down in the future.
Featured Market
Princess and swordswoman. Scholar and mecha pilot. Warrior women… and the courtly ladies who love them.
We’re looking for stories of high adventure that feature one
weapon-wielding woman and one woman whose strengths lie in softer
skills, but who is just as powerful in her own right. You’re free to
choose any setting – from historical to modern to wildly futuristic.
Editor’s Note: I’m looking for all speculative genres except straight-up erotica or hard-core horror. ...Yes! I would love to see trans women, bi, pan, and ace characters.
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 |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
Unfit Magazine |
SF |
$0.120 |
|
http://unfitmag.com/submit/ |
2020 Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Fiction Series ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD - DUE 1/1/2020 - 1/31/2020 |
Lesbian historic fiction with optional fantasy elements |
0.08 |
|
https://www.alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/call-submissions-2020-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-fiction-series |
Community of Magic Pens ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/15/2019 - 1/15/2020 |
All genres except horror and erotica, themed to magic writing tools |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.atthisarts.com/magicpens/ |
Cossmass Infinities |
SF and fantasy |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.cossmass.com/submit/ |
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Fiction Series - DUE 1/1 - 1/31 |
Historically accurate fiction with lesbian characters and optional historically consistent fantastic elements |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/call-submissions-2020-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-fiction-series |
Silk and Steel ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL 2/22/2020 |
All genres, except erotica and hard-core horror, featuring warrior women and high femme women. |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.cantinapublishing.com/submissions/ |
Midnight in the Pentagram ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2020 |
Horror themed to the occult |
$0.060 |
|
https://www.silvershamrockpublishing.com/midnight-in-the-pentagram-anthology |
Murder Park After Dark |
Dark SF, dark fantasy, and horror |
$0.020 |
|
https://genrehustle.com/murder-park-after-dark |
tdotSpec Magazine |
Speculative fiction |
$0.011 |
|
http://tdotspec.com/submissions/ |
87 Bedford |
All genres, especially spec-fic |
$0.010 |
|
https://87bedford.com/submission/ |
After Dinner Conversation |
Discussion-provoking stories, all genres |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/submissions |
Fresh.Ink Magazine |
All genres except erotica, reprints only |
$0.010 |
|
https://freshink.submittable.com/submit/145856/fiction-reprints |
Psychological Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/15/2020 |
Psychological horror |
$0.010 |
|
https://aminkpublishing.com/open-calls |
Year's Best Hardcore Horror ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31 |
Horror, annual reprint, published in the same year |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.redroompress.com/submission-guidelines/years-best-hardcore-horror/ |
Imagine Little Tokyo ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 1/31 |
Themed to Little Tokyo past present or future |
|
$500.00 |
https://www.culturalnews.com/?page_id=32010 |
Roswell Award for Short Fiction, The (Sci-Fest LA) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 1/23 |
SF |
|
$500.00 |
http://www.lightbringerproject.org/science-fiction-contests |
Flash Fiction Online |
All genres, including SF/F/H |
|
$60.00 |
http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines/ |
34 Orchard |
Dark, unsettling fiction, all genres |
|
$50.00 |
https://34orchard.com/guidelines/ |
Nobilis Erotica PODCAST |
Speculative fiction erotica |
|
$50.00 |
https://greensubmissions.com/518/nobilis-erotica/index.php |
Air: Sylphs, Spirits, and Swan Maidens (Tyche Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2019 |
Fantasy themed to mythical air creatures |
|
$38.28 |
http://www.rhondaparrish.com/open-calls-for-submissions/ |
Ultrablack: The Beasts ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/1/2020 |
Speculative fiction themed to original creatures |
|
$20.00 |
https://ultrablack.online/submissions |
Utopia Science Fiction |
Optimistic SF |
|
$15.00 |
https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submission-guidelines |
Alien Dimensions |
Spec-fic with aliens, esp. hard SF |
|
$10.00 |
http://aliendimensions.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Gemini Magazine |
All genres |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.gemini-magazine.com/submit.html |
Vestal Review |
Flash fiction - no hard SF |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.vestalreview.org/guidelines/ |
Aurelio Leo |
Speculative fiction, especially graphic novels |
|
|
https://aurelialeo.com/submissions/#1560348506239-e029f34a-e3f9 |
Blank Fiction Review - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, themed issues |
|
$25.00 |
|
Fiction Terrifica - DEAD MARKET |
Horror |
$0.010 |
|
|
EGM Shorts (Evil Girlfriend Media) - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.evilgirlfriendmedia.com/egm-shorts/ |
Middle Planet - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, especially SF/F |
|
$30.00 |
http://middle-planet.com/submit |
Unbuild Walls - DEAD MARKET |
Literary spec-fic |
|
$1.00 |
http://unbuildwallsjournal.com/submit/ |
Serial Flashers - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, esp. SF/F/H with humor, serialized at flash lengths. |
|
$25.00 |
http://serialflashers.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/welcome-to-serial-flashers/ |
Cutting Block Books' Single Slices (Farolight Publishing) - DEAD MARKET |
Supernatural horror |
$0.030 |
|
|
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination - DEAD MARKET |
SF/F |
$0.150 |
|
|
Silver Screen Imprint - DEAD MARKET |
Themed to B-Movies |
|
$20.00 |
http://silverscreenbooks.blogspot.com/p/open-call.html |
Sehnsucht Project, The - DEAD MARKET |
F/SF |
$0.010 |
|
|
Tokyo Yakuza - DEAD MARKET |
Science fiction themed to shared world |
$0.060 |
|
|
Another Dimension (FKA Wily Writers Audible Fiction) - DEAD MARKET |
Classic horror and dark fantasy |
$0.030 |
|
|
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
free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like,
as long as you include all of it. * If you received this from a friend and want to subscribe to this email
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New Markets Update October 2019: Wanted: Post-post-apocalyptic Fiction ... And Other Aswiebe's Market List Updates
I recently listened to the Odyssey Workshop podcast in which Elizabeth Hand discussed the idea of secret knowledge, and it makes a lot of sense to me in the context of my current short story work-in-progress. The idea is that each of us has "secret" knowledge, knowledge about the peculiarities and small details of a job, a hobby, or an experience. We may think this information is boring, but it is fascinating to a reader unfamiliar with it. This relates to the standard writing advice of making things more specific--instead of "shoe," say "blue sneaker" or "stiletto heel."
We all have secret knowledge. But we can also discover it through research. Including those everyday, how-things-work details adds realism and gives the reader the feeling of being in on a secret known only to a few. tl;dr I've spent quite a bit of time researching drag queen makeup and pest control techniques this week! Hopefully it will have the desired effect.
(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the comment form on my website, and it may get answered in the next newsletter.)
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Writing short stories, collecting critiques on the rough draft of my novel-in-progress, and generally trying to straighten out the backlog of writing-related things. Oh! And an illustrated charity anthology of odd sayings and microfiction that I have a piece in, Beer-Battered Shrimp for Cognitive Ruminations, is running a Kickstarter.
I listen to a lot of writing podcasts. I generally don't share them here because if you want to listen to writing podcasts, you probably already are! But these are the ones about secret knowledge that I mentioned above:
I'm on Track to Write 200,000+ Words This Year. Here's How I Keep Productive:
Featured Market
(One of) the protagonist(s) must be a character with a disability or
physical impairment, chronic illness, mental illness or neurodiversity
etc. We will consider stories with characters experiencing all kinds of
disability and illness and hope that submitting authors will be creative
with the possibilities.
