Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Author at Aswiebe's Market List

Strengthen Your Paragraphs, Merciless Mermaids, and Other Market List Updates

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 9/15/2022. If you don’t want to miss an update, subscribe to the Aswiebe’s Market List newsletter: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/subscribe-to-market-list/

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/aug-2022/

Thoughts in Passing

What makes a strong paragraph?

Watch your openings.
Go against the grain.
Mix it up.
End strong.
…And if you’re focusing too much on it, save it for your edits!

Watch your openings. Watch out for repetitive paragraph beginnings. He, she, then, while, next, [character name] are common offenders. My critique group recently flagged me for using “He” to open too many paragraphs in a section. Similar sentence structure at the beginning of each paragraph can also be a problem.

Go against the grain. This depends on your natural tendencies. Do you normally write short and choppy? See if you can blend some sentences together. Do you normally write long sentences? Break them up (while preserving the natural flow). Long sections of dialog? Add action or description. Heavy on “looking at”-type description? Work action into the description. Figure out what your normal tendencies are and train yourself to look for places to go against them. This flows best not as large sections of something different, but occasional changes within a paragraph.

Mix it up. This is similar to going against the grain, but it depends less on your natural tendency and more on paying attention to what you’ve done. Then do something different. This is also a good way to figure out what your natural tendencies are. Were the last 4-5 paragraphs long? Write a short one. What sentence structures have you been leaning on? Try a different one.

End strong. Humans naturally put more weight on endings. The last item in a list. The last word or clause in a sentence. The last sentence of a paragraph. That’s where to put things you want to hit home for the reader: an evocative image; a sound; a shocking emotion; or a hook to pull them on.

Save it for your edits! As always, your mileage may vary. Different techniques work for different writers. If you find yourself getting bogged down in the sentence- and paragraph-level of your writing, save it for edits of sections that you really want to shine.

(Inspired by someone else’s locked Patreon post.)

(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the contact form on my website, and it may get answered in the next newsletter.)

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

I’m deeply enjoying leaning into the weird and grotesque in my writing. When I cackle as I write, it’s a good sign. I’ve been cackling a lot as I write my latest project…

Things Shiny or Useful

Archive of all shiny or useful links: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/shiny-or-useful-writing-links/

Why Unreliable Characters Are So Compelling: https://careerauthors.com/why-unreliable-characters-are-so-compelling/

Quick Tips on Writing a Novelette: https://horrortree.com/quick-tips-on-writing-a-novelette/

Delete Me (privacy service): https://joindeleteme.com/

Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops

(Any registration fees are noted.)

ChiCon 8 / WorldCon ($30), Sept 1-5, 2022: https://chicon.org/

Can*Con (CAD$45), Oct 14-16, 2022: https://can-con.org/2022-registration-and-price-list/

World Fantasy Convention ($125), Nov 3-6, 2022: https://www.wfc2022.org/

The Nebula Conference ($150) is over for 2022, but purchasing a membership now still gets access to recorded panels and year-round special events: https://membership.sfwa.org/event-4563942

Featured Market

The Merciless Mermaids: Tails From the Deep anthology wants dark mermaid stories.

We’re sounding the ship’s bell for stories about malevolent and merciless merfolk of all kinds. Give us your mermaids who fought for the wrong reasons, made tough by their circumstances or by their own choices. Show us their schemes and villainous wiles, the fairytales that end in blood. Or laughter. Tempt us with their twisted workings across time and space, colors and creeds.
…Original “dark mermaid” short stories and poetry in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, humor, and romance, appropriate for a “PG-13” audience. Mermaids must be integral to the story. Diverse cultures and non-traditional legends and persons welcomed. Please, no copyrighted characters.
Merciless Mermaids

Basics: all speculative fiction, themed, up to 5,000 words, pays $.06/wd, no reprints, due 8/31/22 – 10/7/22.

Guidelines: https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/merciless-mermaids-tails-from-the-deep/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
Deadlands, The	Death-themed speculative fiction and poetry	$0.100		https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/
Strange Horizons	All speculative fiction and poetry	$0.100		http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 10/3/22 UNTIL FULL (1,000 stories submitted)
Unspeakable Horror 3: Dark Rainbow Rising (Crystal Lake Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/30/22	LGBTQIA+-themed horror	$0.100		https://vinceliaguno.blogspot.com/2022/06/call-for-submissions-unspeakable-horror.html?m=1
Fantasy Magazine	Fantasy and dark fantasy fiction and poetry	$0.080		https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/fantasy/guidelines	OK to submit even if previously rejected by sister publications Nightmare Magazine or Lightspeed. SUBMISSION PERIODS: ONE-TIME open to BIPOC authors all of 2022. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD 10/1/22 – 10/7/22.
Flame Tree Press	Frequent themed anthologies	$0.080		https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/topic/call-for-submissions
Gothic Romance Anthology (Brigid’s Gate) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/30/22	Gothic romance. Limited author demographic: women and non-binary people	$0.080		https://brigidsgatepress.com/submissions
Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories (Flame Tree Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/30/22	SF themed to immigration and migration. Limited demographic: authors with direct/familial experience with theme.	$0.080		https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/immigrant-sci-fi-call-for-submissions-0-0
Merciless Mermaids: Tails from the Deep (WordFire Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/31/22-10/7/22	Themed to PG-13 dark mermaid stories	$0.060		https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/merciless-mermaids-tails-from-the-deep/guidelines
There’s No Place (Renaissance) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/30/22	All genres, themed to home. Limited demographic: authors who have experienced homelessness	$0.060		https://pressesrenaissancepress.ca/2022/06/29/call-for-submissions/	Accepted stories will be 70% Canadian
Alfred Hitchcock's	Mystery, including paranormal	$0.050		https://www.alfredhitchcockmysterymagazine.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/	Long response time
Dread Machine	Dark SF, horror, magic realism, slipstream, and poetry	$0.050		https://www.thedreadmachine.com/submit/	Reprints up to 7,000 words.
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine	Mystery of all types	$0.050		https://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/	Prefers 2,500 - 8,000
Dead & Bloated (The Evil Cookie Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/1/22	Extreme horror, with dark humor, themed to water	$0.030		https://theevilcookie.com/pages/submissions
Superstition (Redwood Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Horror and dark fiction themed to superstition	$0.020		https://redwood-press.com/category/submissions/
Interzone	Science fiction, fantasy, and horror	$0.015		https://interzone.press/submissions/	Do not submit the same story to Interzone and IZ Digital
IZ Digital (Interzone)	Science fiction, fantasy, and horror	$0.015		https://interzone.digital/story-submissions/	Do not submit the same story to Interzone and IZ Digital
After Dinner Conversation (Magazine and Podcast)	Discussion-provoking stories, all genres	$0.010		https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/submissions
Mythic Magazine	SF/F	$0.010		http://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 8/2/22 – 8/31/22
Project Briar Rose (Manawaker Studio) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/22	SF, themed to personal qualities (see guidelines)	$0.010		http://www.manawaker.com/submit-to-project-briar-rose/
Troopers (Shacklebound Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/31/22	Flash fiction themed to law enforcement and military SF	$0.010		https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/troopers/
Two-thousand Word Terrors (Rooster Republic Press)	Horror	$0.010		https://roosterrepublicpress.com/short-story-submissions/	Wants about 2,000 words, slightly under is okay. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: due 8/31/22
Underland Arcana	Mildly speculative and weird fiction	$0.010		https://www.underlandarcana.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Fall 2022, probably October
Emerging Writers Contest (Dream Foundry) ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 8/8 – 10/8	Speculative fiction. Limited demographic: non-pro authors		$1,000.00	https://dreamfoundry.org/writing-contest/	No admission fee.
Into Chaos (Sans Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/6/22	All genres, themed to embracing the unknown and stepping into chaos		$151.25	https://www.sanspress.com/submissions
Pets, Pets, PETS!!! (Los Suelos, California) ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 9/5/22	All genres, esp. twisted, surreal, occult, themed to pets		$150.00	https://lossuelos.com/submissions/
Nemesis (Wicked Taxidermy Press) ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 8/31/22 (estimated)	Speculative fiction themed to enemies-to-relationship		$100.00	https://www.wickedtaxidermypress.com/submissions	All entries will be “considered for publication,” short stories’ regular rate is $10.
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/
Tumbled Tales 1 (Wandering Wave Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/1/22	Speculative fiction, themed to subverting tropes and expectations		$25.00	https://wanderingwavepress.com/submissions
Ghastling, The	Psychological or quiet horror, ghost stories, themed		$17.74	https://theghastling.com/submit/	Check their Twitter for submission windows.
Flash Point Science Fiction	All speculative flash fiction		$15.00	https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/
Freeze Frame Fiction	Flash fiction, all genres		$10.00	https://freezeframefiction.com/write/submission-guidelines-faq/	SUBMISSION PERIODS: 8/1 – 12/31, 2/1 – 6/30
From the Yonder Vol 5 (War Monkey Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/31/22	Horror based on folk legend or tall tale from around the world		$10.00	https://warmonkeypublications.com/submissions
Tales from the Radiator (Strong Branch Productions) PODCAST	All weird fiction and speculative fiction		$5.00	https://strongbranchproductions.com/tales-from-the-radiator/	RIGHTS: non-exclusive audio rights, plus reprint rights. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 9/30/22 or until 100 submissions received
Strange Libations: Dark Cocktails (Apex Magazine) ONE-TIME CALL – DUE 9/9/22	Dark micro-fiction in cocktail recipe form		$0.00	https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/strange-libations-dark-cocktails/guidelines
Hypnos Magazine – DEAD MARKET	Weird fiction and cosmic horror	$0.010			Fast response time.
Year After, The – DEAD MARKET	Fantasy, literary, and science fiction	$0.010		https://www.theyearaftermag.com/submissions
Timeworn Literary Journal – DEAD MARKET	Historical fiction, esp. incl. genre and speculative elements		$25.00
McCoy's Monthly – DEAD MARKET	All genres, incl. literary and SF		$20.00
Toasted Cake (Podcast) – DEAD MARKET (Indefinite Hiatus)	Speculative flash fiction		$15.00	http://toastedcake.com/submissions.html	ONE-TIME CLOSURE until August ?? 2022
Chillfiltr – DEAD MARKET (no longer lists pay)	Literary fiction and fantasy			https://chillfiltr.com/write-for-chillfiltr/
Daily Science Fiction – DEAD MARKET	SF, fantasy, slipstream, dark fantasy but not pure horror, etc.	$0.080		http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Keeper of Lists
Aswiebe’s Market List
Abra Staffin-Wiebe’s Author Website

Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. 

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 9/15/2022. If you don’t want to miss an update, subscribe to the Aswiebe’s Market List newsletter: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/subscribe-to-market-list/

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 8/15/2022. If you don’t want to miss an update, subscribe to the Aswiebe’s Market List newsletter: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/subscribe-to-market-list/

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/july-2022/

Thoughts in Passing

Giving Yourself Grace … For a Little While

Life happens. It’s a truism because it’s true. After the past couple of years, we all understand how quickly our lives can be disrupted. Some disruptions are predictable (summer vacation, a new baby), others are less so (sickness, a dying relative, job loss). In my household, the last couple of months have been a little of column A, a little of column B. We’re all fine now.

My writing schedule, however, is shot. My Pacemaker.press wordcount graph looks terrible. You can really see when my kids came home from school, followed quickly by our whole family getting sick and then having an activity-packed family reunion.

I am not good at giving myself grace. I’m a fairly slow writer, and if I don’t drive myself to write on a schedule, suddenly weeks have gone by without words on the page. And I don’t write well in short spurts. I really need a few uninterrupted hours to sink into deep work mode.

