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 Busy, busy, busy! I am super-busy right now, between Christmas festivities and putting the final touches on A Circus of Brass and Bone (coming soon!) and wrapping up whatever all else needs to be wrapped up by the end of the year. Pretty much everyone I know would say that they're busy too. There's an epidemic of busyness and it's spread by the sound of sleigh bells. But honestly, is there ever a time of year when you wouldn't say that you're busy? If so, bless your heart. If not, well, remember to take a step back occasionally and assess where you want to go and whether the things that you're busy with will help you to get there. I recently attended a workshop dealing with career goals for creative individuals, and the very first step was to visualize what a perfect day means to you: what do you do, when do you do it, what are your surroundings, and are you around people or alone?
What is a perfect day for you? Are the things that you're busy with helping or taking away from that? What I've been up to lately, writing-wise: Formatting and organizing, oh my! I'm really excited about getting A Circus of Brass and Bone released, but goodness there's a lot of finicky details to attend to! You can watch a video of me performing an excerpt from it on YouTube . It's pretty entertaining, if I do say so myself! Dramatic reading is dramatic. (SFW, not spoilery, and no prior knowledge required for enjoyment.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfIoZf_FRas#t=74
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Terraform, a new super-pro publication, wants short speculative fiction. We're looking for 2,000 words or fewer—a nice, digestible internet length—of speculative fiction honing in on the tech, science, and future culture topics driving the zeitgeist.
We're looking especially for nearer-future fiction; think a bit more along the lines of sentient chat bots or climate-changed dystopias and less far-flung alien space operas. And we don't care what form it comes in: Classic-style SF short stories, social media posts from beyond the horizon, fictive data dumps, experimental graphic narratives, and so on. 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. Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account. But social media sites come and go, so the email newsletter is probably the most reliable method.
LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Anticipation is a powerful thing. We try to inspire it in our readers. We want them to be excited to learn how everything turns out. We want them to look forward to the next installment in a series. We use anticipation to drag ourselves through the parts of writing that feel like a grind. We use it to get ourselves to edit a story so that we can send it to that one publication that we're sure it's perfect for. We hold on to anticipation when our story goes through the long publishing process.
In the next couple of months, I'm wrapping up a long-standing project. Next year, I get to start a !!new!! book-length project. I have a lot of different ideas that I could be working on, but in the end (well, as of right now) I went with what made me feel the most anticipation. I was talking over different ideas with a few friends, and one of them pointed out that I was speaking in a normal voice and using words like "should" to talk about Project 1, but when I talked about Project 2, I used words like "enjoy" and started talking faster and waving my hands about.
Go for what you anticipate enjoying! What I've been up to lately, writing-wise: I performed part of The Circus of Brass and Bone in a local author showcase. Video coming soon! Aside from that, I've gotten cracking on finishing the serialization. I'll be done with it soon, and print and ebook editions should be available for purchase by Christmas. - Abra Staffin-Wiebe Vitality wants exciting fiction of all genres that features a queer protagonist. Vitality is a literary magazine publishing exciting, entertaining fiction featuring queer protagonists. What we hear people asking for, most often, is more stories featuring queer people – and not just serious, often depressing “issue” work dealing with the hard stresses of real life, but fun stories that happen to be about queer characters, and portray queerness in a positive way. In answer to this need, Vitality seeks to be an escape for the reader. A safe place full of wonder and awesome where the reader can see characters like themselves doing things like battling dragons, solving crimes, acting in a circus, or travelling the world. All genres and styles can be found in Vitality. The only limit is your imagination. 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. Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Getting writing done begins with . . . well, beginning! Often, there's a certain amount of resistance to overcome before productive writing can be done. Some call it writer's block, some call it fear of the blank page, some call it procrastination. Everybody has different tricks for overcoming the hump. It can be useful to collect these, because different ones work at different times. The procrastinating brain (mine, at least) is very good at finding ways around these tricks after a while. One of these tricks is to just pick an arbitrarily small amount of writing, something so small that there is no reason to not do it regardless of the circumstances, as the thing that must get done first.
Lately, I've set that amount as two sentences. This must be done before getting a cup of tea or finding my slippers (yes, it is autumn!) or answering a quick email or doing some other writing-related-but-not-writing task. It's amazing how much easier it is to get in the groove after that barrier is broken! Sometimes, the rituals around starting writing build up and build up until it is necessary to do an initial clean sweep to help figure out what contributes to the writing process and what is actually holding me back. What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:I've done the readings for a couple of stories over at PodCastle and Pseudopod. If you'd like to hear me reading you a story, have a listen! "Drowning in Sky" by Julia August is a story of magic and myth set in Ancient Greece, with a serious sting in the end. This story was originally published in Fantasy Magazine's Women Destroy Fantasy! special edition, edited by Cat Rambo. Listen to it here: http://podcastle.org/2014/10/03/podcastle-331-drowning-in-sky/
Coming up
The grand finale of my post-apocalyptic steampunk serial, The Circus of Brass and Bone, is launching October 31st over at http://circusofbrassandbone.com/ . There will be awesome and terrifying things!
And if you're local to the Minneapolis area, on November 9th at 12 PM, you can catch me doing a reading from The Circus of Brass and Bone as part of the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Group 2014 Local Author Showcase at Acadia Cafe.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1454413838172675 Tokyo Yakuza wants authors to create stories for their intellectual property. Oriental Excess Co. is looking for science fiction authors to help create the world of our new intellectual property, Tokyo Yakuza™, by writing 2,000-3,000 word short stories for publication first as e-books on Amazon Kindle and other devices, and later in print as part of braided anthologies involving multiple authors and recurring characters and themes. Authors on this project may select their own cover image from our catalog of original artworks, before writing their short stories, to serve as inspiration for the piece. For acceptable submissions, we pay 6 cents per word in exchange for the rights to publish the story online and in print and related electronic endeavors. We offer, in addition, a 10% share of the e-book profits after the advance is recouped. We also ask for several other rights: translation, audio, and the right to include the story in Tokyo Yakuza-branded anthologies. All rights we acquire are exclusive, and royalties from sales of the anthology are paid to individual authors on a pro-rata basis.Tokyo Yakuza™ is our brand for an upcoming board game to be released in 2015 in hard copy and digital formats. The Tokyo Yakuza™ world is a near-future dystopia and alternate history in which the Yamaguchi-gumi organized crime family starts a brutal gang war between the 5 clans in the year 2020, during the Tokyo Olympic Games. Lovers of hard-boiled crime, film noir, yakuza eiga, Japanese anime, and cyberpunk with surreal or light fantasy elements, based on Shinto and oriental mythology, will do well writing for this project.
Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Book Smugglers, The |
SFF, themed |
$0.0600 |
|
http://thebooksmugglers.com/book-smugglers-publishing |
| Tokyo Yakuza |
Science fiction themed to shared world |
$0.0600 |
|
http://www.tokyoyakuza.com/short-stories.html |
| Temporally Out of Order ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/30/2014 |
SF |
$0.0500 |
|
http://jpsorrow.livejournal.com/444157.html |
| Dreams From the Witch House (Dark Regions Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/2015 |
Lovecraft-inspired by female writers |
$0.0500 |
|
http://lynnejamneckdiaries.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/call-for-submissions-dreams-from-witch.html |
| Collection of Untimely Hours, A ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2014 |
Dark fiction themed to time |
$0.0300 |
|
http://darkrecessespress.com/submissions/ |
| Midnight Echo |
Horror and dark fantasy, themed |
$0.0300 |
|
http://midnightechomagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Another Dimension (FKA Wily Writers Audible Fiction) |
Classic horror and dark fantasy |
$0.0300 |
|
http://www.anotherdimensionmag.com/ |
| Dirge Magazine |
Dark, incl. SF/F/H/alternate history |
$0.0100 |
|
https://dirgemagazine.submittable.com/submit |
| Sehnsucht Project, The |
F/SF |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.thesehnsuchtproject.com/#!submission-guidelines/c24dm |
| Love, Time, Space, Magic (Pop Seagull Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/20/2014 |
Romantic F/SF |
$0.0100 |
|
http://popseagullpublishing.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines-last-updated-july-20-2014/ |
| Robotica (Pop Seagull Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/30/2015 |
Robots/AI and romance/erotica (erotica not necessary) |
$0.0100 |
|
http://popseagullpublishing.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines-last-updated-july-20-2014/ |
| Roswell Award for Short Fiction, The (Sci-Fest LA) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 1/15 |
SF |
|
$1,000.00 |
http://www.sci-fest.com/#!the-roswell-award-for-short-fiction-/c946 |
| Beware the Little White Rabbit ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/15/2014 |
YA, all genres |
|
$50.00 |
http://leapbks.blogspot.ca/2014/09/leap-down-rabbit-hole-with-us.html |
| Illuminati At My Door ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
Themed to modern secret societies |
|
$50.00 |
http://blackbookspublishing.com/Submissions.htm |
| Acidic Fiction |
Contemporary spec-fic |
|
$35.00 |
http://acidicfiction.com/submissions/ |
| Silver Screen Imprint |
Themed to B-Movies |
|
$20.00 |
http://silverscreenbooks.blogspot.com/p/open-call.html |
| Milkfist |
All genres, weird and radical |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.milkfist.com/submission_guidelines |
| Waylines (DEAD MARKET - 2014 Kickstarter failed) |
All spec-fic |
$0.0600 |
|
http://waylinesmagazine.com/submissions.html |
| Story Quest Short Story Contest - DEAD MARKET |
Speculative fiction (including YA and children's) |
|
$100.00 |
http://ifwgpublishing.com/ |
| Tales of the Talisman - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
F/SF - no gore |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.talesofthetalisman.com/gl.html |
| Weird Tales - DEAD MARKET |
unique and strange |
$0.0500 |
|
http://www.weirdtalesmagazine.com |
Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Stretching yourself to try new things can be scary, but when you succeed (not if--when!), the results are gratifying. You master new skills. You gain confidence. It gives you another way of looking at things. You form new connections. The way to start doing a new thing is pretty much the same no matter what that "new thing" is. Do some research online. Find organizations that do this thing. Participate in events and talk to people about this new thing. What I've been up to lately, writing-wise: New things! (You might have guessed.) Just this week, I've recorded two stories for Escape Artist and hashed out details for a project with a cover artist. The stories that I read for PodCastle and Pseudopod will be airing in October. The cover will be used for the published serial edition of my steampunk novel about a circus traveling through the collapse of civilization, A Circus of Brass and Bone, which resumes this Halloween at http://www.circusofbrassandbone.com/ . Also, Odyssey Magazine just published one of my short stories! "Reconnect" is about a student who is blocked from everything but educational use of the internet. Despite this, when he studies satellite imaging, he learns something amazing that just might fix all his problems. ExcerptAfter Tyler explained, people stopped giving him the cold shoulder. It didn't help. He didn't understand their jokes, because he hadn't seen the snaps they were talking about. They talked about things he hadn't gone to that weekend, because he didn't know they were going on. By the time Tyler got home, he felt about as tall as an inchworm. Maybe he could--what? There was nothing he could do. He couldn't fix the internet. He couldn't even go online and skim through LOLcats or play Minecraft to feel better. With his friends always only a click away, he'd never felt lonely in quite this way before. Might as well try to find another science fair project, Tyler thought. He brought up his school's website and clicked through to their "educational resources" page. If they thought it was educational, he should be allowed to go to it. Nothing caught his eye until he saw, "Satellites."  Odyssey Magazine published this story in their September issue, which is all about satellites and drones and other interesting things related to seeing the earth from space. Odyssey Magazine is a science magazine for 10- to 16-year-olds. If you don't already have a subscription, you can find it in a library or school near you! If you're acquainted with a science-inclined 10- to 16-year-old, tell them! Eventually, you will also be able to purchase this particular back issue here: https://cobblestonepub.com/?s=see+earth&post_type=product.
Urban Fantasy Magazine wants urban fantasy, pays $.06/word. First of all, we at Urban Fantasy Magazine don’t believe that UF stories need to be in an “urban” setting, per se. We welcome rural fantasy, and especially stories set in unusual and under-represented locations—as long as they are here on Earth. This Earth. Stories can be set in any historical time period except medieval Europe. Let’s just leave that one for high fantasy, shall we? All stories must contain a fantastical element. Magic, mysticism, paranormal creatures, monsters, ghosts, time travel . . . and so on and so on. For us, the key here is that the speculative elements have their roots in something non-rational, non-science. If your characters are turned invisible by some kind of device, you’ve got yourself a science fiction story. If they’re invisible because of a witch’s curse or something, send it along. Your fantastical elements can exist alongside science fictional elements, and they can be slight—we welcome slipstream and magical realism. One thing they absolutely cannot be is “all a dream;” make sure the weird stuff that’s driving your story is really happening. The basics: urban fantasy, pays to 4,000 words, no reprints, pays $.06/word. Guidelines at http://urbanfantasymagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ . Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Fantastic Stories of the Imagination |
SF/F |
$0.1500 |
|
http://www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Urban Fantasy Magazine |
Urban fantasy |
$0.0600 |
|
http://urbanfantasymagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Apex Steal the Spotlight Micro Fiction ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 10/15/2014 |
Themed: sea monsters, black dog/Hellhounds, banshees, science experiments gone wrong, and demons |