We feel strongly that disability or chronic illness (etc) should
have a frequent (if not daily) impact on the character’s life. For
example, a character with a deadly peanut allergy in a world where
peanuts have been wiped out by a plague isn’t going to quite cut it.
However, we are not looking for issue stories or stories where
disability is the sole focus of the narrative.
Some sort of cataclysmic event must have occurred well before the
start of the story. We are open to a variety of past events, including
apocalypses, alien invasions, devastating war, natural disasters etc. Be
creative! The important thing is that these events should be in the
past, although characters may still be dealing with some longterm
consequences.
We are not interested in fantasy (that means no magic).
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 |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
Strange Horizons |
F/SF/Spec-fic |
$.10 |
|
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/ |
Factor Four Magazine |
SF, fantasy, superhero, and supernatural |
$0.100 |
|
http://factorfourmag.com/submissionsinfo/ |
Adventures in Space (Flame Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/7/2019 - 10/20/2019 |
SF, themed |
$0.080 |
|
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/fall/autumn-2019-submissions-announcement |
After Sundown (Flame Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/21/2019 - 11/3/2019 |
Horror themed to the night |
$0.080 |
|
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/fall/autumn-2019-submissions-announcement |
Bodies in the Library (Flame Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/11/2019 - 12/01/2019 |
Themed to crime and mystery in stately abodes |
$0.080 |
|
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/fall/autumn-2019-submissions-announcement |
Footsteps in the Dark (Flame Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/11/2019 - 12/01/2019 |
Horror, themed to predators in empty spaces |
$0.080 |
|
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/fall/autumn-2019-submissions-announcement |
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) |
F & SF |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm |
Rebuilding Tomorrow ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/2020 |
Post-post-apocalyptic fiction with disabled protagonists |
$0.080 |
|
http://defyingdoomsday.twelfthplanetpress.com/rebuilding-tomorrow-submission-guidelines/ |
Twisted Love (Bronzeville) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/26/2019 |
Crime, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and YA themed to dark, twisted relationships |
$0.050 |
|
http://www.bronzevillebooks.com/writers/twisted-love-guidelines/ |
Fiends in the Furrows II, The: More Tales of Folk Horror (Nosetouch Press) |
Folk horror from around the world |
$0.040 |
|
https://www.nosetouchpress.com/call/ |
Triangulation ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/1-2/29 |
All spec-fic, themed. ONE-TIME 2019 THEME: extinction. |
$0.040 |
|
http://parsecink.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Coppice and Brake (Crone Girls Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY DUE 1/6/2020 |
Dark fantasy and horror |
$0.020 |
|
https://cronegirlspress.com/submissions/ |
Stories We Tell After Midnight Vol 2 (Crone Girls Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2020 |
Horror |
$0.020 |
|
https://cronegirlspress.com/submissions/ |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Remembered ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/1/2020 - 4/30/2020 |
Wonder and adventure tales inspired by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
$0.020 |
|
http://poletopolepublishing.com/submissions/ |
Cirsova |
Science fiction and fantasy, esp. pulp, sword & planet and heroic fantasy |
$0.013 |
|
https://cirsova.wordpress.com/cirsova-magazine/submission-guidelines/ |
Aggregate |
All genres, esp SF/H |
$0.010 |
|
https://writerfield.com/aggregate/ |
Arsenika |
All spec-fic |
|
$60.00 |
http://arsenika.ink/submissions/ |
Rufo's Dog |
Classic pulp SF, fantasy, and horror |
|
$16.86 |
https://www.rufoesdog.com/artists |
Broadswords and Blasters |
Pulp fiction |
|
$15.00 |
https://broadswordsandblasters.com/submissions/ |
WolfWinter (Deadman's Tome) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/15/2019 |
Flash and short stories themed to werewolves |
|
$10.00 |
https://deadmanstome.net/submissions/ |
Paper Butterfly |
Flash fiction |
|
$7.61 |
https://paperbutterflyflash.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/submit-your-flash-fiction-these-are-the-guidelines-2/ |
Fucked Up Stories to Read in the Daytime Vol. 2 (Filthy Loot) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
Bizarro fiction |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.filthyloot.com/about/ |
Other Stories, The (Podcast) |
Horror |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/submissions |
Teenage Gorefest (Filthy Loot) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
Classic gorefest horror |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.filthyloot.com/about/ |
Acidic Fiction - DEAD MAREKT |
Contemporary spec-fic |
|
$35.00 |
|
Monster Hunter, various (Emby Press) ANTHOLOGY SERIES - DEAD MARKET |
Themed monster hunter anthologies |
|
$25.00 |
|
Blaster Books Webzine - DEAD MARKET |
SF, esp. military and space opera |
$0.002 |
|
|
Flapperhouse - DEAD MARKET |
Surreal, shadowy, sensual or surreal |
$0.010 |
|
http://flapperhouse.com/submit/ |
Halloween Forevermore - DEAD MARKET |
Horror, especially Halloween-themed |
$0.050 |
|
|
Eyedolon (Broken Eye Books) - DEAD MARKET |
Weird fiction - science fiction and fantasy, themed |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/submissions.html |
Compelling Science Fiction - DEAD MARKET |
Hard SF |
$0.060 |
|
http://compellingsciencefiction.com/guidelines.html |
Legendary Tales - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
$0.020 |
|
ONE-TIME temporary guidelines: https://www.darkmarkets.com/2019/07/legendary-tales.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!
* 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
free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like,
as long as you include all of it. * If you received this from a friend and want to subscribe to this email
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New Markets Update September 2019: Constellary Tales, a New Pro SFF Magazine and Podcast ... And Other Aswiebe's Market List Updates
Question: I have a lot of ideas. When this happens to you, how do you choose what to write first?
Answer: I look at current anthology listings and see if any of my story ideas can be tweaked to fit. This way, I get an external deadline to have a submission-ready draft. Depending on how specific the anthology call is, this might add another element to my story idea that makes it even better than my original idea. Also see the shiny links below for an article about coming up with ideas for anthology calls.
(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the comment form on my website, and it may get answered in this newsletter.)
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I finished writing my current novel! Woo-hoo! After celebrating (by buying myself steak, brussels sprouts, and flowers), I moved on to writing short stories while I let it rest for a bit before revising. I have a short story backlog in my brain because I've been focusing on Finishing. The. Novel. My current work-in-progress is a horror short story that I plan on submitting to an upcoming monsters-and-movies-themed anthology.
(...and then go read all Twitter backlash against this article...)
Named in homage to the master work of Geoffrey Chaucer, Constellary Tales
casts the centuries-old tradition of storytelling across time and
space. Our editorial mission is to find and share great speculative
fiction stories that are, above all, simply great stories. (Prose can be
stylish, but it doesn’t have to be. Characters can be complex, except
when a story demands them to be painted with a coarse brush. But a
driving narrative is a sine qua non.)
We love SF stories that carry characters from their beginning to
their end. That take the reader along on the journey of discovery (or
loss, or redemption, or whatever). And of course, they have to be
speculative. The name “Constellary” betrays our love for science
fiction, but we’re fans of fantasy too.