So, grace. Giving yourself grace is not the same thing as giving up. Grace can be saying, “I can’t do as much as I want while [current circumstances], but I will if [better conditions].” Then you do what you can, when you can, under the current circumstances. Sometimes that’s a little, sometimes that’s nothing. Then you can either wait or do what you can until your circumstances change. That might be because they are temporary and have a natural end date. Or it might be because you have worked to get your life closer to those better conditions.

For me, knowing that there is an end condition and planning for it makes all the difference. I can give myself grace, even if right now all I can do is make a list, or take a few notes, or add a reminder to my calendar for later.

(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the contact form on my website, and it may get answered in the next newsletter.)

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

I’ve tinkered with the way the new market listings table shows up on the website. It should be more responsive for cellphones and smaller screens (will still display best on a larger screen). And now it has a search function! Please do leave a comment in my contact form letting me know what you think.

Other than that, I’m getting snippets of writing done on my space opera novel, when I can. Trying not to wince at how far behind my Pacemaker.press chart thinks I am!

Things Shiny or Useful

Archive of all shiny or useful links: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/shiny-or-useful-writing-links/
🧵 indicates a useful thread on Twitter.

Purgatorial Stories: Hallmarks and Patterns: https://tanaudel.wordpress.com/2022/07/25/purgatorial-stories-hallmarks-and-patterns/

Reflections on Writing Horror: https://horrortree.com/reflections-on-writing-horror-as-fast-as-she-can-blog-tour/

Here’s how to find your damn comps 🧵: https://twitter.com/GuerillaMemoir/status/1547916175379533832
…with caveats🧵: https://twitter.com/isabeljka/status/1549025082344968194

10 Swords Writing Exercise 🧵: https://twitter.com/SixFeetZen/status/1547621439099940865

Guard Rails Around the Bottomless Pit: https://maxgladstone.substack.com/p/guard-rails-around-the-bottomless

Behind the Scenes: http://www.augurmag.com/what-happens-to-a-submission-at-augur-magazine/

Romancing SFF: https://www.sfwa.org/2022/06/16/romancing-sff-why-romance-should-be-part-of-your-worldbuilding/

Publishing Checklist: Making Books: https://dreamfoundry.org/2022/06/23/publishing-checklist-making-books/

Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops

(Any registration fees are noted.)

ChiCon 8 / WorldCon ($30), Sept 1-5, 2022: https://chicon.org/

Can*Con (CAD$45), Oct 14-16, 2022: https://can-con.org/2022-registration-and-price-list/

World Fantasy Convention ($125), Nov 3-6, 2022: https://www.wfc2022.org/

The Nebula Conference ($150) is over for 2022, but purchasing a membership now still gets access to recorded panels and year-round special events: https://membership.sfwa.org/event-4563942

Featured Market

The annual Unidentified Funny Objects anthology wants humorous SF/fantasy, due 8/25/22.

We’re looking for speculative stories with a strong humor element. Think Resnick and Sheckley, Fredric Brown and Douglas Adams. We welcome quality flash fiction and non-traditional narratives. Take chances, try something new, just make sure that your story is funny.
Puns and stories that are little more than vehicles for delivering a punch line at the end aren’t likely to win us over. The best way to learn what we like in general is to read a previous volume. You can buy them here and also read the online stories for free. WHAT WE DON’T WANT These are the tropes we see entirely too much of in the slush pile.
You will improve your odds if you steer clear of these:
* Zombies
* Vampires
* Deals with the Devil / Djinn in a bottle variants
* Stereotypical aliens probing people, abducting cattle, and doing other stereotypical alien things.
Unidentified Funny Objects

Basics: humorous speculative fiction, 500 – 6,000 words, pays $.08/wd, no reprints, 2022 submissions close 8/25/22.

Guidelines: https://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/

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.

July '22 Update

New and updated science fiction, fantasy, and horror publication listings for Aswiebe's Market List, July 2022 edition.

Name	What they want	Pay Per Word USD (originals)	Flat Pay USD (originals)	Website	Notes
Unidentified Funny Objects ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/26 – 8/25	Funny F/SF	$0.100		http://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 7/26/22 – 8/25/22
Augur Magazine	Literary SF/F, fabulism, slipstream, and poetry	$0.088		http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/	80% Canadian. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: closes 7/31/22
Tales & Feathers Magazine	Cozy slice-of-life fantasy	$0.088		https://www.augurmag.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: closes 7/31/22
Daily Science Fiction	SF, fantasy, slipstream, dark fantasy but not pure horror, etc.	$0.080		http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines	ONE-TIME temporary closure until ??
Fiyah	Speculative fiction. LIMITED DEMOGRAPHIC: authors from the African diaspora	$0.080		http://www.fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME THEME: Hauntings and Horrors due 7/31/22
Real Stories of the United States Space Force (Baen Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/22/23 or when full	Hard SF fiction, poetry, and fact, themed to current and future near-Earth space-related threats	$0.080		https://cstuarthardwick.com/ussf-call-for-submissions/
Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic: An Anthology of Hysteria Fiction ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1/22	Dark speculative fiction, themed to hysteria	$0.060		https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/hysteria-submissions/	Charity anthology
Obsolescence (Alan Lastufka) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/??/22 UNTIL FULL	Dark SF, fantasy, and horror themed to technology	$0.060		https://alanlastufka.com/2022/07/16/announcing-obsolescence-a-dark-sci-fi-fantasy-and-horror-anthology/
Shakespeare Unleashed (Black Spot Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/21/22	Horror themed to Shakespeare’s works	$0.060		https://www.crystallakepub.com/announcing-our-next-anthology/
Utopia Science Fiction	SF, especially hard SF	$0.040		https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit	Length: prefers up to 5,000 words, may serialize longer stories
Sherlock is a Girl’s Name (Clan Destine Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/30/22	Mystery of all types, themed to a female Sherlock Holmes	$0.035		https://www.clandestinepress.net/blogs/clan_destine_press_blog/call-for-submissions-sherlock-is-a-girls-name
Sci Phi	Non-character-driven SF, esp. big idea SF and classic-style SF	$0.033		https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: open until 8/4/22
Fusion Fragment	SF	$0.031		http://www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: open until 8/7/22
Post Roe Alternatives (B-Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/8/22	SF themed to the justice system post-Roe v. Wade	$0.030		https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/post-roe-alternatives/guidelines	Query first for reprints or > 4,000 words.
Science Fiction Tarot, The (tdotSpec) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/04/22	SF	$0.030		http://tdotspec.com/submissions/
Neon Magazine	Dark literary fiction and poetry, especially surreal or speculative	$0.024		https://www.neonmagazine.co.uk/guidelines/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION THEMES: Machines due 1/15/23, Childhood due 6/15/23
Dirt in the Sky (Filthy Loot) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/15/22	Literary horror themed to the haves and have-nots	$0.020		https://www.filthyloot.com/submissions/
Intrepidus Ink	Speculative flash fiction, action-adventure, speculative fiction, and literary, with intrepid main character	$0.020		https://intrepidusink.com/
Speculative North Magazine (Tdotspec)	Speculative fiction	$0.016		http://tdotspec.com/submissions/
From the Depths (Wyldblood Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/31/22	Fantasy and fantastic horror themed to the sea	$0.012		https://wyldblood.com/from-the-depths/
Aphotic Realm Magazine	Horror fiction, flash fiction, and poetry	$0.010		https://aphoticrealm.com/submissions/
Night Terrors (Scare Street) ANTHOLOGY SERIES	Creepy literary dark fiction and horror	$0.010		https://scarestreet.com/submissions/	RIGHTS: takes non-exclusive audio rights, translation rights
Space and Time Magazine	Science fiction, fantasy, and horror	$0.010		https://spaceandtime.net/submissions/	Submission period: 1/15 – 1/31, 7/15 – 7/31
Two-Thousand Word Terrors (Rooster Republic Press)	Horror	$0.010		https://roosterrepublicpress.com/short-story-submissions/	ONE-TIME 2022 SUBMISSION PERIOD: 8/1/22 – 8/31/22
Wyngraf - flash fiction	Secondary world cozy fantasy flash fiction	$0.010		https://wyngraf.com/submissions/	SUBMISSION PERIOD: Always open to flash fiction submissions
Wyngraf - short stories	Secondary world cozy fantasy	$0.010		https://wyngraf.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Opens 8/1/22
Furry/Lovecraftian/Erotic/University Themed Anthology (Armoured Fox Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Furry erotic horror, themed	$0.005		https://armouredfoxpress.wixsite.com/website/callforsubmissions
Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen & Other Things That Should Not Be, The (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL	Cosmic horror	$0.005		http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html
Phantom Thieves & Sagacious Scoundrels (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL	Speculative fiction themed to rogues and thieves	$0.005		http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html
Imagining Indigenous Futures ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 12/1	Indigenous SF writing sample		$1,000.00	https://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Imagining-Indigenous-Futurisms-Award/
Tales by Moonlight Novella Contest (Ankara) ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 9/15/22	Fantasy novellas/novelettes		$1,000.00	https://ankaracircle.com/	WARNING: all entries will be published online for voting, using first publication rights.
Voyage	YA, all subgenres		$200.00	https://thevoyagejournal.com/submit/
Darkness Visible, A (Ontology Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/31/22	Postmodern or experimental horror		$96.25	https://www.ontologybooks.com/submissions
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly	Heroic fantasy, sword & sorcery fiction and poetry		$75.00	http://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?page_id=39	Will serialize more than 10,000 words. ONE-TIME CLOSURE UNTIL ??
Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 11/2	Weird flash fiction themed to Christmas		$75.00	https://weirdchristmas.com/2022/07/19/2022-weird-christmas-flash-fiction-contest-5th-annual/
Fairy Tale Magazine, The	Fairy tale retellings, themed. ONE-TIME 2023 THEME: love.		$50.00	https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/submissions	FKA Enchanted Conversation. Submission periods: 12/1/22 – 1/2/23 love-themed, 5/1/23 – 6/2/23. Occasional calls for longer works.
Wind Guide You (Sadwrn Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/1/22	Strange, setting-themed speculative flash fiction		$40.89	https://sadwrnpress.com/index.php/en/45-wind-guide-you-call-for-submissions
Curiouser Magazine	Surrealism, horror, weird, fabulism, and near-future SF		$34.79	https://curiousermag.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME DEMOGRAPHIC LIMITATION: Australian residents only for Issue 3 (subs opened 6/30/22)
Bullet Points	Military speculative fiction		$30.00	https://www.nathantoronto.com/bulletpoints/submissions
99 Fleeting Fantasies	Fantasy		$25.00	https://pulsepublishingsubmissions.moksha.io/publication/99-Fleeting-Fantasies/guidelines
Tales of Sley House ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1 UNTIL FULL	Fantasy, SF, horror, mystery, and thriller		$25.00	https://www.sleyhouse.com/submissions	Length: “about” 6,000 words. Submission periods: 7/1 – 7/15 college students only, 7/16 until full open for everyone
Funemployment Quarterly	SF and fantasy		$15.59	https://funemployment.xyz/submissions/
Night's End, The PODCAST	Dark speculative fiction, some themed issues		$10.00	https://www.nightsendpodcast.com/	ON-TIME THEME SUBMISSIONS: Halloween and Gothic/ghost stories due 8/29/22
Trembling with Fear	Horror, dark SF, and dark fantasy, themed and unthemed		$5.00	https://horrortree.com/submissions/	Wordcount and reprint acceptability varies, prefers unthemed stories in 800-1,500 range, themed up to 2,500, may serialize longer. ANNUAL SUBMISSION THEMES: 12/1 – 1/25 Valentine, 2/1 – 7/31 Summer Holiday, 7/1 – 10/13 Halloween, 7/1 – 12/7 Christmas. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Summer Holiday theme until 8/31/22
Every Day Fiction	All flash fiction		$3.00	http://www.everydayfiction.com/submit-story/
Future Fiction	Near-future hard SF			https://www.futurefiction.org/proposte-editoriali/?lang=en	Works accepted in 13+ different languages and published in translation to Italian and German
Nightfire (Tor/Forge's Horror Imprint)	Horror novels and novellas			https://nightfire.moksha.io/publication/nightfire/guidelines	ONE-TIME CLOSURE until ??
Queer Blades (Farther Trees) – DEAD MARKET	Fantasy adventure with LGBTQIA+ main characters		$10.00	https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/queerblades/
Scare Story – DEAD MARKET	Horror themed to ghosts, monsters, the supernatural etc.	$0.010		https://scarestreet.com/submissions/
Annorlunda Enterprises – DEAD MARKET	All genres except horror and erotica		$100.00
From the Farther Trees – DEAD MARKET	Fantasy		$10.00	https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/submissions/
Satyr Central – DEAD MARKET	All genres, esp. weird and genre-nonconforming fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, horror, comedy		$20.00
Aftermath – DEAD MARKET	Realistic apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic environmental fiction	$0.020		https://www.aftermathmag.org/submissions.html

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe’s Market List
Abra Staffin-Wiebe’s Author Website

If you need to update your name, just fill out the newsletter subscription form again. Use the same email address.
If you need to change your email address, please unsubscribe from your old email. Then fill out the newsletter subscription form.
Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it.