$0.0600 |
|
http://www.apex-magazine.com/apex-magazine-presents-steal-the-spotlight-micro-fiction-contest/ |
| Grimdark |
Grim, dark SF or medieval F |
$0.0600 |
|
http://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines-for-grimdark-magazine/ |
| Accessing the Future ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/30/2014 |
Themed: technology changes in access |
$0.0600 |
|
http://futurefire.net/guidelines/accessingfuture.html |
| Halloween Forevermore |
Horror, especially Halloween-themed |
$0.0500 |
|
http://www.halloweenforevermore.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Shades of Terror |
Horror |
$0.0500 |
|
http://shadesofterror.com/about-us/ |
| East of the Web |
SF |
$0.0500 |
|
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/index.php?p=submissions/20131_1 |
| Pantheon Magazine |
All genres, themed issues |
$0.0100 |
|
http://pantheonmag.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Flapperhouse |
Surreal, shadowy, sensual or surreal |
$0.0100 |
|
http://flapperhouse.com/submit/ |
| Infinite Urban Fantasy One (Infinite Acacia) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/30/2014 - 12/31/2014 |
Urban fantasy |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.infiniteacacia.com/submission/urban-fantasy-short-story-submissions/ |
| Blaster Books Webzine |
SF, esp. military and space opera |
$0.0020 |
|
http://blasterbooks.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-is-up.html?m=1 |
| Glimmer Train |
All genres, including spec-fic – literary |
|
$700.00 |
http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html |
| Mammoth Book of Professor Moriarty Adventures, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/15/2015 |
Themed, all genres |
|
$215.00 |
http://maximjakubowski.co.uk/calls-for-submissions/ |
| Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Tales, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/2015 |
Themed, all genres, esp. mystery/crime/horror |
|
$215.00 |
http://maximjakubowski.co.uk/calls-for-submissions/ |
| Villains, Inc. (Less Than Three Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2014 |
Villain-themed romance |
|
$200.00 |
http://www.lessthanthreepress.com/anthology-submissions/ |
| Autumn Cthulhu ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2014 |
Lovecraftian quiet horror, themed to autumn |
|
$150.00 |
http://lovecraftzine.com/2014/09/13/now-accepting-submissions-for-autumn-cthulhu/ |
| Pithy Pages for Erudite Readers |
All genres |
|
$75.00 |
http://www.pithypages.net/submissions.php |
| Acidic Fiction |
Contemporary spec-fic |
|
$35.00 |
http://acidicfiction.com/submissions/ |
| Monster Hunter, various (Emby Press) ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Themed monster hunter anthologies |
|
$25.00 |
http://embypress.com/anthologies/ |
| Perpetual Motion Machine |
Dark |
|
$20.00 |
http://perpetualpublishing.com/2014/08/27/call-for-submissions-flash-fiction/ |
| Hidden Clearing Books (incl. Sharp Road) |
Literary and/or spec-fic |
|
$15.00 |
http://hiddenclearingbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/ |
| Spellbound - DEAD MARKET |
Children's fantasy, for 8-12 yrs, themed |
$0.0250 |
|
http://spellboundzine.com/guidelines-spellbound-middle-grade-fantasy-magazine/ |
Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Editor's Note
Beware humor. I'm not saying to avoid the funny in your writing! A few humorous moments usually improve a story, whether it's a lighthearted fantasy or a grimdark horror novel.
No, I'm advising you to watch out for those joking truisms that other people may try to apply to your life. For me, ever since I had small children, I've been hearing variations on, "Well, now you won't be able to write until your kids are in college!" Ahem. I was finishing short stories even before my infant daughter was sleeping through the night.
Do you have a (writerly) trait that lends itself to wisecracks? The joke may be funny, but it's not necessarily true--not unless you let it be.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Figuring out how and what to write during four long roadtrips, two family reunions, and a long week of solo parenting while my spouse was working in another state. I'm looking forward to re-establishing my routines. Routines are a writer's friend! (Unless, of course, they aren't. YMMV.) Uncanny is a new pro-paying F/SF magazine. Uncanny is seeking passionate SF/F fiction and poetry with gorgeous prose– intricate, experimental stories and poems with verve and imagination that elicit strong emotions and challenge beliefs from writers from every conceivable background. Uncanny believes there’s still plenty of room in the genre for tales that make you feel. The basics: F/SF, 750 - 7,500 words, no reprints, pays $.08/word. Guidelines at http://uncannymag.com/submissions/. Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Reprints |
Website |
| Uncanny |
SF/F |
$0.0800 |
|
N |
http://uncannymag.com/submissions/ |
| Novel Fox Shorts, The |
Fantasy, SF, and adventure fiction |
$0.0700 |
|
N |
http://www.thenovelfox.com/author-shorts |
| Alphabet of Embers, An ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/30/2014 |
Unclassifiable, surreal, experimental |
$0.0600 |
|
Y |
http://roselemberg.net/?p=911 |
| Reel Dark ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/01/2014 |
Horror themed to movies infecting worlds |
$0.0500 |
|
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http://landrewcooper.com/call-for-submissions-reel-dark/ |
| Savage Beasts ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/5/2014 |
Dark fiction inspired by music |
$0.0200 |
|
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http://greymatterpress.com/submissions/current-calls/ |
| Second Contacts ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/15/2014 - 1/15/2015 |
SF themed to 50-years after first contact |
$0.0200 |
|
Y |
http://www.bundoranpress.com/pages/submissions/ |
| Bloodlines ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/10 |
Urban fantasy horror |
$0.0180 |
|
N |
http://ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/our-books/185-bloodlines |
| Welcome to the Future ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/15/2014 |
SF themed to the future |
|
$100.00 |
N |
http://www.christinaescamilla.com/general/open-submissions-welcome-to-the-future-antholog/ |
| Midnight Breakfast |
All genres, especially literary or spec-fic |
|
$50.00 |
N |
http://midnightbreakfast.com/submissions/ |
| Disturbance, The, Vol. 1 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2014 |
Shared world SF |
|
$30.00 |
N |
http://www.ephiroll.com/TheDisturbanceAnthologyVol.1.html |
| Hidden Clearing Books, Postcard, Shorties, and Chappies |
Literary and/or SF/F |
|
$25.00 |
N |
hiddenclearingbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/ |
| Delinquent Spice (FKA Demeter's Spicebox) |
Fairytales, themed |
|
$20.00 |
|
http://www.cabinetdesfees.com/demeters-spicebox/ds-submission-guidelines/ |
| Pulpcore |
Mystery, crime, SF, and weird |
|
$20.00 |
Y |
http://www.pulpcore.de/info/ |
| Truancy |
Fairytale-inspired |
|
$10.00 |
|
http://www.delinquentspice.com/?page_id=75 |
| Ghosts ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/28/2014 |
Ghost stories |
|
$10.00 |
N |
http://davidmichaeltyson.com/2014/08/05/ghosts-anthology-submission-guidelines/ |
| Sharp Road (Hidden Clearing Books) |
Literary and/or SF/F, themed to identity |
|
$5.00 |
N |
http://hiddenclearingbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/ |
| Saturday Night Reader |
All genres, esp. thriller, suspense, adventure |
|
$5.00 |
N |
http://www.saturdaynightreader.com/ |
Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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(The markets list got updated 7/15, but this newsletter is going out a little late.)
