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Q: Who needs an author website?
A: Everyone who is writing and submitting their work for publication! Yes, even if you haven't been published yet. Trust me, it's easier to have it ready to go.
Q: What should be on an author website? A: Well, that can get complicated. These are the basics, though: * A contact form (if nothing else, this!)
* A press kit (including a headshot and bios of various lengths)
* A bio and greeting aimed at readers, not at press
* A newsletter sign-up * A place to put your latest publications or other news, usually on the front page
Q: Abra, why are you thinking about this? A: Because I'm in the process of making a new website. My decrepit ancient website (where you might be reading this!) has limped along for quite a while, despite there being various things I want to do that I can't because of the website host and framework. But now my contact form isn't even working, and what's the first, most important thing a website needs? A contact form, that's right! So I'm in the process of building a new website and transferring the domain name over. This is not as simple as it should be, because my current website is a legacy website on a legacy host that was bought out and is being run as a passive no-investment moneymaking venture. But I'm working on it.
Q: Back to author websites, then. What can be on an author website beyond the basics? A: I am still thinking about that, and about what I want to be on mine! Here are a few other ideas: * A progress meter for works-in-progress * Release schedule * Events
* A full bibliography with links (I have this on the current website) * A bibliography sorted by type of thing ("if you like science fiction"), with excerpts. Linking new releases to old ones may be more effective.
* Book/series pages, with excerpts and buy links * A feed from Twitter (only if your Twitter is generally entertainment and/or writing oriented) * A new releases + old releases blog * Weekly update (a la Sanderson)
* An author newsletter archive ... or an archive of a repeating feature from that newsletter (like recipes, or book reviews, or--something else reader-oriented) * Free fiction * FAQs * Interviews and reviews * If there's a long-running series or large universe, a wiki? * Goodreads review feed (of what the author is reading) * Videos of readings * Audio recordings / podcasts * Multiple newsletter sign-up prompts--with graphics
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What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Tooooo much research about CERN and the LHC and ATLAS and MARPLE ... wait, that last one only exists in my story. So far.
What we're looking for: We publish speculative fiction
that examines humanity's possible futures living with anthropogenic
climate change. We prefer fiction with a hopeful outlook, but the
occasional dystopia might fit too. While science is an important piece
for solving the climate change puzzle, we challenge writers to also
examine our existing social, cultural, political, and economic
frameworks and envision new ones to help see us through to a better,
more sustainable world.
Basics: climate fiction, up to 2,000 words (5,000 for reprints), CAD$.11/wd, accepts reprints. Guidelines: https://littlebluemarble.ca/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. Note: going forward, limited demographic market listings will be italicized.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word USD (originals) |
Flat Pay USD (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Clubhouse Magazine |
Christian-friendly fiction for 8-12-year-olds, specifically incl. SF/F |
$0.150 |
|
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/clubhouse-magazine/about/submission-guidelines/ |
Snail mail only. |
| Deadlands, The |
Death-themed speculative fiction |
$0.100 |
|
https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/#fiction |
|
| Elegant Literature |
All genres, themed |
$0.100 |
|
https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Uncanny |
SF/F |
$0.100 |
|
https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/ |
Fast response time. SUBMISSION PERIOD: Historically opens for subs in August. ONE-TIME FLASH FICTION SUBMISSION PERIOD: 3/14/22 - 3/21/22 |
| Unidentified Funny Objects ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1 - 4/30 |
Funny F/SF |
$0.100 |
|
http://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: next opening expected in either 2022 or 2023 |
| Little Blue Marble |
SF themed to living with climate change, especially hopeful |
$0.086 |
|
https://littlebluemarble.ca/submission-guidelines/ |
Original material up to 2,000 words, reprints up to 5,000 words. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: open until 7/31/22 |
| Assemble Artifacts |
Stories of wonder and suspense |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.assemblemedia.com/artifacts |
Does not respond if rejecting. 7,500+ wordcount stories preferred. NOTE: Check terms of contract carefully re “adaptation shopping rights” |
| Book of Witches, The (Harper Voyager) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/14/22 – 3/18/22 |
Speculative fiction, themed to witches. Limited author demographic: BIPOC |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2022/01/12/open-submission-period-for-bipoc-writers-for-the-book-of-witches/ |
|
| Dangerous Waters: Deadly Women of the Sea (Brigid’s Gate) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/22 - 6/30/22 |
Horror and dark fantasy themed to female water creatures |
$0.080 |
|
https://brigidsgatepress.com/?page_id=17 |
Story lengths 100 word drabbles, 500 - 3,000 word short stories |
| First Peoples Myths and Fables (Flame Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/16/22 |
Speculative fiction themed to myths and legends of first peoples. Limited demographic: authors of that heritage |
$0.080 |
|
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/first-peoples-call-for-submissions-0 |
|
| Human Monsters (Dark Matter Magazine) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/15/22 |
Horror, no paranormal |
$0.080 |
|
https://darkmattermagazine.com/submission-guidelines/human-monsters-anthology/ |
|
| If There's Anyone Left |
Speculative fiction. Limited demographic: marginalized authors |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/submission-guidelines |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Summer 2022 |
| Infinite Horrors Magazine |
Horror |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs |
|
| Infinite Worlds Magazine |
SF |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs |
|
| 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://alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/call-submissions-2022-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-fiction-series |
|
| Podcastle (Podcast) |
Fantasy fiction |
$0.080 |
|
http://podcastle.org/guidelines/ |
An Escape Artists publication. Original fiction up to 6,000 words, reprints up to 17,000. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 3/1/22 – 3/31/22 |
| Reckoning Magazine |
All genres, preferably speculative, themed to humanity's relationship to the earth |
$0.080 |
|
https://reckoning.press/submit/ |
|
| Tales & Feathers Magazine |
Fantasy, fairy tales, and myths with very little plot |
$0.080 |
|
https://twitter.com/talesfeathers |
ONE-TIME NOTE: website launching in Feb 2022, sibling to Augur Magazine. |
| Tempered Tales (Brigid’s Gate) |
Horror, fantasy, mystery, themed |
$0.080 |
|
https://brigidsgatepress.com/?page_id=17 |
Accepts 100-word drabbles, 500 – 1,500 word short stories. ONE-TIME THEME: “Medusa,” 3/1/22 – 3/15/22 |
| Galaxy’s Edge |
Science fiction and fantasy |
$0.070 |
|
http://www.galaxysedge.com/submissions/ |
|
| Picnic in the Graveyard (Cemetery Gates Media) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/22 |
Horror set in a graveyard or cemetery |
$0.070 |
|
https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/submissions/ |
|
| Les Petites Morts (Ghost Orchid Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/22 - 8/30/22 |
Erotic horror |
$0.060 |
|
https://ghostorchidpress.com/submission-calls/ |
Funding dependent on Kickstarter. |
| Brute: Raunch, Scares, and Rough Trade (Lethe Press Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1/22 |
Horror, dark fantasy, and weird fiction themed to gay rough trade |
$0.050 |
|
https://www.lethepressbooks.com/call-for-submissions.html#/ |
Query first |
| Black Static |
Horror and dark fantasy |
$0.041 |
|
http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/guidelines/ |
Do not submit the same story to other magazines at the same press |
| Interzone |
Science fiction and fantasy |
$0.041 |
|
http://ttapress.com/interzone/guidelines/ |
Do not submit the same story to other magazines at the same press |
| Moonflowers & Nightshade ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/22 |
Sapphic horror |
$0.040 |
|
https://samreadswhat.wixsite.com/books/about-us |
|
| Alternative Holidays (B-Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/30/22 |
Holiday-themed speculative fiction |
$0.030 |
|
https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/alternative-holidays/guidelines |
|
| Bourbon Penn |
Odd and imaginative, slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism |
$0.030 |
|
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions |
|
| It Was All a Dream ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/22 – 4/30/22 |
Horror, weird, dark fiction |
$0.030 |
|
https://bapplegate.com/it-was-all-a-dream-submission-guidelines |
|
| Madame President (B-Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/30/22 |
Speculative fiction themed to a female president of something (PTA? Coven?) |
$0.030 |
|
https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/madam-president/guidelines |
|
| Scott’s Planet (B-Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/30/22 |
Shared world SF set on an abandoned colony |
$0.030 |
|
https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/scotts-planet |
|
| Translunar Travelers Lounge |
Fun speculative fiction |
$0.030 |
|
https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: Mar 15 - Apr 15, Sep 15 - Oct 15 |
| Triangulation ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/1-2/28 |
All spec-fic, themed. |
$0.030 |
|
http://parsecink.com/index.php/triangulation-submissions/ |
RIGHTS: North American rights, Spanish language rights, audio and electronic rights. ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: Energy (sustainable) |
| Corporate Catharsis: The Work From Home Edition (Water Dragon Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/30/22 |
Speculative fiction themed to work during the Covid-19 pandemic |
$0.020 |
|
https://waterdragonpublishing.com/submissions/corporate-catharsis-2022/ |
|
| Dragon Gems (Water Dragon Publishing) |
Fantasy or science fiction |
$0.020 |
|
https://waterdragonpublishing.com/submissions/dragon-gems/ |
|
| The Future’s So Bright... (Water Dragon Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/22 |
Fantasy or science fiction, themed to a positive future |
$0.020 |
|
https://waterdragonpublishing.com/submissions/future-so-bright/ |
|
| Tree and Stone |
Speculative and literary fiction |
$0.020 |
|
https://tree-and-stone.com/submission/ |
|
| NewMyths.com |
All spec-fic except graphic horror |
$0.015 |
|
https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: 1/1 - 2/28, 6/1 - 7/31 (ONE-TIME THEME 6/1/22 - 7/31/22: Farmers and growers) |
| Weird Horror Magazine |
Pulpy, weird fiction and horror |
$0.015 |
|
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: March, September |
| Wyldblood Press |
Literary SF/F/H |
$0.014 |
|
https://wyldblood.com/guidance-submissions/ |
Also publishes novellas and novels, paying royalties only. |
| Metaphorosis |
SF and fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
http://magazine.metaphorosis.com/guidelines/ |
Pays upon acceptance. |
| Monster (Antimony and Elder Lace Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/25/22 |
Horror themed to original monsters |
$0.010 |
|
https://aelpress.com/index.php/2022/01/20/call-for-submission-monster/ |
|
| Mythic Magazine |
SF/F |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html |
Submission periods: 2/1/22 – 2/15/22 (reprints only), 3/1 – 3/31, 6/1 – 6/30, 9/1 – 9/30, 12/1 – 12/31 |
| Sacrament, The (Horror Oasis) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/22 |
Religion-themed horror |
$0.010 |
|
https://horroroasis.com/the-sacrament/ |
|
| Speculatief |
SF, fantasy, and SF horror reprints |
$0.010 |
|
https://speculatief.be/submissions/ |
Reprints-only market, will be translated into Dutch. |
| Wyngraf |
Cozy fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
https://wyngraf.com/submissions/ |
|
| Air (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/22 - 8/31/22 |
Horror themed to air |
$0.008 |
|
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Earth (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/22 |
Horror themed to earth |
$0.008 |
|
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Fire (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/22 - 5/31/22 |
Horror themed to fire |
$0.008 |
|
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Lackington's |
Speculative fiction, themed |
$0.008 |
|
https://lackingtons.com/submissions/ |
|
| Water (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/1/22 - 12/31/22 |
Horror themed to water |
$0.008 |
|
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Phantom Thieves & Sagacious Scoundrels (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME PUBLISHING - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Spec-fic themed to admirable thieves and scoundrels |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
| Imagine 2200 (Fix Solutions Lab) ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 5/5/22 |
Hopeful climate fiction |
|
$3,000.00 |
https://grist.org/fix/climate-fiction-writing-contest-imagine-2200-prizes/ |
|
| My Dark Library (Cemetery Gates) Novellas |
Horror novellas |
|
$1,000.00 |
https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/2022/01/11/my-dark-library-novella-series/ |
|
| If There's Anyone Left Flash Fiction Contest ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 4/1/22 |
Flash speculative fiction. Limited demographic: marginalized authors |
|
$250.00 |
https://www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/submission-guidelines |
|
| Last Five Minutes of a Storm, The (Sans. Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/7/22 |
All genres, themed to title and provided art |
|
$170.38 |
https://www.sanspress.com/submissions |
|
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Moonstone Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/22/22 or until full |
Supernatural mysteries themed to Kolchak TV series. |
|
$120.00 |
https://www.jamesaquilone.com/submissions |
|
| Disabled Authors SFF Anthology (Forest Ave Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/17/22 |
Speculative fiction. LIMITED DEMOGRAPHIC: disabled US authors |
|
$100.00 |
https://forestavepress.submittable.com/submit |
|
| Nightmares of Strangers (Touchpoint Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/31 |
Horror |
|
$100.00 |
https://touchpointpress.com/about/submissions/ |
Annual horror anthology, ONE-TIME 2022 title. |
| Sley House Publishing Presents Lit Bits ONE-TIME PODCAST – DUE UNTIL FULL |
SF, fantasy, horror, mystery, or thriller, for full-cast reading |
|
$100.00 |
https://www.sleyhouse.com/submissions |
|
| Three-Lobed Burning Eye |
All speculative fiction, western, and suspense |
|
$100.00 |
http://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html |
|
| Queer Sci Fi's Flash Fiction Contest ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 3/1 - 5/1 |
Queer speculative flash fiction, themed. ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: clarity |
|
$75.00 |
https://queerscifi.com/flash-contest-rules/ |
|
| Abandoned: An Anthology of Vacant Spaces ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/31/22 |
All spec-fic, themed to abandoned spaces. |
|
$50.00 |
https://curseddragonship.com/submissions-2/ |
50% profit donated to Toys for Tots |
| Great Wars! (Lost Boys Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/22 |
Alternate history themed to a war |
|
$50.00 |
https://lostboyspress.com/2022/01/great-wars-fall-2022-anthology/ |
|
| James Gunn's Ad Astra |
Science fiction |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.adastrasf.com/submissions/short-fiction-submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Bleak Midwinter (Quill and Crow) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/13/22 |
Winter horror |
|
$45.00 |
https://www.quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com/anthologysubmissions |
|
| Carnival Macabre (Quill and Crow) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/13/22 |
Horror themed to a dark carnival |
|
$45.00 |
https://www.quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com/anthologysubmissions |
|
| Strange Sunrises: Tales from Distant Planets (War & Whiskey Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/22 |
SF set on other planets |
|
$30.00 |
http://publishing.warandwhiskey.com/index.php |
|
| Strange Sunsets: Terrors on Distant Planets (War & Whiskey Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/22-8/31/22 |
SF horror set on other planets |
|
$30.00 |
http://publishing.warandwhiskey.com/index.php |
|
| Peculiar Monstrosities (Planet Bizarro) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/1/22 |
Bizarro fiction themed to monsters |
|
$27.18 |
https://www.planetbizarro.com/submissions |
|
| History Through Fiction Short Stories |
Historical fiction, incl. Alternate history and with fantasy elements |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.historythroughfiction.com/submissionguidelines |
|
| Hunger of Old Stars, The (Splatter Ink Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Cosmic horror |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.splatterinkpublishing.com/projects-3 |
|
| Hyphen Punk |
Speculative fiction in -punk subgenres like steampunk, splatterpunk, solarpunk etc. |
|
$25.00 |
https://hyphenpunk.com/submissions/ |
|
| Kingdoms of Wrath and Ice ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/22 – 4/30/22 |
Fantasy themed to a wintery villain |
|
$25.00 |
https://tourmalineandquartzpublishing.com/submissions/ |
|
| Pulp Modern |
Crime, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western pulp, themed |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.pulpmodern.net/pulp-modern-submissions/ |
ONE-TIME THEME 3/1/22: 1981 (especially horror) |
| Tales of the Dark Fae (Colors in Darkness) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/22 |
Fairy-themed horror and dark fantasy. LIMITED DEMOGRAPHIC: PoC authors. |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.colorsindarkness.com/single-post/open-call-announcement-tales-of-the-dark-fae |
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| Their Ghoulish Reputation (Dark Lake Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/28/22 |
Folk horror |
|
$25.00 |
https://darklakepublishing.com/folkhorror.html |
|
| Unleashed (Skywatcher Press) BIANNUAL ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Horror, themed |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.skywatcherpress.com/anthologies |
ONE-TIME 2022 Spring theme (due 2/20/22): dead and reanimated |
| Alien Dimensions |
Fun, adventurous space SF with aliens |
|
$20.00 |
http://aliendimensions.com/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Midnight in the Dying Garden ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/30/22 |
Horror |
|
$19.67 |
https://kopfkinomedia.com/open-submissions/ |
|
| A Coup of Owls |
All genres, especially experimental. Limited author demographic: underrepresented or marginalized |
|
$13.59 |
https://www.acoupofowls.com/submissions |
|
| Gwyllion Magazine |
All science fiction, fantasy, and horror, especially fun. |
|
$13.58 |
http://gwyllionmagazine.com/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: January, February, July, August |
| Mithila Review |
All speculative fiction |
|
$10.00 |
http://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/ |
NOTE: also takes audio rights |
| Propagule |
All genres, experimental |
|
$10.00 |
https://www.propagule.co/submissions |
|
| Pyre Magazine |
Dark, genre-bending fiction and flash fiction |
|
$10.00 |
https://www.pyremagazine.com/submissions |
|
| Tall Tale TV PODCAST |
Science fiction and fantasy |
|
$10.00 |
https://talltaletv.com/how-it-works/ |
|
| That is SO Wrong (Black Hart Entertainment) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/30/22 |
Offbeat horror |
|
$10.00 |
https://www.blackhartentertainment.com/submissions.html |
|
| Frost Zone Zine |
Dark fiction and quiet horror |
|
$9.43 |
https://frostzonezine.com/submissions/ |
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| Story Brewing PODCAST – DEAD MARKET |
All genres, exciting |
|
$5.00 |
https://storybrewingpodcast.com/story-submissions/ |
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| Theme of Absence |
SF/F/H |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.themeofabsence.com/submission-guidelines/ |
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Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
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Greek mythology has proven itself to be of perennial interest. From reprints of classics like the D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths to retellings of the Iliad, Odyssey, and the Aeneid
by everyone from Ursula K. Le Guin to Madeline Miller, writers are
continually fascinated and readers are continually compelled by these
stories. But while we know today that the Greco-Roman world was
international and diverse in racial, ethnic, and sexual identities, this
is hardly reflected in the retellings we have. Readers of all
backgrounds are actively looking for inclusive, broad-ranging,
cross-genre retellings; it’s time to give them their favorite myths with
a new twist.
