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What Can Writers Do for Awards Season? (And Best of the Year Anthologies)
tldr; Make an awards eligibility post on your website/blog. Post a thread of your publications this year on social media. Don’t forget to pay the cat pictures tax. 😉
You can call it an awards eligibility post, or an end of year post, or you can just say “This is what I got published this year.” If self-promotion makes you uncomfortable, think of this as an opportunity to reflect on what you’ve accomplished this year and what you’re happy about. John Wiswell’s post is a great example of this (and his stories are also good! go read them!): https://johnwiswell.substack.com/p/all-the-short-stories-i-published. With each story include the link (if available), the wordcount, the date published, and a quick description of what the story is about and why someone might want to read it.
Keep an eye on social media for people who are keeping lists of awards eligibility posts. Don’t be shy in sharing yours! And after you’ve made your eligibility post, remember that this is also a great time to talk about stories that you’ve really enjoyed reading that were first published this year. A rising tide, etc.
Okay, you say, but what else can a writer do? That’s where it gets more complicated. There is definitely a decreasing return on investment at this point. But yes, for many awards, there are other things you can do to increase your story’s visibility.
This is not true of all awards. Notable awards where authors can not offer their work for consideration include the Arthur C. Clarke Award (unless you’re a UK self-publisher), the British Fantasy Award, the BSFA Awards, the Locus Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the Mythopoeic Awards, and the Shirley Jackson Award.
For a list of awards (and Best of the Year anthologies), click to view the full-size table of award info and the rest of the market list updates:
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| Name | DEADLINE | What they want | F | SF | H/DF | Website | Notes and Process | Best or Award? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otherwise Award (FKA Tiptree Award) | 12/08/2022 | Science fiction or fantasy of all lengths that explores gender concepts | Y | Y | N | https://otherwiseaward.org/award | Recommendations due 12/08, winners chosen by jury. To do: submit recommendation. | Award |
| Bram Stoker Award | 12/30/2022 | Horror and dark fantasy. Categories: anthology, collection, first novel, graphic novel, long fiction, nonfiction, novel, poetry, screenplay, short fiction, short nonfiction, YA novel. | N | N | Y | http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/ | NOTE TWO SUBMISSION PERIODS: 1/1 - 11/30 and 12/1 - 12/30 for work published in those windows. To do: submit to Bram Stoker Award jury. SUBMIT EARLY!! HWA members have additional publicity options. | Award |
| Stabby Award (StabbyCon) | 01/21/2023 | Fantasy, all lengths | Y | N | N | https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/rtoo7n/2021_stabby_nominations_thread_nominations_close/ | Jan 1st - Jan 21st nominations open, self-nominations welcome, must have been a member of r/Fantasy for at least 4 months prior | Award |
| Nebula Award | 02/28/2023 | SF and Fantasy reprints. Lengths: short stories through novels, game writing, and dramatic presentation. | Y | Y | N | https://nebulas.sfwa.org/about-the-nebulas/how-to-vote-rules/ | Cannot self-nominate. To do: 1) add to SFWA Nebula Awards/SFWA Fiction thread, and 2) make awards eligibility post. SFWA members nominate and vote 11/15-2/28 | Award |
| Hugo Award | 03/15/2023 | SF, Fantasy, and Horror. Fiction lengths: novel, novella, novelette, short story, series, related work. | Y | Y | Y | http://www.thehugoawards.org/ | Current/prev. Worldcon members nominate 1/16-3/15 (estimated), including self-nominations. Must have registered membership by 12/31. To do: not much if not member. Make awards eligibility post. Self-nominating is not very effective. Current Worldcon members vote. | Award |
| Ursula K. LeGuin Prize for Fiction | 06/01/2023 | Book-length speculative fiction that offers real grounds for hope | Y | Y | N | https://www.ursulakleguin.com/prize | Anyone can nominate. 2023 details will be announced “early 2023.” Shown deadline is a placeholder. | Award |