Editor's Note
Many writers talk about refilling a well of creativity. This metaphor works because wells gradually refill themselves, but they may need some non-productive time to do so. I also like to think of a battery of creativity. Certain activities help recharge the battery, but you've got to figure out what "charger" works with your battery. Some work for you and not for most other people. Some work for other people but not for you. Some charge fast. Some charge slow. Some only charge the battery for your experimental unicorn-Cthulhu horror story (and if you're looking for a great example of that nth-sub-genre, see http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/09/equoid). A combination of the well and the battery may be needed after finishing a project or hitting some other milestone. I tend to need a little downtime (the well), and I'm still figuring out what works best to charge my batteries these days. Unfortunately, figuring that out is a bit trial-and-error. Going new places, reading new non-fiction, looking at new art, taking a trial class for a new skill: these all seem like good things to try. (Do not try to combine wells and charging batteries in real life. Bad things may result. In general, it is wise to avoid imitating mixed metaphors in real life.) What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Being sick with new illnesses! I do not recommend this as a way to charge the battery. Inscription is a pro-paying F/SF magazine for teens. We’re looking for stories with strong writing and memorable characters. There must be a clear genre element, science fiction or fantasy, so no non-genre fiction, please. But while genre is key, we consider characters and story to be even more important. Humor is welcome, but the point of your story shouldn’t just be a punch line at the end. While we hope readers of all ages will enjoy this magazine, we do primarily publish fiction for teens. It is always difficult to draw a definite line around what makes a story young adult, but here are some rough guidelines if you’re deciding whether your story is a good fit for our magazine – you can also read some of the fiction already posted on our site. The basics: F/SF for teens, 500 - 9,000 words, reprints okay, pays $.06/word. Guidelines at http://www.inscriptionmagazine.com/submissions/ Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) [ONE-TIME electronic submissions 8/1/2014 - 8/15/2014, 1/1/2015 - 1/15/2015 - see http://ccfinlay.com/blog/editing-two-more-issues-of.html] |
F/SF/H |
$0.0700 |
|
http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm |
| The Lost Worlds (Eldritch Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/30/2014 |
Steampunk horror |
$0.0600 |
|
http://www.eldritchpress.com/anthology-calls.html |
| Inscription |
F/SF for teens |
$0.0600 |
|
http://www.inscriptionmagazine.com/submissions/ |
| Pithy Pages for Erudite Readers |
All genres |
$0.0500 |
|
http://pithypages.com/submissions.html |
| Nameless Magazine |
Dark SF/F, weird, thought-provoking, no sword & sorcery |
$0.0500 |
|
http://namelessmag.jasunni.com/info/submission-guidelines/ |
| Spellbound |
Children's fantasy, for 8-12 yrs, themed |
$0.0250 |
|
http://spellboundzine.com/guidelines-spellbound-middle-grade-fantasy-magazine/ |
| NonBinary Review |
All genres, themed |
$0.0100 |
|
https://nonbinaryreview.submittable.com/submit |
| Year's Best Weird Fiction ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY |
Previously published (that year) weird fiction |
$0.0100 |
|
https://bestweirdfiction.submittable.com/submit |
| All That's Left of Yesterday ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/2014 - 7/31/2014 |
Apocalyptic, no zombies |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.betenoiremagazine.com/anthologyguidelines.htm |
| Panverse Four ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/30/2014 OR EARLIER IF FILLED |
SF, science fantasy, and alternate history novellas |
|
$200.00 |
http://www.panversepublishing.com/panverse-four.html |
| Wee Tales (Golden Fleece Press) |
Kids stories for little ones |
|
$50.00 |
http://goldenfleecepress.com/submissions/ |
| Refractions (Golden Fleece Press) |
Stories for teens |
|
$50.00 |
http://goldenfleecepress.com/submissions/ |
| More Dia de los Muertos Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/15/2014 (deadline extended) or when filled |
Fantasy and horror themed to Dia de los Muertos |
|
$30.00 |
http://www.elektrikmilkbathpress.com/submissions |
| Strange Constellations |
Spec-fic |
|
$30.00 |
http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?page_id=8 |
| Golden Age ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/30/2014 |
Golden Age-esque SF |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.longcountpress.com/ |
| Beyond the Nightlight ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/13/2014 |
Childhood-themed horror |
|
$15.00 |
http://www.amurderofstorytellers.com/submissions/ |
| Despumation |
All genres, heavy metal-inspired |
|
$10.00 |
http://despumationpress.com/submissions/ |
| Enchanted Conversation, The MONTHLY CONTEST - DEAD MARKET (contests no longer regularly scheduled) |
Fairytale-inspired |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.fairytalemagazine.com/ |
| Fog Horn, The DEAD MARKET (INDEFINITE HIATUS) |
All genres |
|
$1,000.00 |
http://thefoghornmagazine.com/submit/ |
Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Editor's Note
The last two weeks, I've twice been able to go to a local coffee shop and write for a couple of hours. Given that I have two small children, that's pretty great. And both times, I've gotten at least four times as much written as during my usual (naptime) sessions! I am certainly going to be trying to do this more often. If there's a lesson here, it might be that it's worth it to try writing at different times, in different places. Our lives change. Sometimes, the way that's best for us to work does too.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Coffee shops! Finishing things!
Now that SFWA has raised the pay scale required to qualify as a pro market to $.06/word, several publications have raised their rates! Others have launched at $.06/word. I expect more to come, as this goes into effect in July.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies wants literary adventure fantasy in secondary world settings. The basics: F, all lengths, pays $.06/word, no reprints. Crossed Genres has themed issues. The basics: F/SF/H, 1,000-6,000 words, pays $.06/word, no reprints. Grantville Gazette publishes alternate history in the Grantville cannon. The basics: F/SF/H, all lengths, pays $.06/word, no reprints. Grievous Angel wants SF/F/H flash fiction and poetry. The basics: F/SF/H, under 750 words, pays $.06/word, no reprints. Universe Annex accepts F/SF. The basics: F/SF, all lengths, pays $.06/word. Grimdark publishes grim, dark SF and medieval F. The basics: dark F/SF, 1,500-4,000 words, pays AU$.06/word, no reprints. and Asimov's Science Fiction has also raised its rates. The basics: SF, 1,000-20,000 words, pays $.08/word, no reprints. 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. Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Editor's Note
Goals are great. They really are. They're especially great at teaching you that time is passing, and that thing you thought you were being generous about "scheduling" to be finished in a week? Yeah, it's now a week past that thing's finish goal. What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:In the mood for dark, blood-chilling stories, published for a cause that will warm your heart? Desolation: 21 Tales for Tails is a collection of dark speculative fiction whose stories all focus on themes of loneliness, isolation, and abandonment. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Last Day Dog Rescue Organization.
Robotic Animals
Televisions Which Reveal Alternate Universes
Inanimate Objects Brought to Life
People Struggling to Survive in Apocalyptic Wastelands
Sentient Cutlery
and much, much more.
Of those subjects? My story is the . . . wait for it . . . sentient cutlery! Yeah, maybe not what you'd predict out of that list. I played it straight, too.
You can find Desolation: 21 Tales for Tails in these places:
Amazon (Kindle | Paperback)
Smashwords (Many ebook formats)
B&N (Paperback)
Collidor is a new, super-pro market for science fiction. Our guiding vision is the discovery of the real through the unreal. We believe that science fiction is a subversive medium for social, political, economic and cultural commentary. We intend to stimulate critical thinking and creativity by speculating on the future, but based in current or historical contexts.
We seek character and relationship driven stories from the full gamut of subgenres of speculative fiction, as long as there is a scientific or technological element that reflects the existential conditions for life forms and consciousness (human or otherwise). We are unfortunately not accepting horror, pure fantasy, vampire or zombie themed stories unless they meet the above criteria.