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 |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
Apocalyptic (Zombies Need Brains LLC) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2019 |
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic |
$0.08 |
|
http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/ |
Constellary Tales |
SF/F |
$0.080 |
|
http://constellary.com/story-submissions/ |
Galactic Stew (Zombies Need Brains LLC) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2019 |
Spec-fic themed to food |
$0.08 |
|
http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/ |
My Battery Is Low and It Is Getting Dark (Zombies Need Brains LLC) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2019 |
SF themed to obsolete technology |
$0.08 |
|
http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/ |
Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem (WordFire Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2019 |
Themed to monsters in the movie world |
$0.060 |
|
https://wordfirepress.com/anthology-guidelines |
Way of the Laser, The (Vernacular Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/1/2020 |
Future crime stories |
$0.05 |
|
https://vernacularbooks.com/submissions/ |
Pulp Horror Phobias Vol 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2019 |
Pulp/noir themed to phobias |
$0.040 |
|
https://lycanvalleypress.submittable.com/submit/140934/pulp-horror-phobias-vol-2 |
Glitter + Ashes (Neon Hemlock) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/30/2019 |
Post-apocalyptic with surviving queer characters |
$0.02 |
|
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions |
Lackington's Speculative Prose |
Speculative fiction, themed |
$0.010 |
|
https://lackingtons.com/submissions/ |
We Will Remember Freedom |
All genres, themed to anti-authoritarianism |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.wewillrememberfreedom.com/submissions/ |
One Story |
All genres, literary |
|
$500.00 |
https://www.one-story.com/index.php?page=submit |
Kid's Ark, The |
Kid's stories - Christian-friendly contemporary, historical, adventure, or SF. THEMED issues. |
|
$100.00 |
http://www.thekidsark.com/guidelines.htm |
Zooscape |
Furry fiction |
|
$80.00 |
http://zooscape-zine.com/guidelines/ |
Citadel Magazine |
Literary fantasy and SF |
|
$75.00 |
https://atopthetower.com/submissions/ |
Mostly Dead! (Rogue Blades Entertainment) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
Fantastic romance adventure in the spirit of The Princess Bride |
|
$42.00 |
http://roguebladesentertain.wixsite.com/roguebladespresents/submissions |
Anotherealm |
SF, fantasy, and horror |
|
$25.00 |
http://anotherealm.com/faq/index.php |
Timeless Tales Magazine |
Fairy tale retellings, themed issues |
|
$20.00 |
https://www.timelesstalesmagazine.com/submissions |
Filthy Loot |
Transgressive, odd, bizarro stories, horror, themed |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.filthyloot.com/about/ |
Halloween Horror (DBND Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/3/2019 |
All genres, themed to Halloween |
|
$5.00 |
https://dbndpublishing.com/submissions |
Hidden Clearing Books, Postcard, Shorties, and Chappies - DEAD MARKET |
Literary and/or SF/F |
|
$25.00 |
|
Pulpcore - DEAD MARKET |
Mystery, crime, SF, and weird |
|
$20.00 |
|
Hidden Clearing Books (incl. Sharp Road) - DEAD MARKET |
Literary and/or spec-fic |
|
$15.00 |
|
Saturday Night Reader - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, esp. thriller, suspense, adventure |
|
$5.00 |
|
Sharp Road (Hidden Clearing Books) - DEAD MARKET |
Literary and/or SF/F, themed to identity |
|
$5.00 |
|
Bête Noir - DEAD MARKET |
Dark |
|
$10.00 |
|
Remain Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Dystopian, apocalyptic, and survival fiction |
|
$10.00 |
https://remainmagazine.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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This punctual update is brought to you by the free time I had during my children's swim lessons! I feel like I might be overestimating how productive I'll be once they're both in school (for the first time!), but daydreaming about it is fun. Ah, free time ...
New things!!!
You'll notice a couple of changes in the market list. First, there's a new sheet in the spreadsheet for podcasts. One of the questions I often get is how to sell reprints. Sending it to a podcast is one of the best ways, plus you get to hear a narrator's interpretation of your words. That's why I've created this separate list. Note that all these podcasts are still listed in the main sheet. And I've checked and updated all their listings recently, as you'll see in the updates for this month.
My other addition to the market list is a column for "award-winning." This is specifically for publications that have published award-nominated short stories in the last few years. Right now, that's true for the Hugo, the Nebula, and some of the Parsec awards. I plan to add a couple of others.
Featured Market
DreamForge and the Dark Lord are having a dispute. It’s up to you to
prove which side is right, Hopepunk or Grimdark, Utopia or Dystopia,
Good or Evil.
Is there too much data in the world, too many voices online, too many
points of view splitting us all into a million hateful tribes? Or is
overwhelming content simply a treasure we have yet to control, like
early humans burning down a few forests on their way to mastering fire?
- Pick a Side & Write a Short Story.
- Best Story Wins for its Side (Utopian vs. Dystopian).
- Runner Up Story from the Opposing View Becomes the Rebuttal.
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 |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
Recently Award-Nominated (Hugo, Nebula, Parsec) |
Fireside Fiction (short stories) |
All genres, explicitly including spec-fic |
$0.125 |
|
https://firesidefiction.com/submissions |
Award-nominated |
Cast of Wonders Podcast |
Clean SF/F/H |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/ |
Award-nominated |
Escape Pod (Podcast) |
SF |
$0.060 |
|
http://escapepod.org/guidelines/ |
|
Podcastle (Podcast) |
Fantasy fiction |
$0.060 |
|
http://podcastle.org/guidelines/ |
Award-nominated |
Pseudopod (Podcast) |
Horror and dark fantasy |
$0.060 |
|
http://pseudopod.org/submissions/ |
|
Glittership Podcast |
All spec-fic, queer protagonist, prefers reprints |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.glittership.com/submission-guidelines/ |
|
Monsters Out of the Closet PODCAST |
Horror by LGBTQ+ creators |
$0.020 |
|
https://www.monstersoutofthecloset.com/submit/ |
|
Seasons of Rot ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY SERIES - DUE 12/31/2019 |
All spec-fic, themed to one of the four seasons |
$0.020 |
|
https://carrionblue555.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html |
|
Gallery of Curiosities Podcast |
All spec fic, especially weird fiction, steampunk, horror, retro-futurism, pre-1950s vibe |
$0.010 |
|
https://gallerycurious.com/fiction/ |
Award-nominated |
Overcast Podcast, The |
All spec-fic |
$0.010 |
|
http://theovercast.libsyn.com/submissions-guidelines |
|
Typewriter Emergencies |
Furry fiction |
$0.010 |
|
https://weaselpress.submittable.com/submit/144763/typewriter-emergencies-a-journal-of-furry-lit-vol-3 |
|
Centropic Oracle, The (PODCAST) |
SF and Fantasy |
$0.008 |
|
http://www.centropicoracle.com/mainpages/subguide.php |
|
Sensory Perceptions ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Spec-fic erotica |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
Whigmaleeries & Wives Tales ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
All spec-fic, themed to old wives tales and folklore origins |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
Harbinger Press Flash Fiction Open Call ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 11/01/2019 |
All spec-fic |
|
$500.00 |
https://www.harbinger.press/submissions/ |
|
Data Plague Story Contest (DreamForge) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 9/30/2019 |
SF themed to positives/negatives of overwhelming data availability |
|
$200.00 |
https://dreamforgemagazine.com/data-plague-contest/ |
|
San Cicaro ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/11/2019 |
Urban fantasy set in shared world |
|
$135.00 |
https://tbirdstudios.com/news/open-call-return-to-san-cicaro/ |
|
No Sleep Podcast, The |
Horror |
|
$125.00 |
https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/submissions |
|
Inklings Pirates ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/18/2019 |
All genres, pirate-themed |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.inklingspress.com/submissions.html |
|
StarShipSofa PODCAST |
SF |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.starshipsofa.com/submissions/ |
|
Tales to Terrify PODCAST |
Horror and dark fantasy |
|
$50.00 |
https://talestoterrify.com/submissions/ |
|
Pseudopod Flash Fiction ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 8/10 - 8/31 |
Horror flash fiction |
|
$40.00 |
https://pseudopod.submittable.com/submit |
|
Horror for the Throne: One-Sitting Reads ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/15/2019 |
Horror, reprints only, NOT bathroom-themed |
|
$20.00 |
|
|
Toasted Cake (Podcast) - ONE-TIME HIATUS until August 2020 |
All genres, flash fiction |
|
$15.00 |
http://toastedcake.com/submissions.html |
|
Far Fetched Fables (PODCAST) - DEAD MARKET |
Fantasy |
|
$50.00 |
http://farfetchedfables.com/submissions/ |
|
Bizarro Sideshow Podcast, The - DEAD MARKET |
Entertaining and weird, all genres |
$0.010 |
|
|
|
Dead Oaks - DEAD MARKET |
Horror themed to a town where evil things happen |
|
$10.00 |
|
|
Glimmer Train - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, including spec-fic – literary |
|
$700.00 |
http://www.glimmertrain.com/pages/writing_guidelines.php |
|
Tin House - DEAD MARKET |
Literary fiction, SFF-friendly |
$0.060 |
|
https://tinhouse.submittable.com/submit |
|
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
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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.
