New Markets Update December 2019: Wanted: F/F High Adventure ... And Other Aswiebe's Market List Updates

http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html
The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 1/15/2020.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2019.html#120719

Thoughts in Passing

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.

Things Shiny or Useful

Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

Getting to the Heart of SFF’s Most-Tear Inducing Moments: The ‘Riders of Rohan’ Phenomenon: https://www.tor.com/2019/10/08/getting-to-the-heart-of-sffs-most-tear-inducing-moments-the-riders-of-rohan-phenomenon/

How to Deal With Self-Promotion and Award Season: https://www.sfwa.org/2012/01/guest-post-debut-author-lessons-how-to-deal-with-self-promotion-and-award-season/

10 Tips on Writing Victorian Garb from Gail Carriger: https://gailcarriger.com/2019/11/22/10-tips-on-writing-victorian-garb-from-gail-carriger-important-for-authors/

"Why Me?" Asked the Protagonist: https://www.pcwrede.com/why-me-asked-the-protagonist/

Everything You Need to Know About Fighting in a Ballgown: https://www.tor.com/2018/01/31/how-to-fight-in-a-dress-everything-you-need-to-know/

A Crash Course in Horror Sub-Genres: https://marcykennedy.com/2014/07/crash-course-horror-sub-genres/

As You Know Bob: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/as-you-know-bob/

A Tube Map of SF&F Genres: https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2019/12/04/a-tube-map-of-sff-genres/

Hiatus: NaNoWriMo 1: https://traversingz.com/hiatus-nanowrimo-1/

Writers, Stop Doing This: http://kjcharleswriter.com/2017/12/12/writers-stop-doing-this/

Writer's Block and Why You Shouldn't: http://kjcharleswriter.com/2019/11/13/writers-block-and-why-you-shouldnt/

How Do You Explain the Magic of the World? https://ilona-andrews.com/how-do-you-explain-the-magic-of-the-world/

Pep Talk From Anne Lamott: https://nanowrimo.org/pep-talk-from-anne-lamott

Do NaNoWriMo Differently This Year: https://horrortree.com/setting-self-doubt-on-fire-do-nanowrimo-differently-this-year/

Featured Market

Silk & Steel: An Adventure Anthology of Queer Ladies wants romantic high adventure in all genres with two queer female protagonists.

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.

Basics: all genres (except erotica and hard-core horror), query first for over 10,000 words, pays $.08/word, no reprints, due 2/22/2020.

Guidelines: https://www.cantinapublishing.com/submissions/

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	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 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.
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New Markets Update October 2019: Wanted: Post-post-apocalyptic Fiction ... And Other Aswiebe's Market List Updates

http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html
The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 11/15/2019.
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Thoughts in Passing

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.

Reminder! Today and next Friday, if you're in the Twin Cities you can see me perform at Cole Sarar's Scifi Reading Hour at Bryant-Lake Bowl. Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SciFiReadings/events

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

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:

http://podcasts.odysseyworkshop.org/odysseypodcasts_114_elizabethhand_secretknowledgeandsecretwounds1.mp3

http://podcasts.odysseyworkshop.org/odysseypodcasts_115_elizabethhand_secretknowledgeandsecretwounds2.mp3

I'm on Track to Write 200,000+ Words This Year. Here's How I Keep Productive:

https://medium.com/@KateBitters/im-on-track-to-write-200-000-words-this-year-here-s-how-i-keep-productive-4ccc4b234fe3

Featured Market

Rebuilding Tomorrow wants post-apocalyptic reconstruction stories with disabled protagonists.

(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).

Basics: SF, 2,000 - 6,000 words, pays $.08/word, no reprints, due 1/31/2020 (Australian Standard Time).

Guidelines: http://defyingdoomsday.twelfthplanetpress.com/rebuilding-tomorrow-submission-guidelines/

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	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 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!
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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

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 10/15/2019.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2019.html#092819

Thoughts in Passing

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.

Coming soon! If you're in the Twin Cities, you can see me perform at Cole Sarar's Scifi Reading Hour at Bryant-Lake Bowl on October 18th and 25th. Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SciFiReadings/events

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

Generating Ideas: https://jaceybedford.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/generating-ideas-a-guest-post-by-joshua-palmatier/

13 Insanely Clickable Email Subject Line Examples: https://sumo.com/stories/email-subject-line-examples

How To Lose A Third Of A Million Dollars Without Really Trying: https://medium.com/page-count/how-to-lose-a-third-of-a-million-dollars-without-really-trying-d3c343675aca

(...and then go read all Twitter backlash against this article...)

Dan Harmon, The Hero's Journey, and the Circle Theory of Story: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/dan-harmon-the-heros-journey-and-the-circle-theory-of-story-b64bb77d6976

The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of Game of Thrones: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-real-reason-fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/

Featured Market

Constellary Tales is a new, pro-paying magazine and podcast that wants SF/F.

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.

 Basics: SF/F, 1,000 - 3,500 words, pays $.08/word, no reprints. Guidelines: http://constellary.com/story-submissions/.

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	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 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.
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Thoughts in Passing

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.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:

One of my tiniest stories is now out in Changelings & Fairy Rings: An Anthology of Nature Spirits & Elemental Creatures, a collection of 40 tiny stories and poems. This is only available to purchase through Lulu.com.