Table Test

Move along, nothing to see here.

July '22 Update

New and updated science fiction, fantasy, and horror publication listings for Aswiebe's Market List, July 2022 edition.

Name	What they want	Pay Per Word USD (originals)	Flat Pay USD (originals)	Website	Notes
Unidentified Funny Objects ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/26 – 8/25	Funny F/SF	$0.100		http://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 7/26/22 – 8/25/22
Augur Magazine	Literary SF/F, fabulism, slipstream, and poetry	$0.088		http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/	80% Canadian. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: closes 7/31/22
Tales & Feathers Magazine	Cozy slice-of-life fantasy	$0.088		https://www.augurmag.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: closes 7/31/22
Daily Science Fiction	SF, fantasy, slipstream, dark fantasy but not pure horror, etc.	$0.080		http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines	ONE-TIME temporary closure until ??
Fiyah	Speculative fiction. LIMITED DEMOGRAPHIC: authors from the African diaspora	$0.080		http://www.fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME THEME: Hauntings and Horrors due 7/31/22
Real Stories of the United States Space Force (Baen Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/22/23 or when full	Hard SF fiction, poetry, and fact, themed to current and future near-Earth space-related threats	$0.080		https://cstuarthardwick.com/ussf-call-for-submissions/
Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic: An Anthology of Hysteria Fiction ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1/22	Dark speculative fiction, themed to hysteria	$0.060		https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/hysteria-submissions/	Charity anthology
Obsolescence (Alan Lastufka) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/??/22 UNTIL FULL	Dark SF, fantasy, and horror themed to technology	$0.060		https://alanlastufka.com/2022/07/16/announcing-obsolescence-a-dark-sci-fi-fantasy-and-horror-anthology/
Shakespeare Unleashed (Black Spot Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/21/22	Horror themed to Shakespeare’s works	$0.060		https://www.crystallakepub.com/announcing-our-next-anthology/
Utopia Science Fiction	SF, especially hard SF	$0.040		https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit	Length: prefers up to 5,000 words, may serialize longer stories
Sherlock is a Girl’s Name (Clan Destine Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/30/22	Mystery of all types, themed to a female Sherlock Holmes	$0.035		https://www.clandestinepress.net/blogs/clan_destine_press_blog/call-for-submissions-sherlock-is-a-girls-name
Sci Phi	Non-character-driven SF, esp. big idea SF and classic-style SF	$0.033		https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: open until 8/4/22
Fusion Fragment	SF	$0.031		http://www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: open until 8/7/22
Post Roe Alternatives (B-Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/8/22	SF themed to the justice system post-Roe v. Wade	$0.030		https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/post-roe-alternatives/guidelines	Query first for reprints or > 4,000 words.
Science Fiction Tarot, The (tdotSpec) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/04/22	SF	$0.030		http://tdotspec.com/submissions/
Neon Magazine	Dark literary fiction and poetry, especially surreal or speculative	$0.024		https://www.neonmagazine.co.uk/guidelines/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION THEMES: Machines due 1/15/23, Childhood due 6/15/23
Dirt in the Sky (Filthy Loot) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/15/22	Literary horror themed to the haves and have-nots	$0.020		https://www.filthyloot.com/submissions/
Intrepidus Ink	Speculative flash fiction, action-adventure, speculative fiction, and literary, with intrepid main character	$0.020		https://intrepidusink.com/
Speculative North Magazine (Tdotspec)	Speculative fiction	$0.016		http://tdotspec.com/submissions/
From the Depths (Wyldblood Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/31/22	Fantasy and fantastic horror themed to the sea	$0.012		https://wyldblood.com/from-the-depths/
Aphotic Realm Magazine	Horror fiction, flash fiction, and poetry	$0.010		https://aphoticrealm.com/submissions/
Night Terrors (Scare Street) ANTHOLOGY SERIES	Creepy literary dark fiction and horror	$0.010		https://scarestreet.com/submissions/	RIGHTS: takes non-exclusive audio rights, translation rights
Space and Time Magazine	Science fiction, fantasy, and horror	$0.010		https://spaceandtime.net/submissions/	Submission period: 1/15 – 1/31, 7/15 – 7/31
Two-Thousand Word Terrors (Rooster Republic Press)	Horror	$0.010		https://roosterrepublicpress.com/short-story-submissions/	ONE-TIME 2022 SUBMISSION PERIOD: 8/1/22 – 8/31/22
Wyngraf - flash fiction	Secondary world cozy fantasy flash fiction	$0.010		https://wyngraf.com/submissions/	SUBMISSION PERIOD: Always open to flash fiction submissions
Wyngraf - short stories	Secondary world cozy fantasy	$0.010		https://wyngraf.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Opens 8/1/22
Furry/Lovecraftian/Erotic/University Themed Anthology (Armoured Fox Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Furry erotic horror, themed	$0.005		https://armouredfoxpress.wixsite.com/website/callforsubmissions
Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen & Other Things That Should Not Be, The (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL	Cosmic horror	$0.005		http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html
Phantom Thieves & Sagacious Scoundrels (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL	Speculative fiction themed to rogues and thieves	$0.005		http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html
Imagining Indigenous Futures ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 12/1	Indigenous SF writing sample		$1,000.00	https://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Imagining-Indigenous-Futurisms-Award/
Tales by Moonlight Novella Contest (Ankara) ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 9/15/22	Fantasy novellas/novelettes		$1,000.00	https://ankaracircle.com/	WARNING: all entries will be published online for voting, using first publication rights.
Voyage	YA, all subgenres		$200.00	https://thevoyagejournal.com/submit/
Darkness Visible, A (Ontology Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/31/22	Postmodern or experimental horror		$96.25	https://www.ontologybooks.com/submissions
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly	Heroic fantasy, sword & sorcery fiction and poetry		$75.00	http://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?page_id=39	Will serialize more than 10,000 words. ONE-TIME CLOSURE UNTIL ??
Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 11/2	Weird flash fiction themed to Christmas		$75.00	https://weirdchristmas.com/2022/07/19/2022-weird-christmas-flash-fiction-contest-5th-annual/
Fairy Tale Magazine, The	Fairy tale retellings, themed. ONE-TIME 2023 THEME: love.		$50.00	https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/submissions	FKA Enchanted Conversation. Submission periods: 12/1/22 – 1/2/23 love-themed, 5/1/23 – 6/2/23. Occasional calls for longer works.
Wind Guide You (Sadwrn Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/1/22	Strange, setting-themed speculative flash fiction		$40.89	https://sadwrnpress.com/index.php/en/45-wind-guide-you-call-for-submissions
Curiouser Magazine	Surrealism, horror, weird, fabulism, and near-future SF		$34.79	https://curiousermag.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME DEMOGRAPHIC LIMITATION: Australian residents only for Issue 3 (subs opened 6/30/22)
Bullet Points	Military speculative fiction		$30.00	https://www.nathantoronto.com/bulletpoints/submissions
99 Fleeting Fantasies	Fantasy		$25.00	https://pulsepublishingsubmissions.moksha.io/publication/99-Fleeting-Fantasies/guidelines
Tales of Sley House ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1 UNTIL FULL	Fantasy, SF, horror, mystery, and thriller		$25.00	https://www.sleyhouse.com/submissions	Length: “about” 6,000 words. Submission periods: 7/1 – 7/15 college students only, 7/16 until full open for everyone
Funemployment Quarterly	SF and fantasy		$15.59	https://funemployment.xyz/submissions/
Night's End, The PODCAST	Dark speculative fiction, some themed issues		$10.00	https://www.nightsendpodcast.com/	ON-TIME THEME SUBMISSIONS: Halloween and Gothic/ghost stories due 8/29/22
Trembling with Fear	Horror, dark SF, and dark fantasy, themed and unthemed		$5.00	https://horrortree.com/submissions/	Wordcount and reprint acceptability varies, prefers unthemed stories in 800-1,500 range, themed up to 2,500, may serialize longer. ANNUAL SUBMISSION THEMES: 12/1 – 1/25 Valentine, 2/1 – 7/31 Summer Holiday, 7/1 – 10/13 Halloween, 7/1 – 12/7 Christmas. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Summer Holiday theme until 8/31/22
Every Day Fiction	All flash fiction		$3.00	http://www.everydayfiction.com/submit-story/
Future Fiction	Near-future hard SF			https://www.futurefiction.org/proposte-editoriali/?lang=en	Works accepted in 13+ different languages and published in translation to Italian and German
Nightfire (Tor/Forge's Horror Imprint)	Horror novels and novellas			https://nightfire.moksha.io/publication/nightfire/guidelines	ONE-TIME CLOSURE until ??
Queer Blades (Farther Trees) – DEAD MARKET	Fantasy adventure with LGBTQIA+ main characters		$10.00	https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/queerblades/
Scare Story – DEAD MARKET	Horror themed to ghosts, monsters, the supernatural etc.	$0.010		https://scarestreet.com/submissions/
Annorlunda Enterprises – DEAD MARKET	All genres except horror and erotica		$100.00
From the Farther Trees – DEAD MARKET	Fantasy		$10.00	https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/submissions/
Satyr Central – DEAD MARKET	All genres, esp. weird and genre-nonconforming fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, horror, comedy		$20.00
Aftermath – DEAD MARKET	Realistic apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic environmental fiction	$0.020		https://www.aftermathmag.org/submissions.html

27 Places to Sell Flash Fiction, and Other Market List Updates

The next update of Aswiebe’s Market List will be after 7/15/2022. If you don’t want to miss an update, subscribe to the Aswiebe’s Market List newsletter: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/subscribe-to-market-list/

Thoughts in Passing

27 Places to Sell Flash Fiction

What even is flash fiction? Because the major awards don’t have a “flash fiction” category, there is no standard definition. Most publications agree that if it’s under 1,001 words, it is flash fiction. Some stretch that to under 1,501 words or even 2,001 words. Some ask for fiction that’s under 501 words. (And then there’s micro-fiction, which is usually under 300 words, and drabbles, which are exactly 100 words long.)

How do you know if a publication is flash fiction friendly? Even if they don’t list a minimum wordcount in their guidelines, flash fiction may be a hard sell. If they specifically mention flash fiction in their guidelines, that’s a good sign! If they say that they have more room for shorter stories, that’s a good sign!

What’s the best place to sell flash fiction? Flash fiction contests are worth considering. Low risk, high reward! Publications that specialize in flash fiction are a good bet. When comparing publications, remember that a flat pay rate instead of a per-word pay rate may be a better deal for flash fiction. And for these very short pieces, it’s great to find publications with a minimum guaranteed payment.