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Thoughts in Passing
Summer is a busy time for me both personally and professionally, with both kids home from school, assorted SF&F conventions, and family gatherings. Once again, I vastly overestimated my ability to get writing done in the midst of all this. For some reason, I always imagine family vacations as a writing retreat where I'll have a chance to get more done, when in fact I end up spending almost all my time riding herd on the children and participating in planned activities.
(Yes, I got to practice archery at the family gathering this year!)
I've been squeezing writing in where I can by saying that I'll write three sentences and then I can take care of whatever other urgent thing I have to do. But I've also started attending group BICFOKing sessions (Butt In Chair, Fingers On Keyboard--and yes, the acronym makes me laugh) where no distractions are allowed and you are just writing for an hour and a half straight, followed by a half-hour or so of socializing. There's a lot of value in using multiple approaches for getting words out. And I know that in September, how I manage my time will change again. I'm looking forward to it.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Just ambling along, as and when I can. Oh, and I did the narration for M. Darusha Wehm's "A Most Elegant Solution," which you can read or listen to here at Escape Pod. It's a short, sweet, SF thought experiment about nanobots and colonization and adaptation. Recommended.
Featured Market
Owl Canyon Hackathon's themed annual contest is now open! Due 9/30/2019. No entry fee, and winner takes $3,000.
What kind of stories are you looking for?
Pretty much any kind, literary,
sci fi, fantasy, dystopian, romance, whatever, but take a look at the
Hackathon 1st and 20th paragraphs on the Submittable site since they may
not work for all genres.
What are the first and 20th paragraphs of the current challenge?
The 1st and 20th paragraphs are found on the Owl Canyon Press Submittable site.
Just copy and paste the opening paragraph and paragraph #20 from the
entry form into your favorite text editor, write the other 48
paragraphs, and then upload your complete 50-paragraph short story to
enter the contest.
But here they are so you can get a sneak peek at them…
Paragraph #1
Beyond the cracked sidewalk,
and the telephone pole with layers of flyers in a rainbow of colors, and
the patch of dry brown grass there stood a ten-foot high concrete block
wall, caked with dozens of coats of paint. There was a small shrine at
the foot of it, with burnt out candles and dead flowers and a few soggy
teddy bears. One word of graffiti filled the wall, red letters on a gold
background: Rejoice!
Basics: all genres, 50 paragraphs long, prizes $3,000 - $1,000, no entry fee, due 9/30/2019. Guidelines: https://www.owlcanyonpress.com/faq. 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 |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
subTerrain |
Themed issues - ONE-TIME THEME: dystopias, due 9/6/2019 |
$.075 |
|
http://subterrain.ca/about/35/sub-terrain-writer-s-guidelines |
Diabolical Plots |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror |
$0.100 |
|
http://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/ |
Sub-Q |
Interactive fiction |
$0.090 |
|
https://sub-q.com/about/submissions/ |
Flame Tree Press |
Frequent themed anthologies |
$0.080 |
|
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/blog |
Frozen Wavelets |
Speculative slash fiction and poetry |
$0.080 |
|
https://earthianhivemind.net/frozen-wavelets/ |
Mysterion |
SF, fantasy, and horror with Christian themes |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.mysteriononline.com/p/submission-guidelines.html |
Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/2019 |
Horror, themed to monsters we make ourselves |
$0.050 |
|
https://blog.nettirw.com/2019/07/03/miscreations-open-call-for-submissions/ |
Sci Phi |
SF esp. hard SF and classic-style SF |
$0.034 |
|
https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/ |
Signal Horizon |
Horror and dark SF |
$0.030 |
|
https://www.signalhorizon.com/submission-guidelines |
Legendary Tales |
All spec-fic |
$0.020 |
|
ONE-TIME temporary guidelines: https://www.darkmarkets.com/2019/07/legendary-tales.html |
NewMyths |
Fantasy and science fiction |
$0.015 |
|
https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions |
Clockwork, Curses, and Coal ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/1/2020 - 3/31/2020 |
Steampunk and gaslamp fairy tales |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.worldweaverpress.com/submit-anthologies.html |
Dark Moon Digest (Perpetual Motion Machine) |
Horror – dark, scary, or funny |
$0.010 |
|
https://darkmoondigest.submittable.com/submit |
House of Zolo's Journal of Speculative Literature, The |
Spec-fic |
$0.010 |
|
https://houseofzolo.com/submit-to-hoz/ |
Tell-Tale Press |
SF, fantasy, horror, and mystery/crime |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.telltalepress.net/submissions |
Weirdbook Magazine |
Weird fiction, themed |
$0.005 |
|
http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submissions/ |
Owl Canyon Hackathon ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 9/30 |
All genres, 50 paragraphs with provided first and last |
|
$3,000.00 |
https://www.owlcanyonpress.com/faq |
On the Premises RECURRING CONTEST |
Themed contests. |
|
$220.00 |
http://www.onthepremises.com |
Excalibur 2020 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2019 |
Speculative fiction themed to the 2020 Olympics or Japan |
|
$100.00 |
http://johnpaulcatton.com/2019/05/excalibur-2020-call-for-submissions/ |
Once Upon a Hallowed Eve ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/1/2010 |
Romantic ghost stories |
|
$75.00 |
https://onceuponanthologies.com/2019-submissions/ |
Dark Frontier, The (Wild West Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/01/2019 |
Grim post-apocalyptic western horror/sf/fantasy |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.facebook.com/wildwestpress1/photos/a.401069807313313/471683426918617/?type=3&theater |
Fireweed: Stories From the Revolution (Lonely Cryptid) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/15/2019 |
All genres, especially SF/F, themed to current politics |
|
$25.00 |
https://lonelycryptidmedia.com/2019/07/14/call-for-submissions-fireweed-stories-from-the-revolution/ |
Macabre Museum, The |
Dark fiction, horror, and weird, as well as poetry |
|
$25.00 |
https://macabre-museum.com/submissions/ |
Violent Vixens ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/2020 - 8/1/2020 |
Grindhouse horror with a strong female lead |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.darkpeninsulapress.com/violent-vixens.html |
Darkness Wired ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/2019 |
Themed to old gods and monsters and new technology |
|
$15.00 |
https://nphzone.com/anthologies-and-contests/darkness-wired-anthology-2019/ |
Ghastly Gastronomy |
Recipe-themed horror |
|
$5.00 |
https://madnessheart.press/submissions/ghastly-gastronomy/?v=7516fd43adaa |
Guide to Useless Sidekicks, A ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2019 |
Themed to superpowers |
|
$5.00 |
https://www.pub518.com/submit-to-us |
Mortal Realm ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Themed: new worlds, adventure, and death |
|
$5.00 |
https://mortalrealm.com/Anthology |
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.