We are seeking under-represented voices with regards to culture, sexual identity and religion, and this includes characters and settings. We have a policy of gender parity and we strongly encourage women writers of any nationality, race or culture to submit their work. The basics: SF, 2,000 words minimum, pays $.25/word*, accepts reprings. Collidor* We pay $0.25 per word for the first 5,000 words, $0.20 per word for the next 5,000 and $0.10 per word up to 18,000 words. We pay $0.11 per word for serialization rights for the entire series. Market List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Collidor |
SF |
$0.2500 |
|
https://collidor.submittable.com/submit |
| Blurring the Line ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/2014 - 10/31/2014 |
Horror that might be real |
$0.0740 |
|
http://cohesionpress.com/submissions/anthologies/ |
| Genius Loci ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2014 |
Themed: genius loci |
$0.0700 |
|
http://jaymgates.com/editing/genius-loci/ |
| Apex Magazine |
SF, fantasy, and horror |
$0.0600 |
|
http://www.apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| She Walks in Shadows ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/15/2014 - 12/15/2014 |
Lovecraft-inspired with female main character, by female writers |
$0.0600 |
|
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/blog/open-call-guidelines-for-she-walks-in-shadows/ |
| Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, The ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE after end of year |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror with elements of the aforementioned, previously published in anthology year |
$0.0500 |
|
http://submissions.johnjosephadams.com/basff |
| Book Smugglers, The |
SFF, different theme each year (ONE-TIME theme for 2014: subversive fairy tales) |
$0.0500 |
|
http://thebooksmugglers.com/book-smugglers-publishing |
| Three-Lobed Burning Eye |
All speculative – especially Horror Dark Fantasy and Magic Realism |
$0.0300 |
|
http://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html |
| Apotheosis ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/1/2014 - 12/31/2014 |
Elder God futures |
$0.0300 |
|
http://simianpublishing.org/submissions/anthology-guidelines-apotheosis/ |
| Hear Me Roar ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/05/2014 |
Spec-fic with strong female protagonist |
$0.0230 |
|
http://ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/about-us/submissions/hear-me-roar-anthology |
| Kaleidotrope |
All genres, especially SF/F and the unconventional and weird. |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/ |
| Freeze Frame Fiction |
All genres, flash fiction |
$0.0100 |
|
http://freezeframefiction.com/submission-guidelines-faq/ |
| Black Denim Lit |
Literary, all genres except erotica and horror |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.bdlit.com/submissions.html |
| Alternate Hilarities 3 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2014 |
Funny spec-fic, particularly fantasy |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.strangemusingspress.com/p/alternate-hilarities.html |
| Purple Sun Press Fantasy Anthology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
Fantasy |
$0.0100 |
|
http://purplesunpress.com/submissions/ |
| Strange Little Girls ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/15/2014 |
All genres, themed: strange little girls |
|
$120.00 |
http://belladonnapublishing.com/submissions/strange-little-girls/ |
| Twice Upon a Time ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/15/2014 |
Retold fairytales |
|
$50.00 |
http://thebeardedscribe.blogspot.com/p/twice-upon-time.html |
| Princess's Bride, The: Lesbian Fairy Tale ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/2014 |
Lesbian erotica in a fairytale setting. |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.cleispress.com/features/princessbridecallforsubmissions |
| Spinetingler |
Everything |
|
$42.43 |
http://www.spinetinglers.co.uk/submit-story/ |
| Expanded Horizons |
Spec-fic, esp. interested in expanding diversity of characters |
|
$30.00 |
http://expandedhorizons.net/magazine/?page_id=5 |
| More Dia de los Muertos Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/2014 or when filled |
Fantasy and horror themed to Dia de los Muertos |
|
$30.00 |
http://www.elektrikmilkbathpress.com/submissions |
| First Line, The |
All genres, themed issues |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm |
| Pernicious Invaders ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2014 |
Themed: bodysnatchers, parasites |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.greatoldonespublishing.com/open-for-submissions-now-until-july-31st-pernicious-invaders/ |
| Black Swordsman, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/24/2014 |
Swordsman themed, medieval horror, dark SF, steampunk, etc. |
|
$20.00 |
http://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-the-black-swordsman/ |
| Stygian Abyss ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/24/2014 |
Lovecraft-themed |
|
$20.00 |
http://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-stygian-abyss/ |
| Wicked Women ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2014 |
Strong, rebellious female main character. |
|
$16.87 |
http://shinyjennyb.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/wicked-women-call-for-submissions/ |
| Fossil Lake II ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/30/2014 |
Horror, twisted, bizarro, surreal, etc. |
|
$10.00 |
http://fossillake.wordpress.com/guidelines/ |
| FireGoat's Fantastic Tales |
Fairytale and myths and retellings thereof |
|
$10.00 |
http://firegoatpublishing.net/firegoats-fantastic-tales/ |
| A robot, a cyborg, and a Martian Walk Into a Space Bar ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
Comedic SF |
|
$10.00 |
http://nomadicdeliriumpress.com/comediccollection.htm |
| Dead But Dreaming |
Horror |
|
$5.00 |
http://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-dead-but-dreaming-magazine/ |
| New Bedlam Project, The DEAD MARKET - INDEFINITE HIATUS |
Dark, themed to a specific fictional town. |
|
$30.00 |
http://newbedlam.com/zine/?page_id=579 |
| Quantum Realities - DEAD MARKET |
SF especially social science fiction |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.jaxaspublishing.com/index.php/magazine/qr-submission-guidelines |
Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Editor's Note
Recently, I've learned that writing from the same place that I daydream is a great way to overcome the inertia I fight against when I start to write. It also seems to help me get into the zone faster. Instead of looking at the screen as I type, I stare into space at the same quadrant that I tend to look at when I daydream. I watch the scene unfolding as I write it, instead of focusing on the words I type.
We'll see how long this trick works without needing adjustments!
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
My essay, "After Our Bodies Fail," is now out in this month's issue of Apex Magazine. The April issue of Apex is about repair. About fixing the world, about how that goes right or goes wrong, about how pieces interconnect and fit together. Or don’t. About how the past can be repaired, or replaced, about the friability of a body, a plan, a history, or a life. Go look at the stunning cover art. Enjoy the excellent stories (particularly "Repairing the World," by John Chu, which is surreal and beautiful and heart-warming). Go read my essay if you want an uplifting story about medical practices past and future, and how we rebuild our lives after an injury. Or, you know, if you just really want to know about the goat testicles story.