Here are 27 places to sell your flash fiction.

Name	Min Wordcount	Max Wordcount	What they want	Pay Per Word USD (originals)	Flat Pay USD (originals)	Payment Notes	Website	Notes
Factor Four Magazine	0	1,000	All speculative flash fiction, especially SF, fantasy, supernatural, and superhero fiction	$0.110			https://factorfourmag.com/submissionsinfo/
Arcanist, The	0	1,000	SF/F/Horror flash fiction	$0.100			https://thearcanist.io/a-call-for-submissions-244f646d25a4
Third Flatiron Press	600	3,000	Science fiction, fantasy, horror, themed issues. Flash fiction, no theme required.	$0.080			https://thirdflatiron.com/	ONE-TIME THEME: 7/19/22 – 8/2/22 things with feathers (hope or the loss of)
Baffling Magazine (Neon Hemlock)	0	1,200	All speculative flash fiction	$0.080			https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
Pseudopod (Podcast)	500	6,000	Horror and dark fantasy	$0.080		$100 for reprints, $20 for flash fiction	http://pseudopod.org/submissions/	An Escape Artists publication. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIODS: 3/1/22-7/31/22 (2022 anthologies and collections), 8/12/22-8/21/22
Gargantua (Air and Nothingness Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/1/22-1/31/23	1,000	1,000	All genres, flash fiction, themed to massive engineering megastructures	$0.080			http://aanpress.com/submissions.html
Metastellar	0	1,000	Fantasy, SF, and horror flash fiction	$0.080			https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION WINDOW 10/1/22 – 10/31/22. NOTE: submission gives right of publication, even without a contract signing
Campfire Macabre Vol 2 (Cemetery Gates Media) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/1/22-8/15/22	500	1,500	Horror flash fiction, themed to When We Were Getting High, My Last Trick ‘r Treat, Body Grotesquerie, Ominous Visitors from Deep Space, or Out in the Fields, Forests, and Lakes	$0.080			https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/submissions/
Cast of Wonders Podcast	0	7,500	Clean YA SF/F/H	$0.080		$100 flat for reprints, $20 for flash fiction	http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/	ONE-TIME 2022 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 06/15/22 – 06/30/22 (Young Authors), 08/01/22 – 08/31/22 (Flash Fiction Contest) ### Query first for > 6,000 words.
Podcastle (Podcast)	0	6,000	Fantasy fiction	$0.080		$100 for reprints, $20 for flash fiction	http://podcastle.org/guidelines/	An Escape Artists publication. Original fiction up to 6,000 words, reprints up to 17,000. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION THEME: Indigenous Magic (#ownvoices) 7/1/22 – 7/31/22
Frozen Wavelets	0	1,500	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.
Orion’s Belt	0	1,200	Literary speculative flash fiction	$0.080			https://www.orions-belt.net/submissions
PodCastle Flash Fiction Contest RECURRING CONTEST – DUE 3/1 – 3/31	0	500	Fantasy flash fiction	$0.080			https://podcastle.org/2021/02/16/podcastle-flash-fiction-contest-vi/	Recurring contest, rotates between Escape Artists publications Escape Pod, PodCastle, and PseudoPod.
Flame Tree Newsletter Flash Fiction	700	1,000	Horror and sci-fi, themed. Subscribe to free newsletter for themes.	$0.080			https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/	SUBMISSION PERIOD: usually 2 weeks at the beginning of the month
Shoreline of Infinity	0	6,000	SF and Fantasy	$0.052		Pays £40/1,000 words	http://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/	RIGHTS: Also takes audio rights. ONE-TIME 2022 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 6/13 – 8/28 (flash fiction competition), 9/11 – 9/14
Apparition Lit	0	5,000	Speculative fiction, themed. Separate monthly flash fiction contest.	$0.050		$50 min	https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/	Submission periods: 2/15 – 2/28, 5/15 – 5/31, 8/15-08/31 (ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: Nostalgia), 11/15 – 11/30, with a 1-week extension each period for BIPOC.
Dose of Dread	500	1,000	Flash horror fiction	$0.020			https://dreadstonepress.com/submissions/	SUBMISSION PERIOD: 1st – 15th Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
Wyldblood Press – Wyld Flash	0	1,000	Speculative flash fiction	$0.012		Pays £.01/word	https://wyldblood.com/submissions-2/
Starward Shadows Quarterly	500	4,000	All spec-fic	$0.010		Flash fiction is paid $10 flat.	https://starwardshadows.com/submissions/
Wyngraf – flash fiction	0	1,001	Secondary world cozy fantasy flash fiction	$0.010			https://wyngraf.com/2022/03/20/now-open-to-cozy-flash-and-microfiction/
Hypnos Magazine	0	10,000	Weird fiction and cosmic horror	$0.010		$.03/wd for flash fiction	http://www.radiumtownpress.com/guidelines.html	Fast response time.
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine	0	10,000	All speculative fiction and poetry, especially humorous and lighthearted	$0.007		AU $0.01, min AU$20, max AU$100. Flash fiction and poetry AU$10.	https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/	Subscribers and AU/NZ authors can submit up to 20,000 words. ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 7/1/22.
Electric Literature	0	10,000	Literary, all genres, incl. experimental. The Commuter takes flash fiction. Recommended Reading takes short stories.		$300.00	$100 for flash	https://electricliterature.submittable.com/submit	SUBMISSION PERIODS: Recommended Reading (short stories) has 2 1-week open submission periods, usually in Spring and Fall, The Commuter (flash fiction) has 4 1-week submission periods. NOTE: Long response time.
Craft Literary	0	6,000	Literary, with a focus on writing craft		$200.00	$100 for flash	https://www.craftliterary.com/submit/
Three-Lobed Burning Eye	0	7,500	All speculative fiction, western, and suspense		$100.00	$100 per story, or $30 for flash fiction.	http://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
Flash Fiction Online	500	1,000	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, closed December.
Daily Science Fiction	100	1,500	SF, fantasy, slipstream, dark fantasy but not pure horror, etc.	$0.080		Plus $.05/wd if they choose to use story in anthology.	http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines

Flash Fiction Markets

Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the contact form on my website, and it may get answered in the next newsletter.

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

My cozy, funny, queer story about a haunted drag show and an unusual pest control specialist is now up at PodCastle! Go to Episode 740 to read or listen, or find it in your preferred podcast stream.

Note: ASL is its own language, with its own grammar and syntax that is different from English. This story is written to convey the meaning, not as a direct word-for-word translation. Special thanks to Anna Dudda for providing a Deaf expert reading.

Beck’s Pest Control and the Case of the Drag Show Downer

Things Shiny or Useful

Archive of all shiny or useful links: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/shiny-or-useful-writing-links/

Five PR Tools Every Writer Should Know About: https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/five-pr-tools-every-writer-should-know-about/

9 Things We Learned From Tracking 150k Books for 3 Years on Amazon: https://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers-blog/9-things-we-learned-from-tracking-150k-books-for-3-years-on-amazon?

Dark Art as an Access Need: https://adahoffmann.substack.com/p/dark-art-as-an-access-need

Digital Security for Filmmakers: https://www.digitalsecurity.film/

Crash Override Network: http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com/resources.html

How to Write Character Arcs: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/write-character-arcs/

Setting boundaries (thread): https://twitter.com/AyanaGray/status/1535431505270525953

Accessible links (thread): https://twitter.com/Em1lySm/status/1516741011422199810

How to See if a Song is Copyrighted: https://legismusic.com/how-to-see-if-song-is-copyrighted/

List of Public Domain Music: https://www.pdinfo.com/public-domain-music-list.php

Free adspace on Dead Headspace for LGBTQ+ community through 7/24/22: https://horrortree.com/dead-headspace-is-offering-free-ad-space-to-the-lgbtq-community/

Reimagining Conflict: https://www.sfwa.org/2022/05/10/reimagining-conflict-writing/

Reasonable Agreement: On the Crapification of Literary Contracts: https://doctorow.medium.com/reasonable-agreement-ea8600a89ed7

Using Writer’s Block to Diagnose Story Problems: https://www.tiktok.com/@maryrobinettekowal/video/7081295775627480362

Classes for BIPOC writers: https://twitter.com/tinytempest/status/1537421038115381249

Atticus (for creating ebooks): https://www.atticus.io/

Sorting Hat Chats: https://sortinghatchats.wordpress.com/2020/01/17/the-basics/

What Debut Authors Should Know (thread): https://twitter.com/MissDahlELama/status/1537437057332617216

Artbreeder (Creative Commons AI art generator, great for character art!): https://www.artbreeder.com/beta/about

Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops

(Any registration fees are noted.)

Westercon (?), July 1-4, 2022: http://westercon74.org/

ChiCon 8 / WorldCon ($30), Sept 1-5, 2022: https://chicon.org/

The Nebula Conference ($150) is over for 2022, but purchasing a membership now still gets access to recorded panels and year-round special events: https://membership.sfwa.org/event-4563942

Featured Market

Mysterion wants speculative fiction that engages with Christianity. Open for submissions during July 2022.

We are looking for speculative stories that meaningfully engage with Christianity.
Your story doesn’t need to teach a moral or cleave closely to an approved theological position.
Your story doesn’t need to be pro-Christian. We’re unlikely to publish anything that insults us, but we do want to read stories that challenge us. Having said that, there are tropes we see too often in stories critical of Christian faith and tradition: evil preachers, theocratic dystopias, Christians abandoning their faith because something inexplicable happened, crazy Christians trying to bring about the apocalypse by doing something in Israel, an unambiguously evil God. Any of these will be a hard sell.
There are tropes we see too often on the pro-Christian side, too. Stories where the plot resolution hinges on one or more characters becoming Christian, apocalypse stories based on a literal reading of Revelation, rapture stories, spiritual warfare with angels and demons as characters, retold Bible stories, allegory, theocratic utopias, anything that reads like C.S. Lewis fanfic. You’d have to do a very unique take on one of these to get anything other than a quick rejection.
Mysterion

Basics: themed speculative fiction, up to 9,000 words, pays $.08/wd for original work, $.04/wd for reprints, reprints okay, annual submission periods in January and July.

Guidelines: https://www.mysteriononline.com/p/submission-guidelines.html

Market List Updates

To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet. Note: going forward, limited demographic market listings will be italicized.