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New Markets Update June 2019: Monsters In SPAAAAAAAACE!!! ... and Other Publishing Updates
Thoughts in Passing
First, you--yes, YOU!--are invited to my reading tomorrow (Wednesday) at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis, MN.
Reading with soda and cookies reception THIS WEDNESDAY!
Wednesday, 6/12/2019, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
DreamHaven Books, 2301 E. 38th St, Minneapolis, MN
I'll
be reading from several different pieces, INCLUDING the novel I'm about
to finish drafting. Get an exclusive sneak peek! Hear it here first!
The reading includes a free soda and cookies reception, and you're
welcome to join our excursion to Parkway Pizza for chatting, pizza, and
beers afterward.
***
The
Speculations Readings Series continues monthly, mostly on Wednesdays
from 6:30-7:45 p.m. at DREAMHAVEN BOOKS, 2301 38th St E, Minneapolis.
Each reading includes a reception with free soda pop and cookies, and a
post-reception expedition to a local bistro.
Event link: https://www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/events/262040246/
Facebook event link: https://www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/events/262040246/
Second, all the hustle and bustle in my schedule lately has reminded me of the value of boredom. It isn't coincidence that so many great ideas occur in the shower or while hand-washing dishes, situations where other distractions are minimal. If you are in search of story ideas or solutions to your plot problems, make room for boredom. Your brain is fantastic when it is given space to work. Try no music, no podcasts, no TV, just something you're doing to keep your body occupied (laundry, knitting, exercising at the gym, walking the dog) that leaves your mind free to wander ... and see what happens.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I was a Special Guest at Fargo CoreCon, which was a wonderful experience. I have a reading coming up (see above), and then I'm attending two local conventions at which I am blessedly free of responsibilities. I'll be at 4th Street Fantasy and CONvergence. Say hi if you see me.
Oh! And somewhere in there I set up a Patreon.
It
isn't anything fancy, but if you want to show your support or hear
about my writing-in-progress, that's where to do it! https://www.patreon.com/aswiebe
Featured Market
Monsters in Space anthology (Dragon's Roost Press) wants themed monsters-in-space stories,
due 7/31/2019 or when filled
.
Finely
crafted works of Dark Speculative fiction which feature one (or more)
classic monsters. Vampires, mummies, creatures built from dead body
parts, lycanthropes, mad scientists, and zombies -- yes, even zombies --
but we want to see them in space.
We want to see these
creatures floating around in zero g, attacking astronauts and colonists,
and generally menacing those brave enough to go beyond the confines of
our pale blue dot.
Each story must take place somewhere other
than the Earth. It can happen on a spaceship, on a colony, on a new
terraformed planet. There should be humans involved, but they do not
have to be the protagonists.
Each story must also feature (at
least) one classic monster. We are looking for new takes on the old
classics. Feel free to explore, but they should still be recognizable to
the average reader.
Basics: SF/H, up to 6,000 words, pays $.03/word, reprints okay, due 7/31/2019 or when filled. Guidelines: http://www.thedragonsroost.net/styled-3/index.htmlTo 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 |
Uncanny |
SF/F |
$0.080 |
|
https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/ |
DreamForge Magazine |
Positive SFF |
$0.060 |
|
https://dreamforgemagazine.com/call-for-submissions/ |
Grantville Gazette |
alternate history in the Grantville cannon |
$0.060 |
|
http://grantvillegazette.com/wp/submissions-to-the-gazette/ |
Pseudopod (Podcast) |
Horror |
$0.060 |
|
http://pseudopod.org/guidelines |
Universe Annex |
F/SF |
$0.060 |
|
http://grantvillegazette.com/wp/universe-annex-submissions/ |
Bronzeville Bee |
Crime, SF, fantasy, horror, and YA |
$0.050 |
|
http://www.bronzevillebee.com/contribute/ |
Grifty Shades of Fey ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/15/2019 |
PG-13 dark fairy tales |
$0.050 |
|
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/54122508/grifty-shades-of-fey-a-fiction-anthology/posts/2501784 |
Monsters in Spaaaace! (Dragon's Roost Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2019 |
Dark speculative fiction themed to classic monsters in space |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.thedragonsroost.net/styled-3/index.html |
Eighteen (Underland Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/2019 |
Dark, themed to the great river at night |
$0.010 |
|
http://firebirdcreative.net/underland/eighteen.php |
NonBinary Review |
All genres, themed |
$0.010 |
|
https://nonbinaryreview.submittable.com/submit |
El Chapo Review |
All genres, including SF/F/H |
|
$100.00 |
https://elchaporeview.wordpress.com/submissionsr/ |
Spooky Samhain Stories ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 7/31/2019 |
Scary and spooky stories, including campfire stories or totally fictional pieces |
|
$100.00 |
https://oklahomapaganquarterly.com/spooky-samhain-2019-contest/ |
Electric Athenaeum |
All spec-fic |
|
$63.72 |
http://electricathenaeum.com/submissions/ |
Dream of Shadows |
Horror and dark fantasy |
|
$25.48 |
https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/submission-guidelines |
Sirius Science Fiction |
SF |
|
$25.00 |
https://siriussciencefiction.blogspot.com/ |
The Nightside Codex (Silent Motorist Media) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/2019 |
Horror themed to books |
|
$25.00 |
https://silentmotorist.media/submissions/ |
Allegory |
SF/F/H - some general quirky |
|
$15.00 |
http://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions.htm |
When the Sirens Have Faded ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/13/2019 |
Themed: survivors |
|
$15.00 |
https://www.amurderofstorytellers.com/submissions/2019/4/when-the-sirens-have-faded |
All Worlds Wayfarer |
All speculative fiction |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/ |
Enchanted Conversation |
Fairy tale retellings, themed |
|
$10.00 |
https://enchantedconversationmag.blogspot.com/p/submissions-guidelines.html |
Syntax and Salt |
Literary speculative fiction |
|
$10.00 |
https://syntaxandsalt.com/submit/ |
Despumation - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, heavy metal-inspired |
|
$10.00 |
|
Dragon's Haul - DEAD MARKET |
Fantasy |
|
$10.00 |
|
Necronomicum - DEAD MARKET |
Weird, transgressive erotica |
|
$9.20 |
http://martianmigrainepress.com/NECRONOMICUM-The-Magazine-of-Weird-Erotica |
Year's Best Weird Fiction ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DEAD MARKET |
Previously published (that year) weird fiction |
$0.010 |
|
https://bestweirdfiction.submittable.com/submit |
T. Gene Davis's Speculative Blog - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
|
$100.00 |
http://freesciencefiction.com/submission-guidelines/ |
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.