 Read it free online, or buy the ebook edition with exclusive extras. Also maybe of interest to fantasy fans--a local photographer is putting together an art book based on War for the Oaks (THE original urban fantasy novel, and a damn good read). He has taken pictures of readers (many of whom are also authors) with the book at the real-world Minneapolis locations of important scenes, and he's commissioned essays about War for the Oaks from a number of writers. His Kickstarter is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tiredtapir/the-reader-war-for-the-oaks Fair disclosure: the photographer's a friend, and I am one of the models in the book (look for me perched on top of the MCAD pyramid). Dark Regions Press wants novellas, short story collections, novels, and anthologies in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Manuscripts of 100% original fiction, that means never before published on any blog, website, ebook platform or any other form of publication. Horror, fantasy, science fiction or any cross genres between will be considered for the three new lines. Original ideas will be the most strongly considered. You can submit a zombie novel, but please give it an inventive twist or a very creative story arc. Remember that this book will have a crowdfunding campaign associated with it, so if the idea behind the book is "zombies take over the world" there's a good chance it won't be accepted. Real characters and creative vision are sought. If there's at least one character (preferably the protagonist) that we can grow attached to and the journey you take us on is a creative one, that will increase your publication chances significantly! The basics: SF/F/H, 18,000 - 80,000 words, pays $500 + royalties. Dark Regions PressMarket List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| This Patchwork Flesh ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2014 - 8/31/2014 |
Horror with GLBTQ protagonist |
$0.0500 |
|
http://michaelmatheson.wordpress.com/this-patchwork-flesh/ |
| Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/2014 |
Dieselpunk - steampunk set 1920s - 1950s |
$0.0500 |
|
http://oldcharliebrown.livejournal.com/390664.html |
| It's a Grimm Life ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/2014 - 8/31/2014 |
Modern retellings of Grimm fairy tales. |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.tacituspublishing.com/anthologies.html |
| Daylight Dims Anthology Vol. 2 (Stealth Fiction) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2014 |
Horror |
$0.0100 |
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https://stealthfiction.submittable.com/submit/17877 |
| Wrapped in Black ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/18/2014 - 6/8/2014 |
Horror themed to witches and the occult |
$0.0100 |
|
http://sekhmetpress.wordpress.com/submissions/wrapped-in-black/ |
| Whispers From the Past ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/2014 |
Scary ghost stories |
$0.0050 |
|
http://www.north2southpress.com/open-anthology-call-1-whispers-from-the-past.html |
| Isotropic Fiction |
All spec-fic |
$0.0025 |
|
http://isotropicfiction.com/blog/2012/01/02/fiction-guidelines |
| Cranial Leakage (Grinning Skull Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - ALWAYS OPEN |
Horror |
$0.0025 |
|
http://www.grinningskullpress.com/Submissions-Guidelines.html |
| Attack! of the B-Movie Monsters: Alien Encounters (Grinning Skull Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/15/2014 |
Alien encounters |
$0.0025 |
|
http://www.grinningskullpress.com/Submissions-Guidelines.html |
| Asylum Within, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/24/2014 |
Themed: horror and madness |
$0.0010 |
|
http://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-the-asylum-within/ |
| Dark Regions Press |
Horror, fantasy, or science fiction novellas, novels, and short story collections |
|
$500.00 |
http://www.darkregions.com/pages/Submit.html |
| Lovely, Dark, and Deep ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/2014 |
Romantic spec-fic fantasy themed to fairy tale woods |
|
$200.00 |
http://www.lessthanthreepress.com/anthology-submissions/ |
| Words Without Master |
Sword & sorcery |
|
$200.00 |
http://dig1000holes.wordpress.com/words/submissions/ |
| Enchanted Spark Photo Flare Contest |
All genres (except H), esp. SF/F, themed to given photos. |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.enchantedspark.com/photoflarerulespics.html |
| Gothic Blue Book Vol. 4 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/2014 |
Themed supernatural horror |
|
$25.00 |
https://burialdaybooks.submittable.com/submit |
| Fearsome Flashers - Summer Contest (Massacre Magazine) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 4/30/2014 |
Horror/weird, themed to photo prompt |
|
$20.00 |
http://massacrepublishing.com/2014/03/09/fearsome-flashers-summer-contest/ |
| Unspoken Water DEAD MARKET (still alive, but no longer paying - listing will be removed) |
Supernatural only—wants weird and uncanny, not regular fantasy etc. |
|
$15.86 |
http://www.ian-hunter.co.uk/index.php/unspoken-water |
| Strange Summer Fun (Whortleberry Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/2014 |
All spec-fic, themed to summer activities. |
|
$10.00 |
http://whortleberrypress.com/writersguidelines2014.html |
| Best Christmas Gift Ever - Or Was It? (Whortleberry Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/15/2014 |
All spec-fic, themed to Christmas gifts. |
|
$10.00 |
http://whortleberrypress.com/writersguidelines2014.html |
| Dream Quarry, The |
Spec-fic, themed |
|
$10.00 |
http://dreamquarry.net/submissions/ |
| Latchkey Tales |
All genres, spec-fic-friendly, themed issues |
|
$10.00 |
https://solarwyrm.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Corvidae (World Weaver Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/2014 - 10/31/2014 |
All spec-fic, themed to the crow/raven family. |
|
$10.00 |
http://worldweaverpress.com/submissions/calls-for-anthologies/ |
| Scarecrow (World Weaver Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/2014 - 10/31/2014 |
All spec-fic, themed to the scarecrows. |
|
$10.00 |
http://worldweaverpress.com/submissions/calls-for-anthologies/ |
| Liquid Imagination |
Spec-fic and literary. Also has a special flash fiction section. |
|
$8.00 |
http://liquidimagination.silverpen.org/submission-guidelines/ |
| Shroud Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Horror, dark fantasy, dark mystery, and suspense |
|
$65.00 |
http://www.shroudmagazine.com/info.html |
| Spring Science Fiction – Fantasy – Horror Writer's (Zharmae Publishing) ANNUAL CONTEST- DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
|
$400.00 |
http://www.zharmae.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41&Itemid=67 |
| Innsmouth Free Press - DEAD MARKET |
Weird fiction, especially Lovecraftian |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/submissions.html |
| TM Publishing - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, no explicit sex or violence. Emerald Sky: SF/F. Burgundy Grove: Literary. Crimson Fog: Suspense/Horror. Azure Valley: Mainstream and romance. |
$0.0500 |
|
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| Result Jelly - DEAD MARKET |
Fantasy, SF, and adventure fiction |
$0.0500 |
|
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Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Editor's Note
When most Western writers hear the phrase, "story structure," their thoughts leap to the standard three act story that ends with the introduced conflict being resolved with a bang. I've been doing a little more thinking about alternate story structures lately, in part because of my own writing, and in part because of other things I've read lately.
Normally, I'm a solid three act plotter. But in my current project, I have the end of a thin, long arc and the end of an intense, short arc occurring very close together. I thought the climax of the story was the end of the long arc, but it just wasn't working. Now I've figured out that the end of the long arc works better as an anti-climactic postlude. Of course, this means I still need to find a satisfying, strong resolution. The short arc's original resolution was...a conversation. And while one anti-climax is fine, two in a row is probably pushing it. So I think I need to make the short arc the triumphant resolution. This means lots of replotting. Le sigh. Coincidentally, I've recently started reading the Phryne Fisher mystery novels (highly recommended if you're in the mood for fun historical mysteries), and Flying Too High does just that. It opens with a murder, but the climax is to a mystery that starts further in the book. And it works!