Test
Name	What they want	Pay Per Word USD (originals)	Flat Pay USD (originals)	Website	Notes
Alternate History (Flame Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/11/22	SFF themed to alternate history	$0.080		https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/alternate-history-call-for-submissions-0-0
Baffling Magazine (Neon Hemlock)	All speculative flash fiction	$0.080		https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
Hidden Realms (Flame Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/11/22	SFF themed to hidden places	$0.080		https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/hidden-realms-call-for-submissions-0?
Mysterion	SF, fantasy, and horror with Christian themes	$0.080		http://www.mysteriononline.com/p/submission-guidelines.html	SUBMISSION WINDOWS: January, July
Third Flatiron Press	Science fiction, fantasy, horror, themed issues. Flash fiction, no theme required.	$0.080		https://thirdflatiron.com/	ONE-TIME THEME: 7/19/22 – 8/2/22 things with feathers (hope or the loss of)
Mythulu	SF/F/H, themed	$0.040		https://mythulu.com/emagazine-submission-call/
Night Frights (Dark Moon Digest) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1	PG-rated YA horror	$0.030		https://perpetualpublishing.com/2022/05/21/now-open-for-submissions-night-frights-a-ya-horror-magazine/
Superstition (Redwood Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/22 until full	Horror and dark fiction and poetry themed to superstition	$0.020		https://redwood-press.com/category/submissions/
Wyldblood Press – Wyld Flash	Speculative flash fiction	$0.012		https://wyldblood.com/submissions-2/
Museum Piece (Metaphorosis Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/22	SFF themed to museums	$0.010		https://books.metaphorosis.com/open-calls/
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine	All speculative fiction and poetry, especially humorous and lighthearted	$0.007		https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/	Subscribers and AU/NZ authors can submit up to 20,000 words. ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 7/1/22.
Islandia Journal	All genres, themed to myth, folklore, history, and ecology of Florida and the Caribbean		$100.00	https://www.islandiajournal.com/
Short Story Substack	All genres		$100.00	https://shortstory.substack.com/p/coming-soon
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, closed December.
Reclaiming Joy (WriteHive) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/22 – 8/30/22	Speculative fiction themed to reclaiming joy after difficulties		$30.00	https://writehive.org/news/coming-soon-reclaiming-joy-anthology/
Future Fire, The	Progressive speculative fiction and poetry		$20.00	http://futurefire.net/guidelines/fiction.html	Prefers under 7,500 words.
Haunted Train, The: Creepy Tales from the Railways ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/15/22	Stories about trains		$10.72	https://www.raynehall.com/general-8
Incubate (Speculation Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Feminist horror themed to rage		$10.00	https://www.speculationpub.com/submissions
Insignia’s Best Asian Speculative Fiction ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/1 – 6/30	All speculative fiction set in Asia with an Asian main character, reprints only		$5.00	https://insigniastories.com/subs/
Wyldblood Press – Novels and Novellas	Science fiction and fantasy		$0.00	https://wyldblood.com/submissions-2/

Updated Listings for June

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe’s Market List
Abra Staffin-Wiebe’s Author Website

If you don’t want to miss an update, subscribe to the Aswiebe’s Market List newsletter: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/subscribe-to-market-list/
If you need to update your name, just fill out the newsletter subscription form again. Use the same email address.
If you need to change your email address, please unsubscribe from your old email. Then fill out the newsletter subscription form.
Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it.

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 6/15/2022. Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/may-2022/

Thoughts in Passing

This (theoretically May) update is going out a couple of days late, so it’s extra large. More new markets! More useful links! So the timing seems right to talk about extra large stories: novellas.

tldr; Be patient, keep an eye on current submission calls (YES, I will list novella calls in this market list when I see them), and consider the advantages and disadvantages of publishing in a magazine.

How long is a novella? A novella is 17,500 – 39,999 words long, as defined by the Nebula Award categories.

Selling a novella is hard. Here are some options for science fiction, fantasy, and horror novellas, both publishers and magazines. There are a few publishers known for publishing novellas, but their unagented submission windows tend to be very short and far between, and there’s a lot of competition. Other publishers who occasionally publish novellas will often have special novella calls, but information about their novella publishing schedule is not even listed on their website the rest of the time. There are several magazines who accept novella-length submissions, but although they are open to the idea, they do not publish many novellas, they don’t pay royalties, and your novella will only be distributed as part of that magazine’s issue. (Yes, self-publishing a novella is always an option–there are special challenges there too!–but this is about selling it to a publisher.)

Options:

PUBLISHERS – OPEN

Pressfuls Novellas wants fantasy, horror, adventure, romance, and crime/mystery, pays 35% royalties.
(Pressfuls Magazine appears defunct, but they’re still publishing longer works.) https://pressfuls.com/submit-a-story/

Midnight Bites ANTHOLOGY SERIES wants novelette and novella horror, 10k – 25k words themed and unthemed, pays $50 plus 25% royalties. Currently seeking carnie horror and medical horror. https://cronegirlspress.com/submissions/

PUBLISHERS – UPCOMING SUBMISSION CALLS

Neon Hemlock wants SF, fantasy, horror, weird fiction, and slipstream, especially queer. Pays royalties, or advance plus royalties. Award-winning. Open June 12th to 25th 2022 for trans women writers and writers of color. Open to all writers October 11th to 24th 2022. https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

United Faedom Publishing wants novelettes, novellas, and novels, pays $75 for novelettes and ? for others. OPENS JULY 2022. https://unitedfaedompublis.wixsite.com/unitedfaedompub/novelettes-and-novellas

Interstellar Flight Press has a one-time call for horror novellas including SF horror and fantasy horror, pays 30-40% royalties plus possible advance. Open to submissions 10/1/22 – 12/1/22. https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/submissions.html

PUBLISHERS – CURRENTLY CLOSED UNTIL ??

Tor.com (novellas) wants fantasy and SF, pays pro rates of advance + royalties or higher royalty-only rate. Award-winning. CURRENTLY CLOSED. Unclear if/when they will reopen for unagented novella submissions, but it’s been a couple of years. https://www.tor.com/fiction-submissions-guidelines/

Nightfire (Tor) wants horror novels and novellas, pays pro rates of advance + royalties or higher royalty-only rate. CURRENTLY CLOSED. Unclear if/when they will reopen for unagented novella submissions. https://tornightfire.com/nightfire-slush-submission-guidelines/

Uncanny (novellas) wants SF/F, pays $.10/word. Publishes 1 novella a year depending on funding. Award-winning. CURRENTLY CLOSED – LOOK FOR THEM TO OPEN NEXT YEAR. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

Queen of Swords Press wants novels and novellas of around 40k words, set in fantastical worlds, especially with a queer focus. Pays royalties. CURRENTLY CLOSED. https://queenofswordspress.com/about-queen-of-swords-press/submissions/

Stelliform wants science fiction, fantasy, quiet horror and literary works with speculative elements, pays 2¢ CAD per word advance (up to $2000), plus royalties. CURRENTLY CLOSED. https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/submissions/

Wyldblood Press wants speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy or horror) novellas and novels, pays royalties. CURRENTLY CLOSED. https://wyldblood.com/guidance-submissions/

MAGAZINES

Magazines that accept short novellas (up to the 20-25K word range) include Asimov’s, Reckoning, Pulp Literature, Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF), and sometimes Escape Pod (reprints only).

Magazines that accept full length novellas or have no wordcount limit include Analog, Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and ParSec. Be cautious about submitting to places that don’t list a maximum wordcount; they don’t always expect or accept novellas.

Keep an eye out for anthology calls with no word limit whose guidelines explicitly mention novellas, like Sovereign: An Anthology of Black Fantasy Fiction (2023), due 7/16/22.

June’s update will be shorter, and I’ll talk about where to sell flash fiction!

(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the contact form on my website, and it may get answered in the next newsletter.)

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

I’ve started work on a new novel, working title Desolation Station Salvage. I love this stage. Everything is shiny and new, and all kinds of fun random ideas are popping up as I write.

I’m looking forward to in-person convention 4th Street Fantasy in a couple of weeks, where I’ll be on panels discussing ambiguous endings and PoV.

Things Shiny or Useful

Archive of all shiny or useful links: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/shiny-or-useful-writing-links/

The Indie Files: Make the Most of New Book Announcements: https://www.sfwa.org/2022/05/18/indie-files-new-book-announcements/

How to Write a Depressed Character That Won’t Depress Your Reader: https://horrortree.com/how-to-write-a-depressed-character-that-wont-depress-your-reader/

Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists Toolkit: https://springboardforthearts.org/professional-growth/work-of-art-program/

IngramSpark Academy’s How to Self-Publish: https://www.ingramspark.com/how-to-self-publish-course

IngramSpark Academy’s How to Build an Author Platform: https://www.ingramspark.com/author-platform-course-description

From Panic to Process: What Taking Criticism Actually Means: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/from-panic-to-process-what-taking-criticism-actually-means/

Three Agent Types to Avoid and the One You Won’t See Coming: https://nelsonagency.com/2021/02/three-agent-types-to-avoid-and-the-one-you-wont-see-coming/

All the Writing Talent in the World Won’t Save the Wrong Story: https://nelsonagency.com/2022/04/all-the-writing-talent-in-the-world-wont-save-the-wrong-story/

Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops

(Any registration fees are noted.)

Cymera (£50), June 3-5, 2022: https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/

Westercon (?), July 1-4, 2022: http://westercon74.org/

ChiCon 8 / WorldCon ($30), Sept 1-5, 2022: https://chicon.org/

The Nebula Conference ($150) is over for 2022, but purchasing a membership now still gets access to recorded panels and year-round special events: https://membership.sfwa.org/event-4563942

Featured Market

Award-winning Neon Hemlock will be open for speculative fiction novella submissions June 12 – 25, 2022 for BIPOC and trans women authors, October 11 – 24, 2022 for all. Pays royalties, or advance plus royalties.

:Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, Slipstream, & Weird. Hybrid work or difficult to categorize novellas are also welcome.
Standalone works, although they may be connected to other series or work.
We are particularly interested in work that explores some element of queer experience, broadly speaking.
Neon Hemlock

Basics: speculative fiction, 17,500-40,000 words, pay ?, no reprints, due 6/12/22-6/25/22 and 10/11/22-10/24/22.