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New Markets Update April 2019: The James White Contest for Amateur Writers ... and Other Publishing Updates
I can announce it now! I will be a Special Guest at CoreCon in Fargo, ND, May 23rd - 26th. The theme is cyberpunk. I'm very excited about it, I've got some excellent panels planned, and if I suddenly start talking about cyberpunk a lot, that is why! I hope to see some of you there.
I have a thing coming up locally, too, that may be of interest to Minneapolis folks.
On April 27th, I'll be at Books and Beer: Cider Edition, a pop-up bookstore taking place at Number 12 Cider in Minneapolis. Come say hi, have a cider, find a new favorite book!
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Still working on finishing my contemporary fantasy thriller-in-progress. Still so close! I am taking a leetle bit of time for a couple of smaller, quicker projects, which makes me feel less trapped-in-quicksand (while also slowing down my rate of escaping the quicksand). I wrote a quick flash piece for a contest, a very short piece that needs to be a little bit longer to properly breathe. So that's one for my to-edit stack down the road, but in the meantime, I wrote it and it is in the contest and I do think it is quite good. And later today I'm going to a draw-in at an art gallery for an art-and-writing collaboration project. I don't actually draw, but I have hopes that I have a crafting approach that might produce something that at least looks interesting.
Featured Market
The James White award is open for science fiction submissions from non-professional writers, due 6/29/2019.
This aim of the competition is to highlight new writers. It is open to
writers of any age and nationality, but it is not open to professional
authors.
For the purposes of this competition a “professional author” is defined
as a writer with three short story sales to a professional level market
or one professionally published novel. We encourage authors who are
unsure about their status to contact the competition before submitting a story.
Basics: SF, 2,000 - 6,000 words, pays £200, no reprints, due 6/29/2019. Contest rules: http://www.jameswhiteaward.com/rules. 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 |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
Fireside Fiction (short stories) |
All genres, explicitly including spec-fic |
$0.125 |
|
https://firesidefiction.com/submissions |
Dark Moments |
Dark stories |
$0.040 |
|
https://www.blackharepress.com/dark-moments-online-publication/ |
DreamForge Magazine |
Positive SFF |
$0.040 |
|
https://dreamforgemagazine.com/call-for-submissions/ |
Chew on This! (Bloodbound Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2019 |
Food-themed horror |
$0.030 |
|
https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/chew-on-this |
Unfit Magazine |
SF |
$0.030 |
|
http://unfitmag.com/submit/ |
Unreal Magazine |
Fantasy |
$0.030 |
|
http://unrealmag.com/submit/ |
Legendary Tales |
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, paranormal, and supernatural |
$0.020 |
|
http://legendarytalesmagazine.com/how-to-submit/ |
Not Far From Roswell (Pole to Pole Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/30/2019 OR UNTIL FILLED |
Dark SF and dark humorous SF, themed to aliens |
$0.020 |
|
https://poletopolepublishing.submittable.com/submit |
Truancy |
Folktales, fairytale-inspired, and mythic fiction |
$0.020 |
|
http://www.truancymag.dreamhosters.com/submissions-guidelines/ |
Aurealis |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror |
$0.014 |
|
https://aurealis.com.au/submissions/ |
Fireside Fiction (novellas and novels) |
All genres, explicitly including spec-fic |
$0.000 |
|
https://firesidefiction.com/submissions |
James White Award, The ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE June 28 |
SF - by non-SFWA-eligible authors only |
|
$261.46 |
http://www.jameswhiteaward.com/rules |
Across the Universe ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/14/2019 |
All spec-fic genres, themed to alternative Beatles |
|
$200.00 |
https://michaelaventrella.com/2019/03/22/across-the-universe-submission-guidelines/ |
Tiny Nightmares ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/2019 |
Horror flash fiction |
|
$100.00 |
https://catapult.submittable.com/submit/134845/tiny-nightmares-an-anthology-of-short-horror-fiction |
Once Upon an Enchanted Forest (Once Upon Anthologies) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/15/2019 |
Romantic witchcraft themed fantasy |
|
$75.00 |
https://onceuponanthologies.com/2019-submissions/ |
A Flash on the Horizon (Signal Horizon) MONTHLY CONTEST |
Horror, SF, and weird fiction, themed |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.signalhorizon.com/single-post/2019/03/25/Signal-Horizon-Presents-Signal-Flash-A-Monthly-Flash-Fiction-Contest |
Rock and a Hard Place Magazine |
All genres, themed to the bottom of society |
|
$35.00 |
https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions |
Planet Scumm |
SF and weird fiction |
|
$30.00 |
https://www.planetscumm.space/submissions |
Accursed (Jolly Horror Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2019 OR UNTIL FILLED |
Horror and comedy-horror themed to a cursed object |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.jollyhorror.com/opencall.html |
Daikaiju Zine |
All spec-fic |
|
$10.00 |
https://daikaijuzine.org/guidelines |
Re-Haunt (Pole to Pole Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/30/2019 OR UNTIL FILLED |
Dark reprints, themed to hauntings |
|
$10.00 |
https://poletopolepublishing.submittable.com/submit |
Beer-Battered Shrimp for the (TBD) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/2019 |
Silly, weird, and hopeful flash fiction, all genres |
|
$5.00 |
https://jaletaclegg.blogspot.com/2019/03/call-for-submissions.html |
Delinquent Spice (FKA Demeter's Spicebox) - DEAD MARKET |
Fairytales, themed |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.cabinetdesfees.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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New Markets Update March 2019: Women Writing Weird Fiction and Cosmic Horror Wanted ... and Other Publishing Updates
Sad news from Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show: they are permanently closing. They've been one of the anchor pro-paying magazines for a long time, and it's sad to see them go.
On the other hand, big congratulations to Helios Quarterly and Selene Quarterly! Both publications recently raised their pay to pro rates. Many magazines start out saying that they hope to raise their pay rates eventually; few actually do it. The reverse is far more common. Note that Helios and Selene are only open for submissions one month of the year (June and May, respectively).
There's a lot of churn in the short story publishing industry, especially in the token pay publications, but it's not something to be stressed about. You just have to roll with it. For every magazine closing, another steps up.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I'm in the home stretch of the contemporary fantasy thriller that I've been working on for mumble-mumble-don't-ask-please. All the pieces are coming together, the writing is flowing easily because of all the momentum pushing it forward, and I'm really pleased with how it's turning out. Don't get too excited, though. Final stretch for me means another couple of months. I have hopes I'll finish it before the kids go on summer vacation, though. I must say that I do miss the faster feedback loop of short stories, though. The long slog of a novel is brutal when you don't know if anyone will ever read and love it. I'll probably write a whole batch of short stories once I finish this bigger project.