Basics: all genres, themed, 5,000 - 10,000 words,
$1,500 flat rate, no reprints, due 2/1/2022. Guidelines: https://jennirl.com/fit-for-the-gods-anthology-open-call/
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. Note: going forward, limited demographic market listings will be italicized.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word USD (originals) |
Flat Pay USD (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Horror That Represents You (CatStone Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/22 |
Horror, including SF-horror and dark fantasy. Limited demographic: marginalized author (flexible definition) |
$0.110 |
|
https://woodroewriting.com/submissions-open-horror-that-represents-you/ |
|
| Deadlands, The |
Death-themed speculative fiction |
$0.100 |
|
https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/#fiction |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE: 12/29/21 - 1/19/22 |
| Valravn (Raven Canticle Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - ONGOING QUARTERLY SUBMISSIONS |
Fantasy, horror, SF, and espionage/thriller, especially with horror elements |
$0.100 |
|
https://www.ravencanticlepress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Baffling Magazine (Neon Hemlock) |
All speculative flash fiction |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions |
|
| Christmas Gothic Short Stories (Flame Tree Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/9/2022 |
Themed: Christmas Gothic |
$0.080 |
|
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/weird-horror-short-stories-call-for-submissions-0-0-0 |
|
| Compelling Science Fiction (Flame Tree Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/9/2022 |
Science fiction |
$0.080 |
|
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/weird-horror-short-stories-call-for-submissions-0-0-0 |
|
| Escape Pod (Podcast) |
SF |
$0.080 |
|
http://escapepod.org/guidelines/ |
An Escape Artists publication. Original work up to 6,000 words. Reprints up to 18,000 words (depending on submission period). ONE-TIME NOVELETTE REPRINT SUBMISSION PERIOD: 7,500 - 18,000 due 1/7/22, next novelette submission period after 9/2022. |
| Luminescent Machinations (Neon Hemlock) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/22 |
Queer dark speculative fiction themed to mecha |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions |
Note: some controversy regarding an anchor author for this anthology. |
| Solarpunk Magazine |
Solarpunk |
$0.080 |
|
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/ |
Submission periods: 1st-14th of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sept, and Nov. |
| Shakespeare Unleashed (Black Spot Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE July/August 2022 (TBD) |
Horror themed to Shakespeare’s works |
$0.060 |
|
https://www.jamesaquilone.com/submissions |
|
| Apparition Lit |
Speculative fiction, themed. Separate monthly flash fiction contest. |
$0.050 |
|
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/ |
Submission periods: 2/15 - 2/28, 5/15 - 5/31, 8/15-08/31, 11/15 - 11/30, with a 1-week extension each period for BIPOC. |
| Planet Scumm |
SF and weird fiction |
$0.040 |
|
https://www.planetscumm.space/submit |
|
| SNAFU (Cohesion Press) ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Military SF/horror, themed |
$0.036 |
|
https://cohesionpress.com/snafu-submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD THEME: 1/1/22 - 3/31/22 Weird Western Action Horror |
| Cosmic Horror Monthly |
Cosmic horror, weird, and dark SF |
$0.030 |
|
https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: 1/1 - 1/14, 7/1 - 7/14 |
| Counting Bodies Like Sheep ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/22 |
Extreme horror |
$0.030 |
|
http://theevilcookie.com/open-calls/ |
|
| Cthulhu FhCon (Impulsive Walrus) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/15/22 |
Themed: eldritch horror at a convention |
$0.030 |
|
https://impulsivewalrusbooks.com/2021/06/call-for-submissions-cthulu-fhcon/ |
|
| Dread Machine |
Dark SF, horror, dark fantasy |
$0.030 |
|
https://www.thedreadmachine.com/submit/ |
Reprints up to 7,000 words. |
| Wild Hunt Magazine |
Weird and surreal |
$0.027 |
|
https://wildhuntmag.com/submissions |
Note: offers paid critique feature |
| Fistful of Demons, A (Mahalas Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/22 |
Weird West and Western horror |
$0.025 |
|
https://ryanwilliamson.com/2021/10/26/call-for-submissions-a-fistful-of-demons/ |
|
| Proton Reader |
Speculative fiction, esp. SF |
$0.020 |
|
https://protonreader.com/submissions/ |
|
| Aurelio Leo |
All genre fiction, including SF, horror, and fantasy. |
$0.010 |
|
https://pridebookcafe.com/original-fiction/?v=7516fd43adaa |
|
| Bleed Error (Paradox Ghost Press) |
Unsettling and absurdist SF, fantasy, and horror. |
$0.010 |
|
https://paradoxghostpress.com/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| From the Ashes (Aurelia Leo) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/16/22 |
Urban fantasy themed to elemental fire control |
$0.010 |
|
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdA5kqmJwoeWJU64oaH9aVcPe0OnfkdX4MyqP2sXALfMROysw/viewform |
Charity anthology |
| Mythic Magazine |
SF/F |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html |
Submission periods: 6/1 - 7/31, 12/1 - 1/31 |
| Paradox Ghost Press |
Horror, incl. SF horror and dark fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
https://paradoxghostpress.com/submission-guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: until 3/1/22 |
| Radon Journal |
Science fiction, esp. with transhumanism, anarchy, dystopia, etc. |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.radonjournal.com/submit |
|
| Sovereign (Aurelia Leo) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/16/22 |
Fantasy. Limited demographic: African and African diaspora authors |
$0.010 |
|
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXeiTFXOwO_enKFxcIwMEMNz61XPGdzn_7cnl44MO7YWWehA/viewform |
|
| We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction (Neon Hemlock) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31 |
Queer speculative fiction published this year. |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions |
Reprints only from the current year. |
| Grandpa's Deep-Space Diner (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/22 |
SF/fantasy themed to food |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
Still open to subs as of 9/14/21 |
| Fit for the Gods (Vintage) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/01/22 |
All genres, themed to Greek myth |
|
$1,500.00 |
https://jennirl.com/fit-for-the-gods-anthology-open-call/ |
|
| Decoded ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/15 - 2/14 |
SF, fantasy, and horror. Limited demographic: queer authors |
|
$200.00 |
https://decodedpride.com/submit/ |
|
| GigaNotoSaurus |
Science fiction and fantasy, especially long |
|
$100.00 |
http://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Medical Mysteries (Belanger Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/15/22 |
Sherlock Holmes pastiche themed to medical mysteries |
|
$100.00 |
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-sherlock-holmes-and-dr-watson-medical-mysteries/ |
|
| 34 Orchard |
Dark, unsettling fiction, all genres |
|
$50.00 |
https://34orchard.com/guidelines/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: Jan 1 - 31, Jul 1 - 31 |
| Enchanted Conversation |
Fairy tale retellings, themed. ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: weather. |
|
$50.00 |
https://enchantedconversationmag.blogspot.com/p/submissions-guidelines.html |
Submission periods: 1st - 3rd of Jan, March, May, Aug, Oct. Occasional calls for longer works. |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Moonstone Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE Feb/Mar 2022 (TBD) - 5/22/22 or when full |
Supernatural mysteries themed to Kolchak TV series. |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.jamesaquilone.com/submissions |
|
| There Used to Be a House Here (Night Terror Novels) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/22 |
Horror themed to a house that is no longer where it used to be |
|
$33.60 |
https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/2021/12/02/announcement-our-third-anthology-is-now-open-for-submissions/ |
Charity anthology benefiting Shelter UK |
| Nerve-Janglers: Thirteen Tales of Terror (Night Terror Novels) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/22 |
YA horror |
|
$33.34 |
https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/2021/11/01/announcement-our-second-anthology-is-now-open-for-submissions-2/ |
|
| Deep in the Woods ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/22 |
Horror themed to the woods |
|
$25.00 |
http://sirenscallpub.com/open_subs.htm |
|
| Grey Rooms, The |
Horror where the main character dies in the end |
|
$25.00 |
https://thegreyrooms.com/season-5-submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SEASON 5 SUBMISSION PERIOD: 10/1/21 - 4/17/22. Submissions require radioplay format. |
| Moran Press |
Dark literary fiction |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.moranpress.com/submissions.html |
One or multiple stories up to 5,000 words total. |
| Solarpunk Magazine Micro Fiction Contest - MONTHLY CONTEST |
Solarpunk with a monthly theme |
|
$25.00 |
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/monthly-micro-fiction-contest/ |
|
| After the Storm |
SF set in a better world |
|
$20.00 |
https://medium.com/after-the-storm/submission-guide-for-after-the-storm-472ac07eb0e7 |
|
| Theatre Phantasmagoria, The (Night Terror Novels) |
Horror flash fiction, themed monthly |
|
$13.33 |
https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/early-listing-ongoing-flash-fiction-opening-for-submissions-soon/ |
|
| Airship Adventures (Raven and Drake Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/22 |
Themed: steampunk adventures |
|
$13.32 |
https://www.ravenanddrakepublishing.co.uk/paidcalls |
|
| Moon: The Book of Lunar Horror (WMB Saltworks) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/22 |
Horror themed to lunar horror and isolation |
|
$10.00 |
https://wmbsaltworks.wordpress.com/2021/11/25/call-for-submissions-moon-the-book-of-lunar-horror/ |
|
| Strange Weeds ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/20/22 |
Weed-themed horror |
|
$10.00 |
https://donniegoodman.com/strange-weeds-anthology/ |
|
| 2022 Annus Horribilis (Bag of Bones Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/01/22 |
Horror themed to 2022 |
|
$8.95 |
https://www.bagofbonespress.com/submission-calls |
|
| Gothic Ghost Story (Black Angel Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/22 |
Themed to wintry gothic ghost stories. Limited demographic: female authors |
|
$6.63 |
https://stephanieellis.org/2021/12/01/black-angel-press-gothic-ghost-story-anthology-call/ |
|
| Bag of Bones - 206 Word Story (Bag of Bones Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/22 |
Horror flash fiction |
|
$0.00 |
https://www.bagofbonespress.com/submission-calls |
|
| Neon Hemlock Novellas |
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and weird, especially queer stories |
|
|
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions |
2022 SUBMISSION PERIODS: April 2022 PoC, October 2022 all authors. |
| Raven Canticle Press Novellas |
Horror, dark fantasy, dark SF |
|
|
https://www.ravencanticlepress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Welkin - DEAD MARKET |
Fantastic literature |
$0.010 |
|
https://welkinmag.com/submit/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: Jan, Mar, Jul, and Oct. |
| Mermaids Monthly - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
Themed to mermaids and other mythological water creatures |
$0.100 |
|
https://mermaidsmonthly.com/submissions/ |
Note: Ended funding Kickstarter, future uncertain. |
| Black Cat Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, especially literary SF/F, themed |
|
$30.00 |
https://www.blackcatmagazine.com/submissions |
|
| Terraform (Motherboard) - DEAD MARKET |
SF |
$0.200 |
|
|
NOTE: does not respond to rejected submissions |
| AE Micro ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 1/15 - DEAD MARKET |
SF, themed |
$0.077 |
|
https://aescifi.ca/submit/ |
|
| Micro Madness (Cosmic Horror Monthly) MONTHLY CONTEST - 1st - 7th - DEAD MARKET |
Weird fiction, cosmic horror, and dark SF |
|
$100.00 |
https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/micro-madness/ |
|
| Sexy Fantastic Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Sexy but not necessarily graphic fantasy and SF, themed |
|
$100.00 |
https://sexyfantasticmagazine.com/fictionsubmissions/ |
|
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
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is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
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'Tis the season! Which season, you might ask? Why, it's end-of-year awards eligibility and best-of season!
That's right. If you've had any publications this year, now is the time to announce them! It might feel a little awkward at first, but think of it this way. It's really easy to miss things, even things you might be interested in. Even things you might really love! This is giving people another chance to not miss out on your awesome creation.
And it doesn't have to be only about you! A year-end roundup of things you enjoyed and made (writing or otherwise) is a great idea, and a great way to share with others. My end-of-year post includes short stories and books I enjoyed reading, and even my favorite new recipe from this year.
Ahem.
I only had one short story published
this year, “Fear of a Stuntwoman” (Fireside Magazine, September 2021,
2,953 words). I am very proud of it! A divorced stuntwoman does what she
has to in order to provide for her child. Warning: here there be
unsexy, horrifying vampires. Free to read here: https://firesidefiction.com/fear-of-a-stuntwoman Yes,
“Fear of a Stuntwoman” is eligible for fantasy/horror short story
awards for 2021. If you nominate or vote in such things, please consider
it!
As for best-ofs, here are some deadlines to consider:
(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:
My SF fairy tale retelling has turned unexpectedly solarpunk. I do love it when a story surprises me!
Reasons to Publicize Your Award-Eligible Works: https://www.sfwa.org/2021/01/12/reasons-to-publicize-your-award-eligible-works/
How to Develop a Street Team for Your Book: https://www.writersdigest.com/publishing-insights/develop-street-team-bookGo Ahead and Write That Book, But What’s Your System?: https://www.writersdigest.com/be-inspired/go-ahead-and-write-that-book-but-whats-your-systemTwitter Revue: Email Newsletters? What You Need to Know: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/twitter-revue-email-newsletters-what-you-need-to-know/Writing Uplifting Stories: http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/2021/10/26/guest-post-writing-uplifting-stories/About False Starts: https://stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2021/10/talking-shop-about-false-starts.htmlNovel Revision: Practical Tips for Rewrites (free course): https://blog.reedsy.com/learning/courses/writing/novel-revision-practical-tips-rewrites/60 Prompts in 10 Days [thread]: https://twitter.com/valerievaldes/status/1451235022887866374
Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops
(Any registration fees are noted.)
