Calls for Submission #4
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I hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying Women in Horror Month. Be sure to check out some of the great blogs showcasing women’s horror writing.
- Black Women in Horror: http://sumikosaulson.com/2014/02/19/nineteen-more-black-women-in-horror-writing-list-3/
- The Eclectic Eccentric Shopaholic: http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/the-sirens-call-issue-13-women-in-horror-second-annual-edition/
- Monster Librarian: http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/TheCirculationDesk/?p=2935
- Sekhmet Press: http://sekhmetpress.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/books-babes-and-the-business-billie-sue-mosiman/
- 92 Women Horror Authors to Read: http://www.examiner.com/article/february-is-women-horror-month-92-horror-authors-you-need-to-read-right-now
- Bufton’s Blog: Click on each link on the calendar for a different interview with a female horror author. http://buftonsblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/
- William Cook also has some interviews featuring women horror authors. http://www.williamcookwriter.com/2014/02/women-in-horror-month-3-rena-mason.html
- Horror Writers Association http://horror.org/
Because February is a month of blahs punctuated by hearts and chocolate (if you like that sort of thing), and because I’ve got the attention span of a gnat these days (hello SAD), I’d like to focus on the art of short-short fiction: flash and its various incarnates.
Markets that Accept Flash Fiction:
- Flash Fiction Online. 500-1,000 words, pays $50. http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines/
- Kazka Press 713 Flash. Monthly themed contest, 500-1,000 words. Pays $15. http://www.kazkapress.net/713flashfiction
- Shotgun Honey. Crime/noir/thriller stories, max 750 words. Non-paying market. http://shotgunhoney.net/about#guidelines
- Horror D’Oeuvres. Pays $0.05 per word. https://darkfuse.submittable.com/submit/20777
- Horror Garage. Max 1,200 words. Pays $30. http://www.horrorgarage.com/horror/submission.php
- Drabblecast. http://www.drabblecast.org/submissions/
- SpeckLit. Drabbles (exactly 100 words). Pays $0.05 per word. http://specklit.com/submissions/
- Nanoisms. Twitter fiction, max 140 characters. Pays $1.50 per story. http://nanoism.net/submit/
- Untied Shoelaces of the Mind. Publishes 4x per year, pays $0.03 per word. http://www.untiedshoelacesofthemind.com/
- Thumbnail Press, Thumbnail Mag. This is an anthology, but no payment terms are listed so I assume it’s a non-paying market. https://thumbnailmag.submittable.com/submit
- Ravenous Monsters Contest. http://www.ravenousmonster.com/featured-article/ravenous-monsters-spreading-plague-flash-fiction-contest/
- Nature Futures. http://www.nature.com/nature/authors/gta/others.html#futures
- Pantheon. http://pantheonmag.com/submission-guidelines/
- Toasted Cake. Podcast market, looking for flash 700-1,200 words. Token payment $5. Open through the end of February 2014. http://toastedcake.com/submissions.html
- Crossed Genres. Flash Fiction Free-For-All. Open March 1-March 31, 2014. Pays $0.05 per word. Looking for stories 300-1,000 words. http://crossedgenres.com/submissions/magazine/
- ConfettiFall Twitter fiction contest, max 140 characters, deadline Feb. 28, 2014. Winner gets a $15 Amazon gift card. http://www.confettifall.com/contest.html
Pro Paying Markets Open for Submissions:
- The New Quarterly. Canadian literary magazine. Pays $250 per story, $40 per poem. Postal submissions ONLY. Deadline February 28, 2014. http://tnq.ca/submissions
- Apex Magazine. Pays $0.05 per word for fiction, max 5,000 words. No deadline listed here but I think I heard April 1 somewhere! http://www.apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/ (Note: For a great read about the submissions process, check out Michael Matheson’s blog here: http://www.apexbookcompany.com/2014/02/apex-magazine-submissions-update/)
- Penumbra. Looking for “superhero” themed stories. Pays $0.05 per word, max 3,500 words, deadline February 28, 2014. http://penumbraezine.blogspot.ca/p/submissions.html
- Tin House. Literary market, current theme is “Tribes.” Deadline April 15, 2014. Not much info listed about payment or word limits. http://www.tinhouse.com/magazine/submission-guidelines.html
Semi-Pro:
- Betwixt. Quarterly, next deadline February 28, 2014. Pays $0.02 per word up to $150. http://betwixtmagazine.com/submissions/
- Wicked Words Quarterly. No deadline listed. Pays $0.01 per word. Max 7,500 words (they will publish a novella/ette in the upcoming year, max 15,000 words). http://www.wickedwords.co.uk/submissions/
- Bastion. New sci-fi mag, first issue April 1, 2014. Pays $20 for the first 2,000 words then $0.01 per word after that. 1k-5k words. http://www.bastionmag.com/submissions/
- The Dreadful Cafe. Theme: “Thresholds.” Looking for dark, genre-blending fiction 1,000-7,000 words. Pays $150. Deadline February 28, 2014. http://dreadfulcafe.com/thresholds/
Token-Paying and Royalty Markets:
- Allegory. Publishes tri-annually. Pays $15 for stories, prefer stories under 5,000 words. Looking for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. http://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions.htm
- Villainous Press Steampunk Anthology. Deadline February 28, 2014. Pays $15 for stories up to 6,000 words. http://villainouspress.com/submissions/open-calls/
- Body Parts. Deadline February 28, 2014. Theme: “Alchemy.” Max 8,000 words. Pays $20. http://www.bodypartsmagazine.com/submission-guidelines-copy.html
- Boroughs of the Dead. Deadline February 28, 2014. Looking for ghost stories set in New York City (the five boroughs), max 3,500 words. http://mythinkbooks.com/submission-guidelines/boroughs-of-the-dead-vol-2/
- Dear Nana. Looking for non-fiction stories about grandmothers. Pays $30, deadline March 1, 2014. http://www.writerswhorock.com/#/submissions/4571570498
Contest:
- Spark Anthology, accepting from March 15 to April 2. No fee, but donation suggested. Good prizes. http://sparkanthology.org/contests/five/