Guidelines: https://www.neonhemlock.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)	Website	Notes
Uncanny	SF/F	$0.100		https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/	Fast response time. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION CLOSURE UNTIL ?
Worlds of Possibility (Julia Rios)	SF and fantasy, with a sense of hope	$0.100		https://worldsofpossibility.moksha.io/publication/worlds-of-possibility/guidelines
Augur Magazine	Literary SF/F, fabulism, slipstream	$0.088		http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/	80% Canadian. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Opens 6/30/22
Metastellar	Fantasy, SF, and horror flash fiction	$0.080		https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION WINDOW 10/1/22 – 10/31/22. NOTE: submission gives right of publication, even without a contract signing
Pseudopod (Podcast)	Horror and dark fantasy	$0.080		http://pseudopod.org/submissions/	An Escape Artists publication. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIODS: 3/1/22-7/31/22 (2022 anthologies and collections), 8/12/22-8/21/22
Gargantua (Air and Nothingness Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/1/22-1/31/23	All genres, flash fiction, themed to massive engineering megastructures	$0.080		http://aanpress.com/submissions.html
Monstrous Futures (Dark Matter Ink) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/1/22-6/30/22	Near-future dark SF	$0.080		https://darkmattermagazine.shop/pages/dark-matter-presents-monstrous-futures
World of Juno, The (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – PITCH DUE 6/1/22	Shared world science fiction	$0.080		https://spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/submissions/	Note the 150-word story pitch is due 6/1/22. The story itself is due 7/14/22.
Crack in the Code (Mocha Memoirs) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/30/22	SF themed to robots, AI, or cyborgs going off-programming	$0.080		https://mochamemoirspress.com/write-for-us/
Asimov’s Science Fiction	Character-oriented SF, borderline fantasy, slipstream, surreal. No sword & sorcery.	$0.080		http://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
Baffling Magazine (Neon Hemlock)	All speculative flash fiction	$0.080		https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
Campfire Macabre Vol 2 (Cemetery Gates Media) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/1/22-8/15/22	Horror flash fiction, themed to When We Were Getting High, My Last Trick ‘r Treat, Body Grotesquerie, Ominous Visitors from Deep Space, or Out in the Fields, Forests, and Lakes	$0.080		https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/submissions/
Solarpunk Magazine	Solarpunk	$0.080		https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME 2022 Submission periods: 6/20-7/4/22 Solarpunk at Work, 9/1-9/14 and 11/1-11/14 general solarpunk.
Cast of Wonders Podcast	Clean YA SF/F/H	$0.080		http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/	ONE-TIME 2022 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 06/15/22 – 06/30/22 (Young Authors), 08/01/22 – 08/31/22 (Flash Fiction Contest) ### Query first for > 6,000 words.
Constellation / Constelación Magazine	Spanish or English speculative fiction, themed	$0.080		https://www.constellationmagazine.com/submissions	ONE-TIME CLOSURE until mid-September 2022
Dark Matter Magazine	Science fiction and sci-fi horror	$0.080		https://darkmattermagazine.com/submission-guidelines/	NOTE: This is NOT the same publication as Dark Matter Zine.
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 THEME: Indigenous Magic (#ownvoices) 7/1/22 – 7/31/22
Librarian, The (Air and Nothingness Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/30/22	Speculative fiction, themed to a helpful traveling librarian	$0.080		http://aanpress.com/submissions.html
Galaxy’s Edge	SF and Fantasy	$0.070		https://www.galaxysedge.com/submissions/	Submissions open early on Mondays when they’re taking submissions, then close when they hit their quota. May be closed to submissions even if Moksha says they’re open, if there is no submission type to select. Long response time.
Fiends in the Furrows III, The: Final Harvest ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/22	Folk horror	$0.060		https://www.nosetouchpress.com/call/
Dracula Beyond Stoker	Horror inspired by Dracula, themed issues	$0.050		https://www.dbspress.com/submissions
Planet Scumm	SF and weird fiction	$0.050		https://www.planetscumm.space/submit	RIGHTS: Also takes audio rights. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: opens 7/8/22
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 (ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: Nostalgia), 11/15 – 11/30, with a 1-week extension each period for BIPOC.
Story Unlikely	All genres, including bizarro and speculative fiction	$0.050		https://www.storyunlikely.com/#submit
Old Moon Quarterly	Weird sword-and-sorcery	$0.050		https://www.oldmoonpublishing.com/what-we-want
Hidden Villains: Arise (Inkd Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/1/22-8/31/22	All speculative fiction, themed to the title	$0.050		https://inkdpub.com/submissions/
Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things	All genres for all age groups, especially children ages 10-18	$0.020		https://emberjournal.org/submission-guidelines/
Utopia Science Fiction	SF, especially hard SF	$0.010		https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit
Dread Imaginings	Quiet horror	$0.010		https://dreadimaginings.com/submissions/
Tales to Terrify PODCAST	Horror and dark fantasy	$0.010		https://talestoterrify.com/submissions/
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.
Rakehell	Swashbuckling tales, all genres	$0.010		https://rakehellmagazine.com/submissions/
Reader Beware! (DarkLit Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1/22	YA horror themed to 80s-90s nostalgia	$0.010		https://darklitpress.com/reader-beware/
Cosmic Horror (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/15/22-11/15/22	Cosmic horror themed	$0.008		https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission
Folk Horror (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/22	Themed to folk horror	$0.008		https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission
It Calls From Below (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1/22-9/1/22	Horror themed to the underground	$0.008		https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission
Phantasmical Contraptions and More Errors (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/22	Steampunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, etc.	$0.005		http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html	Still open to subs 1/9/22
Professor Feiff’s Compleat Pocket Guide to Xenobiology for the Galactic Traveller on the Move (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/21	Themed to alien flora and fauna	$0.005		http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html
Sapiens Plurum & Future of Life Institute Short-Fiction Contest ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 4/22 – 6/1	SF, themed to optimistic SF. ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: Inventing Beautiful Futures		$1,000.00	https://sapiensplurum.org/
riddlebird	Literary fiction, including literary genre fiction		$100.00	https://www.riddlebird.com/submission-guidelines
Etherea Magazine	All speculative fiction, especially F/SF.		$71.88	https://ethereamagazine.com/submissions/	Length: 500 – 1,000 words and 2,000 – 5,000 preferred
Paranoid Tree	Flash fiction, all genres		$50.00	https://www.paranoidtree.com/
Taco Bell Quarterly	Literary, all genres, themed to Taco Bell		$50.00	https://tacobellquarterly.org/submission-guidelines/
Consultations of Sherlock Holmes, The (Belanger Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/15/22	Mysteries themed to traditional Sherlock Holmes		$50.00	https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDerrickBelanger/posts/3294508860834029
Detective and the Clergyman, The (Belanger Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/15/22	Mysteries themed to traditional Sherlock Holmes partnering with traditional Father Brown		$50.00	https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDerrickBelanger/posts/3294508860834029
Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.P. Lovecraft (Belanger Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/15/22	Mysteries themed to traditional Sherlock Holmes in a Lovecraftian world		$50.00	https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDerrickBelanger/posts/3294508860834029
Horrifying Tales of Wonder (House Blackwood) PODCAST	Themed to weird fiction set in the 1880s-1940s		$50.00	https://www.houseblackwood.net/horrifying-tales-of-wonder/
Midnight Bites ANTHOLOGY SERIES	Novella and novelette horror, themed and unthemed		$50.00	https://cronegirlspress.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME THEMES OPEN UNTIL FULL: carnival horror, medical system horror
Tales from Brackish Harbor (Quill and Crow Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/1/22	Shared world Gothic cosmic horror		$40.00	https://www.quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com/brackish-harbor
Extremely Bizarre (Planet Bizarro) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/22	Extreme horror with bizarro elements or vice versa		$36.75	https://www.planetbizarro.com/submissions
On the Premises Mini-Contest RECURRING CONTEST	Themed contests with very limited wordcounts.		$35.00	https://onthepremises.com/current-contest/	Mini-contest submission periods vary
Along Harrowed Trails (Timber Ghost Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/31/22	Horror set in the Old West		$35.00	https://www.timberghostpress.com/along-harrowed-trails.html
Fear Forge Quarterly Anthology	Horror and dark fantasy, themed		$30.00	https://www.horrorsmithediting.com/opencall	ONE-TIME WINTER QUARTER 2022 THEME OPEN UNTIL FULL: forges
Bloodless (Sliced Up Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/22	Horror, themed to no mention of blood		$30.00	https://sliceduppress.com/submissions/
Solarpunk Magazine Micro Fiction Contest – MONTHLY CONTEST	Solarpunk with a monthly theme		$25.00	https://solarpunkmagazine.com/monthly-micro-fiction-contest/	ONE-TIME 6/17/22-6/23/22 THEME: solarpunk, no special theme
Dismember the Coop ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/22 – 8/31/22	Horror themed to the music of Alice Cooper		$25.00	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1030647144551138/posts/1030647424551110/	Paid charity anthology.
Short Reads (Black Hare Press)	Dark fiction		$25.00	https://www.blackharepress.com/submissions/
Space Horror (Ladies of the Fright) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	SF horror		$25.00	https://www.ladiesofthefright.com/blog/2022/5/4/space-horror-submission-guidelines
Et Sequitor Magazine	All genres, themed: continuing from the previous story		$25.00	https://www.etseqmag.com/Submissions.php
Their Ghoulish Reputation (Dark Lake Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Folk horror		$25.00	https://darklakepublishing.com/migrate/folk-horror-anthology-submission/
Tales From the Ruins: A Post-Apocalyptic Anthology (Black Beacon Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/22	Themed to Post-apocalyptic fiction		$21.31	https://blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html
Still of Winter (Unsettling Reads) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/22 OR UNTIL FULL	Creepy stories themed to a tree in winter		$20.00	https://unsettlingreads.squarespace.com/submissions-stillofwinter
Sprawl Mag, The	Speculative fiction		$15.50	https://www.thesprawlmag.ca/guidelines
Fall Into Fantasy (Cloaked Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/10	Fantasy		$15.00	https://www.cloakedpress.com/fallfantasy/
Hexagon Magazine	All speculative fiction (SF/F/H)		$11.87	https://hexagonmagazine.ca/submit/
Framework of the Human Body (Bell Press Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/15/22	Literary, weird fiction, and speculative fiction, themed to the human body		$11.86	https://bellpressbooks.com/submissions/
Love Letters to Poe	Gothic flash fiction themed to Poe stories		$5.00	https://loveletterstopoe.com/submit-a-story/
Interstellar Flight Press Novellas	ONE-TIME THEME 10/1/22-12/1/22: Horror novellas			https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/submissions.html
Neon Hemlock Novellas	Science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and weird, especially queer stories			https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions	2022 SUBMISSION PERIODS: June 2022 PoC and trans women, October 2022 all authors.
Valravn (Raven Canticle Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DEAD MARKET	Fantasy, horror, SF, and espionage/thriller, especially with horror elements	$0.100		https://www.ravencanticlepress.com/submissions/
Lamplight – DEAD MARKET	Dark literary, horror, dark spec-fic, and noir	$0.060		http://lamplightmagazine.com/submissions/
Kanstellation Magazine – DEAD MARKET	General fiction and SF, themed		$30.00
Fabled Journal – DEAD MARKET (no longer accepting submissions)	Myth, folklore, gothic, paranormal, and historical flash fiction.		$10.00	https://www.fabledcollective.com/journal-submissions.html
Asylum Diaries, The – DEAD MARKET	Cosmic horror or body horror		$9.63

Aswiebe’s Market List May Updates

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe’s Market List
Abra Staffin-Wiebe’s Author Website

To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with “unsubscribe” in the subject line.
If you need to update your name, just fill out the newsletter subscription form again. Use the same email address.
If you need to change your email address, please unsubscribe from your old email. Then fill out the newsletter subscription form.
Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it.

Thoughts in Passing

How can you make writing a treat? Sure, we all love it when we hit flow state while writing, or when we craft that perfect sentence (that we later delete during edits, half the time). But you can’t rely on that happening. What can you choose to pair it with that will, itself, make writing a reward?

Working in a coffee shop is a good option for me, and not only because there are often yummy treats there. My brain loves going places. A museum, an art gallery, or a public garden are also rewards for me. And now that we are theoretically* approaching patio weather, there are even more options.

I’m also an extrovert, which means that coworking writing events work well for me, whether they are in-person or via Zoom. My brain sees meeting other humans as a reward, too!

If you’re looking for an in-person coworking event, try checking Meetup for writer’s groups in your area, or even general coworking events. There is also a weekly Zoom writing date that is included with Nebula conference membership.

So–what can make writing into a reward for you?

* It is Spring, but it is SO COLD here in Minnesota, you guys. So cold. I wore my winter coat this morning when I took my offspring to an Easter egg hunt.

(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the contact form on my website, and it may get answered in the next newsletter.)

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

Erm. Going to coffee shops?

Things Shiny or Useful

Archive of all shiny or useful links: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/shiny-or-useful-writing-links/

When Words Melt Away: https://www.sfwa.org/2020/04/17/when-words-melt-away/

Naomi Kritzer’s Advice for Parents (thread): https://twitter.com/NaomiKritzer/status/1513940462457225216

7 Ways to Add Great Subplots to Your Novel: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/7-ways-to-add-great-subplots-to-your-novel

Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops

(Any registration fees are noted.)

Stokercon ($50), May 12-15, 2022: https://www.stokercon.com/

Nebula Conference, May 20-22 ($150): https://membership.sfwa.org/event-4563942(Membership includes recorded panels and year-round special events.)

Wiscon ($40), May 27-30, 2022: http://wiscon.net/

Westercon (?), July 1-4, 2022: http://westercon74.org/

Featured Market

Award-winning Uncanny Magazine will be open for SF/fantasy novella submissions May 1-15, 2022. Novella pay rate unclear; they pay $.10/word for short stories.

Uncanny Magazine is seeking passionate, diverse SF/F fiction and poetry from writers from every conceivable background. We want intricate, experimental stories and poems with gorgeous prose, verve, and imagination that elicit strong emotions and challenge beliefs. Uncanny believes there’s still plenty of room in the genre for tales that make you feel.
Uncanny Magazine

Uncanny is also looking for Submissions Editors (paid slush readers). They are accepting applications until 4/27/22. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-is-looking-for-submissions-editors-once-again/

Basics: SF/fantasy, 17,500-40,000 words, pay ?, no reprints, due 5/1/22-5/15/22.