Featured Market
Hinnom Magazine is having a special pro-paying issue of weird fiction and cosmic horror by women writers, due 4/15/2019.
We mentioned a “retro” edition of Hinnom Magazine that will be akin to the old Weird Tales
magazines of the 1930s. When deciding the direction we wanted to pursue
for this project, we really wanted to make a statement with this
publication. Considering the old Weird Tales magazines were predominantly male writers, we thought it would be fascinating to see an issue of Hinnom Magazine, designed like Weird Tales,
but featuring only female authors. We have a feeling this publication
is going to be something special, and we are beyond thrilled to read
thrilling stories from female authors of Weird Fiction and Cosmic
Horror.
Basics: weird
fiction and horror, 1,000 - 6,000 words, pays
$.06/wd, no reprints, due 4/15/2019. Guidelines: https://gehennabooks.com/2019/03/05/call-for-submissions-hinnom-magazine-retro-weird-tales-edition-women-only/. 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 |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
Flame Tree Press |
Frequent themed anthologies |
$0.060 |
|
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/submissions-detective-mysteries-epic-fantasy |
Helios Quarterly |
All spec-fic |
$0.060 |
|
https://heliosquarterly.com/submissions/ |
Hinnom Magazine: Women Take Over Weird Tales ONE-TIME ISSUE - DUE 4/15/2019 |
Weird fiction and cosmic horror by female authors only |
$0.060 |
|
https://gehennabooks.com/2019/03/05/call-for-submissions-hinnom-magazine-retro-weird-tales-edition-women-only/ |
Issues in Earth Science |
Middle grade or YA, themed to earth sciences |
$0.060 |
|
http://earthscienceissues.net/submissions |
Selene Quarterly |
Speculative romance, mystery, and alternate history |
$0.060 |
|
https://selenequarterly.com/submissions/ |
Translunar Travelers Lounge |
Fun speculative fiction |
$0.030 |
|
https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/ |
I Didn't Break the Lamp ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2019 |
Themed: imaginary acquaintances |
$0.020 |
|
http://madscientistjournal.org/submissions/ |
Kaleidotrope |
All genres, especially SF/F and the unconventional and weird. |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/ |
Trouble Among the Stars |
Speculative fiction esp. hard SF |
$0.007 |
|
https://troubleamongthestars.com/submit/ |
Crystal Lake Publishing (Occasional novella submission calls) |
ONE-TIME THEME DUE 4/15/19: horror and dark fantasy |
|
$500.00 |
http://www.crystallakepub.com/authorcentral/ |
Future Visions Award, The (Altair Australia Pty Ltd) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 11/15 |
All genres themed to challenging the future |
|
$500.00 |
https://theblendinternational.com.au/future-visions |
Thrilling Words |
Two linked speculative flash fiction pieces |
|
$160.00 |
http://www.thrillingwords.com/about-us/submissions/ |
Al Blanchard Award ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 4/30 |
Mystery, thriller, or horror by New England author or set in New England |
|
$100.00 |
http://crimebake.org/al-blanchard-award/ |
Remastered Words ANNUAL CONTEST (Audio) |
Fantasy |
|
$97.62 |
http://www.remasteredwords.com/submissions/ |
Queer Sci Fi's Flash Fiction Contest ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 4/10 |
Queer speculative flash fiction, themed |
|
$75.00 |
https://queerscifi.com/flash-contest-rules/ |
Third Corona Book of Horror Stories, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2019 |
Horror |
|
$67.00 |
http://www.coronabooks.com/horror-book-3-call/4594551792 |
Necronomicon of Solar Pons, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/15/2019 |
Mystery-horror, themed |
|
$50.00 |
https://belangerbooks-sherlockholmes.blogspot.com/2019/01/call-for-submissions-for-2019.html |
SFFWorld ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2019 |
SF/F/H, themed. ONE-TIME 2019 THEME: Dying Earth |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.sffworld.com/2018/12/announcement-submissions-for-sffworld-anthology-now-open/ |
TQR Total Quality Reading |
All genres |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.tqrstories.com/guidelines |
First Line, The ONE-TIME CLOSURE - NO NEW SUBMISSIONS IN 2019 |
All genres, themed issues |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm |
Suddenly, Cows! Tales of Experiments Gone Wrong (Alban Lake Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/31/2019 |
Silly SFF stories of experimentation gone wrong |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.albanlakepublishing.com/suddenly-cows |
The Once and Future Moon ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2019 |
Themed to Earth's moon |
|
$13.02 |
http://www.eibonvalepress.co.uk/infoforwriters.htm |
Underbelly |
Extreme horror and weird |
|
$10.00 |
https://underbellyzine.blogspot.com/p/what-we-want-extreme-horror.html |
Twilight Times |
F/SF/dark fantasy, literary, and cross-genre |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.twilighttimes.com/subs.html |
Spectacle - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic, esp. relevant with good visuals |
|
$50.00 |
https://spectacle.com/submissions/ |
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show - DEAD MARKET |
SF & F |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com/cgi-bin/mag.cgi?do=issue&vol=i67&article=_fromeditor |
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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New Markets Update February 2019: Ambiguous Horror Needed (Or Is It?) and Other Publication Updates
Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you all enjoyed the holiday (and are currently enjoying the following "half-price chocolate" holiday), whether you celebrated with a significant other, family, friends, or some extra self-care
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I'm focusing on consistency--writing every day. I find that when I tell myself I only need to write three sentences, but I need to write those first (before doing whatever else it is I want or need to do on the computer), it is much easier for me to get past that initial resistance-to-writing and I usually write more than three sentences. So yay! I found something that works for me! YMMV and of course what works often changes, but if you're having trouble getting started, it's worth a try.
Featured Market
Update: Unfortunately last month's featured market, Remain Magazine, has changed from a professional pay rate to a token rate. They have released all submissions (which is the right thing to do, and good on them) and are soliciting new submissions. Thanks to those of you who wrote in to let me know!
The Nox Pareidolia anthology will be accepting weird fiction and ambiguous horror submissions, April 1st - 30th. 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.