So--alternate story structures. Something to think about.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I have been trying to fix the ending that wasn't an ending but should have been. Lots of wrestling with words, nothing new to report. You think you’re safe. What a joke. You don’t think about the places you pass every day. The side streets. The alleys. Under bridges. The shadows. All you’d have to do is take a step to the side. Then you’d know. From editors of Dark Faith, Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon, comes Streets of Shadows, a collection of stories at the intersection of urban fantasy and crime. These tales of the dark and magical side of the urban landscape will be published by Alliteration Ink in late summer 2014. The basics: urban fantasy, 2,000 - 4,000 words, pays $.06/wd. Streets of ShadowsMarket List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Streets of Shadows ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/3/2014 |
Urban fantasy crime |
$0.0600 |
|
http://alliterationink.tumblr.com/post/78447701060/streets-of-shadows-is-open-for-submissions |
| October Dreams 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Halloween-themed, dark |
$0.0500 |
|
https://cemeterydance.submittable.com/submit |
| XIII (Resurrection House) ONE-TIMEANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2014 |
Spec-fic themed to transformation, rebirth, or death |
$0.0500 |
|
http://www.resurrectionhouse.com/2013/12/call-for-stories/ |
| Torn Pages ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/2014 or until filled |
All genres, religion and censorship themes. |
$0.0200 |
|
http://www.weirdbard.com/p/page-one.html |
| Triangulation RECURRING ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30 |
All spec-fic |
$0.0150 |
|
http://parsecink.com/triangulation/ |
| Blight Digest |
Dark Fiction |
$0.0100 |
|
http://oneeyepress.com/publication/blightdigest |
| Wicked Words Quarterly |
SF/F/H |
$0.0100 |
|
http://www.wickedwords.co.uk/submissions/ |
| PSTDarkness (Postscripts to Darkness) |
Experimental, literary horror, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, new weird |
$0.0090 |
|
http://pstdarkness.com/submissions-2/ |
| Triangulation: Parch (Parsec Ink) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2014 |
All spec-fic, themed to "parch" |
$0.0015 |
|
http://parsecink.com/triangulation/ |
| From Out of the Dark ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2014 |
SF/H themed to the darkness of space |
|
$66.77 |
http://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-dark/ |
| Eve's Requiem ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2014 |
Horror with strong female protag. |
|
$20.00 |
https://spiderroadpress.submittable.com/submit |
| Biblical Legends Anthology Series |
Biblical spec-fic, themed |
|
$7.00 |
http://gardengnomepubs.com/submissions/biblical-legends-anthology-series/ |
| Black Denim Lit |
Literary, all genres except erotica and horror |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.bdlit.com/submissions.html |
| History and Horror, Oh My! ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/15/2014 |
Historical horror |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.mysteryandhorrorllc.com/submissions.html |
| Mossy Hearth |
SF/F/H/Romance |
|
$5.00 |
http://mossyhearth.com/?page=submissions&sub=guide |
| Rejected (Harren Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2014 |
All genres, submission must include rejection letter |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.harrenpress.com/rejected-antho-submissions |
| Strangely Funny II ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/01/2014 |
Humorous paranormal/supernatural |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.mysteryandhorrorllc.com/submissions.html |
Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Editor's Note
Ah, the joys of filing taxes as a small business! You probably winced when you read that, as most people do when taxes are mentioned. Actually, this year was pretty easy for me, thanks to an up-to-date spreadsheet in which I'd already sorted my expenses by tax category: Advertising, including webpage hosting; Office Expenses, for paper and postage; Supplies, for books (including fiction) and equipment; Travel, and lodging for conventions; Food at events and workshops; Other - convention registration and miscellaneous membership fees; Other - movie tickets and DVDs; and the percentage of your internet you use for business.
Even if you're not planning on claiming your writing as a business this year, keeping track of your expenses (and your receipts!) is good practice.
However, one of the things I wish I'd known not to do earlier is to keep adding contracts and payment letters to the same folder over the years. It does get unwieldy eventually! Now I'm switching to putting the year's acceptances, payments, and paid contracts into a manila envelope and filing them away at the end of every year.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Deadlines! So many deadlines! Many of them are self-imposed, but still!
Cruentus Libri Press is going out of business, but their loss is your gain! Their anthology, From Their Cradle to Your Grave, will soon be made free on Amazon! This includes my reprinted short story, "The Perfect Costume." This horror anthology is all about tales of terrifying tots, toddlers through teenagers.
 Marc likes vampires. A lot. One Halloween, he thinks he's found them. That's when everything starts to go bad. Keep reading on your Kindle.Buzzy Mag is looking for original science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories up to 10,000 words. Thriller, suspense and paranormal tales that cross into traditional speculative fiction are welcome. The basics: SF/F/Horror, up to 10,000 words, pays $.10/wd. Buzzy MagMarket List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Urban Mythic 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2014 |
Contemporary/urban fantasy |
$0.0033 |
|
http://alchemypress.wordpress.com/submissions/urban-mythic-2/ |
| Buzzy Mag |
All spec – SF/F/H |
$0.100 |
|
http://buzzymag.com/submissions/ |
| Waylines |
All spec-fic |
$0.060 |
|
http://waylinesmagazine.com/submissions.html |
| I Am the Abyss ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/1/2014 |
Horror/dark fantasy underworlds |
$0.050 |
|
http://horrortree.com/jan-28-taking-submissions-abyss/ |
| Inscription |
F/SF for teens |
$0.050 |
|
http://www.inscriptionmagazine.com/submissions/ |
| Issues in Earth Science |
Middle grade or YA, themed to earth sciences |
$0.050 |
|
http://earthscienceissues.net/submissions |
| Sea is Ours, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2014 |
Southeast Asian steampunk |
$0.050 |
|
http://rosariumpublishing.com/rosarium-the-sea-is-ours.html |
| Shock Totem |
Dark fantasy/horror |
$0.050 |
|
http://www.shocktotem.com/guidelines/ |
| Unidentified Funny Objects ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1 - 3/31 |
Funny F/SF |
$0.050 |
|
http://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/ |
| Dark Magazine, The |
Dark. Magic realism, surrealism, steampunk, and dark F/SF |
$0.030 |
|
http://thedarkmagazine.com/about-us/guidelines/ |
| Bastion |
SF |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.bastionmag.com/submissions/ |
| Straeon |
Literary SF/F |
$0.010 |
|
http://rampantloonmedia.com/straeon.html |
| Al Blanchard Award ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 4/30 |
Mystery, thriller, or horror by New England author or themed to New England |
|
$100.00 |
http://www.crimebake.org/Al.htm |
| Shroud Magazine |
Horror, dark fantasy, dark mystery, and suspense |
|
$65.00 |
http://www.shroudmagazine.com/info.html |
| Myth and Magic: Queer Fairy Tales ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2014 |
LGBTQ fairy tale retellings |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvjsbsjqsct5lrb/Call%20for%20Submissions_Myth%20and%20Magic.pdf |
| Surreal Worlds ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2014 |
All genres, surreal |
|
$50.00 |
http://bizarropulppress.com/blog/2014/1/5/new-anthology-on-the-horizon |
| Motorcycle Themed Anthology (Elektrik Milk Bath Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/15/2014 or when filled |
All genres, themed to motorcycles |
|
$30.00 |
http://www.elektrikmilkbathpress.com/submissions/ |
| Boroughs of the Dead Vol. II ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2014 |
Horror and ghost stories set around NY City |
|
$25.00 |
http://mythinkbooks.com/submission-guidelines/boroughs-of-the-dead-vol-2/ |
| Ghost Papers, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/2014 |
Ghost stories |
|
$25.00 |
https://embypress.submittable.com/submit/27320 |
| Like A Haunted Trail ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/15/2014 |
Erotic weird Wild West |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.circlet.com/?p=5240 |
| Occult Detective Monster Hunter (Emby Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/2014 |
