Space and Time #147 and HWA Poetry Showcase XI available now!
Space and Time #147 and HWA Poetry Showcase XI available now!
Authortunities #84 │October 19—November 16
It’s been a busy week wrapping up two massive ToCs at the same time… and I survived. Save your sanity and don’t do as I did. A big shout out to the S&T Team for working with all sorts of challenges, including Hurricane Milton. Now that #147 is out, we are already working on the next issue to be released in April 2025.
🌳What’s in this issue?
Space and Time Fall/Winter #147 is now available! A massive double issue with over 50 human created poems, stories, fiction and non-fiction! Thank you to the incredible S&T Team for all your hard work! Get your copy here.
The HWA Poetry Showcase XI, edited by Maxwell I. Gold is also now available! Congratulations to everyone who made this year’s Showcase. Get your copy here.
The Authors Guild is to offer a “Human Authored” label on books! I love this proactive approach. AI 'detectors’ (which are powered by AI) have failed to be 100% accurate and re-enforce bias against minorities. Because of this, many universities are advising against the usage of so-called AI detectors. I applaud the Author’s Guild for their positive approach to this emotionally charged issue. Read more details here.
I tend to lurk and work at Twitch.tv/Aussiemanplays Saturday-Tuesday for fun and connection. Come hang out and chat.
The Authortunities Expo on November 2… Seeking Craft, Credibility, Fortune and Fame? You can have it all… just not all at the same time. This free, virtual conference maps out how to define and find your next publishing quest. The event ends with the first ever Linzner Awards from Space and Time Magazine. Explore the Neighborhub while you wait at authortunitieshub.com.
Tomorrow! Once again I’m supporting a Daniel David Wallace summit. Free to watch live, or get the pass. Five days of author learning from the Escape the Plot Forest summit.
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🟢 opening subs
🔴 closing subs
⭐ networking
💼 conference
🎤 open mics
🎓 education
♻️ reprints
🏆 awards
💰 grants
🟢 BookLife runs the Indie Spotlight feature, a thematic roundup of self-published books from a broad range of genres and topics, both online and in print in Publishers Weekly magazine. Each Indie Spotlight is open to all types of books as long as they match the month's topic. Submit your works of horror, mystery, and the supernatural until October 1.
https://booklife.com/about-us/booklife-s-indie-spotlight.html
🟢 OCT 19 · Reedsy Prompts is open until the following Friday for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59 pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday. This week’s prompt is: .
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🟢 OCT 19 · Smoking Pen Press is open until October 21 for “Time Travel” fiction for their Read on the Run anthology series. Payment is $20 or paperback copies.
https://smokingpenpress.com/submissions-2
🟢♻️ OCT 19 · NonBinary Review, Zoetic Press is open until November 1 for poetry and visual art. Payment is $0.01 USD per word for prose up to 3k words, $10 for poetry and visual art $25 USD flat rate. Theme is “rituals.”
https://nonbinaryreview.submittable.com/submit
🟢♻️ OCT 19 · Worldstone Publishing is open until October 31, 2024, to science fiction and fantasy stories for their Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy anthology. Payment is “is currently $0.005/word up to 7500 words. Minimum of $15.”
https://www.worldstonepublishing.com/submissions
🟢 OCT 19 · Black Beacon Books is open until October 31, 2024, to Steampunk mystery novelettes for their Steampunk Sleuths Anthology. Payment is $50.
https://blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-mysterious-year-anthology-submissions.html
🟢 OCT 19 · Rebellion Lit is open until October 31 to flash and short stories (any genre) for their Three x The Fun series. Payment is 1.5 c/word.
https://rebellionlit.com/anthology-three-x-the-fun/
🟢 OCT 19 · Whisper House Press is open until October 31 to workplace horror fiction for their Dread Mondays Anthology. Payment is $.06 per word.