CatsCast is looking for fun speculative cat stories! A CatsCast story
should leave cat-loving listeners a little happier after listening than
they were before.
Specifically, we’re looking for speculative fiction stories about
cats. “Cats” in this context are, well, cats — but since this is a
speculative fiction podcast, they don’t have to be exactly the same
species as the housecats we have here on Earth. The stories should have
happy, or at least hopeful, endings for all featured cats. Humor is
strongly encouraged but not required.
Basics: all speculative fiction, 6,000 words max,
$.08/word for originals, $100 for reprints, due 2/1/2022. Guidelines: https://escapeartists.net/catscast/catscast-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. Note: going forward, limited demographic market listings will be italicized.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word USD (originals) |
Flat Pay USD (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Clarkesworld Magazine |
SF and fantasy, likes language |
$0.120 |
|
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/ |
Very fast response time! |
| Mermaids Monthly |
Themed to mermaids and other mythological water creatures |
$0.100 |
|
https://mermaidsmonthly.com/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 2022 |
| Strange Horizons |
F/SF/Spec-fic |
$0.100 |
|
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 11/01/21 - 11/30/21 |
| Uncanny (novellas) |
SF/F novellas |
$0.100 |
|
https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/ |
Publishes 1 novella a year depending on funding. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: maybe May 2022. |
| Apex Magazine |
SF, fantasy, and horror |
$0.080 |
|
https://apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Monthly themed <251-word microfiction contest, open 19th-26th, pays $.02/wd. Closed in December. |
| Brave New Worlds (Zombies Need Brains) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/21 |
SF themed to space colonization |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.patreon.com/posts/55341297 |
|
| Cast of Wonders Podcast |
Clean YA SF/F/H |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: 11/15/21 – 11/20/21, 02/21/22 - 02/28/22 (Halloween), 04/01/22 - 04/14/22 (Banned Books Week), 05/01/22 - 05/14/22 (TBD), 06/15/22 - 06/30/22 (Young Authors), 08/01/22 - 08/31/22 (Flash Fiction Contest) ### Query first for > 6,000 words. |
| CatsCast (Escape Artists) ONE-TIME PODCAST - DUE 02/01/22 |
Fun, happy speculative fiction with cats. |
$0.080 |
|
https://escapeartists.net/catscast/catscast-submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores |
Science fiction, fantasy, myths/fairy tales, eldritch, stories for young people of all ages, and related nonfiction |
$0.080 |
|
http://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/ |
Prefers shorter stories. SUBMISSION PERIODS:1st and 2nd day of each month. |
| Dark Matter Magazine |
Science fiction and sci-fi horror |
$0.080 |
|
https://darkmattermagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until “sometime 2022.” NOTE: This is NOT the same publication as Dark Matter Zine. |
| Metastellar |
Fantasy, SF, and horror |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until Spring 2022. NOTE: submission gives right of publication, even without a contract signing |
| Noir (Zombies Need Brains) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/21 |
SF, fantasy, and urban fantasy noir detective stories |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.patreon.com/posts/55341297 |
|
| Orpheus + Eurydice Unbound (Air and Nothingness Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/15/22 |
Themed to retellings of the Orpheus/Eurydice myth |
$0.080 |
|
http://aanpress.com/submissions.html |
|
| Reinvented Detective, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/15/22 |
SF themed to detective stories |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.arcmanorbooks.com/thereinventedanthology |
|
| Shattering the Glass Slipper (Zombies Need Brains) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/21 |
Fairy tale retellings |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.patreon.com/posts/55341297 |
|
| Weird Horror Anthology (Flame Tree Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/21/21 |
Weird or cosmic horror |
$0.080 |
|
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/weird-horror-short-stories-call-for-submissions-0-0 |
|
| Nothing Without Us Too ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/22 |
Fiction (incl. SF and fantasy) by and about neurodiverse, Blind, Deaf, disabled, and chronic condition-managing people |
$0.064 |
|
https://nothingwithoutusanthology.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Will accept 75% Canadian authors. |
| Pulp Literature |
All genres, not just pulp, especially genre-breaking work |
$0.050 |
|
http://pulpliterature.com/submissions/submission-guidelines/ |
Long response time |
| Apparition Lit |
Speculative fiction, themed. Separate monthly flash fiction contest. |
$0.030 |
|
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/ |
Submission periods: 2/15 - 2/28, 5/15 - 5/31, 8/15-08/31, 11/15 - 11/30, with a 1-week extension each period for BIPOC. |
| Pressfuls |
SF, fantasy, horror, and crime/mystery |
$0.030 |
|
https://pressfuls.com/about/ |
|
| Pressfuls Novellas |
SF, fantasy, horror, and crime/mystery |
$0.030 |
|
https://pressfuls.com/about/ |
|
| ReWired (Ghost Orchid Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/1/22-4/30/22 |
Horror themed to the neurodiverse experience |
$0.030 |
|
https://ghostorchidpress.com/submission-calls/ |
|
| City. River. Tree. |
All genres |
$0.020 |
|
https://cityrivertree.com/submissions/ |
|
| Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, The ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31 |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror with elements of the aforementioned, previously published in anthology year by an American or Canadian author |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.johnjosephadams.com/best-american/submissions/ |
Reprints only. Please do not wait until the end of year to submit. |
| Best Science Fiction of the Year, The ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/15 |
SF |
$0.010 |
|
http://neil-clarke.com/books/submission_guidelines/ |
Reprints only. Print materials due by 11/1, electronic by 11/15. |
| Fresh.Ink Magazine |
All genres except erotica, reprints only |
$0.010 |
|
https://fresh.ink/reprints |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until ?? |
| Last Girls Club |
Horror and dark SF/Fantasy from the female perspective, themed |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.lastgirlsclub.com/submit |
|
| Night Terrors (Scare Street) ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Creepy literary dark fiction and horror |
$0.010 |
|
https://scarestreet.com/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME DUE DATE: 11/30/21. RIGHTS: takes audio rights, translation rights |
| Samhain Sorceries (DMR Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/01/22 |
Samhain/Halloween-themed sword and sorcery set in the British Isles. |
$0.010 |
|
https://dmrbooks.com/submissions |
|
| Professor Feiff’s Compleat Pocket Guide to Xenobiology for the Galactic Traveller on the Move (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
Themed to alien flora and fauna |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
| Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award ANNUAL CONTEST - ONE-TIME DUE DATE January 2022 |
All genres. Limited demographic: authors “with a track record of publishing in Ireland or the UK” |
|
$39,248.00 |
https://www.shortstoryaward.co.uk |
Must be unpublished or published in the previous year. |
| Electric Literature |
Literary, all genres, incl. experimental. The Commuter takes flash fiction. Recommended Reading takes short stories. |
|
$300.00 |
https://electricliterature.submittable.com/submit |
Recommended Reading (short stories) SUBMISSION PERIOD: 7/26 - 8/1. |
| Very Ghostly Christmas Flash Fiction Contest, A (Ghost Orchid Press) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 11/30/21 |
Ghost stories |
|
$75.00 |
https://ghostorchidpress.com/christmas/ |
|
| Night Coffee Lit |
Literary, including weird and fantasy |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.night-coffee.com/submit |
|
| Nobilis Erotica PODCAST |
Speculative fiction erotica |
|
$50.00 |
https://greensubmissions.com/518/nobilis-erotica/index.php |
|
| For Those Who Deserve to Exist (Inked in Gray) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/11/21 |
SF, fantasy, and horror by and about marginalized people |
|
$30.00 |
https://inkedingray.com/2022-anthology-open-call/ |
|
| Cryptid Carnage (Splatter Ink Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/01/2022 |
Horror themed to cryptids |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.splatterinkpublishing.com/projects-3 |
|
| Fabulist, The |
Science fiction, fantasy, fabulism, fairy tales, folktales, literary fantasy, etc. |
|
$25.00 |
https://thefabulistwordsart.submittable.com/submit |
|
| SFS Stories |
Golden-age style fantasy and SF |
|
$25.00 |
https://sfsstories.com/ |
Accepts reprints for no pay. |
| Tabletops & Tentacles |
Fantasy, science fiction, horror, and noir |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.tabletopsandtentacles.com/submissions |
|
| Tales of the Dark Fae (Colors in Darkness) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/21 |
Themed to the fairy world, by PoC |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.colorsindarkness.com/single-post/open-call-announcement-tales-of-the-dark-fae |
|
| Devil You Know Better, The (Critical Blast Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/22 |
All genres, themed to an interaction with the Devil |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.criticalblast.com/content/publishing |
|
| Electric Spec |
All spec-fic |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html |
|
| Mythaxis Magazine |
All spec-fic |
|
$20.00 |
https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html |
23rd-30th of Jan, April, July, Oct |
| Daikaiju Zine |
All spec-fic |
|
$10.00 |
https://daikaijuzine.org/guidelines |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 1/1/22 |
| Liquid Imagination |
Spec-fic and literary. Also has a special flash fiction section. |
|
$8.00 |
https://liquidimagination.silverpen.org/submissions/ |
|
| Extraordinary (The Great Void Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/5/22 |
Themed to mythology |
|
$5.00 |
https://www.tgvb.in/submissions/ |
|
| Fall Into the Abyss (The Great Void Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/05/21 |
Themed to weird fiction and cosmic horror |
|
$5.00 |
https://www.tgvb.in/submissions/ |
|
| Taming Space (The Great Void Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/15/21 |
Themed to space opera |
|
$5.00 |
https://www.tgvb.in/submissions/ |
|
| Nowhere Fast (Clash Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/28/22 |
Nostalgic coming-of-age horror |
|
$0.06 |
https://www.clashbooks.com/clash/2021/10/29/nowhere-fast |
|
| Amazing Stories - DEAD MARKET |
SF, esp. optimistic or humorous |
$0.080 |
|
https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/guidelines/ |
Indefinite closure until ? |
| Best Vegan Science Fiction and Fantasy ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
SF/F with only vegan products, published that year, reprints only |
$0.010 |
|
https://books.metaphorosis.com/plant-based-press/best-vegan-sff/vegan-sff-guidelines/ |
|
| Year's Best Hardcore Horror ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31 - DEAD MARKET |
Horror, annual reprint, published in the same year |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.redroompress.com/submission-guidelines/years-best-hardcore-horror/ |
2021 and future volumes are canceled for the time being. ### Reprints only. Word count flexible. |
| Los Suelos, California - DEAD MARKET |
Shared world contemporary weird west |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.lossuelos.com/pitches |
Pitch first--do NOT send complete stories. |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 11/15/2021.
Thoughts in Passing
What kind of a writer are you? Not, "What genre do you write in?" but how do you write best? What time of day do the words seem to flow? Are you a slow-and-steady writer or a binge writer? Do you work best when you have large chunks of time to concentrate, or with frequent breaks? At home, in a library, or at a coffee shop?
For the last couple of months, for various reasons, I've been taking 20-minute breaks at the top of every writing hour to focus on other projects. Inevitably, the 20 minutes becomes 25. And even when I am working on writing and making progress the rest of the time, at the end of the day it feels like I didn't get as much done as I should have. On the other hand... On weekends when I took a 3-hour block of time to go write in the park, I got more done than in a regular full day.
Yep. This confirms something I already knew! I work best in long, concentrated periods of time.
But...other projects still have to get done. What to do?
Moving forward, I am blocking 3 solid hours a day to only work on writing projects. No social media, no email, no chores or other projects. Only bathroom and get-more-tea breaks. I actually *gasp* logged out of Facebook and Twitter! Yes, it's possible.
Although a lot of writers work best when they get their writing done first thing in the morning, before their brain gets filled with "life stuff," I am not a morning person no matter how much coffee I drink. I have always found it easiest to get into a flow state in the afternoon. So my dedicated work time is from 1 PM - 4 PM. I try to "clear my palate" before starting by reading a print book during lunch and then walking my dog (without using my cellphone to listen to podcasts, play Pokemon Go, etc.).
Those projects that I was alternating with writing? Well, now I'm working on them for longer periods of time outside my best writing time.
I know I'm very lucky to be able to set my writing schedule during the day. But even if you have job or childcare constraints on your schedule, try to figure out what your ideal writing conditions are. Then rearrange what you can, when you can, to get as close as you can. That's all any of us can do, really!
(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:
I finished the major revisions on my current novel, and I did it by my self-imposed deadline! This is very exciting. I've drafted a query letter that I'm about to begin sending out to agents. You can expect to see more articles about agents and querying pop up in the Shiny and Useful section, because that's what I'm reading a lot of right now!
As far as what's next for writing, I'll take a little while to write some short stories, because I like having those out there. Then there's a long-delayed sequel that needs writing, just as soon as I decide which direction I want to go with it first.
Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops
(Any registration fees are noted.)
However, the time has never been more urgent for an explosion of
utopian stories to light a path forward out of the darkness into which
humanity has dug itself.
We need more fiction and poetry about amazing technological
advancements of the future that work in harmony with nature. We need
stories about sustainable communities that thrive on cooperation and
mutual aid rather than competition and profit. We need to build utopias
with pen and page where capitalism and its social ills such as white
supremacy, patriarchy, and massive wealth disparity are things of the
past. In short, we need more literature that envisions a better future.
With that in mind Solarpunk Magazine will publish short
stories and poetry that tell stories of such utopian endeavors, as well
as nonfiction that explores various real world, contemporary topics and
their intersection with the solarpunk movement.
Basics: SF, 500 - 7,500 words, $.08/word, no reprints Guidelines: https://solarpunkmagazine.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. Note: going forward, limited demographic market listings will be italicized.
| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word USD (originals) |
Flat Pay USD (originals) |
Reprints |
Website |
Notes |
| Baffling Magazine (Neon Hemlock) |
All speculative fiction |
$0.080 |
|
N |
https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until December 2021 |
| Dark Matter Magazine |
Science fiction and sci-fi horror |
$0.080 |
|
Y |
https://darkmattermagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 10/18/21 - 10/31/21. NOTE: This is NOT the same publication as Dark Matter Zine. |
| Solarpunk Magazine |
Solarpunk: optimistic climate-based SF |
$0.080 |
|
N |
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 11/1/21 - 11/14/21 |
| Into the Forest (Black Spot Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/21 |
Horror themed to Baba Yaga |
$0.060 |
|
N |
https://blackspotbooks.submittable.com/submit/204749/into-the-forest-a-women-in-horror-anthology |
|
| Dark Void Magazine |
Science fiction horror |
$0.050 |
|
|
https://darkvoidmagazine.com/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 11/01/21 - 11/30/21 |
| Planet Scumm |
SF and weird fiction |
$0.030 |
|
N |
https://www.planetscumm.space/submit |
|
| Unnerving Magazine |
Horror and suspense |
$0.030 |
|
Y |
https://www.unnervingbooks.com/submissions |
|
| Best Horror of the Year 2021 ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/01/2021 |
Horror |
$0.010 |
|
Y |
https://ellendatlow.com/2021/01/21/call-for-submissions-2021-best-horror-of-the-year-volume-fourteen/ |
|
| Beware the Bugs (Word Balloon Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/11/22 |
Fantasy and SF themed to giant bugs |
$0.010 |
|
Y |
http://www.jamesmaxey.net/word-balloon-book-anthologies.html |
Under 3,000 words preferred. |
| Camp Slasher Lake (Fedowar Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/30/22 |
Horror/slasher stories |
$0.010 |
|
N |
https://fedowarpress.com/submissions/camp-slasher-lake/ |
|
| Diet Milk Magazine |
Gothic |
$0.010 |
|
N |
https://www.dietmilkmag.com/submissions |
|
| Last Girls Club |
Horror and dark SF/Fantasy from the female perspective, themed |
$0.010 |
|
Y |
https://www.lastgirlsclub.com/submit |
|
| Paradoxical Pets (Word Balloon Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/11/22 |
Fantasy and SF themed to wondrous pets |
$0.010 |
|
Y |
http://www.jamesmaxey.net/word-balloon-book-anthologies.html |
Under 3,000 words preferred. |
| Rockets & Robots (Word Balloon Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/11/22 |
SF adventure |
$0.010 |
|
Y |
http://www.jamesmaxey.net/word-balloon-book-anthologies.html |
Under 3,000 words preferred. |
| Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, The ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/01 |
Horror and dark fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
Y |
https://paulaguran.com/extras/ |
Accepts galleys or manuscripts of forthcoming work, to help with reading before the deadline. |
| Year's Best Fantasy, The (Pyr Books) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/01 |
Fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
Y |
https://paulaguran.com/extras/ |
Accepts galleys or manuscripts of forthcoming work, to help with reading before the deadline. |
| Summer of Sci-fi & Fantasy (The Author’s Hand) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 1/31/22 |
Science fiction and fantasy |
$0.005 |
|
Y |
https://www.authorshand.com/submissions |
|
| Bird in Your Hands Prize, The ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 10/01 - 12/01 |
All genres, literary. Limited demographic: BIPOC |
|
$1,000.00 |
N |
https://thinair.submittable.com/submit |
|
| Never Whistle at Night (Shane Hawk) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/01/21 |
Dark fiction. Limited demographic: indigenous authors (with 2 or fewer published books) |
|
$1,000.00 |
N |
https://shanehawk.com/submit/ |
|
| Story Unlikely Short Story Contest ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 12/31/21 |
All genres |
|
$500.00 |
|
https://www.storyunlikely.com/#one |
|
| Folkloric (Sentinel Creatives) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 01/01/22 |
Traditional folklore blended with cosmic horror |
|
$100.00 |
N |
https://mailchi.mp/24777ddc881f/folkloric-tales-of-folklore-horror-submissions |
|
| Lost Colony Magazine |
Science fiction and fantasy |
|
$50.00 |
N |
https://www.lostcolonymagazine.com/p/submissions.html |
|
| Swords and Sorceries Vol 3 (Parallel Universe Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/21 |
Heroic fantasy, sword & sorcery |
|
$33.84 |
Y |
https://paralleluniversepublications.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html |
|
| Create-a-Cryptid (Not Deer Magazine) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 10/31/21 |
Themed to cryptid creations |
|
$25.00 |
Y |
https://www.notdeermagazine.com/submit |
|
| Cryptid Carnage (Splatter Ink Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/01/2022 |
Horror themed to cryptids |
|
$25.00 |
N |
https://www.splatterinkpublishing.com/projects-3 |
|
| Hex on the Beach (Horror Oasis) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/15/21 |
‘80s slasher horror |
|
$25.00 |
Y |
https://horroroasis.com/hex-on-the-beach/ |
|
| Tales from Between |
Horror flash fiction |
|
$20.00 |
Y |
https://talesfrombetween.wordpress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Archive of the Odd |
All spec-fic, especially horror, with unconventional story structure |
|
$15.00 |
Y |
https://archiveoftheodd.wordpress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Mirror Dance |
Fantasy |
|
$5.00 |
Y |
http://mirrordancefantasy.blogspot.com/2008/01/submissions.html |
< 5,000 words preferred. |
| Neon Hemlock Novellas |
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and weird, especially queer stories |
|
|
N |
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions |
ONE-TIME 2021 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 10/2/21 - 10/16/21 |
| Los Suelos, California - DEAD MARKET |
Shared world contemporary weird west |
$0.080 |
|
N |
https://www.lossuelos.com/pitches |
Pitch first--do NOT send complete stories. |
| James White Award, The (Interzone) ANNUAL CONTEST - DEAD MARKET |
SF - by non-SFWA-eligible authors only |
|
$276.54 |
N |
http://www.jameswhiteaward.com/rules |
|
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
* If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage. * To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.
* To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.*Feel
free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like,
as long as you include all of it. * If you received this from a friend and want to subscribe to this email
newsletter, go here.
http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html
The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 10/15/2021.
Thoughts in Passing
The September edition of Aswiebe's Market List is really sneaking just under the wire! Let my delay be a lesson to you: when you are budgeting your time to work on a longer-term deadline (like book edits), make sure you also schedule time to work on more-urgent, smaller projects (like a newsletter). Or the smaller project may just keep not getting done until it is very, very much later than usual. (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:I'm very proud to announce that my single mom, deal-with-a-vampire story, " Fear of a Stuntwoman," is now out from Fireside Magazine! It is free to read, or you can buy the whole issue. Initial reviews are good!
"A fascinating take on vampires as a divorced mom and stuntwoman finds
an...unconventional way to give herself an edge in stunting, though one
that requires a great deal of thought and effort to make work. All
because of a chance encounter/attack on set that leads to something
wonderful, but also something intensely dangerous. The piece looks at
fear and euphoria, at parenting and the requirements to staying
independent in a capitalist and unjust society, and it does it with
style. A fantastic read! Vampires, Stunts, Parenting, Garlic, Bargains.
CW- Drug Use/Euphoria, Child in Peril, Blood Drinking." - Quick Sip Reviews
Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops
(Any registration fees are noted.)
Basics: SF and fantasy, 1,000+ words, $.08/word, reprints okay. Guidelines: https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.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 USD (originals) |
Flat Pay USD (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Fireside Fiction (short stories) |
All genres, explicitly including spec-fic |
$0.125 |
|
https://firesidefiction.com/submissions |
|
| Factor Four Magazine |
All speculative fiction, especially SF, fantasy, supernatural, and superhero fiction |
$0.110 |
|
https://factorfourmag.com/submissionsinfo/ |
|
| Uncanny (novellas) |
SF/F novellas |
$0.100 |
|
https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/ |
Publishes 1 novella a year depending on funding, submission period TBD. |
| Brave New Worlds (Zombies Need Brains) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/21 |
SF themed to space colonization |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/ |
|
| Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores |
SF/F nonfiction, fiction, videos, and graphic novels. |
$0.080 |
|
http://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/ |
Prefers shorter stories. SUBMISSION PERIODS:1st and 2nd day of each month. |
| Fantasy Magazine |
Fantasy and dark fantasy |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/ |
OK to submit even if previously rejected by sister publications Nightmare Magazine or Lightspeed. SUBMISSION PERIODS: Please only submit the 1st - 7th of each month. ONE-TIME CLOSURE UNTIL January 2022 |
| Frozen Wavelets |
Speculative flash fiction and poetry |
$0.080 |
|
https://earthianhivemind.net/frozen-wavelets/ |
Reprints 500 - 1,500 or fewer words, original fiction 750 or fewer words. |
| khōréō |
Fantasy, SF, and horror themed to authors and stories of immigration and diaspora |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.khoreomag.com/submissions-fiction/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: 10/1 - 10/31 |
| Los Suelos, California |
Shared world contemporary weird west |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.lossuelos.com/pitches |
Pitch first--do NOT send complete stories. |
| Noir (Zombies Need Brains) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/21 |
SF, fantasy, and urban fantasy noir detective stories |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/ |
|
| Reckoning Magazine |
All genres, preferably speculative, themed to humanity's relationship to the earth |
$0.080 |
|
https://reckoning.press/submit/ |
|
| Shattering the Glass Slipper (Zombies Need Brains) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/21 |
Fairy tale retellings |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/ |
|
| DreamForge Anvil |
Positive science fiction and fantasy |
$0.060 |
|
https://dreamforgemagazine.com/call-for-submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 11/15/21 - 11/30/21 |
| Lamplight |
Dark literary, horror, dark spec-fic, and noir |
$0.060 |
|
http://lamplightmagazine.com/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 9/15/21 - 11/15/21 for non-pro authors (no reprints for this one). |
| Midnight in the Stagecoach (Silver Shamrock Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/22 |
Themed to horror in the Old West |
$0.060 |
|
https://www.silvershamrockpublishing.com/midnightinthestagecoachanthology |
|
| Mirror, Mirror (WordFire Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/15/21 |
Speculative fiction themed to mirrors |
$0.060 |
|
https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/mirror-mirror/guidelines |
|
| Dark Recesses Magazine |
Horror |
$0.050 |
|
http://darkrecessespress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Three Time Travelers Walk Into... ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/09/21 |
All spec-fic, themed to three famous people interacting across history |
$0.050 |
|
https://michaelaventrella.com/2021/09/14/three-time-travelers-walk-into-guidelines-for-submissions/ |
|
| Tiny Tales Podcast |
All genres, with a fantastic element |
$0.040 |
|
https://www.tinytalespodcast.com/submissions |
|
| Dark Moon Digest (Perpetual Motion Machine) |
Horror – dark, scary, or funny |
$0.030 |
|
http://perpetualpublishing.com/dark-moon-digest/ |
|
| ParSec Magazine |
SF, fantasy, horror, and slipstream |
$0.027 |
|
https://www.pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-79-c.asp |
|
| Book of Queer Saints, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/21 |
Speculative fiction themed to queer villains, anti-heroes, and outlaws, by queer authors |
$0.020 |
|
https://maemurray.net/post/658414082557411328/the-book-of-queer-saints-horror-anthology |
|
| Cthulu [sic] FhCon (Impulsive Walrus) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/15/21 until full |
Eldritch horror at a convention |
$0.020 |
|
http://impulsivewalrusbooks.com/?p=581 |
|
| Solarpunk Sunscapes (Justine Norton-Kertson) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/01/21 |
Optimistic solarpunk |
$0.020 |
|
https://justinenortonkertson.medium.com/submissions-for-solarpunk-anthology-e4015346c1de |
|
| Stories of the Eye (Weirdpunk Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/1/21 - 11/30/21 |
Horror themed to artists and models |
$0.020 |
|
https://www.weirdpunkbooks.com/submissions |
|
| Stelliform |
Speculative fiction novellas, novels, and short story collections themed to climate change and adaptation |
$0.015 |
|
https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/submissions/ |
|
| Black Hare Patreon Monthly Challenge |
Dark fiction |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.blackharepress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Haven Speculative |
All spec-fic, esp. climate themed |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.havenspec.com/submit |
|
| Synthetic Reality Magazine |
All spec-fic |
$0.010 |
|
http://syntheticrealitymagazine.com/submissions/ |
|
| Weird Horror Magazine |
Pulpy, weird fiction and horror |
$0.010 |
|
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 9/1/21 - 10/15/21 |
| Welkin |
Fantastic literature |
$0.010 |
|
https://welkinmag.com/submit/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: Jan, Mar, Jul, and Oct. |
| Aniko |
Literary, ONE-TIME theme of “fantasize” due 9/30/21 |
|
$91.94 |
https://www.anikopress.com/submit |
|
| Fantastic Detectives (Worlds Enough) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/30/21 |
Fantasy mystery |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.worldsenough.com/2021/08/call-for-submissions/ |
|
| FiftyWordStories.com |
Microfiction, all genres |
|
$0.00 |
http://fiftywordstories.com/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: 1st - 15th each month |
| Flash Fiction Online |
All genres, including SF/F/H and literary |
|
$80.00 |
https://www.flashfictiononline.com/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/what-were-looking-for-and-not/ |
Submission period: 1st to 21st monthly. ONE-TIME THEME: “100” due 10/21/21. |
| Gravity Award ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 9/6 - 12/31 |
SF, fantasy, and horror |
|
$200.00 |
http://www.centerfieldofgravity.com/2021/09/04/center-field-of-gravitys-third-annual-gravity-award-announcement-and-guidelines/ |
|
| Grimm & Dread (Quill & Crow Publishing House) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/05/21 |
Retold Grimm’s fairy tales |
|
$40.00 |
https://www.quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com/copy-of-submissions |
|
| Halloween Microfictions (Circlet Press) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 10/6 |
Erotic Halloween micro-fiction |
|
$5.00 |
https://www.circlet.com/?p=4291 |
|
| Hunger of Old Stars, The (Splatter Ink Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/21 |
Cosmic horror |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.facebook.com/SplatterInkPublishing/posts/225511296139189 |
|
| Martian Magazine |
SF |
|
$8.00 |
https://themartianmagazine.com/submissions/ |
|
| On Spec |
All spec-fic, Canadians preferred |
|
$139.61 |
https://onspecmag.wpcomstaging.com/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: until 9/30/21 |
| Paper Butterfly |
Flash fiction |
|
$11.82 |
https://paperbutterflyflash.wordpress.com/subguidelines/ |
|
| Queer Weird West Tales (Julie Bozza) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/22 |
Weird west fiction with queer character(s). |
|
$30.00 |
https://juliebozza.com/submissions/ |
|
| Quiet Ones, The |
Horror and dystopian fiction, scary or hopeful, esp. highlighting queer/femme voices. |
|
$25.00 |
https://wearethequietones.com/ |
|
| Roswell Award for Short Fiction, The (Sci-Fest LA) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 9/7 - 12/21 |
SF |
|
$500.00 |
https://www.lightbringerproject.org/science-fiction-competitions |
|
| Space Squid |
SF humor, weird, bizarro, fantasy, etc. |
|
$5.00 |
https://www.spacesquid.com/scifi-fantasy-mag/contributorguidelines/ |
|
| Uncharted Magazine |
SF, fantasy, horror, and mystery/crime |
|
$200.00 |
https://www.unchartedmag.com/submit/ |
|
| United Faedom Publishing (Novelettes) |
Fantasy novelettes |
|
$75.00 |
https://unitedfaedompublis.wixsite.com/unitedfaedompub/novelettes-and-novellas |
|
| Write Ahead / The Future Looms - DEAD MARKET |
Cyberpunk with flair |
$0.028 |
|
https://www.writeaheadthefuturelooms.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Max 2,500 words for short stories, but also accepts serials. |
| Black Hare Press Short Reads - DEAD MARKET |
Dark fiction |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.blackharepress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Distant Shore Publishing Short Stories (see also Novellas) - DEAD MARKET |
Fantasy, sci-fi, and lit-RPG |
|
$150.00 |
http://distantshorepublishing.com/submit-a-short-story/ |
|
| Rufo's Dog - DEAD MARKET |
Classic pulp SF, fantasy, and horror |
|
$16.86 |
|
|
| Broadswords and Blasters - DEAD MARKET |
Pulp fiction |
|
$15.00 |
|
|
| Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Fiction Series - DUE 1/1 - 1/31 - DEAD MARKET |
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 |
|
| Murder Park After Dark - DEAD MARKET |
Dark SF, dark fantasy, and horror |
$0.020 |
|
https://genrehustle.com/murder-park-after-dark |
|
| New Modality, The - DEAD MARKET |
Speculative fiction and non-fiction |
$0.150 |
|
http://thenewmodality.com/contributor-commitments-rates-guidelines/ |
Unclear if still publishing or at what frequency. NOTE: currently accepting subs from NeMo community members and SFWA members only. |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
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Thoughts in Passing So here's a trick you can do to get better at writing ... that doesn't involve practicing fiction writing. Read 20 books. Not only the award-winning books in your genre (read those, too, but not all for this exercise), not the newest hot releases, not even only books in your genre. Don't even read the books all the way through. Go to your local library and pick an assortment of 20 books off the shelves. Do not read the back cover copy. Do not try to find books to your tastes. Grab a few from each genre: mystery/thriller, romance, mainstream, YA, SF/fantasy/horror, western, classics.
Go home, pick up a book, grab a notebook and pen, and start reading. In the first 25 pages, does it hook you enough to want to keep reading? When? How? Was it plot, word-craft, character, questions unanswered, worldbuilding, something else? If it didn't, why not? What were you looking for that you didn't find? How do you feel about the main character(s)? Why? What would have made you feel differently? Are there any relationships (romantic or otherwise) that you want to know more about? How about the setting? Does it affect the story's appeal (for you) at all? Why or why not? Were there any points where you got mad, frustrated, or so bored that you just wanted to stop reading? When you kept reading, did that urge to stop reading change at any point? Why? Make notes, including page numbers.
Flip to the end of the book. Read the last 10 pages (not including epilogues). What do you see that connects to the beginning? What do you see that seems totally disconnected? Have the characters had an internal change or do they seem the same? Are the tone and mood different or the same as at the beginning? How about the setting?