Guidelines: https://www.uncannymagazine.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)	Website	Notes
Diabolical Plots	Science fiction, fantasy, and horror	$0.100		http://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 7/1/22-7/14/22 unthemed, 7/24/22-7/31/22 telepathy themed
Uncanny (novellas)	SF/F novellas	$0.100		https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/	Publishes 1 novella a year depending on funding. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 5/1/22 – 5/15/22
Fantasy Magazine	Fantasy and dark fantasy	$0.080		https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/fantasy/guidelines	OK to submit even if previously rejected by sister publications Nightmare Magazine or Lightspeed. SUBMISSION PERIODS: ONE-TIME open to BIPOC authors all of 2022. General submissions: 1st – 7th of April, July, and October 2022.
Martian Magazine	SF	$0.080		https://themartianmagazine.com/submissions/
Seize the Press	Bleak, dark transgressive speculative fiction	$0.080		https://www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
Space Fantasy Magazine	Science fiction and fantasy in space, themed	$0.080		https://spacefantasymag.com/submission-guidelines/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD THEME: 5/1/22-5/30/22, Is There Anybody Out There?
Tales & Feathers Magazine	Fantasy, fairy tales, and myths with very little plot	$0.080		https://twitter.com/talesfeathers	ONE-TIME NOTE: website launching in May 2022, sibling to Augur Magazine. Submissions open June 2022.
Bound in Flesh ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/22	Body horror. Limited author demographic: trans/non-binary authors	$0.050		https://perpetualpublishing.com/2022/04/13/announcing-bound-in-flesh-an-anthology-of-trans-body-horror-now-open-for-submissions/
Mother: Tales of Love and Terror (Weird Little Worlds) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/15/22	Science fiction, fantasy, and horror themed to mothers	$0.050		https://weirdlittleworlds.com/submissions/
LOLcraft: A Compendium of Eldritch Horror (The Dragon’s Roost) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/30/22 OR UNTIL FULL	Cosmic horror with humor	$0.040		https://thedragonsroost.biz/dragons-roost-press-submissions/
Sci Phi	Non-character-driven SF, esp. big idea SF and classic-style SF	$0.033		https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION CLOSURE UNTIL: July 2022
Killer Creatures Down Under (IFWG Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/22/22-7/15/22	Body horror themed to Australian animals. Limited demographic: Australian authors.	$0.030		https://ifwgaustralia.com/2022/03/31/anthology-submission-guidelines-killer-creatures-down-under-horror-stories-with-bite/
Neo-Opsis	SF/F	$0.024		http://www.neo-opsis.ca/guidelines.htm	Prefers < 6,000 words.
Dose of Dread	Flash horror fiction	$0.020		https://dreadstonepress.com/submissions/	SUBMISSION PERIOD: 1st – 15th Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
Archive of the Odd	All spec-fic, especially horror, with unconventional story structure	$0.010		https://archiveoftheodd.wordpress.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD themed to monsters: 4/15/22 – 6/15/22
Kaleidotrope	All genres, especially SF/F and the unconventional and weird.	$0.010		http://www.kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/	Prefers 250 – 10,000 words. ONE-TIME 2022 SUBMISSION PERIODS: Jun, Sept, Dec.
Last Girls Club	Horror and dark SF/Fantasy from the female perspective, themed	$0.010		https://www.lastgirlsclub.com/submit	SUBMISSION PERIODS (may close early if submission quota is reached): 1/1 – 2/1, 4/1 – 5/1, 7/1 – 8/1, 10/1 – 11/1
Medusa Tales	Speculative fiction themed to immobilization and/or transformation	$0.010		https://medusatales.com/submissions/
Nightmare Sky (Death Knell Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/1/22-5/31/22	Astronomy or night sky-themed horror	$0.010		https://deathknellpress.com/submissions/
Occult Detective Magazine	Themed: occult detectives	$0.010		http://greydogtales.com/blog/occult-detective-magazine/	Query first for > 6,000 words.
Starward Shadows Quarterly	All spec-fic	$0.010		https://starwardshadows.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD THEME: 4/9/22-5/9/22 Eastern European (Ukrainian) theme
World of Xonthian, The (Fedowar Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/31/22	Shared world sword & sorcery	$0.010		https://fedowarpress.com/submissions/xonthian/
Wyngraf – flash fiction	Secondary world cozy fantasy flash fiction	$0.010		https://wyngraf.com/2022/03/20/now-open-to-cozy-flash-and-microfiction/
Wyngraf – short stories	Secondary world cozy fantasy	$0.010		https://wyngraf.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: will re-open in Fall 2022
Futures	Hard SF		$130.00	http://www.nature.com/nature/authors/gta/others.html#futures
GPS Annual Writing Contest ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 4/30 – 6/30	Spec-fic short stories, poetry, and graphic novels, multiple age categories. Limited author demographic: non-professional writers.		$100.00	https://geekpartnership.org/programs/writing-contest/
Enchanted Conversation	Fairy tale retellings, themed. ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: weather.		$50.00	https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/p/submissions.html	Submission periods: 1st – 3rd of Jan, March, May, Jul, Nov. Occasional calls for longer works.
Untitled Anthology (ASP) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/9/22	Speculative fiction themed to running away		$30.00	https://alansquirepublishing.submittable.com/submit
ergot	Literary horror		$25.00	https://www.ergot.press/
First Line, The	All genres, themed issues		$25.00	http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm
Strange Aeon ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/30 OR UNTIL FULL	Cosmic horror and weird Western		$20.00	https://mkeatonauthor.blogspot.com/2022/04/strange-aeon-2022-is-now-open-for.html	ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: Fighting the good fight
Other Stories, The (Podcast)	Horror, themed		$19.70	https://theotherstories.net/submissions
A-Z of Horror (Red Cape Publishing) ONGOING ANTHOLOGY SERIES	Horror, themes change every 2 months.		$13.74	https://redcapepublishing.com/submissions/	ONE-TIME THEMES: 04/01/22-05/31/22 O is for Outbreak, 06/01/22-07/31/22 P is for Poltergeist. RIGHTS: Must not be available elsewhere.
Witch House	Cosmic horror		$10.00	https://witchhousemag.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html
Silver Blade	F/SF		$8.00	https://www.silverblade.net/submissions-2/	Reading periods: Dec-Jan, Mar-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Oct
Fantastic Other, The	Fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, and surreal		$5.00	https://fantasticother.com/submissions/
Mirror Dance	Fantasy		$5.00	http://mirrordancefantasy.blogspot.com/2008/01/submissions.html	< 5,000 words preferred. ONE-TIME CLOSURE until late 2022.
Unsung Stories – DEAD MARKET	SF, fantasy, horror, and weird		$30.92	http://www.unsungstories.co.uk/short-fiction
Quickfic (Digital Fiction Pub) – DEAD MARKET	Speculative fiction, pro/semi-pro reprints only	$0.010		https://dfpcorp.submittable.com/submit

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

Editor’s Note

Throwback Thursday! Some Thursdays, I will post a Market List newsletter from way back and comment on what's changed since. After major sections, I'll add a Where Are They Now? comment. (Yes, this is my sneaky way of moving my archives to my new website. 😉You caught me.)

Because of rapid publication market changes, I only include the Featured Market in Throwback Thursdays.

How do you motivate yourself to write, day after day (assuming you’re not a binge writer, that is)? As my writing time shrinks, thanks to my darling toddler, I’ve become more and more concerned about how to squeeze the words out during those brief times when I *do* have uninterrupted time for writing. I no longer have the luxury of dilly-dallying around all day in order to get my word count. I’m trying:

1. Planning and visualizing beforehand: http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-i-went-from-writing-2000-words-day.html

2. Rewards! Kelly Barnhill, author of Iron-Hearted Violet, mentioned that she uses the reward of a chocolate chip every so many words. I find that Hershey’s Mint Bliss chocolates do the trick for me, and every hundred words or so, knowing that I’ve earned 1/4 of a chocolate really does seem to light up those reward centers in my brain.

3. Gold stars–just like in kindergarten. I’m trying putting a gold star on my calendar for every day I write, and a fancy multicolored star for when I write more than a certain number of words. The jury is still out on whether this works for me. I forget to put the stars up as often as not, which argues that they aren’t an effective motivator for me.

4. Spreadsheets! I’ve started using The Magic Spreadsheet (of myth and lore): http://murverse.com/at-long-last-the-magic-spreadsheet/ . It does seem to be working for me, at least in the sense of strongly motivating me to write that minimum 250 words every day, no matter what. It isn’t as effective at motivating me to write swiftly enough to increase my wordcount, but the “writing every day in a row” thing sure is working, and I know that for me, that can be crucial.

Where are they now?
1. I need to work more on pre-visualization. It really works for me, and I should remember that!
3. I literally bought a calendar to start doing this again this year. I have yet to hang it up.
4. This is still up, but it's huge and way too complicated to figure out now. Not sure if it's even still active.

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

(Note: You may have noticed this newsletter skipped last month. My grandmother died about the time that the newsletter was due to go out, and after we’d traveled for the funeral and come back home and gotten up to speed on everything else, the newsletter would have been late enough that I decided to just wait for the next month.)

I’ve confirmed that I’ll be attending CONvergence, a large fantasy and science fiction convention in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Schedules are still being finalized, but I will likely be talking on panels about things writingy, apocalyptic, and conspiracy-related (shh–don’t tell anyone).

From Their Cradle to Your Grave is now available on Amazon.com! This includes my reprinted short story, “The Perfect Costume.” This horror anthology is all about tales of terrifying tots, toddlers through teenagers. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but doesn’t that sound like a great gift for the new parents in your life?

Where are they now?  Out of print! I didn't realize this until I checked the link. Now I have some publication updates to make.

Things Shiny or Useful

* Where Your Time Is [productivity]: http://pcwrede.com/blog/where-your-time-is/

* How to Write a Character From Start to Finish [characterization]: http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-to-write-a-character-from-start-to-finish

* An example of why you might need The Electronic Frontier Foundation someday (it has a happy ending!) [writing business]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/trademark-bully-thwarted-spots-space-marine-back-online

* Free Stuff for Writers: Waking the Muse [plotting]: http://www.writing-world.com/newsletter/2013/WW13-03.shtml and search for the title

* She Has No Head! [characterization]: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/01/21/she-has-no-head-mission-accomplished/

* Entertainment vs Truth [writing craft]: http://writerunboxed.com/2012/03/07/entertainment-vs-truth/

* Updated MinnSpec podcast links: http://www.meetup.com/MinnSpec/messages/boards/thread/22420402/0/#71937842

Where are they now?  We stopped doing the MinnSpec podcast a long time ago, but the links are still up!

Featured Market

Glitter and Mayhem is a spec-fic anthology about, well, they say it best….

A fiction anthology filled with Roller Derby, nightclubs, glam aliens, (literal) party monsters, drugs, sex, glitter, debauchery, etc

. . . why just throw a glow-in-the-dark roller skating party when you can also make it a book release party? And what’s better than a glow-in-the-dark roller skating party celebrating a book about the secret history of 20th Century nightlife/party culture?

~~Read more~~
The basics: due March 15, all speculative fiction, less than 6,000 words, pays $.05/word.

Where are they now? This anthology turned out pretty awesome (I bought and read it, because I'm a huge fan of Seanan McGuire's stories), and it is still available!

 https://www.amazon.com/Glitter-Mayhem-Seanan-McGuire-ebook/dp/B00EP4WL54

Stay tuned for future Throwback Thursdays, or go read the current Aswiebe's Market List newsletter now!

Thoughts in Passing

What’s with the new logo? Why do I suddenly have a new website?

tldr; My credit card number was stolen.

Okay, that explanation might be a little too short! As you may remember, I’ve been working on transferring my author website. This project got a sudden boost when my credit card number was stolen. As a result, that credit card was cancelled and I got a totally new card number. Now, my old legacy webhost was notorious for being difficult to cancel their auto-payment plans. But they no longer had my credit card number.

I’ve just barely squeaked under the wire by getting this done by the end of March. Squeak, squeak!