⭐🎓💼 OCT 18-20 · MULTIVERSE is an annual 3-day convention for fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror, gaming, art, and cosplay at the Hilton Peachtree City, Georgia. Join in-person only for a fun-filled weekend with dozens of the industry’s top creators.
https://www.multiversecon.org/
⭐🎓💼 OCT 18-22 · H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Streaming Edition is the 5th Annual Streaming edition of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Film blocks will release on a rolling schedule, starting October 18th through the 20th, and will stay available to watch until October 22nd with 3 feature films and over 40 short films from 12 different countries. You'll also be able to stream several panel discussions, author readings, and other streaming extras. Streaming bundles begin at $55 USD.
https://hplfilmfestival.com/events/2024-h-p-lovecraft-film-festival-streaming-edition
⭐🎓 OCT 19 · PARSEC, Pittsburgh’s premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Organization, welcomes the public to their monthly meetings held the third Saturday of each month beginning at 12:30 pm EST. Virtual Zoom meetings are available for those unable to attend in person. Timons Esaias will lead a discussion on “Finding the Future in the Past.”
https://parsec-sff.org/monthly-meetings/
🎓 OCT 19 · Celebrating Authors Summit: Editing & Finishing Touches Getting Help to Make Your Book Shine With self-publishing, authors can bring to market their work at any level of quality. Sometimes that means books filled with errors, which reduces credibility in the eyes of the reader. Our speakers share their contribution to the quality of your book, and what they're looking for as they choose their new projects. Free to attend live.
https://go.eventraptor.com/summit/copy-of-celebrating-summit-2410-1/angelayurikosmith
🎓 OCT 19-23 · Escape the Plot Forest hosted by Daniel David Wallace, is a five day long online get together event. Improve your plotting and storytelling techniques inside this supportive writing community. Register now to join for five days of substantial and detailed craft training -- for writers of all experience levels.
https://forest.plotsummit.com/
⭐🎓💼 OCT 19-20 · Self-Publishing Advice Conference 2024, in Association with the Alliance of Independent Authors, will be a virtual event with 24 sessions over 24 hours on the theme “Publishing for Profit.” Free to watch for three days, always free for ALLi members. Guests include Dale L. Roberts, Gina Bianchini, Orna Ross, Ricardo Fayet and Russell Nohelty.
https://selfpublishingadviceconference.com/
⭐🎤 OCT 20 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ OCT 20 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
🔴 OCT 21 · Smoking Pen Press closes for “Time Travel” fiction for their Read on the Run anthology series. Payment is $20 or paperback copies.
https://smokingpenpress.com/submissions-2
🔴 OCT 22 · Astrolabe closes to fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography/art for $50 USD flat rate with free submissions.
https://www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
⭐🎓 OCT 22 ·An Author's Audiobook Journey: Going Wide with 30+ Titles Join Evan at StoryOrigin for an insightful Q&A session for an insightful Q&A session with Rebecca Hefner, USA Today Bestselling Author with 30+ titles out, as she shares her expertise on producing and distributing audiobooks. Free registration.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsfu-orjgvGdBCUqpitHLMr3jN_-EoVkb_#/registration
🟢 OCT 23 · Mythaxis opens for submissions until October 30th for fiction from 1,000-5,000 words for €0.01 per word, with a €20 minimum.
https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html
🔴 OCT 25 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
⭐🎓 OCT 25 · Rattle Magazine’s livestream Poetry Critique of the Week Rattle's editor hosts a livestreamed poetry critique on YouTube and Facebook, offering suggestions and feedback. The viewing audience is encouraged to participate. The goal is to help us all become better poets through the honest sharing of our reactions, similar to the experience of an MFA roundtable workshop. Critique of the Week at 4 pm EST.
https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🟢 OCT 25 · Reedsy Prompts calls for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🔴 OCT 25 · Off Topic Publishing’s Poetry Box closes to submissions of poetry to be sent out as a physical card with tea and chocolate to subscribers. Payment is for $30 CAD.
https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/
🔴 OCT 26 · Riddlebird opens until October 26 for literary fiction, personal essays, and genre fiction from 650-5000 words focusing on humor and lighthearted pieces until full. Payment is $100.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/riddlebird-Ae4Nk
🔴 OCT 27 · Every Day Fiction closes for “suitable stories for November” up to 1000 words. Payment is $3 USD. “All fiction genres are acceptable, and stories that don’t fit neatly into any genre are welcome too.”
https://everydayfiction.submittable.com/submit
⭐🎤 OCT 27 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ OCT 27 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT. This week features Jessica Nettles, Sarah Tasz, Wayne Turmel, Kate Risse, and Alison McBain.