| World Fantasy Award | 06/01/2023 | Fantasy and dark fantasy. Fiction categories: Best Novel; Best Novella (10,001 to 40,000 words); Best Short Story; Best Anthology; and Best Collection. | Y | N | Y | https://locusmag.com/?s=world+fantasy+award | Materials must be sent to judges by June 1. Earlier is better, so they have time to read it! Check Locus in Jan/Feb to find judges' information. | Award |
| Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, The | 12/31/2022 | Science fiction, fantasy, and horror with elements of the aforementioned, previously published in anthology year by an American or Canadian author | Y | Y | Y | https://www.johnjosephadams.com/series/best-american-science-fiction-fantasy/ | Reprints only. Please do not wait until the end of year to submit. | Best |
| Best of Utopian Speculative Fiction (Android Press) | 12/31/2022 | Utopian speculative fiction reprints first published in the current year | Y | Y | Y | https://www.android-press.com/best-of-utopian-speculative-fiction-anthology | Best | |
| We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction (Neon Hemlock) | 12/31/2022 | Queer speculative fiction | Y | Y | Y | https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions | Best | |
| Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, The | 12/31/2022 | Horror and dark fantasy | N | N | Y | https://paulaguran.com/extras/ | Accepts galleys or manuscripts of forthcoming work, to help with reading before the deadline. No deadline listed? | Best |
| Year's Best Fantasy, The (Pyr Books) | 12/31/2022 | Fantasy | Y | N | N | https://paulaguran.com/extras/ | Accepts galleys or manuscripts of forthcoming work, to help with reading before the deadline. No deadline listed? | Best |
| Best Science Fiction of the Year, The ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/15 | 11/15/2023 | SF | N | Y | N | http://neil-clarke.com/books/submission_guidelines/ | Reprints only. Print materials due by 11/1, electronic by 11/15. To do: check with original publisher to avoid duplicate submissions. | Best |
| Best Horror of the Year | 12/01/2023 | Horror | N | N | Y | https://ellendatlow.com/?s=call+for+submissions | Do not wait until the last minute to submit. Prefers paper. | Best |
Wait, how do I submit to Best of the Year anthologies?
You can only submit stories that have been published in this year (or will be published in this year). Pay attention to the deadlines. A lot of Best of the Year anthologies close before the end of the year.
There are a few ways that Best-of anthologies are different from submitting to a regular anthology:
1) Most publishers will allow you to submit to a Best-of anthology even if your publishing contract says you’re still within the period of exclusivity. Most contracts have an exclusion written in; if not, ask your original publisher.
2) Your original publisher may already be submitting your story! Some do, some don’t. It depends on the award and the publisher. You may need to ask your publisher about this.
3) Simultaneously submit away!
4) Many Best-of anthologies do not list a pay rate. The standard is $.01/word, but you won’t really know unless they say in their guidelines or after you’re accepted and looking at the contract (congrats!).
5) Don’t expect a rejection letter.
For next year, remember that a lot of these Best-of anthologies prefer to get submissions early to avoid the end-of-year rush. As soon as you get something published, consider submitting it to the appropriate Best-of anthology! This won’t limit your other options for reprint publications.
(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:
Between the holidays, the kids’ school stuff, and various minor crises, I’ve been kept pretty busy with non-writing stuff. This is not the first year that I’ve ended up doing a Nov/Dec market list newsletter; I should really just make that the annual plan!
But! On Sunday, I wrote the highest number of words in a day that I’ve managed so far on my current SF work-in-progress. Why? Well, I had a critique group submission deadline and I wanted to finish the chapter and submit it. Who says critique groups aren’t useful?!?
And I should share my own awards eligibility post! I had one new short story published this year, “Beck’s Pest Control and the Case of the Drag Show Downer.” Beck has an unconventional pest control service, a client struggling with a fame-hungry poltergeist, and a daughter having trouble finding friends at her new Deaf school. It’s just another day in the life of a single mom.
“Entertaining” – Locus
“Genuinely exactly what I needed after a stressful month-and-change.” – E. Taft
Published in PodCastle on June 21, 2022, 6,090 words, available in audio and print.
Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/shiny-or-useful-writing-links/
Reimagining Conflict: https://www.sfwa.org/2022/05/10/reimagining-conflict-writing/
5 Survival Tips for the Holidays: https://nelsonagency.com/2017/12/writers-5-survival-tips-for-the-holidays/
Writer Conference Pitch Pro Tips: https://nelsonagency.com/2016/03/writer-conference-pitch-pro-tips/
NaNoWriMo’s “Now What?” editing workbook: https://nanowrimo.org/now-what#workbook
Writing the Science Right: https://www.sfwa.org/2022/11/29/writing-the-science-right/
Maximizing Your Sales for the Holidays: https://www.sfwa.org/2022/11/16/indie-files-maximizing-sales-holidays/
Jumpstart Your Writing: https://careerauthors.com/jumpstart-your-writing/
Never Let the Truth Get in the Way of a Good Story: https://nelsonagency.com/2022/11/never-let-the-truth-get-in-the-way-of-a-good-story/
Getting Unstuck: https://apex-magazine.com/nonfiction/getting-unstuck/
Step Up Your Character Game: Character Building Through Repeated Actions: https://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/699201838815264768/step-up-your-character-game-character-building
Upcoming Virtual Conventions/Workshops
(Any registration fees are noted.)
The Nebula Conference is over for 2022, but purchasing a membership now ($75) still gets access to recorded panels and year-round special events: https://membership.sfwa.org/event-4563942
The Orange County Library System has many upcoming, free virtual writing talks: https://www.ocls.info/writers-corner
Featured Market
The Deadlands wants death-themed speculative novellas (one-time novella submission period opens in January 2023!!!), short fiction, and poetry, pays $.10/word
The Deadlands exists in liminal spaces between life, death, and elsewhere. We are looking for fiction that concerns itself with death—but also everything death may involve.
A ghost in a shadowed wood. An afterlife discovered through a rusted door. An abandoned house in the middle of a haunted field. A skeletal figure moving with intent toward something unseen. Death personified. Burials in troubled lands. A raised scythe against a clouded sky. Memento mori. The rivers of the dead. The sprawling underworlds beneath our feet. The Deadlands would love to see stories from a worldwide perspective, different cultures, different approaches to death. We welcome stories from everyone, everywhere. We are particularly interested in works by writers from historically marginalized and underrepresented backgrounds.
Stories that feature characters impacted by someone passing away and processing the event of death are fair game, but will likely be a hard sell unless they also do something else. Stories about related subjects—zombies, demons, vampires, apocalypses, and the various undead—are not for us. An apocalypse may be your setting, but it isn’t your story. We are absolutely not interested in seeing weird West stories, steampunk tales, or military fiction. We are not interested in stories involving Lovecraft’s mythos. Humor will be a harder sell than heartbreaking. If your story begins with someone waking up, it is not for us.
Novella submissions will open in January 2023, stay tuned!
The Deadlands
Basics: themed speculative fiction and poetry, up to 5,000 words for short stories, pays $.10/word, reprints paid $.01/word, will reopen 1/2/2023. Novella submissions will also open in January, details coming soon!
Guidelines: https://thedeadlands.com/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 | F | SF | H/DF | Pay Per Word USD (originals) | Flat Pay USD (originals) | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket Magazine (Cricket Media) | Fiction and nonfiction for kids ages 9-14, incl. SF, fantasy, folk tales, themed | Y | Y | N | $0.250 | https://cricketmedia.com/submission-guidelines | ||
| Spider Magazine (Cricket Media) | Fiction and nonfiction for kids ages 6-9, themed | Y | Y | N | $0.250 | https://cricketmedia.com/submission-guidelines | ||
| Muse Magazine (Cricket Media) | Science nonfiction and science fiction for kids, themed. | N | Y | N | $0.200 | http://www.cricketmedia.com/muse-submission-guidelines/ | Query first. ONE-TIME THEMED SUBMISSION PERIODS 2023: Brains due 12/15/22, Eruption due 1/16/23, Future Flight due 2/16/23 | |