Thanks to the excellent Torknado.com’s One-Hour Author Website site, which helps authors set up the basic framework for an author website in an hour and then takes a lotlonger to go into all the customization nitty-gritty, I have a new website! More or less. My market list site is pretty solid, but I’ll be tweaking it for a while yet. My main author site is still a mess-in-progress, though, so don’t judge me on it (yet)!

(Do you have a writing question? Send it to me, either by replying to this email or by using the contact form on my website, and it may get answered in the next newsletter.)

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

Taxes and building a new website have taken up almost all my “writing” time. Elvis is still stuck in the LHC. (Yes, if I can’t work on a story for a while, I feel like my poor characters are stranded in the middle of whatever was going on.)

Things Shiny or Useful

Archive of all shiny or useful links: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/shiny-or-useful-writing-links/

How to Boost Productivity with the Flowtime Technique: https://clockify.me/blog/managing-time/flowtime-technique/
Stuff You Do Not Have to Do as a Writer: https://katemckean.substack.com/p/stuff-you-do-not-have-to-do-as-a
How to Promote Any Book with Bookbub Ads: https://insights.bookbub.com/promote-any-book-bookbub-ads/

Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops

(Any registration fees are noted.)

Flights of Foundry, April 8-11 (time zone depending): https://flights-of-foundry.org/

Norwescon, April 14-17: https://www.norwescon.org/

Nebula Conference, May 20-22 ($150): https://membership.sfwa.org/event-4563942 (Membership includes recorded panels and year-round special events.)

Featured Market

The Bioluminescent anthology (Android Press) wants optimistic SF with a lunarpunk aesthetic, pays $.08/word.

Lunarpunk is a very young, still somewhat nebulous and developing aesthetic — much more so than solarpunk at least— so it isn’t really possible to define exactly, specifically what that aesthetic is. But in many ways it can be thought of as a gothic take on solarpunk.

This site does a good job of putting forward an idea of what the Lunarpunk aesthetic entails. But to put it briefly, think of solarpunk and lunarpunk in terms of a dicotomy. If solarpunk is about bright colors, daylight and sun, science, community, etc… then lunarpunk is about darker colors, nighttime and moonlight, spirituality (though not necessarily a negation of science), introspection and more individual focus (though not a negation of community).

A lunarpunk world might include bioluminescent plant life, or other special tech to help societies function in the dark. A Lunarpunk community might live underground, in caves, on the moon, or elsewhere. Pagan nature worship, flowing robes and clothing, blacks, greys, silver and sparkle, purples, blues, and greens, mushrooms and night blooming plants, and various other elements of the gothic aesthetic are all common among what little, already existing lunarpunk work is out there.
Android Press

Basics: SF, 500-7,500 words, $.08/wd, no reprints, due 4/30/22.
Guidelines: https://www.android-press.com/lunarpunk-anthology-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)	Website	Notes
Factor Four Magazine	All speculative fiction, especially SF, fantasy, supernatural, and superhero fiction	$0.110		https://factorfourmag.com/submissionsinfo/
Baen Fantasy Adventure Award ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 2/1 – 4/30	Adventure fantasy	$0.080		https://www.baen.com/contest-faa
Bioluminescent (Android Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/30/22	Optimistic SF with the lunarpunk aesthetic	$0.080		https://www.android-press.com/lunarpunk-anthology-submissions
Cyberpunk-Solarpunk Anthology (Android Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/31/22	Cyberpunk and solarpunk stories	$0.080		https://www.android-press.com/cyberpunk-vs-solarpunk-anthology
Jim Baen Memorial Writing ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 10/01 – 02/01	Near future positive space exploration SF	$0.080		https://www.baen.com/contest-jbmssa
Nightmare Magazine	Horror/dark fantasy	$0.080		https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/nightmare/guidelines	Prefers < 5,000 words. SUBMISSION PERIODS: 2x yearly, usually March and September.
Planet Democracy (Mithila Review) ONE-TIME THEMED ISSUE / ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/20/22	Hopepunk and solarpunk	$0.080		https://mithilareview.com/hopepunk/
Galaxy’s Edge	SF and Fantasy	$0.070		https://www.galaxysedge.com/submissions/	Submissions open every week, then close when they hit their quota
Halloween Ghost Anthology (Alienhead Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/31/22	Halloween ghost stories	$0.060		https://www.gabytriana.com/alienheadpresssubmissions
Shoreline of Infinity	SF and Fantasy	$0.052		http://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/	RIGHTS: Also takes audio rights. ONE-TIME 2022 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 4/4 – 4/14 (SF fairy tales), 6/13 – 8/28 (flash fiction competition), 9/11 – 9/14
Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao (Hellnotes) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/31/22	Horror themed to Lovecraftian god Azathoth and order out of chaos	$0.050		https://hellnotes.com/open-call-azathoth-ordo-ab-chao/
Planet Scumm	SF and weird fiction	$0.050		https://www.planetscumm.space/submit	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: open until 5/2/22
Translunar Travelers Lounge	Fun speculative fiction	$0.030		https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/	SUBMISSION PERIOD: 3/15-3/21 (POC), 3/22-4/15, 9/15-9/21 (POC), 9/22-10/15
Fission (British Science Fiction Association) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 2/1-3/15	SF	$0.027		https://bsfa.co.uk/fission
Shacklebound Monthly Newsletter	All speculative fiction, especially dark	$0.020		https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Dread Space (Shacklebound Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Military SF horror	$0.010		https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Maelstroms (Shacklebound Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Dark fantasy, themed to the sea	$0.010		https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Electric Literature	Literary, all genres, incl. experimental. The Commuter takes flash fiction. Recommended Reading takes short stories.		$300.00	https://electricliterature.submittable.com/submit	SUBMISSION PERIODS: Recommended Reading (short stories) has 2 1-week open submission periods, usually in Spring and Fall, The Commuter (flash fiction) has 4 1-week submission periods. NOTE: Long response time.
Fairy Tale Review	Fairy tale poetry and prose		$50.00	https://fairytalereview.submittable.com/submit/	ONE-TIME theme 3/21/22-6/30/22: queer fairy tales
Futures that Never Were (Broadswords and Blasters) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/22 – 7/15/22	Sword and planet fiction		$40.00	https://broadswordsandblasters.wordpress.com/2022/03/01/open-call-broadswords-and-blasters-presents-futures-that-never-were/
Out of the Darkness (WolfSinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/15/22-10/15/22	Speculative fiction, themed to escaping the darkness		$20.00	https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/out-of-the-darkness
War Torn (Shacklebound Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/22 OR UNTIL FULL	Reprint SF featuring war		$20.00	https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Never Cheat a Witch (WolfSinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/15/22-7/15/22	Speculative fiction, themed to cheating a powerful magical entity		$15.00	https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/never-cheat-a-witch-guidelines
Ring of Fire (WolfSinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/22	Speculative fiction, themed to a ring of fire		$15.00	https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/ring-of-fire-guidelines
Luna Station Quarterly	Fantasy, science fiction, creepy horror by women-identified 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
Fireside Fiction (novellas and novels) – DEAD MARKET	All genres, explicitly including spec-fic	$0.000		https://firesidefiction.com/submissions
Fireside Fiction (short stories) – DEAD MARKET	All genres, explicitly including spec-fic	$0.125		https://firesidefiction.com/submissions

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
Aswiebe’s Market List
Abra Staffin-Wiebe’s Author Website

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.

Testing the new system!

No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.

Name	What they want	Pay Per Word USD (originals)	Flat Pay USD (originals)	Website	Notes
Factor Four Magazine	All speculative fiction, especially SF, fantasy, supernatural, and superhero fiction	$0.110		https://factorfourmag.com/submissionsinfo/
Baen Fantasy Adventure Award ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 2/1 – 4/30	Adventure fantasy	$0.080		https://www.baen.com/contest-faa
Bioluminescent (Android Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/30/22	Optimistic SF with the lunarpunk aesthetic	$0.080		https://www.android-press.com/lunarpunk-anthology-submissions
Cyberpunk-Solarpunk Anthology (Android Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/31/22	Cyberpunk and solarpunk stories	$0.080		https://www.android-press.com/cyberpunk-vs-solarpunk-anthology
Jim Baen Memorial Writing ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 10/01 – 02/01	Near future positive space exploration SF	$0.080		https://www.baen.com/contest-jbmssa
Nightmare Magazine	Horror/dark fantasy	$0.080		https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/nightmare/guidelines	Prefers < 5,000 words. SUBMISSION PERIODS: 2x yearly, usually March and September.
Planet Democracy (Mithila Review) ONE-TIME THEMED ISSUE / ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/20/22	Hopepunk and solarpunk	$0.080		https://mithilareview.com/hopepunk/
Galaxy’s Edge	SF and Fantasy	$0.070		https://www.galaxysedge.com/submissions/	Submissions open every week, then close when they hit their quota
Halloween Ghost Anthology (Alienhead Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/31/22	Halloween ghost stories	$0.060		https://www.gabytriana.com/alienheadpresssubmissions
Shoreline of Infinity	SF and Fantasy	$0.052		http://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/	RIGHTS: Also takes audio rights. ONE-TIME 2022 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 4/4 – 4/14 (SF fairy tales), 6/13 – 8/28 (flash fiction competition), 9/11 – 9/14
Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao (Hellnotes) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/31/22	Horror themed to Lovecraftian god Azathoth and order out of chaos	$0.050		https://hellnotes.com/open-call-azathoth-ordo-ab-chao/
Planet Scumm	SF and weird fiction	$0.050		https://www.planetscumm.space/submit	ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: open until 5/2/22
Translunar Travelers Lounge	Fun speculative fiction	$0.030		https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/	SUBMISSION PERIOD: 3/15-3/21 (POC), 3/22-4/15, 9/15-9/21 (POC), 9/22-10/15
Fission (British Science Fiction Association) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 2/1-3/15	SF	$0.027		https://bsfa.co.uk/fission
Shacklebound Monthly Newsletter	All speculative fiction, especially dark	$0.020		https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Dread Space (Shacklebound Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Military SF horror	$0.010		https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Maelstroms (Shacklebound Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FULL	Dark fantasy, themed to the sea	$0.010		https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Electric Literature	Literary, all genres, incl. experimental. The Commuter takes flash fiction. Recommended Reading takes short stories.		$300.00	https://electricliterature.submittable.com/submit	SUBMISSION PERIODS: Recommended Reading (short stories) has 2 1-week open submission periods, usually in Spring and Fall, The Commuter (flash fiction) has 4 1-week submission periods. NOTE: Long response time.
Fairy Tale Review	Fairy tale poetry and prose		$50.00	https://fairytalereview.submittable.com/submit/	ONE-TIME theme 3/21/22-6/30/22: queer fairy tales
Futures that Never Were (Broadswords and Blasters) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/22 – 7/15/22	Sword and planet fiction		$40.00	https://broadswordsandblasters.wordpress.com/2022/03/01/open-call-broadswords-and-blasters-presents-futures-that-never-were/
Out of the Darkness (WolfSinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/15/22-10/15/22	Speculative fiction, themed to escaping the darkness		$20.00	https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/out-of-the-darkness
War Torn (Shacklebound Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/22 OR UNTIL FULL	Reprint SF featuring war		$20.00	https://shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Never Cheat a Witch (WolfSinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/15/22-7/15/22	Speculative fiction, themed to cheating a powerful magical entity		$15.00	https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/never-cheat-a-witch-guidelines
Ring of Fire (WolfSinger Publications) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/22	Speculative fiction, themed to a ring of fire		$15.00	https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/ring-of-fire-guidelines
Luna Station Quarterly	Fantasy, science fiction, creepy horror by women-identified 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
Fireside Fiction (novellas and novels) – DEAD MARKET	All genres, explicitly including spec-fic	$0.000		https://firesidefiction.com/submissions
Fireside Fiction (short stories) – DEAD MARKET	All genres, explicitly including spec-fic	$0.125		https://firesidefiction.com/submissions