Take your time to read through the beginning of all the books and take your notes
(but remember the library due dates!). Finish the books if you like (why?), stop after 25 pages if you don't (why?). After you've gone through *all* the books, set aside a couple of hours to sit down to read all your notes and flip through to the key points of *all* the books. Try to do this in one chunk of time.
That's it. Your brain will figure out patterns, because that's what humans do. Pay attention. For bonus points, read the first 25 pages of your novel in progress immediately after the big notes review.
(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:
BIG NEWS!
I'm the Special Guest at Diversicon, a small, mellow, local, in-person Minnesota convention! The theme is "The Roaring 2020s" and it will be held July 30th - August 1st, 2021 at Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West in Plymouth, MN.
Register for Diversicon: http://www.diversicon.org/
Immediately before, I will be doing a reading with Michael Merriam at Dreamhaven. This marks the return of the in-person Speculations Reading Series at Dreamhaven! After difficulties, the Speculations Readings Series returns in July to DreamHaven Books, 2301 38th St E, Minneapolis. As before, the readings will run from 6:30-7:45 p.m., including an autographing and reception with free soda pop and cookies. After the event, interested persons will adjourn to a bistro to hang out. Dreamhaven Books Things Shiny or Useful
The Nebula Conference has ended, but you can still register for recorded panels and year-round special events ($125): https://nebulas.sfwa.org/2021-nebula-conference-online-registration-is-now-open/
Featured Market Mysterion wants science fiction, fantasy, and horror that engages with Christianity, pays $.08/word, open to submissions until July 31st.
The story must have a speculative element. It needs something beyond
the everyday. We love science fiction and fantasy, enjoy good ghost
stories, and think there's great fiction material hidden in the
mysteries of Christian theology--cherubim, leviathan, nephilim, visions,
prophecy, and more.The story must engage with Christianity. We want stories with
Christian characters whose faith affects their actions, with Christian
themes such as grace and redemption, or with a Christian view of the
supernatural. Note that we're not saying that you must be a Christian.
We are not in a position to judge your faith and won't try, and we
welcome submissions from authors of all backgrounds and perspectives.
Nor does your story need to be unambiguously pro-Christian. If you can
tell a good story that meaningfully engages with Christianity, we want
to read it.We publish accepted stories submitted in January between July and
December that year, and stories submitted in July between January and
June of the next year. If your story is seasonal (Christmas, Easter,
Presidents' Day), please take this into consideration.
Basics: SF, fantasy, and horror, 1 - 9,000 words, pays $.08/word, accepts reprints ($.04/word), annual submission periods in January, July. 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 USD (originals) |
Flat Pay USD (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Augur Magazine |
Literary SF/F, fabulism, slipstream |
$0.088 |
|
http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/ |
80% Canadian. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: through 7/31/21, themed to "joyful imaginations" |
| Amazing Stories |
SF, esp. optimistic or humorous |
$0.080 |
|
https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME closure until late July 2021. |
| Constellation / Constelación Magazine |
Spanish or English speculative fiction, themed |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.constellationmagazine.com/submissions |
ONE-TIME 2021 THEME 7/15/21 - 7/31/21: Love Needs No Translation. |
| Dark Matter Magazine |
Science Fiction |
$0.080 |
|
https://darkmattermagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until late Q3 2021. NOTE: This is NOT the same publication as Dark Matter Zine. |
| Flame Tree Press |
Frequent themed anthologies |
$0.080 |
|
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/blog |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION CALL: 7/9/21 - 8/1/21, themed to Asian Ghost Stories |
| Frozen Wavelets |
Speculative flash fiction and poetry |
$0.080 |
|
https://earthianhivemind.net/frozen-wavelets/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE UNTIL August 2021 ### Reprints 500 - 1,500 or fewer words, original fiction 750 or fewer words. |
| Mysterion |
SF, fantasy, and horror with Christian themes |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.mysteriononline.com/p/submission-guidelines.html |
SUBMISSION WINDOWS: January, July |
| Pseudopod (Podcast) |
Horror and dark fantasy |
$0.080 |
|
http://pseudopod.org/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME 2021 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 3/1/21-7/31/21 2021 Anthologies and Collections, 8/10/21-8/31/21 flash fiction contest, 9/1/21-9/31/21 general submissions open. ###An Escape Artists publication. |
| Third Flatiron Press |
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, themed issues. Flash fiction, no theme required. |
$0.080 |
|
https://thirdflatiron.com/2021_TF_WP/ |
|
| Woman Built by Man, A (Cemetery Gates Media) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/5/21 |
Horror themed to women shaped by men, written by women and femme-identifying people |
$0.050 |
|
https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/submissions/ |
|
| Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (Small Beer Press) |
All genres, especially speculative. |
$0.030 |
|
http://smallbeerpress.com/about/submission-guidelines/ |
No gore, sword and sorcery, or porn. Snail mail submissions only. Long response time. |
| Stories We Tell After Midnight, Vol 3 (Crone Girls) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/17/21 |
Horror |
$0.020 |
|
https://cronegirlspress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Shoreline of Infinity |
SF and Fantasy |
$0.013 |
|
http://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/ |
RIGHTS: Also takes audio rights. ONE-TIME 2021 SUBMISSION PERIODS: Jun 14 - Aug 30th flash fiction contest themed to science fiction ghost stories, Sept 11 - 13 general submissions, Nov 11 - 13 general submissions. |
| Cosmic Horror Monthly |
Cosmic horror and dark SF |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: 1/1 - 2/28 |
| Lackington's |
Speculative fiction, themed |
$0.008 |
|
https://lackingtons.com/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 8/1/21 - 8/31/21 (theme: Botanical) |
| Phantasmical Contraptions and More Errors (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
Steampunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, etc. |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
| Titanic Terastructures (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/21 |
SF/fantasy themed to or set in megastructures |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
| Big Issue Fiction Edition, The - ANNUAL ISSUE, DUE 5/31 |
All genres |
|
$500.00 |
https://thebigissue.org.au/news/submissions-open-for-2021-fiction-edition/ |
|
| Vautrin |
Urban fiction and crime/mystery, incl. with paranormal elements |
|
$130.00 |
https://vautrin.pub/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: until 9/1/21 |
| GigaNotoSaurus |
Science fiction and fantasy, especially long |
|
$100.00 |
http://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Micro Madness (Cosmic Horror Monthly) MONTHLY CONTEST - 1st - 7th |
Weird fiction, cosmic horror, and dark SF |
|
$100.00 |
https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/micro-madness/ |
|
| Bikes in Space Series ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1 |
All speculative fiction, themed to bikes plus annual theme (ONE-TIME 2021 THEME: books and bikes in space) |
|
$50.00 |
https://takingthelane.com/bikes-in-space/ |
|
| Midnight Bites ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Novella and novelette horror, themed and unthemed |
|
$50.00 |
https://cronegirlspress.com/submissions/ |
|
| New Gothic Review |
Gothic fiction, including SF and weird, more dark fiction than horror |
|
$50.00 |
https://newgothicreview.com/submission-guidelines/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: 1/1 - 3/1, 7/1 - 8/31 |
| Untitled Urban Legends Anthology (Gordon B. White) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/21 |
Horror themed to urban legends |
|
$50.00 |
http://gordonbwhite.com/urban-legends-anthology-open-call/ |
|
| Pseudopod Flash Fiction ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 8/10 - 8/31 |
Horror flash fiction |
|
$40.00 |
https://pseudopod.org/submissions/ |
|
| Deadsteam II (Grimmer & Grimmer Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/16/21 |
Gaslamp horror with monstrous creatures |
|
$25.00 |
https://deadsteam.wordpress.com/2021/06/16/deadsteam-ii-announcement/ |
|
| Blood Moons (Blood Rites Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/5/21 |
SF horror themed to space |
|
$20.79 |
https://www.bloodriteshorror.com/submissions |
|
| Camp Horror (Blood Rites Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/21 |
Queer horror |
|
$20.79 |
https://www.bloodriteshorror.com/submissions |
|
| Pulp Harvest (Blood Rites Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/21 |
Horror themed to serial killers and slashers, bonus if autumnal |
|
$20.79 |
https://www.bloodriteshorror.com/submissions |
|
| Halloween Horror Vol. 3 (DBND Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/21 |
Halloween-themed horror |
|
$20.00 |
https://dbndpublishing.com/submissions |
|
| Last Girls Club |
Horror and dark SF/Fantasy from the female perspective |
|
$20.00 |
https://www.lastgirlsclub.com/submit |
|
| Let the Weirdness In: A Kate Bush Tribute Anthology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/3/21 |
Weird or dark fiction inspired by Kate Bush's work |
|
$20.00 |
https://headsdance.press/kate-bush-anthology/ |
|
| Mythaxis Magazine |
All spec-fic |
|
$20.00 |
https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html |
15th-31st of Jan, April, July, Oct |
| Night Terrors PODCAST |
Horror |
|
$15.00 |
https://horrortree.com/ongoing-submissions-night-terrors-pod/ |
|
| Fuckening, The (Sci-Fi Lampoon) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/30/21 OR UNTIL FULL |
Funny F/SF/Horror, themed to the moment when a good day goes wrong. No erotica. |
|
$10.00 |
http://scifilampoon.com/the-fuckening/ |
RIGHTS: 6 month exclusive print rights, then non-exclusive. |
| Rune Bear Quarterly - QUARTERLY CONTEST |
All genres, themed |
|
$10.00 |
https://runebear.com/submit/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD DEADLINES: 7/31 |
| Cross+Decay - DEAD MARKET |
Dark, eerie fiction, themed |
$0.010 |
|
|
|
| Weirdbook Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Fantasy, weird, horror, and science fantasy, themed |
$0.005 |
|
http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submissions/ |
|
| Tell-Tale Press - DEAD MARKET |
SF, fantasy, horror, and mystery/crime |
$0.005 |
|
|
|
| Owl Canyon Hackathon ANNUAL CONTEST - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, 50 paragraphs with provided first and last |
|
$3,000.00 |
|
|
| Macabre Museum, The |
Dark fiction, horror, and weird, as well as poetry |
|
$25.00 |
|
|
| Mortal Realm ANTHOLOGY SERIES - DEAD MARKET |
Themed: new worlds, adventure, and death |
|
$5.00 |
|
|
| Cross+Decay - DEAD MARKET |
Dark, eerie fiction, themed |
$0.010 |
|
|
|
| Weirdbook Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Fantasy, weird, horror, and science fantasy, themed |
$0.005 |
|
http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submissions/ |
|
| Tell-Tale Press - DEAD MARKET |
SF, fantasy, horror, and mystery/crime |
$0.005 |
|
|
|
| Owl Canyon Hackathon ANNUAL CONTEST - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, 50 paragraphs with provided first and last |
|
$3,000.00 |
|
|
| Macabre Museum, The - DEAD MARKET |
Dark fiction, horror, and weird, as well as poetry |
|
$25.00 |
|
|
| Mortal Realm ANTHOLOGY SERIES - DEAD MARKET |
Themed: new worlds, adventure, and death |
|
$5.00 |
|
|
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
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Thoughts in Passing I'm neck-deep in revisions right now, and it's reminded me of my favorite trick for making sure that the beginning of a story pops. I pretend that I have one paragraph to persuade someone to read the rest of my story. I'll read from the beginning of the story until I hit that one paragraph that really speaks for the story. This can be a dramatic moment, or a bit of foreshadowing, or a great character bit. My job then is to figure out how to get that one paragraph moved up to within the first three paragraphs of the beginning--ideally the first paragraph.
I was worried because the novella I'm revising doesn't have the horror plot kick into gear for the first several pages. I didn't have that poppin' paragraph. But then I thought of the main character and what her deep motivation is, and I found that paragraph. It was the 6th paragraph, but I can easily move it up to the top.
Taylor raised her champagne flute as if she were toasting someone across the room, so it might look like she had a friend here. "Happy New Year," she whispered, quietly enough that none of the other party guests would hear. "Maybe next year, I'll actually have someone to toast with."
(Do
you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this
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answered in the next newsletter.)
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
I've paused in revising my urban fantasy novel, so that I can revise my horror novella. I have such an itch to write new words, but I gotta get it done. Deadlines help me a lot in getting work to that polished, submission-ready stage. In this case, I'm revising the horror novella to submit to Nightfire's novel and novella submission call. It's open until June 22nd: https://tornightfire.com/nightfire-slush-submission-guidelines/
I can think of all sorts of reasons why they won't buy my novella (too short, maybe not the right tone...), so why am I pushing to revise and submit it anyway?
1. Don't self-reject. That is not your job.
2.The work of improving a story is never wasted. If they don't buy it, I can submit it somewhere else. If nobody else buys it, I have something I could self-publish. If it is never published, the work of revising it still improved my writing and editing skills.
Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html
ReaderCon, August 13-15 ($25): http://www.readercon.org/RC31dates.htmNebula Conference has ended, but you can register for recorded panels and year-round special events ($125): https://nebulas.sfwa.org/2021-nebula-conference-online-registration-is-now-open/
Featured Market
The 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. Please use the form on the “Contact Us” page.
Stories must be in English and must be between 2,000 and 6,000 words in length. The James White Award does not consider flash fiction or novels. Stories outside these words will be disqualified.
Stories should be Science Fiction (though we will take a broad definition of what that term means).
Stories may not have been entered in The James White Award in any previous year.
Stories may not feature characters/locations/ etc. that are part of other copyrighted works – i.e. nothing set in the universes of Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate, Dr Who, etc.