Basics: weird fiction and horror, no wordcount limits but shorter preferred, pays $.06/wd, due 4/1/2019 - 4/30/2019. Guidelines: http://www.nightscapepress.pub/p/submissions.html. 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 |
Flat Pay (Lowest) |
Website |
Unidentified Funny Objects ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1 - 4/30 (ONE-TIME CLOSURE IN 2019) |
Funny F/SF |
$0.100 |
|
http://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/ |
Nox Pareidolia (Nightscape Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/2019 - 4/30/2019 |
Ambiguous horror / weird fiction |
$0.060 |
|
http://www.nightscapepress.pub/p/submissions.html |
Sorghum & Spear: The Way of Silk and Stone ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/15/2019 |
Shared-world fantasy with female protagonist |
$0.060 |
|
https://www.sorghumandspear.com/anthology-2019 |
Hatchet Job (Lethe Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2019 |
Horror themed to axe murderers |
$0.040 |
|
https://www.lethepressbooks.com/call-for-submissions.html#/ |
Blasphemous Rumours (Necro Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2019 |
Horror themed to religious blasphemy |
$0.030 |
|
https://necropublications.com/pages/guidelines-blasphemous-rumors-edited-by-regina-garza-mitchell-and-david-g-barnett |
Selene Quarterly |
Romance, mystery, and alternate history and other speculative fiction subgenres |
$0.020 |
|
https://selenequarterly.com/submissions/ |
Space and Time Magazine |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.spaceandtimemagazine.com/submissions |
Albedo One |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror, broadly defined |
$0.009 |
|
http://www.albedo1.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly |
Heroic fantasy, sword & sorcery |
|
$100.00 |
http://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?page_id=39 |
Speculative City |
All genres, themed to cityscape and issue's theme |
|
$75.00 |
http://www.speculativecity.com/submissions/ |
Death's Sting (Rogue Blades Entertainment) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/2/2019 |
Sword & sorcery themed to immortality |
|
$30.00 |
https://roguebladesentertainment.submittable.com/submit |
Slaughter Is the Best Medicine (Rogue Blades Entertainment) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/2/2019 |
Heroic fantasy, sword & sorcery, with humor |
|
$30.00 |
https://roguebladesentertainment.submittable.com/submit |
From a Cat's View Vol II (Post to Print) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/15/21019 |
All genres, from a cat's point of view |
|
$25.00 |
https://post-to-print.com/submission-guidelines-from-a-cats-view-vol-ii/ |
Reach for the Sky (Rogue Blades Entertainment) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/2/2019 |
Cowboys and aliens |
|
$25.00 |
https://roguebladesentertainment.submittable.com/submit |
Horror Is Us, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Horror |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.masonjarpress.xyz/submissions/ |
Untitled Time Anthology (Transmundane Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/15/2019 |
All genres, weird, themed to time |
|
$20.00 |
https://www.transmundanepress.com/current-calls-for-submissions.html |
Remain Magazine |
Dystopian, apocalyptic, and survival fiction |
|
$10.00 |
https://remainmagazine.com/ |
Corvid Queen |
Feminist fairy and folk tales. |
|
$5.00 |
https://corvidqueen.com/submit/ |
Perihelion SF - DEAD MARKET |
SF |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.perihelionsf.com/1611/submit.htm |
Gathering Storm - DEAD MARKET |
Spec-fic, themed, plus odd tidbits |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.gatheringstormmagazine.com/guidelines |
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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It's still only January, but so much has kicked into gear for this year already! Some I can announce, some I can't yet.
Several people have subscribed recently, and it is the beginning of the year, so I thought I'd give you a refresher on where else you can find me. I have not one, not two, but three email newsletters! - Aswiebe's Market List - This one! A monthly update on new publications accepting science fiction, fantasy, and horror, along with a few of my favorite writing links.
- My teaching newsletter - Get notifications when I'm teaching classes or running free workshops in the Twin Cities area.
- Abra's Quarterly Compendium of Delight - A quarterly(ish) author newsletter with news of my publications, recommended free fiction, exclusives, and assorted other fun things. Subscribers also get quick updates when I have something new out.
For a limited time only, you can subscribe to these other newsletters simply by replying to this email and changing the subject line of the email to "SUBSCRIBE [teaching or quarterly]." I'll be updating the subscribers manually, so don't worry too much about the precise format. Just make sure you're sending the email from the email address you want to be subscribed.
Other places you can find me!
My author website is at http://www.aswiebe.com/. If you go there and click on "Stories," you will find links to read many of my published works. Some are free! I'm in the middle of building a new website that looks like it was made in the last decade, so pardon the plaster dust and redirects.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I've been working on a grant application for an artist residency. As an SF writer, this is a tricky needle to thread, but it has jumpstarted the process of me creating an author website that looks like it was made in the past decade. Part of the application requires an online portfolio, so that is up and will exist for the next month or so. Three of my favorite stories are up there, free to read for a limited time, so go take a look!
(This webpage will probably redirect you--the domain is in the middle of being transferred. And pardon the plaster dust and thumping sounds as I renovate my website.)
My short story, "Road of Dreams," is now out in the Transcendent anthology, a large compilation of stories inspired by dreams, nightmares, and hallucinations. Don't read before bedtime. ;)
Featured Market
Remain Magazine is a new pro market for dystopian, apocalyptic, and survival fiction. Focused solely on survival situations; apocalyptic, dystopian or otherwise. Successfully surviving or not..
Character driven stories with mostly plausible survival situations. The more believable the characters, the less plausible the situations need to be.
Basics: dystopian, apocalyptic, and survival fiction, 1,000 - 3,000 words or longer if serialized, reprints okay, pays $.06/wd. Guidelines: https://remainmagazine.com/.
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 |
Remain Magazine |
Dystopian, apocalyptic, and survival fiction |
$0.060 |
|
https://remainmagazine.com/ |
Letters From the Grave: A Collection of Epistolary Horror (Orbannin Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2019 |
Horror stories in letter form. |
$0.050 |
|
https://www.orbanninbooks.com/anthology-submissions/ |
Pedestal Magazine |
All genres, especially cross-genre |
$0.050 |
|
http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submissions/ |
Triangulation ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/1-2/28 |
All spec-fic, themed |
$0.040 |
|
http://parsecink.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Apparition |
Speculative fiction, themed. Separate monthly flash fiction contest. |
$0.030 |
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https://www.apparitionlit.com/submission-guidelines/#1506552206297-99a74293-e807 |
Red Sun Magazine |
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative |
$0.030 |
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https://noselloutproductions.com/guidelines/ |
Alternative Apocalypses (B Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/15/2019 |
Themed to endings, beginnings, and change |
$0.020 |
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http://www.bcubedpress.com/alt-apocal-open-call/ |
Tales From the Space Force (B Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/15/2019 |
Themed: space force, especially pulpy |
$0.020 |
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http://www.bcubedpress.com/tales-from-the-space-force/ |
Mythic Magazine |
SF/F |
$0.010 |
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http://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html |
Unreal Magazine |
SF and contemporary/futuristic fantasy |
$0.010 |
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http://unrealmag.com/submit/ |
Medusa Contest, The (Mythic Beast Studios) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 3/31/2019 |
Themed: Medusa myth retelling |
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$300.00 |
http://mythicbeaststudios.com/the-medusa-contest |
Dimension6 |
All spec-fic |
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$71.17 |
https://coeurdelion.com.au/submissions/ |
Earth: Giants, Golems, and Gargoyles (Rhonda Parrish) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2019 |
Themed: mythological earthy creatures |
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$37.70 |
http://www.rhondaparrish.com/open-calls-for-submissions/ |
Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas (Rhonda Parrish) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2019 - 7/31/2019 |
Themed: cats at sea |
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$37.70 |
http://www.rhondaparrish.com/open-calls-for-submissions/ |
Creatures (Tell-Tale Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/4/2019 |
Themed: creatures, mythological and real |
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$25.00 |
https://www.telltalepress.net/submissions |
Outlook Springs |
Fiction tinged with the strange |
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$25.00 |
https://outlooksprings.submittable.com/submit |
Hear Me Roar (Rhonda Parrish) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/2019 |
Empowered women and dragons |
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$15.08 |
http://www.rhondaparrish.com/open-calls-for-submissions/ |
Story Seed Vault |
Science-based micro fiction |
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$2.16 |
https://storyseedvault.com/submissions/ |
Enchanted Conversation - DEAD MARKET (? website expired) |
Themed to classic fairy tales |
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$30.00 |
http://www.fairytalemagazine.com/p/blog-page_22.html |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
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