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

Using Character to Generate Stories: https://caseylblair.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/using-character-to-generate-story/

"Goodness. I saw this and realized that 5 years ago..." (thread about the creative life): https://twitter.com/eckabeck/status/1162023677170524160

Featured Market

Dream Forge is now open for submissions and they have a special data overload-themed contest! Due 9/30/2019. Prizes: 1st - $200, 2nd - $50 Amazon gift card.

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.

 Basics: themed SF, 3,300 words max, prizes $200 - $50, no entry fee, due 9/30/2019. Guidelines: https://dreamforgemagazine.com/data-plague-contest/.

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	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
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.
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New Markets Update July 2019: Win $3,000 For a Prompt-Based Short Story, and Other Publishing Updates

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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.

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

On Writing Conferences: https://publishingishard.substack.com/p/on-writing-conferences

Sympathy for the Villain: https://publishingishard.substack.com/p/sympathy-for-the-villain

Email Marketing Examples: https://sumo.com/stories/email-marketing-examples

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.

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	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 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.
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New Markets Update June 2019: Monsters In SPAAAAAAAACE!!! ... and Other Publishing Updates

http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 7/15/2019.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2019.html#061119

Thoughts in Passing

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

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

What craft hill are you willing to die on? (Twitter thread): https://twitter.com/veschwab/status/1138430139610673153

Best writing advice (Twitter thread): https://mobile.twitter.com/bhvide/status/1137386308425408515

Lovecraft & Howard - Pulp! Weird Tales - Extra Sci Fi (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dnrcVZIK7M

Why We Didn't Buy Your Story: https://dreamforgemagazine.com/why-we-didnt-buy-your-story/

5 Data-Backed Tips to Be Successful on Patreon in Your First Month: https://blog.patreon.com/5-data-backed-tips-1st-month-patreon

Eight Tips for Parenting the Geek Within: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2019/04/23/christopher-golden-eight-tips-for-parenting-the-geek-within/

Hey Writers! Get Academic Research for Free -- Without Breaking the Law: https://tashasuri.com/2019/04/18/hey-writers-get-academic-research-for-free-without-breaking-the-law/

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.html

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	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 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.
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New Markets Update April 2019: The James White Contest for Amateur Writers ... and Other Publishing Updates

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 5/15/2019.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2019.html#042219

Thoughts in Passing

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.

Register at Fargo CoreCon.

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!

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2763043897039422/

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.

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

This Twitter thread on spacesuits: https://twitter.com/AlyshondraM/status/997599003050045440

Roll For Story: https://tylertork.com/roll4story

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.

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	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 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!
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New Markets Update March 2019: Women Writing Weird Fiction and Cosmic Horror Wanted ... and Other Publishing Updates

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 4/15/2019.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2019.html#031919

Thoughts in Passing

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.

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

All About Dragons: https://www.halloweencostumes.com/all-about-dragons.html

How David Weber Orders a Pizza: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=635193

Imposter/Abuser: Power Dynamics in Publishing: https://firesidefiction.com/impostor-abuser-power-dynamics-in-publishing

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/.

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	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 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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New Markets Update February 2019: Ambiguous Horror Needed (Or Is It?) and Other Publication Updates

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 3/15/2019.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2019.html#021719

Thoughts in Passing

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.

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

5 Places to Get Paid to Write About Writing: https://horrortree.com/5-places-to-get-paid-to-write-about-writing/

The Mysterious Discipline of Narratologists: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/29/the-mysterious-discipline-of-narratologists/

Emergency Triage for Writers: Bring Out Your Dead: http://dankoboldt.com/emergency-triage-writers/

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.

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	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 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.
* To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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New Markets Update January 2019: Dystopian, Apocalyptic, and Survival Fiction

http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 2/15/2019.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2019.html#013019

Thoughts in Passing

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.
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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. ;)

Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html  

How I Abandon Organization While Planning a Novel: https://clpolk.com/2019/01/11/how-i-abandon-organziation-while-planning-a-novel/

Putting Your Worst Foot Forward: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/09/putting-your-worst-foot-forward-why-you-should-play-to-your-weaknesses-as-an-author/

Getting Over Writer's Block: https://gailcarriger.com/2014/02/05/getting-over-writers-block-the-occasional-faq/

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 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	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		https://www.apparitionlit.com/submission-guidelines/#1506552206297-99a74293-e807
Red Sun Magazine	Science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative	$0.030		https://noselloutproductions.com/guidelines/
Alternative Apocalypses (B Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/15/2019	Themed to endings, beginnings, and change	$0.020		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		http://www.bcubedpress.com/tales-from-the-space-force/
Mythic Magazine	SF/F	$0.010		http://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html
Unreal Magazine	SF and contemporary/futuristic fantasy	$0.010		http://unrealmag.com/submit/
Medusa Contest, The (Mythic Beast Studios) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 3/31/2019	Themed: Medusa myth retelling		$300.00	http://mythicbeaststudios.com/the-medusa-contest
Dimension6	All spec-fic		$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		$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		$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		$25.00	https://www.telltalepress.net/submissions
Outlook Springs	Fiction tinged with the strange		$25.00	https://outlooksprings.submittable.com/submit
Hear Me Roar (Rhonda Parrish) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/2019	Empowered women and dragons		$15.08	http://www.rhondaparrish.com/open-calls-for-submissions/
Story Seed Vault	Science-based micro fiction		$2.16	https://storyseedvault.com/submissions/
Enchanted Conversation - DEAD MARKET (? website expired)	Themed to classic fairy tales		$30.00	http://www.fairytalemagazine.com/p/blog-page_22.html

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
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