| Arcanist, The | Flash SF/F/Horror | Y | Y | Y | $0.100 | https://thearcanist.io/a-call-for-submissions-244f646d25a4 | ||
| Deadlands, The | Death-themed speculative fiction and poetry | Y | Y | Y | $0.100 | https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/ | ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 1/2/2023. ONE-TIME NOVELLA SUBMISSION PERIOD opens January 2023. | |
| Augur Magazine | Literary SF/F, fabulism, slipstream, and poetry | Y | Y | N | $0.088 | http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/ | 80% Canadian. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: sometime in December | |
| Amazing Stories | Science fiction | N | Y | N | $0.080 | https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/ | ONE-TIME FLASH FICTION SUBMISSION PERIOD: due 1/2/2023. Note: must create an account and log-in to submit stories. | |
| Beneath Ceaseless Skies | Literary adventure fantasy in secondary world settings. | Y | N | Y | $0.080 | http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/submissions/ | Prefers under 15,000 but will look at longer | |
| Book Worms | Horror | N | N | Y | $0.080 | https://rsaintclaire.com/ | ONE-TIME CLOSURE until ?? | |
| Cast of Wonders Podcast | Clean YA SF/F/H | Y | Y | Y | $0.080 | http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/ | ONE-TIME 2023 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 2/1 – 2/14 seasonal holiday themed, 4/1 – 4/14 banned books week, 4/15 – 4/30 young authors, 6/15 – 6/30 general submissions ### Query first for > 6,000 words. | |
| Flame Tree Newsletter Flash Fiction | Horror and sci-fi, themed. Subscribe to free newsletter for themes. | N | Y | Y | $0.080 | https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/ | SUBMISSION PERIOD: usually 2 weeks at the beginning of the month | |
| Gargantua (Air and Nothingness Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/1/22-1/31/23 | All genres, flash fiction, themed to massive engineering megastructures | Y | Y | Y | $0.080 | http://aanpress.com/submissions.html | ||
| Maul, The | Intermediate horror, suitable for younger or new to the genre readers, esp. SF-horror and fantasy-horror | N | N | Y | $0.080 | https://themaulmag.com/submissions/ | ||
| Podcastle (Podcast) | Fantasy fiction | Y | N | N | $0.080 | http://podcastle.org/guidelines/ | An Escape Artists publication. Original fiction up to 6,000 words, reprints up to 17,000. SUBMISSION PERIODS in 2023: 3/1 – 3/31, 7/1 – 7/31, 11/1 – 11/30 | |
| Solarpunk Magazine | Solarpunk fiction and poetry | N | Y | N | $0.080 | https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/ | ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIODS 2023: Jan-Jun 1-14, Sept 1-14 | |
| Zooscape | Furry (anthropomorphic animal) fiction | Y | Y | N | $0.080 | http://zooscape-zine.com/guidelines/ | Original fiction < 5,000 words, reprints up to 10,000 words. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: opens 12/15/2022 | |
| DreamForge Anvil | Positive science fiction and fantasy | Y | Y | N | $0.070 | https://dreamforgemagazine.com/call-for-submissions/ | ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 2023 (historically Fall) | |
| Literally Dead: Tales of Holiday Hauntings ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/20/2023 | Classic haunting dark fiction themed to the winter holidays | N | N | Y | $0.060 | https://www.alienhead-entertainment.com/submissions | ||
| Grimdark Magazine | Grim, dark SF or medieval F | Y | Y | Y | $0.054 | https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/submissions/ | Up to 4,000 word stories for original work. Reprints up to 10,000 words, not currently available online. ONE-TIME INDEFINITE CLOSURE – NOT ACCEPTING FICTION | |
| Apparition Lit (see also Apparition Lit Flash Fiction) | Speculative fiction, themed. Separate monthly flash fiction contest. | Y | Y | Y | $0.050 | https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/ | Short fiction submission periods with ONE-TIME 2023 THEMES: 2/15 – 2/28 (symmetry), 5/15 – 5/31 (creature), 8/15-08/31 (reclamation), with a 1-week extension each period for BIPOC. | |
| Calliope Interactive | All genre fiction | Y | Y | Y | $0.050 | https://calliopeinteractive.com/open-call/ | 100 – 1,000 words and 2,000 – 4,000 words. Will be produced as interactive, illustrated fiction. | |