Basics: SF, 2,000 - 6,000 words, no entry fee, pays 1st prize
Ł200, due 6/28/2021. 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 (originals) |
Flat Pay (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Fireside Fiction (short stories) |
All genres, explicitly including spec-fic |
$0.125 |
|
https://firesidefiction.com/submissions |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 7/5/21 - 7/11/21 |
| Arcanist, The |
SF/F/Horror flash fiction |
$0.100 |
|
https://thearcanist.io/a-call-for-submissions-244f646d25a4 |
|
| Diabolical Plots |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror |
$0.100 |
|
http://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 8/1/21 – 8/15/21 |
| Strange Horizons |
F/SF/Spec-fic |
$0.100 |
|
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/ |
Submission periods (December varies) historically were Mondays 1600 UTC - Tuesdays 1600 UTC = 10 AM CDT Mon - 10 AM CDT Tues (Winter, no daylight savings). ONE-TIME CLOSURE: currently closed to submissions since April 2021, submission periods may be changing. |
| Cast of Wonders Podcast |
Clean YA SF/F/H |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: 6/27/21 – 7/3/21 (Holiday), 7/15/21 – 8/15/121 (Young Authors), 11/1/21 – 11/30/21 ### Query first for > 6,000 words. |
| Constellation / Constelación Magazine |
Spanish or English speculative fiction, themed |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.constellationmagazine.com/submissions |
ONE-TIME 2021 THEME opens 6/15/21: Love Needs No Translation. |
| Escape Pod (Podcast) |
SF |
$0.080 |
|
http://escapepod.org/guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE for "summer vacation" until 9/1/21. An Escape Artists publication. Original work up to 6,000 words. |
| If There's Anyone Left ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/30/21 |
SF and speculative fiction flash fiction by marginalized authors (disabled, marginalized gender, PoC, sexual orientation etc.) |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/submission-guidelines |
|
| Life Beyond Us (Laksha Media Group) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/21 - 8/20/21 |
SF and SF horror, themed to nonhuman life |
$0.080 |
|
https://laksamedia.com/life-beyond-us-submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Metastellar |
Fantasy, SF, and horror |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Fall 2021. NOTE: submission gives right of publication, even without a contract signing |
| Curiosities and Gallery of Curiosities Podcast |
All spec fic, especially weird fiction, steampunk, horror, retro-futurism, pre-1950s vibe |
$0.050 |
|
https://gallerycurious.com/fiction/ |
|
| Vastarien |
Literary horror and dark surrealism |
$0.050 |
|
https://vastarien-journal.com/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Dark Moments |
Dark drabbles, themed |
$0.040 |
|
https://www.blackharepress.com/submissions/ |
|
| Aurealis |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror |
$0.015 |
|
https://aurealis.com.au/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIODS: 7/1/21-7/31/21 for all authors, 2/1/21 - 9/30/21 for Australian/New Zealander authors |
| NewMyths |
All spec-fic except graphic horror |
$0.015 |
|
https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: 1/1 - 2/28, 6/1 - 7/31 |
| Chromophobia (Strangehouse Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/21 - 8/31/21 |
Horror themed to color, by female authors |
$0.010 |
|
https://roosterrepublicpress.com/chromophobia-guidelines-submission-window-and-timeline/ |
|
| House of Zolo's Journal of Speculative Literature, The |
SF |
$0.010 |
|
https://houseofzolo.com/submit-to-hoz/ |
NOTE: Two submission periods annually. |
| Grandpa's Deep-Space Diner (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
SF/fantasy themed to food |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
| Titanic Terastructures (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED |
SF/fantasy themed to or set in megastructures |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
| James White Award, The (Interzone) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE June 28 |
SF - by non-SFWA-eligible authors only |
|
$276.54 |
http://www.jameswhiteaward.com/rules |
|
| Distant Shore Publishing Short Stories (see also Novellas) |
Fantasy, sci-fi, and lit-RPG |
|
$150.00 |
http://distantshorepublishing.com/submit-a-short-story/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until September 2021 |
| Cemetery Gates Society |
Horror, themed |
|
$50.00 |
https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/cemetery-gates-society/ |
|
| Negative Space 2: A Return to Survival Horror (Dark Peninsula Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1/21 - 10/1/21 |
Survival horror |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.darkpeninsulapress.com/negative-space-2-opening-soon.html |
|
| Screaming in the Night Vol 1 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/8/21 |
Supernatural horror |
|
$40.00 |
https://www.sinistersmilepress.com/sitn-submission-guidelines |
|
| Rock and a Hard Place Magazine |
All genres, themed to the bottom of society |
|
$35.00 |
https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions |
|
| Dream of Shadows |
Horror and dark fantasy |
|
$27.65 |
https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/submission-guidelines |
|
| Cellar Door, The |
Horror and dark speculative fiction, themed issues |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.darkpeninsulapress.com/submissions.html |
|
| Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/15/21 - 12/31/21 |
Horror with fat-positive characters |
|
$25.00 |
https://nicole-jarrell.squarespace.com/diet-riot-a-fatterpunk-anthology-submission-info |
|
| Vanishing Point, The |
Literary SF/F/H |
|
$25.00 |
https://vanishingpointmagazine.com/ |
|
| Strange Aeon ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/15/21 OR UNTIL FULL |
Cosmic horror |
|
$20.00 |
https://mkeatonauthor.blogspot.com/2021/05/strange-aeon-2021-submission-guidelines.html |
|
| Allegory |
SF/F/H |
|
$15.00 |
https://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions |
Prefers 500 - 5,000 words. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIODS: 5/1/21 - 6/30/21, 11/1/21 - 12/31/21, 5/1/22 - 6/30/22 |
| Daikaiju Zine |
All spec-fic |
|
$10.00 |
https://daikaijuzine.org/guidelines |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 10/01/21. |
| Mesozoic Reader, The |
All genres, themed to prehistory incl. dinosaurs, Lost World stories, etc. |
|
$10.00 |
https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/mesozoic-reader/ |
|
| Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag |
Speculative fiction, esp. edgy or idealistic |
|
$10.00 |
http://penumbric.com/subs.html |
|
| Queer Blades |
Fantasy adventure with LGBTQIA+ main characters |
|
$10.00 |
https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/queerblades/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: 12/1 - 3/31, ?? |
| Luna Station Quarterly |
Fantasy, science fiction, creepy horror by women writers only |
|
$5.00 |
http://lunastationquarterly.com/submissions |
Submission periods: Sept 15 - Nov 15, Dec 15 - Feb 15, Mar 15 - May 15, June 15 - Aug 15 |
| Queen of Swords Press |
Fantasy and science fiction novellas or linked short story collections (and novels), esp. weird western, steampunk, hopepunk etc. |
|
$0.00 |
https://queenofswordspress.com/about-queen-of-swords-press/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 6/15/21 - 8/15/21 |
| Departure Mirror Quarterly - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
$0.100 |
|
http://departuremirror.com/guidelines/ |
|
| Signal Horizon - DEAD MARKET (no longer accepts fiction) |
Horror and dark SF |
$0.030 |
|
https://signalhorizon.com/ |
|
| Syntax and Salt - DEAD MARKET |
Literary speculative fiction |
|
$10.00 |
https://syntaxandsalt.com/submit/ |
|
| Spooky Samhain Stories ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 7/31 - DEAD MARKET |
Scary and spooky stories, including campfire stories or totally fictional pieces |
|
$100.00 |
|
|
| Electric Athenaeum - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
|
$63.72 |
http://electricathenaeum.com/submissions/ |
|
| Sirius Science Fiction - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
SF |
|
$25.00 |
https://siriussciencefiction.blogspot.com/ |
|
| A Flash on the Horizon (Signal Horizon) MONTHLY CONTEST - DEAD MARKET |
Horror, SF, and weird fiction, themed |
|
$50.00 |
https://signalhorizon.com/ |
|
| Truancy - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
Folktales, fairy tale-inspired, and mythic fiction |
$0.020 |
|
http://www.truancymag.com/submissions-guidelines/ |
|
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
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Thoughts in Passing
Figure out how to write in a way that nobody else can. What makes your writing unique to you? Do more of that. Sure, you could imitate another writer in the hopes that someday she'll get sick and you'll be the lucky understudy called up from the wings, but do you really want that?
Create generative work. Perfection is a trap, and there is no perfect work. A rough cut marble may be more powerful. What can you create that will inspire others to create--even if it's to argue with you or prove that they can do it better?
Give yourself the freedom to try new things. Try different modes of creative expression. The benefits you reap may not be direct, they may take decades to reach, but they may also be what leads to something great.
If you can't get your work seen following ordinary approaches, try something else. Bryan was referring to submitting his poetry to publications outside the USA instead of to North American literary journals, but this applies more broadly.
The whole interview was recorded. I'll provide the link when it's available.
(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:
I'm delighted to announce that
"The Dinosaur's Valentine," my bittersweet little story about life and love and what we leave behind us, has been published in the Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2020.
Over at Escape Pod, you can listen to me narrating "Annotated Setlist of the Mikaela Cole Jazz Quintet," by Catherine George. This is a heart-wrenching but ultimately hopeful SF story of a generation ship that never planned to travel for so long. Finally, I've started hosting virtual co-working writing sessions on the 3rd Wednesday of the month (one's coming up in two days!). This is for MinnSpec, a Minnesota SFF writers' group. If you're in Minnesota and want some writing accountability, check it out: https://www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/events/xjzfhsycchbzb/Things Shiny or Useful
Upcoming Virtual Conventions
(Any registration fees are noted.)
Featured Market Sapiens Plurum's annual short fiction contest wants optimistic near-future environmental fiction, awards $1,000 for 1st place.
One Health is an effort by the CDC that recognizes the connection among the health of people, animals and the environment to achieve optimal health outcomes. You can learn more about One Health here. The One Health concept is the basis for this year’s contest.
The news today is full of stories of disease and environmental destruction. We ask authors to imagine a world in which technology has improved One Health — the health of the environment, humans, and all living things.
Let the reader see this future world through your eyes. Let us see how people — whatever that means — try to live in harmony with the natural world and society, how they maintain their own health and happiness, how they overcome challenges. But most of all, tell a good story, with characters we care about, setting, conflict, and resolution.
Your story should be consonant with the Sapiens Plurum mission: to inspire us — the first species that can intentionally impact its own evolution — to aspire beyond what was humanly possible.
Basics: SF, 1,500 - 3,000 words, no entry fee, pays 1st prize $1,000, 2nd prize $500, 3rd prize $300, due 5/31/2021. 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 (originals) |
Flat Pay (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Deadlands, The |
Death-themed speculative fiction |
$0.100 |
|
https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/#fiction |
|
| Departure Mirror Quarterly |
All spec-fic |
$0.100 |
|
http://departuremirror.com/guidelines/ |
|
| Issues in Earth Science |
Middle grade or YA, themed to earth sciences |
$0.100 |
|
http://earthscienceissues.net/submissions |
|
| Baffling Magazine (Neon Hemlock) |
All speculative fiction |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 6/1/21 - 6/15/21 |
| Friends Journal, ONE-TIME Sci-Fi/Speculative issue - due 8/23/21 |
Speculative fiction with Quaker main characters |
$0.080 |
|
https://friendsjournal.submittable.com/submit/193295/november-2021-quaker-sci-fi-speculative-fiction |
|
| Spirit Machine (Air and Nothingness Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/21 - 7/31/21 |
Themed: spiritualist SF/steampunk |
$0.080 |
|
http://aanpress.com/submissions.html |
|
| Amazing Stories |
SF, esp. optimistic or humorous |
$0.060 |
|
https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/ |
ONE-TIME closure until late June/July 2021. |
| Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores |
SF/F nonfiction, fiction, videos, and graphic novels. |
$0.060 |
|
http://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE 6/1/21 - 8/31/21, PAY RAISE to $.08/wd upon resuming. ### Prefers shorter stories. SUBMISSION PERIODS:1st and 2nd day of each month. |
| Antihumanist, The |
Provocative horror, speculative, and literary fiction |
$0.050 |
|
https://theantihumanists.com/fiction-submissions/ |
|
| Mythic Magazine |
SF/F |
$0.040 |
|
http://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html |
Submission periods: 6/1 - 7/31, 12/1 - 1/31 |
| Lost Librarian's Grave, The (Redwood Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Horror, esp. themed to magic, gargoyles, or confinement/burial |
$0.020 |
|
https://redwood-press.com/submissions/ |
|
| Blood & Bone: An Anthology of Body Horror By Women (Ghost Orchid Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/21 |
Body horror by women authors |
$0.010 |
|
https://ghostorchidpress.com/submission-calls/ |
|
| Starward Shadows Quarterly |
All spec-fic |
$0.010 |
|
https://starwardshadows.com/submissions/ |
|
| We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction (Neon Hemlock) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31 |
Queer speculative fiction |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions |
Reprints only from the current year. Pay estimate is based on standard pay for "Best of" anthologies. |
| Earth Day Short-Fiction Contest (Sapiens Plurum & Future of Life Institute) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 4/22 - 5/31 |
SF, themed to optimistic SF. ONE-TIME 2021 THEME: people/environment health connections |
|
$1,000.00 |
https://sapiensplurum.org/ |
|
| Muddy Paw Press ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 6/15/2021 |
All genres, esp. SF, fantasy, and horror |
|
$700.00 |
https://www.muddypawpress.org/submission-guidelines |
Note: submit in body of email. |
| Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas (Hex Publishers) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/21/21 - 6/27/21 |
Haunting and folkloric dark fantasy set in South America |
|
$250.00 |
https://www.hexpublishers.com/submissions.html |
|
| Remastered Words ANNUAL CONTEST (PODCAST) DUE 2/1 - 5/1 |
Fantasy |
|
$105.76 |
http://www.remasteredwords.com/submissions/ |
|
| Al Blanchard Award ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 1/1 - 4/30 |
Mystery, thriller, or horror by New England author or set in New England |
|
$100.00 |
http://crimebake.org/al-blanchard-award/ |
|
| Antifa Splatterpunk (Eric Raglin) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/21 - 7/31/21 |
Anti-fascist splatterpunk and extreme horror |
|
$100.00 |
https://ericraglin.com/2021/03/09/antifa-splatterpunk/ |
|
| Sexy Fantastic Magazine |
Sexy but not necessarily graphic fantasy and SF, themed |
|
$100.00 |
https://sexyfantasticmagazine.com/fictionsubmissions/ |
|
| Railroad Tales (Midnight Street Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/21 |
Supernatural stories themed to railroads and trains. |
|
$69.38 |
https://www.midnightstreetpress.com/submission-guidelines |
|
| Dark Dispatch |
Dark spec fiction and crime, themed |
|
$50.00 |
https://darkdispatch.com/submissions/ |
|
| Dead Inside, The (Dark Dispatch) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/15/21 - 8/2/21 |
Horror themed to identity |
|
$50.00 |
https://darkdispatch.com/submissions/identity-horror-submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Fairy Tale Review |
Fairy tale-inspired, ONE-TIME theme of sleep and dreams due 7/6/21 |
|
$50.00 |
https://fairytalereview.submittable.com/submit/ |
|
| Society of Misfit Stories, The (Bards and Sages Publishing) |
All spec-fic, mysteries, and thrillers |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines |
|
| Astronaut Only Rings Twice, The (Tyche Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/21 |
SF noir crime |
|
$41.20 |
http://tychebooks.com/astronaut-rings-twice |
|
| Pirating Pups (Tyche Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/01/21 - 11/30/21 |
Themed to swashbuckling pups. |
|
$41.20 |
http://tychebooks.com/pirating-pups |
|
| Curiouser Magazine |
Surrealism, weird, fabulism, and near-future SF |
|
$38.88 |
https://curiousermag.com/submissions/ |
|
| Bards and Sages Quarterly |
Spec-fic |
|
$30.00 |
http://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines |
|
| Navigating Ruins (WriteHive) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/21 |
All spec fic |
|
$30.00 |
https://writehive.org/our-first-anthology/ |
|
| Timeless Tales Magazine |
Fairy tale retellings, themed issues |
|
$30.00 |
https://www.timelesstalesmagazine.com/submissions |
|
| Best Indie Speculative Fiction (Bards and Sages) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1 |
All speculative fiction, published the previous year by small press or self-published |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines |
|
| Dire Circle, The (D&T Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/21 |
1 paragraph horror themed to the "black zodiac" |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.dandtpublishing.com/blank-page-5 |
|
| Hyphen Punk |
Speculative fiction in -punk subgenres like steampunk, splatterpunk, solarpunk etc. |
|
$25.00 |
https://hyphenpunk.com/submissions/ |
|
| Unleashed (Skywatcher Press) ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Horror, themed |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.skywatcherpress.com/anthologies |
|
| Trees (Jersey Pines Ink) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/21 (or until filled) |
Dark speculative fiction, themed to trees |
|
$10.00 |
https://www.jerseypinesink.com/ |
|
| Corvid Queen |
Feminist fairy and folk tales, retellings, and pop culture stories. |
|
$5.00 |
https://corvidqueen.com/submit/ |
Reprints only okay if original market is defunct. |
| Timber Ghost Press Flash Fiction |
Horror |
|
$5.00 |
https://www.timberghostpress.com/submissions.html |
|
| Deep Magic - DEAD MARKET |
Family-friendly F/SF |
$0.080 |
|
http://deepmagic.co/submissions/# |
|
| SFFWorld ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31 - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
SF/F/H, themed. |
|
$50.00 |
https://www.sffworld.com/the-annual-sffworld-com-anthology/ |
|
| Twilight Times - DEAD MARKET |
F/SF/dark fantasy, literary, and cross-genre |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.twilighttimes.com/subs.html |
|
| Underbelly - DEAD MARKET |
Extreme horror and weird |
|
$10.00 |
https://underbellyzine.blogspot.com/p/what-we-want-extreme-horror.html |
|
| Trouble Among the Stars - DEAD MARKET |
Speculative fiction esp. hard SF |
$0.007 |
|
https://troubleamongthestars.com/submit/ |
|
| Pedestal Magazine - DEAD MARKET (no longer accepts fiction, only poetry and reviews) |
All genres, especially cross-genre |
|
$3.00 |
http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submissions/ |
|
| Dimension6 - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
|
$71.17 |
https://coeurdelion.com.au/submissions/ |
|
| Wyrm's Gauntlet RECURRING CONTESTS - DEAD MARKET |
Written to prompt,multiple rounds |
|
$150.00 |
http://wyrmsgauntlet.com/guidelines/ |
Stories are kept private |
| Compelling Science Fiction - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
Hard SF |
$0.080 |
|
http://compellingsciencefiction.com/guidelines.html |
|
| Mercedes Lackey Fantasy Quarterly - DEAD MARKET |
Fantasy |
$0.080 |
|
https://pulsepublishingsubmissions.moksha.io/publication/mercedes-lackey-fantasy-quarterly/guidelines |
|
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
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http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html
The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 5/15/2021.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2021.html#041821
Thoughts in Passing If I don't figure out a time to do a thing, the thing isn't going to get done. In my life in general, I've found two strategies that help.