🔴 OCT 27 · Rough Cut Press closes to fiction limited to 650 words from members of the LGBTQ+ community on the theme of “splinter.” Payment is $25.
https://roughcutpress.com/submit/
⭐🎓 OCT 29 ·Author Platform Mastery: Website, Social Media, Newsletter Join Evan at StoryOrigin for an exclusive webinar featuring publishing industry expert Jane Friedman as she delves into the essential components of a robust author platform. In this illuminating Q&A session, Jane will share her wealth of knowledge on crafting an effective online presence that can significantly boost your writing career. Free registration.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudyorjwqHdTr8ul3iIhuxJksCLYe4T8w#/registration
🔴 OCT 30 · Mythaxis closes for submissions of fiction from 1,000-5,000 words for €0.01 per word, with a €20 minimum.
https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html
🔴♻️ OCT 31 · Short Story on Substack is closed for short stories from 6- 10,000 words in any genre. Payment is $100 + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Selected story to be announced on the 15th. Reprints welcome.
https://shortstory.substack.com/
🔴 OCT 31 · MetaStellar closes for science fiction, fantasy, or horror stories up to 1,200 words. “Please submit only one story per cycle. Simultaneous submissions to other publications are allowed, as is the use of AI to help write the story.” Payment is $0.08/word.
https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/
🔴 OCT 31 · Brick closes for polished literary nonfiction submissions from 1,000 to 5,000 words. Payment is $65–720, depending on the length of accepted work, plus two copies of the issue the work appears in and a one-year subscription to the magazine.
https://brickmag.com/submissions/
🔴🏆 OCT 31 · The Edgar® Awards, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America, honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater. Submissions close for books published in September. Books must be submitted during the month of publication. In addition, the book MUST arrive to the judges within 30 days of sending the submission form to the national office.
https://mysterywriters.org/edgars/edgar-submission-information/
🔴 OCT 31 · Diet Milk Magazine, a “biannual literary magazine devoted to Gothic” closes for submissions of “ micro and flash fiction for its December series, IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER” for $3 per micro fiction and $2 per flash fiction. “Twenty-five works will be chosen to be posted from December 1st through Christmas to our website and boosted on twitter.”
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/diet-milk-magazine-rv29z
🔴 OCT 31 · Nonbinary Review seeks poetry, fiction, essays, and art on the theme "Rituals." Payment: 1 cent per word for prose, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry. Deadline: October 31, 2023. Closes when cap is reached, so submit early.
https://nonbinaryreview.submittable.com/submit/202881/nbr-27-shared-worlds
🔴 OCT 31 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge closes for ekphrastic poetry in response to selected visual art posted on their page. Two winners receive $100 and publication online.
https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🔴 OCT 31 · Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Anthology of Workplace Horror from Whisper House Press closes submissions of short stories up to 4k on the theme of workplace horror. Payment is 6 cents per word. Special extended deadline of November 30 for historically marginalized voices
🔴 OCT 31 · Flash Fiction Online closes, unless submission cap has already been reached, for speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary fiction submissions. Payment is $100.
https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
🔴♻️ OCT 31 · Worldstone Publishing closes for science fiction and fantasy stories for their Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy anthology. Payment is “is currently $0.005/word up to 7500 words. Minimum of $15.” Reprints paid at full rate.
https://www.worldstonepublishing.com/submissions
🔴 OCT 31 · Black Beacon Books closes to Steampunk mystery novelettes for their Steampunk Sleuths Anthology. Payment is $50.
https://blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-mysterious-year-anthology-submissions.html
🔴 OCT 31 · Whisper House Press closes to workplace horror fiction for their Dread Mondays Anthology. Payment is $15 per story.
🔴 NOV 1 · Rebellion Lit closes to flash and short stories (any genre) for their Three x The Fun series. Payment is 1.5 c/word.
https://rebellionlit.com/anthology-three-x-the-fun/
🔴 NOV 1 · Last Girls Club closes for feminist horror short stories and poems. Payments for short story-2,500 words or less is $0.015 USD per word ($37.50 USD max); Flash Fiction-less than 1,000 words $0.015 USD per word ($15 USD max); Payment for poems $10 USD.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/last-girls-club-lImp7
🔴♻️ NOV 1 · NonBinary Review, Zoetic Press closes for poetry and visual art. Payment is $0.01 USD per word for prose up to 3k words, $10 for poetry and visual art $25 USD flat rate. Theme is “rituals.”
https://nonbinaryreview.submittable.com/submit
🔴 NOV 1 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
🟢 NOV 1 · Apparition Lit’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest opens until November 14 for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Stews, Soups and Curries.” The writer of the selected story will be notified and their story published the following month. The prize is $30 USD.
