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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!
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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
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'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
£200, 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
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,
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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.
* 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 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
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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,
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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.
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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.
* 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 2/15/2021.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2021.html#012421
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
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:
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/ |
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| Earth Day Short-Fiction Contest (Sapiens Plurum & Future of Life Institute) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 4/22 - 6/1 |
SF, themed to optimistic SF |
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$1,000.00 |
https://sapiensplurum.org/ |
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| Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2021 |
Queer YA SF by queer author |
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$900.00 |
http://saundramitchell.com/subs/ |
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| Imagine Little Tokyo ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 2/28/2021 |
Themed to Little Tokyo past present or future |
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$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 |
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$200.00 |
https://www.craftliterary.com/submit/ |
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| Decoded ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28 |
SF, fantasy, and horror by queer authors |
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$200.00 |
https://decodedpride.com/submit/ |
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| 2021 Web Microfiction Prize for Women Writers ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 2/1/2021 - 5/1/2021 |
Microfiction by women writers, themed to metamorphosis |
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$150.00 |
https://spiderroadpress.com/submissions/webmicrofictionprize/ |
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| Femme Fatale / Dangerous Women Untitled Anthology (Mango Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/15/2021 |
Crime themed to femme fatales and dangerous women |
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$125.00 |
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-untitled-crime-anthology-featuring-femmes-fatales-dangerous-women/ |
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| GigaNotoSaurus |
Science fiction and fantasy, especially long |
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$100.00 |
http://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/ |
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| Storytwigs |
Micro-fiction, with monthly themes |
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$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 |
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$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 |
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$75.00 |
https://queerscifi.com/flash-contest-rules/ |
RIGHTS: Requires 12 months exclusive. |
| 34 Orchard |
Dark, unsettling fiction, all genres |
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$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 |
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$50.00 |
https://curseddragonship.com/submissions-2/ |
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| Wild Musette Journal of Music, Mystery, and Myth, The |
Themed to music, dance, relationships, environmental, or fantasy and mythic fiction |
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$50.00 |
https://wildmusette.com/pages/submissions |
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| Blood Bath Literary Zine |
Horror, themed issues |
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$41.14 |
https://bloodbathlitzine.com/ |
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| Wizards in Space |
All genres, themed |
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$40.00 |
https://wizardsinspacemag.com/submit/ |
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| Good Southern Witches (Curious Blue Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/2021 |
Fantasy and dark fantasy themed to Southern witches |
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$25.00 |
http://www.curiousbluepress.com/submissions |
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| No Anesthetic (Splatter Ink Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/2021 |
Extreme horror |
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$25.00 |
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-no-anesthetic/ |
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| Ghastling, The |
Quiet horror, macabre, and strange |
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$20.17 |
https://theghastling.com/submit/ |
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| Antimatter Magazine |
Flash fiction SF inspired by recent headlines |
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$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 |
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$20.00 |
http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=8/ |
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| Speculative City |
All genres, themed to cityscape and issue's theme |
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$20.00 |
http://www.speculativecity.com/submissions/ |
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| Handmade Horror Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/28/2021 |
Horror themed to art or craft |
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$19.69 |
https://www.cryoseismpress.com/pages/submissions |
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| Crunchy With Ketchup (Wolfsinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31/2021 |
All spec-fic, themed: fierce dragons |
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$15.00 |
https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/CrunchyWithKetchup.html |
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| Summer of Speculation (Cloaked Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/20/2021 |
SF and Fantasy |
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$15.00 |
https://www.cloakedpress.com/summerspec/ |
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| 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) |
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$15.00 |
https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html |
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| Murderous Ink Press Magazine |
Crime and mystery, including weird and bizarro |
|
$13.61 |
https://www.murderousinkpress.co.uk/submissions.html |
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| All Worlds Wayfarer |
All speculative fiction |
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$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 |
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| Whetstone |
Pulp sword and sorcery |
|
$10.00 |
https://whetstonemag.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html |
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| On the Premises Mini-Contest RECURRING CONTEST |
Themed contests with very limited wordcounts. |
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$5.00 |
http://onthepremises.com/minis/ |
Mini-contest submission periods: April, May, October, November. |
| Drabble Harvest (Hiraeth Publishing) RECURRING CONTESTS |
Speculative fiction drabbles, themed |
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$1.00 |
https://www.hiraethsffh.com/drabble-contest |
ONE-TIME DEADLINE: 1/31/2021 |
| On the Premises RECURRING CONTEST |
Themed contests. |
|
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https://onthepremises.com/current-contest/ |
Submission periods: December, June. |
| Helios Quarterly - DEAD MARKET |
All spec-fic |
$0.060 |
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https://heliosquarterly.com/submissions/ |
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| Sword & Sorceress ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DEAD MARKET |
PG-13 sword & sorcery with strong female protagonist, contemporary okay |
$0.060 |
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| Aurelio Leo - DEAD MARKET |
Speculative fiction, especially graphic novels |
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https://aureliabookcafe.com/aurelia-leo/ |
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| Brewed Awakenings (Caffeinated Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY |
All genres |
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$50.00 |
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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!
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