| Grendel Press ONGOING ANTHOLOGIES | Dark fantasy, horror, and dark romance, themed and unthemed | N | N | Y | $0.050 | https://grendelpress.com/anthology-submissions/ | ONE-TIME THEMES DUE 1/1/23: distortion of memory or facts, monsters as main characters, supernatural (ghosts, cults, hauntings, etc), dark romance | |
| Jewish Futures (Fantastic Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/18/22 | SF themed to the future of the Jewish people | N | Y | N | $0.050 | http://fantasticbooks.biz/fantasticbooks/sf/jewishfutures.html | ||
| First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 2/1/23 – 2/28/23 | Horror, weird, and dark fiction themed to an apocalypse | N | N | Y | $0.030 | https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-the-first-five-minutes-of-the-apocalypse | ||
| Horror Library Vol 8 (Dark Moon Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/16/23 – 1/30/23 | Supernatural and dark horror, weird fiction | N | N | Y | $0.020 | http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Submissions.html | ||
| Space Westerns Magazine | SF/fantasy/horror themed to space westerns, steampunk westerns, and weird westerns | Y | Y | Y | $0.020 | https://www.spacewesterns.com/submissions/ | Also accepts serial fiction with wordcount and pay limits applying per episode. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: currently open to reprints, opens to original fiction in the “near future” as of 12/4/2022. | |
| Aurealis | Science fiction, fantasy, and horror | Y | Y | Y | $0.015 | https://aurealis.com.au/submissions/ | SUBMISSION PERIODS: 2/1 – 9/30 (Australian and New Zealand writers), 3/1 – 3/31 (general submissions) | |
| Archive of the Odd | All spec-fic, especially horror, themed to unconventional story structure like found-fiction, marginalia, ephemera, etc | Y | Y | Y | $0.010 | https://archiveoftheodd.wordpress.com/submissions/ | ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIODS: 12/1/22 – 2/1/23 (BIPOC extension until 2/8/23) | |
| Die by the Sword Vol 1 (DMR Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/22 | Sword and sorcery | Y | N | N | $0.010 | https://dmrbooks.com/submissions | ||
| Three Crows Magazine | Dark SFF and weird fiction | Y | Y | Y | $0.010 | http://threecrowsmagazine.com/submissions/ | RIGHTS: buys translation and audio rights | |
| Underland Arcana | Mildly speculative and weird fiction | Y | Y | Y | $0.010 | https://www.underlandarcana.com/submissions/ | ONE-TIME CLOSURE until ?? | |
| Phantom Thieves & Sagacious Scoundrels (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/10/22 | Speculative fiction themed to rogues and thieves | Y | Y | Y | $0.005 | http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html | ||
| Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction, The ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 9/1 - 4/1 | SF short story by a new author | N | Y | N | $250.00 | https://www.arcmanorbooks.com/resnick | ||
| Nature Futures | Hard SF | N | Y | N | $130.00 | https://www.nature.com/nature/for-authors/other-subs#futures | ||
| Olde Wolf MONTHLY CONTEST – DUE ON THE 30th | All genres, themed contests | Y | Y | Y | $100.00 | https://oldewolf.co/?page_id=694 | ONE-TIME THEME due 12/31/22: Christmas comedy | |
| Three-Lobed Burning Eye | All speculative fiction, western, and suspense | Y | Y | Y | $100.00 | http://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html | ||
| Abyss & Apex | All speculative fiction, including dark but not horror | Y | Y | Y | $80.00 | http://www.abyssapexzine.com/submissions/ | Query first for >10,000 words. Regular reading periods 1st wk in February, May, August, November. ONE-TIME CLOSURE until at least May 2023. | |
| Heroic Fantasy Quarterly | Heroic fantasy, sword & sorcery fiction and poetry | Y | N | N | $75.00 | http://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?page_id=39 | Will serialize more than 10,000 words. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 11/1/22- “first week of December” | |
| Etherea Magazine | All speculative fiction, especially F/SF. | Y | Y | Y | $71.88 | https://ethereamagazine.com/submissions/ | Length: 500 - 1,000 words and 2,000 - 5,000 preferred | |
| 34 Orchard | Dark, unsettling fiction and poetry, all genres | Y | Y | Y | $50.00 | https://34orchard.com/guidelines/ | SUBMISSION PERIOD: Jan 1 - 15, Jul 1 – 15 | |