Big Rocks! Imagine that you need to fit a big rock into a jar. You also have pebbles and sand that you want to use some of. If you put the pebbles and sand in first, you might end up with no room in the jar for the big rock. But if you put the big rock in first, you can fill around the rock with pebbles, and then sand. You'll fill the jar right up to the top. Your time is the jar. Your most important task is the big rock.
Pairing! Sometimes it's easier to establish a habit by pairing it with something else that you are already doing (especially something you like to do). For example, I've started pairing doing yoga with eating lunch. No, not at the same time! I set an alarm and always do yoga for the half an hour before lunch. If you have a particularly difficult writing-related task, try pairing it with something else you are already doing. Maybe that's as simple as, "I get to make my coffee after I write my first sentence."
So there you go. Pair your rocks!
(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:
Things Shiny or Useful
Featured Market New magazine Uncharted wants
crime, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and thriller short stories.
Uncharted Magazine publishes Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Stories from
fiction writers of any background or experience. We want stories that
richly imagine the future of technology and science, that explore our
world through a speculative lens. We want stories of fantasy that make
us hunger for new worlds, new biomes, new places we can explore through
thrilling sensual details and human empathy. We want stories that thrill
us, that make us feel alive, that awaken our desires to explore and go
on adventures.
Basics: SF/fantasy/horror/mystery, 1,000 - 5,000 words, pays $200, (unpaid) reprints okay. 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 (originals) |
Flat Pay (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Departure Mirror Quarterly |
All spec-fic |
$0.100 |
|
http://departuremirror.com/guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 4/1/21 - 4/30/21 |
| Blood Knife |
All spec fic, especially dark, cyberpunk, futurist |
$0.090 |
|
https://bloodknife.com/write-for-blood-knife/ |
|
| Africa Risen (Tor.com) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/14/21 |
All speculative fiction by authors of African descent |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.shereereneethomas.com/copy-of-africa-risen |
|
| Dark Matter Magazine |
Science Fiction |
$0.080 |
|
https://darkmattermagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until Q2 2021. NOTE: This is NOT the same publication as Dark Matter Zine. |
| Escape Pod (Podcast) |
SF |
$0.080 |
|
http://escapepod.org/guidelines/ |
An Escape Artists publication. Original work up to 6,000 words. ONE-TIME Black Futures Month theme extended to 4/30/2021. |
| Inclusive Futures Magazine |
SF esp. fictional non-fiction, by and about marginalized people (themed) |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.inclusivefuturemag.com/prose-subs |
|
| Field Notes From a Nightmare: an Anthology of Ecological Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/21 - 6/30/21 |
Environmental horror |
$0.030 |
|
https://dreadstonepress.com/submissions/#antho-jump |
|
| Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 08/08/21 |
Horror themed to found footage |
$0.030 |
|
https://twitter.com/andrewcull/status/1381034413291626497/photo/1 |
|
| Runs Like Clockwork (Wyldblood Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Steampunk |
$0.014 |
|
https://wyldblood.com/steampunk/ |
|
| Cafe Irreal Magazine |
Fabulist fiction |
$0.010 |
|
http://cafeirreal.alicewhittenburg.com/ |
|
| Gen-X-ed (Dark Ink Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/20/21 - 7/3/21 |
Horror by and about Gen-X |
$0.010 |
|
https://aminkpublishing.com/open-calls |
|
| Space and Time Magazine |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror |
$0.010 |
|
https://spaceandtime.net/submissions/ |
|
| Wight Christmas ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/21 |
Christmas-themed horror |
$0.008 |
|
http://tdotspec.com/wight-christmas-open-call-for-submissions/ |
|
| Uncharted Magazine |
SF, fantasy, horror, and mystery/crime |
|
$200.00 |
https://www.uncharted-mag.com/ |
|
| Needle Drops, The (Urhi Publications) - RECURRING ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Horror |
|
$138.37 |
https://www.urhi.co.uk/post/urhi-submission-guide |
|
| Tales From the Cyber Salon |
Themed hard SF for collaborative discussion |
|
$69.14 |
https://cybersalon.org/open-call-for-submissions/ |
|
| If I Die Before I Wake Vol 6 (Sinister Smile Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/9/21 |
Horror themed to water |
|
$40.00 |
https://www.sinistersmilepress.com/submissions-v6 |
|
| Black Cat Magazine |
All genres, especially literary SF/F, themed |
|
$30.00 |
https://www.blackcatmagazine.com/submissions |
|
| Nightmurr Before Yiffmas, The (Weasel Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/01/21 |
Erotic holiday horror themed to furries |
|
$25.00 |
https://weaselpress.submittable.com/submit |
|
| Ceci n'est pas une histoire d'horreur (This is Not a Horror Story) (Night Terror Novels) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/21 OR UNTIL FILLED |
Surreal or transgressive horror |
|
$20.74 |
https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/2021/03/13/announcement-our-debut-anthology-is-now-open-for-submissions/ |
|
| Asinine Assassins (Smart Rhino Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/21 |
All genres, themed to the title |
|
$20.00 |
http://smartrhino.com/projects.html |
|
| Elemental Zoological Preserve ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY SERIES - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Shared world fantasy |
|
$20.00 |
https://unitedfaedompublis.wixsite.com/unitedfaedompub/submissions |
|
| Exploring Infinity ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/21 |
Shared world SF/F based on Escaping Infinity novel. |
|
$20.00 |
https://scifiscribe.com/2021/04/09/anthology-submission-call-exploring-infinity/ |
|
| Us/Them (Wolfsinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/21 |
All genres, themed to us vs. them |
|
$15.00 |
https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/us-them-guidelines |
|
| Beneath the Yellow Lights (Oddity Prodigy Productions) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/2021 |
Urban fantasy |
|
$10.00 |
https://www.oddityprodigy.com/beneath-the-yellow-lights |
|
| Phobia (Pixie Forest Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/15/21 |
Horror |
|
$10.00 |
https://pixieforestpublishing.com/open-to-submissions/ |
|
| Undertow Novels and Novellas ONE-TIME SUB PERIOD 5/1/21 - 5/31/21 |
Literary dark fabulist fiction |
|
|
https://undertowpublications.com/subs |
|
| Arsenika - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
|
$60.00 |
http://arsenika.ink/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: 10/1 - 10/31, 4/1 - 4/30 |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
* If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.* To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
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New Markets Update February 2021: Open call for positive SF/F/H 🌄, tips for pandemic productivity recovery, and other new Aswiebe's Market List updates!
http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html
The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 3/15/2021.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2021.html#022521
Thoughts in Passing For the first time in almost a year, I am alone in my house on an ordinary day. My spouse is working on-site today, and the kids are at in-person school. It is HEAVEN. And I am trying to figure out where to start digging myself out from the mound of all the projects that I have neglected. Fortunately (or unfortunately), I have played the "getting back into the groove" game before, after recovering from injuries and surgeries and newborns. I'm guessing a lot of people will emerge from the pandemic and need to work on recovering their productivity and getting back into writing. If you've been able to keep writing and keep on top of your projects during this time, that's GREAT. You should be proud. If you haven't been able to, well, maybe me sharing my process will help. WARNING: extreme productivity geeking-out below, feel free to skip!
Step 1 is simply figuring out where I'm at. This step will take a while.
I tend to use my email as a to-do dumping ground. I use "action needed-writing" and "action urgent" email tags to flag these to-dos. That's not enough organization to really keep on top of things, although it does make it easier to find them. List organization isn't quite enough either. This is where the spreadsheet comes in. You knew there'd be a spreadsheet, right? 
It's pretty simple. The Type column is how I prioritize my tasks. Paying gigs come first, followed by things I've promised to other people (I'm careful not to take on too many of these), and everything else is intuitively sorted by the Eisenhower Decision Matrix. There is a number at the beginning of each Type label so that I can sort the tasks in order, first by Type and then by Deadline.
If you are a natural-born procrastinator like me, this is a good time to pay attention to what you've been procrastinating on the hardest. Often it falls in that critical "Action Important & Non-Urgent" category.
I also add significant writing projects that have deadlines. I enjoy writing for a particular submission call, so that is where a lot of these deadlines come from initially. This is not the place to track all my various manuscripts in different stages of writing and editing and submitting (again, unless deadlines apply). I track those elsewhere. Scheduling blocked time for writing/editing outside of this task spreadsheet is essential.
One final productivity note! As I go through my email "to-dos," I try to apply the 2-minute principle. If it would take me 2 minutes to do, it doesn't go on the list. It gets done then.
Next month, I'll talk about scheduling and how getting things done is going. I have 288 "action-needed - writing" emails in my inbox, so wish me luck!
(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:
My final reminder is that awards nomination season is wrapping up. If you are eligible to nominate, I am very fond of my small bittersweet story about love in the time of extinction, "The Dinosaur's Valentine."
It's available to read at Daily Science Fiction or to listen to at Centropic Oracle.
Things Shiny or Useful
(Yes, it's a new section in the newsletter! Any registration fees are noted.)MarsCon, March 12-14, 2021: http://marscon.org/2021/Norwescon 43, April 1-4 ($35): https://www.norwescon.org/Steampunk CommuniTea Weekend, April 9-12: https://www.facebook.com/events/336440080917274/Flights of Foundry 2021, April 16-18: https://flights-of-foundry.org/Featured Market DreamForge Anvil wants
positive stories of science fiction, fantasy, and even horror, pays $.06/wd.
The biggest thing to know is that this reading period, our maximum word length is 4,500 words.
We’re looking for positive stories of science fiction, fantasy, and
speculative fiction. Horror is a stretch for us, but occasionally an
unusual one with an upbeat ending makes it through.
...
For every story we accept, we’ll provide two other hopeful contributors
with the same level of detailed notes that we provide to the hidden gems
we choose to work with. These will be chosen at random so that authors
with a wide range of skill sets and experience can receive some
feedback. We might not be able to publish your story, but perhaps we can
help you improve its chances elsewhere.
Basics: positive speculative fiction, up to 4,500 words, pays $.06/word, reprints okay. 2021 submission window closes 03/13/2021. 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 |
Website |
Notes |
| New Modality, The |
Speculative fiction and non-fiction |
$0.150 |
|
http://thenewmodality.com/contributor-commitments-rates-guidelines/ |
NOTE: currently accepting subs from NeMo community members and SFWA members only. |
| Arcanist, The |
SF/F/Horror flash fiction |
$0.100 |
|
https://thearcanist.io/tag/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Strange Horizons |
F/SF/Spec-fic |
$0.100 |
|
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/ |
Submission periods (December varies): Mondays 1600 UTC - Tuesdays 1600 UTC = 10 AM CDT Mon - 10 AM CDT Tues (Winter, no daylight savings) |
| Augur Magazine |
Literary SF/F, fabulism, slipstream |
$0.087 |
|
http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/ |
80% Canadian. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 2/21/21 - 3/7/21 |
| Cast of Wonders Podcast |
Clean YA SF/F/H |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/ |
ONE-TIME 2021 schedule: 4/1/21-4/30/21 banned books, 5/1/21-5/31/21 holidays, 7/15/21-8/15/21 young authors, 11/1/21-11/30/21 general submissions. ### Query first for > 6,000 words. |
| Lightspeed Magazine |
Science fiction and fantasy |
$0.080 |
|
https://johnjosephadams.moksha.io/publication/lightspeed/guidelines |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIODS: BIPOC SF 2/1/21 - 2/8/21, all SF 2/8/21 - 2/15/21, BIPOC F 3/1/21-3/8/21, all F 3/8/21 - 3/15/21. ### Prefers < 5,000 words |
| Dark Magazine, The |
Horror and dark fantasy, including outside regular categories |
$0.060 |
|
http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Fast response time. |
| DreamForge Anvil |
Positive SFF/Horror |
$0.060 |
|
https://dreamforgemagazine.com/call-for-submissions/ |
Prefers < 5,000 words. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 2/20/2021 - 3/13/2021 |
| Mythulu |
SF/F/H, themed |
$0.060 |
|
https://mythulu.com/emagazine-submission-call/ |
|
| Classic Monsters Unleashed (Crystal Lake Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/8/21 - 5/30/21 |
Horror themed to classic monsters or characters related to them. |
$0.050 |
|
https://www.crystallakepub.com/authorcentral/ |
|
| Tales From the Canyons of the Damned |
Dark SF, Weird, Horror, Slipstream |
$0.030 |
|
http://canyonsofthedamned.com/#eluid20a88705 |
|
| Write Ahead / The Future Looms |
Cyberpunk with flair |
$0.028 |
|
https://www.writeaheadthefuturelooms.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Max 2,500 words for short stories, but also accepts serials. |
| Mystery Weekly Magazine |
Mystery, including paranormal |
$0.020 |
|
https://mysteryweekly.com/submit.asp |
|
| Sanguine Drip (Pavor Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE TBD (OPENS SOON) |
Horror flash fiction |
$0.020 |
|
https://www.pavorpress.com/anthology-submissions |
|
| Bodies Full of Burning: An Anthology of Menopause-Themed Horror (Sliced Up Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2021 |
Horror themed to menopause |
$0.010 |
|
https://sliceduppress.com/submissions-2/ |
|
| Wight Christmas ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/15/21 - 3/21/21 |
Christmas-themed horror |
$0.008 |
|
http://tdotspec.com/wight-christmas-open-call-for-submissions/ |
|
| Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine |
SF/F and supernatural horror, especially humorous and lighthearted |
$0.008 |
|
https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/ |
Subscribers and AU/NZ authors can submit up to 20,000 words. |
| Speculative Philosophical Fiction (Theme of Absence) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 3/1/21 - 3/31/21 |
Flash fiction themed to philosophical, metaphysical, or epistemological fiction |
|
$500.00 |
https://themeofabsence.com/speculative-philosophical-fiction-contest/ |
|
| Furious Gazelle's Halloween Writing Contest, The ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 10/01 |
All genres, themed to Halloween |
|
$50.00 |
http://thefuriousgazelle.com/submit/halloween-writing-contest/ |
|
| Pressfuls 2021 Horror and Fantasy Short Story ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 3/31/2021 |
Horror and fantasy |
|
$50.00 |
https://pressfuls.com/2021-horror-and-fantasy/ |
Does not specify how many runners-up may be published without pay. |
| Dead Stars and Stone Arches (Timber Ghost Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY TITLE (Utah Horror Writers ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY) - DUE 10/31 |
Horror with an author or story connection to Utah, themed |
|
$35.00 |
https://www.timberghostpress.com/dead-stars.html |
https://utahhorror.org/submissions/ |
| Good Southern Witches (Curious Blue Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - FILLED AND CLOSED EARLY |
Fantasy and dark fantasy themed to Southern witches |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.curiousbluepress.com/submissions |
|
| Tales to Terrify Flash Fiction Contest PODCAST ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 2/28/21 |
Horror and dark fantasy, themed to image prompt |
|
$25.00 |
https://talestoterrify.com/flashcontest/ |
|
| A-Z of Horror (Red Cape Publishing) ONGOING ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Horror, themes change every 2 months. |
|
$13.74 |
https://redcapepublishing.com/submissions/ |
Must not be available elsewhere. ONE-TIME THEMES: 2/1/21-3/31/21 Internet; 4/1/21-5/31/21 Jack-o'-Lantern; 6/1/21-7/31/21 Kidnap; 8/1/21-9/30/21 Lycanthropy; 10/1/21-11/30/21 Medical. |
| It Calls From the Doors (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/21 - 4/30/21 |
Horror themed to doorways, portals, etc. |
|
$11.77 |
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| It Calls From the Veils (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/1/21 - 10/31/21 |
Horror themed to ghosts and the paranormal |
|
$11.77 |
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Of Fire and Stars (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/21 - 7/30/21 |
LGBTQ+ dark fantasy themed to fae encounters |
|
$11.77 |
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Queer Blades (From the Farther Trees) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2021 |
LGBTQ+ adventure fantasy, sword & sorcery, etc. |
|
$10.00 |
https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/queerblades/ |
|
| Re-Enlist Reprint Anthology (Pole to Pole Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/21 OR UNTIL FULL |
Dark SF themed to war and the military, reprints only |
|
$10.00 |
https://poletopolepublishing.com/submissions/ |
Reprints only, must not be available online. |
| Simultaneous Times Podcast |
SF |
|
$10.00 |
http://spacecowboybooks.blogspot.com/p/writer-submissions.html |
|
| Trigger Warning (Madness Heart Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1 - 5/30 OR UNTIL FULL |
Disturbing horror, themed |
|
$10.00 |
https://madnessheart.press/submissions/trigger-warning/?v=7516fd43adaa |
|
| Nanoism |
Twitter fiction - up to 140 characters, all genres |
|
$1.50 |
http://nanoism.net/submit/ |
|
| Neon Hemlock Novellas |
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and weird, especially queer stories |
|
|
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions |
ONE-TIME 2021 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 6/5/21 - 6/19/21 BIPOC authors only, 10/2/21 - 10/16/21 general submissions open |
| Aurora Wolf Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Uplifting PG-rated fantasy and SF |
|
$5.00 |
|
|
| Antimatter Magazine - DEAD MARKET |
Flash fiction SF inspired by recent headlines |
|
$20.00 |
|
There is an eternal countdown clock that keeps resetting. Ignore. |
| Nexxis Fantasy Biannual Anthology - DEAD MARKET |
SF, themed |
$0.010 |
|
|
|
| Glittership Podcast - DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus) |
All spec-fic, queer protagonist, prefers reprints |
$0.030 |
|
http://www.glittership.com/submission-guidelines/ |
Long response time |
| Crossed Genres - DEAD MARKET |
SFF |
$0.060 |
|
http://crossedgenres.com/submissions/magazine/ |
|
| Hard Universe - DEAD MARKET |
SF |
$0.000 |
|
http://www.harduniverse.com/submission-guidelines.html |
|
| Constellary Tales (DEAD MARKET) |
SF/F |
$0.080 |
|
|
Also takes non-exclusive reprint rights. |
| El Chapo Review - DEAD MARKET |
All genres, including SF/F/H |
|
$100.00 |
|
|
| Zoetrope: All-Story DEAD MARKET (closed to general subs, claims new guidelines coming but it's been at least a year???) |
All genres, literary |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.all-story.com/about |
Snail mail only. |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe's Market ListAbra Staffin-Wiebe's Author WebsiteAswiebe's Market List Details* Aswiebe's Market List
is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science
fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example,
only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
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New Markets Update January 2021: Fairy tale mash-ups wanted ... and other new Aswiebe's Market List updates!