Detective monster hunters. |
|
$25.00 |
https://embypress.submittable.com/submit/27319 |
| Reconstructing the Monster ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/15/2014 |
Inspired by classic horror films. |
|
$25.00 |
http://embypress.com/book/reconstructing-the-monster/ |
| Boothworld Industries ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/2014 |
Themed to an evil corporation, shared world |
|
$20.00 |
http://iambloodworth.tumblr.com/post/73471249173/reblog-if-you-have-any-writer-artist-friends-that |
| Alternate History Anthology (Kayelle Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2014 |
Alternate history with F/SF angle |
|
$17.37 |
http://www.kayellepress.com/submission-guidelines/alternate-history-anthology/ |
| Romantic Speculative Fiction Anthology (Kayelle Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2014 |
Romantic spec-fic |
|
$17.37 |
http://www.kayellepress.com/submission-guidelines/romantic-speculative-fiction-anthology/ |
| Sensorama ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2014 |
Spec-fic themed to the senses |
|
$16.43 |
http://www.eibonvalepress.co.uk/infoforwriters.htm |
| Steampunk: Other Worlds (Villainous Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2014 |
Steampunk with underrepresented main character |
|
$15.00 |
http://villainouspress.com/submissions/open-callsfdft |
| The Master's Apprentice (Otter Libris) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/15/2014 |
Themed: apprentices |
|
$15.00 |
http://otterlibris.com/otter-review-1/ |
| Tales of Mystery, Suspense, and Terror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/2014 |
Mystery, suspense, and horror |
|
$8.28 |
http://www.chuffedbuffbooks.com/submissions/talesomst/ |
| Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, The (Podcast) - DEAD MARKET (no unsolicited subs) |
All genres, favors speculative fiction. |
$0.005 |
|
http://dunesteef.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Gore Stories - DEAD MARKET |
Blood and guts horror with suspense, fear, sensationalism, and/or humor |
|
$250.00 |
http://gorestories.com/submissions |
| Beware the Dark - DEAD MARKET |
Horror and erotic horror |
$0.008 |
|
http://sstpublications.co.uk/sst/Magazines/BTD-Submissions.html |
Aswiebe's Market List* 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!* Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. 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.* You can also get market list updates through social media by following my RSS feed, Livejournal, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ account.LinksAswiebe's Market ListAbout Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's main websiteAbra Staffin-Wiebe's blogKeep writing, keep submitting, and good luck! Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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Editor's Note
A career as a writer is full of firsts. This week is the first time I accidentally finished plotting a story that was not, in fact, the story I began plotting. The character was no longer the same. The plot didn't match the thrust of the story idea I'd started with. The superlative story title I'd chosen did not accurately reflect the story at all. So I set that story aside. I went back to the original story I was trying to plot. I made a point of considering where I'd come from as I tried to decide where I was going. That approach worked a little better, though I still need to figure out a few details. And now I'll have two stories plotted out and ready to go, even if one of them is more quiet and small in scope than the cup full of awesome I thought I was brewing! I could be cranky about accidentally derailing myself (I was a little cranky when I realized it), or I could be happy that I now have !bonus! story. There are always going to be "firsts" in a writing career. Some of them are wonderful. Some of them will feel like they are unmitigated awfulness at first, but if you look hard enough, you can usually find another viewpoint. After all, that's what writers do, isn't it?
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
In the realm of non-fiction, my article on registering copyright has been published by FundsforWriters at >http://www.fundsforwriters.com/december-27-2013/ .
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe
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Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html
* Writing Hacks: What You Don’t Get for Free [writing craft]: http://mrissa.livejournal.com/886765.html * How to Make Life Easy for Librarians [self-publishing]: http://ideatrash.net/2014/01/how-to-make-life-easy-for-librarians-so.html
Featured Market
Start a Revolution anthology is looking for revolution-themed stories from a QUILTBAG (AKA GLBTQ) perspective: From green revolutions to anarchist uprisings. From social compacts to social justice movements. Stories that push boundaries and identities. That invoke a rebellious voice. That cry out for tolerance, community, and change. QUILTBAG stories are about diversity in identity. Sometimes that means focusing on finding oneself. But the movement is so much wider. Identity is communal. Identity is global. And this anthology looks to tell those larger stories. Stories about revolution, rebellion, and reshaping the world, all told from QUILTBAG perspectives. Stories about quiet revolutions and very public ones. Personal revolutions and global movements. Some revolutions succeed. Others fail. But in the end it’s the striving for change that matters. Show us that striving. Fight the power. Start a revolution. The basics: all spec-fic, 2,000 - 10,000 words, pays $.05/wd. Start a RevolutionMarket List UpdatesTo see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word – Fiction |
Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) |
Website |
| Start a Revolution ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2014 |
Spec-fic themed to revolution with GLBTQ protagonist |
$0.050 |
|
http://michaelmatheson.wordpress.com/start-a-revolution/ |
| This Patchwork Flesh ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2014 - 8/31/2014 |
Horror with GLBTQ protagonist |
$0.050 |
|
http://michaelmatheson.wordpress.com/this-patchwork-flesh/ |
| XIII (Resurrection House) ONE-TIMEANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/13/2014 |
Spec-fic themed to transformation, rebirth, or death |
$0.050 |
|
http://www.resurrectionhouse.com/2013/12/call-for-stories/ |
| Aercastle Narratives |
All spec-fic, plus adventure |
$0.020 |
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http://aercastle.com/submissions/ |
| Fantasy Scroll Mag |
All spec-fic |
$0.010 |
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http://fantasyscrollmag.com/submissions/ |
| Fog Horn, The |
All genres |
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$1,000.00 |
http://thefoghornmagazine.com/submit/ |
| Dimension6 |
All spec-fic |
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$89.21 |
http://keithstevenson.com/CDLblog/submissions/ |
| N3F Amateur Short Story Contest ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 12/31 |
SF/F |
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$50.00 |
http://n3f.org/short-story-contest/ |
| T. Gene Davis's Speculative Blog |
All spec-fic |
|
$50.00 |
http://tgenedavis.com/submission-guidelines/ |
| Robot and Raygun, The |
SF |
|
$49.00 |
http://robotandraygun.com/story-submissions/ |
| Deep Sea Monster Hunter - Leviathan (Emby Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2014 |
Deep sea monster fighters |
|
$25.00 |
http://embypress.com/submissions/ |
| Superhero Monster Hunter - The Good Fight (Emby Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2014 |
Superhero monster fighters |
|
$25.00 |
http://embypress.com/submissions/ |
| Black Beacons: Brisbane ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Suspense/dark themed to Brisbane, Australia |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html |
| Mermaid Tales (Lucky Thirteen Presents) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Fantasy themed to mermaids |
|
$10.00 |
http://luckythirteenpresents.com/submissions/ |
| Quaint Magazine |
Weird, creepy, and grotesque, by female authors only |
|
$6.00 |
https://quaintmagazine.submittable.com/submit |
| Industrial Horror (Spectral Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL CLOSED |
Industrial horror |
|
$1.00 |
http://spectralpress.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/submissions-call-industrial-horror-anthology/ |
| Aletheia - DEAD MARKET |
Christian-friendly YA fantasy, myth, historical |
$0.020 |
|
http://www.aletheiamag.com/submissions.html |
| Interstellar Fiction - DEAD MARKET |
SF |
$0.010 |
|
http://interstellarfiction.com/fiction-guidelines/ |
| Electric Velocipede - DEAD MARKET |
weird and slipstream |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.electricvelocipede.com/guidelines/ |
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