| Dark Door, The | Pulp horror | N | N | Y | $50.00 | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVqaB46US5ojfyMv7OI7PtMgD-BxdK7xqN3HiFnHFd8sOt-g/viewform | ||
| Experimental Film Gemma Files Tribute Anthology (Alien Sun Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/1/2023 | Horror and speculative fiction and poetry themed to Gemma Files’ novel, Experimental Film | N | N | Y | $50.00 | https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-a-walk-in-a-city-of-shadows/ | ||
| James Gunn's Ad Astra | Science fiction and poetry | N | Y | N | $50.00 | http://www.adastrasf.com/submissions/short-fiction-submission-guidelines/ | ||
| Transform the World (Other Worlds Ink) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 2/28/23 | Solarpunk, hopepunk, and optimistic near-future SF | N | Y | N | $50.00 | https://www.otherworldsink.com/transform-the-world/ | ||
| Humour Me ANNUAL Christmas Special – due 11/9 – 12/10 | All genres, themed to funny Christmas stories | Y | Y | Y | $30.23 | https://humourmemag.co.uk/submission-requests/ | ||
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction MONTHLY CONTEST (see also Apparition Lit) | Speculative fiction, themed. Separate monthly flash fiction contest. | Y | Y | Y | $30.00 | https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/ | ||
| Little Book of Cursed Dolls, The (Media Macabre) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/15/22 | Dark fiction, maybe(?) themed to dolls | N | N | Y | $29.86 | https://mediamacabre.com/ | ||
| Fabulist, The | Science fiction, fantasy, intelligent horror, fabulism, fairy tales, folktales, literary fantasy, etc. | Y | Y | Y | $25.00 | https://fabulistmagazine.com/about/submissions/ | ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIODS through Spring 2023: 1st week of the month, Sunday – Saturday, open to general fabulist fiction and also themed submissions. THEMES: 12/4 – 12/10: holidays, 1/1 – 1/7 sociopolitical alternatives / hopepunk, 2/5 – 2/11 cross-genre romance, 3/5 – 3/11 anti-dystopianism, 4/2 – 4/8 ecology and solarpunk | |
| Ghastling, The | Quiet horror, psychological horror, and folk horror | N | N | Y | $18.21 | https://theghastling.com/submit/ | ONE-TIME CLOSURE until ?? | |
| Flash Point Science Fiction | Fantasy, science fiction, and slipstream | Y | Y | N | $15.00 | https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/ | ONE-TIME CLOSURE for regular (non-drabble) submissions until January 2023. | |
| Flashpoint SF | Science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream flash fiction | Y | Y | N | $15.00 | https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/ | ONE-TIME CLOSURE until January 2023 | |
| Flight of Dragons, A (West Avenue Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/2022 | Short stories and poetry themed to dragons | Y | N | N | $12.09 | http://www.westavenuepublishing.co.uk/p/anthology-submissions.html?m=1 | ||
| Interstellar Flight Press Novellas | Novellas | N | N | Y | https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/submissions.html | ONE-TIME CLOSURE until ??? | ||
| Theme of Absence DEAD MARKET | SF/F/H | N | N | N | $5.00 | http://www.themeofabsence.com/submission-guidelines/ | ||
| Grey Rooms, The – DEAD MARKET (indeterminate hiatus) | Horror where the main character dies in the end | N | N | N | $25.00 | https://thegreyrooms.com/season-5-submissions/ | ONE-TIME CLOSURE UNTIL ??. See Facebook page for updates. | |
| Common Tongue, The – DEAD MARKET | Dark fantasy | N | N | N | $0.030 | https://www.commontonguezine.com/guidelines-submissions/ | ||
| Land Beyond the World – DEAD MARKET | All speculative fiction, especially F/SF. | N | N | N | $0.010 | |||
| Death Throes Magazine – DEAD MARKET | Dark fiction | N | N | N | $20.00 | |||
| The Periodical, Forlorn – DEAD MARKET | Off-kilter literary and all speculative fiction, themed | N | N | N | $15.00 | https://www.periodicalforlorn.com/submission-guidelines | ||
| Tatterhood Review – DEAD MARKET | Fantasy and science fiction | N | N | N | $10.00 | |||
| Bear Creek Gazette – DEAD MARKET (now non-paying) | Weird fiction | Y | Y | Y | https://www.welcometobearcreek.com/submit-to-us |
Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Keeper of Lists
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