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🟢 NOV 1 · The Other Stories Podcast opens until November 30 for 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of BLEEDING HEARTS. “Profound love, romance, sacrifice, and the most cutting of heartbreaks.” Payment is $15 GBP.
https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
🟢 NOV 1 · After Happy Hour opens until January 31 for “online issues, we accept fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, photographs, graphic narratives, and any combination thereof.” Payment is $10.
https://afterhappyhourreview.submittable.com/submit
🟢 NOV 1 · New Orleans Review opens for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Payment is $300 for prose and $100 for poetry. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, there are no submission fees during the month of November for all Indigenous writers, not limited to those living in/born the US. $3 submission fee otherwise.
https://www.neworleansreview.org/submit/
🟢 NOV 1 · Electric Spec opens for speculative fiction stories of “science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre” between 250 and 7000 words for their February issue until January 15. Payment is $20 per piece.
http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
⭐🎓 NOV 1 · Rattle Magazine’s livestream Poetry Critique of the Week Rattle's editor hosts a livestreamed poetry critique on YouTube and Facebook, offering suggestions and feedback. The viewing audience is encouraged to participate. The goal is to help us all become better poets through the honest sharing of our reactions, similar to the experience of an MFA roundtable workshop. Critique of the Week at 4 pm EST.
https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🟢NOV 1 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge opens until the last day of the month for ekphrastic poetry in response to selected visual art posted on their page. Two winners receive $100 and publication online.
https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🟢 NOV 1 · Off Topic Publishing’s Poetry Box opens to submissions of poetry until the 25th of the month. Selected poems to be sent as a physical card with tea and chocolate to subscribers. Payment is for $30 CAD.
https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/
🟢 NOV 1 · Strange Horizons opens for speculative poetry submissions year-round, including at times when they are closed to fiction submissions. The editors operate on a rotation system, so the person who reads and replies to your poem will depend on when you send it. This month AJ Odasso (they/them/theirs) is the editor. Payment is $50 USD per poem, regardless of length or complexity.
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/poetry-submission-guidelines/
🟢 NOV 1 · Bourbon Penn is open now for 2000-7500 word “highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd… looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal." Payment is .04 cents per word.
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
⭐ NOV 1 · First Friday - Third Thursday Quick Read features 6 authors each reading a selection of speculative fiction for 8 minutes. There will be time for questions & answers at the end and a giveaway from the authors. This free event is hosted by Strong Women - Strange Worlds and features Carina Bissett, Megan Bontrager, Kerrie Faye, MaryAnn Johanson, Libby Schultz, and Jean Marie Ward. Pre-register.
https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/
🟢🏆💰 NOV 1 · The Paul Engle Prize opens for nominations today. Sponsored by Iowa City, UNESCO City of Literature, the winner receives a cash prize of $20,000 USD. The prize is awarded annually to a writer who represents a pioneering spirit in the literary arts through writing, editing, publishing, or teaching, and whose participation in larger issues of the day has contributed to the betterment of the world. Poets, fiction and nonfiction writers are eligible. Submit a nomination, including a list of the writer's works and a statement about how the writer embodies the spirit of the prize by March 31. Self-nominations are not allowed.
http://iowacityofliterature.org/paul-engle-day
🔴 NOV 1 · The First Line closes for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction using the first line “The parking lot was empty.” Payment: $25–$50 for fiction, $5–$10 for poetry, and $25 for nonfiction. There is a related submission call in their sister publication The Last Line.
http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm
🟢 NOV 1 · Reedsy Prompts calls for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🔴 NOV 1 · Last Girls Club closes for feminist horror short stories and poems. Payments for short story-2,500 words or less is $0.015 USD per word ($37.50 USD max); Flash Fiction-less than 1,000 words $0.015 USD per word ($15 USD max); Poems-less than 200 words $10.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/last-girls-club-lImp7
✅🟢 NOV 1 · Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter calls for monthly themed submissions from newsletter subscribers only (free to subscribe) up to 1k words for $0.08 per word USD for original fiction.
https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
🟢 NOV 1 · The Forge Literary Magazine calls for fiction and nonfiction under 3,000 words including flash and micro fiction for $100 flat rate until the free submissions quota is full. “If there is no free link, we’ve hit our quota.”
https://forgelitmag.com/submit/
🟢♻️ NOV 1 · Short Story on Substack is open for short stories from 6-10,000 words in any genre. Payment is $100 + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Selected story to be announced on the 15th. Reprints welcome.
https://shortstory.substack.com/
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