http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html
The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 2/15/2021.
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Thoughts in Passing I recently saw a writer posting in distress. They had taken their work to a critique group, where they learned that they wrote with a lot of "filler movement." What does that mean? It means the bits that happen between the action. Opening and closing doors. Walking across a room. Getting out of a car. Traveling somewhere. Getting out a bowl to pour cereal in. Picking up the phone. Opening an envelope. Turning on the lights. Turning on a computer. Unlocking a phone. Getting dressed in the morning.
You get the idea. All of these things can be written as plot-critical, but they usually aren't. And that's okay.
This distressed writer asked how they could stop writing these extraneous bits. I can't answer that question, because I do it too. I often find that I can't move a character from Point A to Point B without writing how they moved there. My visual storytelling brain can't handle it. Otherwise, I might as well have them popping in and out of existence.
In short stories, there's less room for that. But hey, that's what editing is for! Sometimes? You just have to write through something, even if you know you'll take it out in editing. And that's okay!
(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by
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What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Oof. Not much this month, aside from my regular #vss365 writing exercises. I have a lot in edits, and a lot of general writing-related administrivia to catch up on. Next month (in 17 days!) my kids start going back to in-person school (for however long that lasts). I have so much stuff that supervising distance learning shoved to the back burner, in writing and in general household management and in other life stuff, that I don't even know where to begin. We've been in distance learning for 10 months here, since mid-March 2020. I start by making lists of things to catch up on, I guess.
Things Shiny or Useful
(Yes, it's a new section in the newsletter! Any registration fees are noted.) Capricon, Feb 4 - 7, 2021 ($10): https://capricon.org/
Boskone 58, Feb 12 - 14, 2021 ($25): https://boskone.org/
MarsCon, March 12-14, 2021: http://marscon.org/2021/ Featured Market
Theme: Fairy Tales - choose two of your favorite fairy tales, and a genre of your choice, and mash them up to make something new. Stories may be of any genre as long as they incorporate two fairy tales. We are open to Grimdark, New Weird, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dying Earth and genre bending/breaking.
Basics: themed speculative fiction, 1,000 - 3,000 words, pays $.08/word, no reprints. Submission window closes 02/28/2021. 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 |
Website |
Notes |
| Diabolical Plots |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror |
$0.100 |
|
http://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 1/1/2021 - 1/31/2021 |
| Strange Horizons |
F/SF/Spec-fic |
$0.100 |
|
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE UNTIL FEBRUARY 2021. ### Submission periods (December varies): Mondays 1600 UTC - Tuesdays 1600 UTC = 10 AM CDT Mon - 10 AM CDT Tues (Winter, no daylight savings) |
| Uncanny |
SF/F |
$0.100 |
|
https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/ |
Fast response time. ONE-TIME NOVELLA SUBMISSION WINDOW (17,500 - 40,000 words): 4/1/2021 - 4/30/2021. |
| Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
Hard SF |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/ |
Requires science to be correct and doable. |
| Baen Fantasy Adventure Award ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE10/1 - 2/1 |
Near future manned space exploration SF |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.baen.com/contest-jbmssa |
|
| It Gets Even Better ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2021 |
All speculative fiction, themed to positive queer possibility |
$0.080 |
|
https://speculativelyqueer.moksha.io/publication/it-gets-even-better/guidelines |
|
| Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) |
All speculative fiction |
$0.080 |
|
https://fandsf.moksha.io/publication/fsf |
|
| Upon a Twice Time (Air and Nothingness Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2021 |
All genres, themed to a mash-up of two fairy tales |
$0.080 |
|
http://aanpress.com/submissions.html |
|
| Midnight From Beyond the Stars ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2021 |
Alien horror |
$0.060 |
|
https://www.silvershamrockpublishing.com/midnight-from-beyond-the-stars-anthology |
|
| School Magazine, The |
Children's 8-12 fiction, mainstream or fantasy, themed |
$0.060 |
|
https://theschoolmagazine.com.au/contributors/writers |
|
| Tales From the Magician's Skull |
Sword & sorcery |
$0.040 |
|
https://goodman-games.com/tftms/2020/10/20/announcing-open-call-for-sword-sorcery-fiction-for-tales-from-the-magicians-skull/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR 2021: 1/22/2021 - 4/1/2021 |
| SNAFU (Cohesion Press) ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Military SF/horror, themed |
$0.038 |
|
https://cohesionpress.com/snafu-submissions/ |
|
| Sci Phi |
Non-character-driven SF, esp. big idea SF and classic-style SF |
$0.036 |
|
https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Gorefest (The Evil Cookie) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/1/2021 - 3/1/2021 |
Horror with gore and carnage |
$0.030 |
|
theevilcookie.com/open-calls/ |
|
| Stupefying Stories |
SF, fantasy, and horror |
$0.015 |
|
https://stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines.html |
Query first for > 10,000 words. |
| Wicked Words Quarterly |
SF/F/H with a twist |
$0.014 |
|
http://www.wickedwords.co.uk/submissions/ |
|
| Best Vegan Science Fiction and Fantasy ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/1 - 2/28 |
SF/F with only vegan products, published that year, reprints only |
$0.010 |
|
https://books.metaphorosis.com/plant-based-press/best-vegan-sff/vegan-sff-guidelines/ |
|
| Cosmic Horror Monthly |
Horror, dark SF, dark fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
http://cosmic-horror.net/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: 1/1 - 2/28 |
| Exterus Magazine |
Fantasy, horror, and the bizarre |
$0.010 |
|
https://www.facebook.com/Exterusmagazine |
Prefers < 8,000 words. Open submission calls are on their Facebook page. |
| Jewish Book of Horror, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2021 |
Horror that ties in with Judaism |
$0.010 |
|
https://denverhorror.com/the-jewish-book-of-horror/ |
|
| Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine |
SF/F and supernatural horror, especially humorous and lighthearted |
$0.008 |
|
https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/ |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 2/1/2021 |
| Not One of Us |
All genres, character driven, about outsiders, misfits, all genres |
$0.003 |
|
https://not-one-of-us.pub/about/guidelines/ |
Prefers < 6,000 words. |
| L Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future QUARTERLY ANTHOLOGY. |
Spec-fic |
|
$5,000.00 |
https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/ |
Eligible if have three or fewer professional pubs - runs every 3 months. Note: affiliated with Scientology, winners report proselytizing and close link to Church of Scientology. |
| Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors (Grist) ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 4/12/2021 |
Optimistic climate fiction, some fantastic/supernatural elements okay |
|
$3,000.00 |
https://grist.org/fix/climate-fiction-writing-contest-imagine-2200-prizes/ |
|
| Earth Day Short-Fiction Contest (Sapiens Plurum & Future of Life Institute) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 4/22 - 6/1 |
SF, themed to optimistic SF |
|
$1,000.00 |
https://sapiensplurum.org/ |
|
| Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2021 |
Queer YA SF by queer author |
|
$900.00 |
http://saundramitchell.com/subs/ |
|
| Imagine Little Tokyo ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 2/28/2021 |
Themed to Little Tokyo past present or future |
|
$500.00 |
https://www.littletokyohs.org/all-news/8th-annual-imagine-little-tokyo-short-story-contest |
ONE-TIME submission link for 2021. See also http://www.littletokyohs.org/ |
| Craft Literary |
Literary, with a focus on writing craft |
|
$200.00 |
https://www.craftliterary.com/submit/ |
|
| Decoded ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28 |
SF, fantasy, and horror by queer authors |
|
$200.00 |
https://decodedpride.com/submit/ |
|
| 2021 Web Microfiction Prize for Women Writers ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 2/1/2021 - 5/1/2021 |
Microfiction by women writers, themed to metamorphosis |
|
$150.00 |
https://spiderroadpress.com/submissions/webmicrofictionprize/ |
|
| Femme Fatale / Dangerous Women Untitled Anthology (Mango Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/15/2021 |
Crime themed to femme fatales and dangerous women |
|
$125.00 |
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-untitled-crime-anthology-featuring-femmes-fatales-dangerous-women/ |
|
| GigaNotoSaurus |
Science fiction and fantasy, especially long |
|
$100.00 |
http://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Storytwigs |
Micro-fiction, with monthly themes |
|
$100.00 |
https://www.storytwigs.com/competition |
All entries will be published on website, without pay. |
| Abyss & Apex |
All speculative fiction, including dark but not horror |
|
$80.00 |
http://www.abyssapexzine.com/submissions/ |
Query first for >10,000 words. Reading periods 1st wk in February, May, August, November. ONE-TIME CLOSURE UNTIL 8/2021 |
| Queer Sci Fi Flash Contest ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 3/1 - 4/17 |
Queer spec-fic flash fiction, themed |
|
$75.00 |
https://queerscifi.com/flash-contest-rules/ |
RIGHTS: Requires 12 months exclusive. |
| 34 Orchard |
Dark, unsettling fiction, all genres |
|
$50.00 |
https://34orchard.com/guidelines/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: Jan 1 - 31, Jul 1 - 31 |
| Misspelled - Magic Gone Awry ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2021 |
Themed: magical mishaps |
|
$50.00 |
https://curseddragonship.com/submissions-2/ |
|
| Wild Musette Journal of Music, Mystery, and Myth, The |
Themed to music, dance, relationships, environmental, or fantasy and mythic fiction |
|
$50.00 |
https://wildmusette.com/pages/submissions |
|
| Blood Bath Literary Zine |
Horror, themed issues |
|
$41.14 |
https://bloodbathlitzine.com/ |
|
| Wizards in Space |
All genres, themed |
|
$40.00 |
https://wizardsinspacemag.com/submit/ |
|
| Good Southern Witches (Curious Blue Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2021 |
Fantasy and dark fantasy themed to Southern witches |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.curiousbluepress.com/submissions |
|
| No Anesthetic (Splatter Ink Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2021 |
Extreme horror |
|
$25.00 |
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-no-anesthetic/ |
|
| Ghastling, The |
Quiet horror, macabre, and strange |
|
$20.17 |
https://theghastling.com/submit/ |
|
| Antimatter Magazine |
Flash fiction SF inspired by recent headlines |
|
$20.00 |
https://antimatter.submittable.com/submit |
ONE-TIME CLOSURE (maybe). Listed as closed but there's a countdown clock until 2/03/2021 (as of 1/2/2021). |
| Colored Lens, The |
All speculative fiction |
|
$20.00 |
http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=8/ |
|
| Speculative City |
All genres, themed to cityscape and issue's theme |
|
$20.00 |
http://www.speculativecity.com/submissions/ |
|
| Handmade Horror Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/28/2021 |
Horror themed to art or craft |
|
$19.69 |
https://www.cryoseismpress.com/pages/submissions |
|
| Crunchy With Ketchup (Wolfsinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/2021 |
All spec-fic, themed: fierce dragons |
|
$15.00 |
https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/CrunchyWithKetchup.html |
|
| Summer of Speculation (Cloaked Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/20/2021 |
SF and Fantasy |
|
$15.00 |
https://www.cloakedpress.com/summerspec/ |
|
| Were-Traveler, The |
Speculative fiction, themed issues. ONE-TIME THEMES: My Job is a Hellholle (DUE 3/31/2021), Down to the Sea in Bits (DUE 2021), The Wyrd, Twisted, & Curst Creature Tarot (DUE 2021/2022) |
|
$15.00 |
https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html |
|
| Murderous Ink Press Magazine |
Crime and mystery, including weird and bizarro |
|
$13.61 |
https://www.murderousinkpress.co.uk/submissions.html |
|
| All Worlds Wayfarer |
All speculative fiction |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/ |
RIGHTS: requires 6 months exclusive |
| Swords and Sorcery |
High fantasy and historical fantasy |
|
$10.00 |
http://www.swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/submissions.html |
|
| Whetstone |
Pulp sword and sorcery |
|
$10.00 |
https://whetstonemag.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html |
|
| On the Premises Mini-Contest RECURRING CONTEST |
Themed contests with very limited wordcounts. |
|
$5.00 |
http://onthepremises.com/minis/ |
Mini-contest submission periods: April, May, October, November. |
| Drabble Harvest (Hiraeth Publishing) RECURRING CONTESTS |
Speculative fiction drabbles, themed |
|
$1.00 |
https://www.hiraethsffh.com/drabble-contest |
ONE-TIME DEADLINE: 1/31/2021 |
| On the Premises RECURRING CONTEST |
Themed contests. |
|
|
https://onthepremises.com/current-contest/ |
Submission periods: December, June. |
| Helios Quarterly - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
$0.060 |
|
https://heliosquarterly.com/submissions/ |
|
| Sword & Sorceress ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DEAD MARKET |
PG-13 sword & sorcery with strong female protagonist, contemporary okay |
$0.060 |
|
|
|
| Aurelio Leo - DEAD MARKET |
Speculative fiction, especially graphic novels |
|
|
https://aureliabookcafe.com/aurelia-leo/ |
|
| Brewed Awakenings (Caffeinated Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY |
All genres |
|
$50.00 |
|
Submissions accepted year-round, but volume cut-off is 5/31. Stories/authors with West Michigan ties preferred. |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
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