Authortunities #20 for August 3—30
Space and Time magazine updates ➕ All Free Summer vacation mode Authortunities ➕ free digital Spring 2004 vintage issue #98 👉 Read in 50 US states and 35 countries (and counting)!
Summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere but that didn’t stop nearly 400 submissions from coming in for Space and Time’s last submission call. Thank you to the dedicated first reader team, fiction editor Gerard Houarner, Ken Hueler and poetry editor Linda D. Addison for doing all the hard work of sorting through all the excellent work that came in. You can find recent issues for sale on Amazon at https://amzn.to/44TEl1A
Remember when I mentioned I’d be giving away vintage, digital back issues of Space and Time magazine? 🚀Download #98 from Spring 2004 🔗http://bit.ly/3Kqn0W7
In personal news, this week I celebrated a new grandchild, my oldest daughter’s birthday, issue #144 of Space and Time and we found a new house. Authortunities feels light this issue, but never fear. There are is a lot just ahead in September so now is a good time to organize your reprints, clean up your files and set up a submissions spreadsheet. I guess a lot of publishers are on holiday… I might join them in 2024.
Things you may have missed:
Back in the Day (part 1) hosted by Brian Keene, he joins living legend panelists John Skipp, Chet Williamson, Douglas E. Winter and David J. Schow to chat about what has changed in publishing and horror fiction over the years... and what hasn't. Part of the Halloween in July fundraiser, you can watch the show for free here. While you’re there, like, subscribe and donate!
🎃Support the Horror Writer Association’s first ever Halloween in July to raise money for scholarships that support the continued educational foundations for the horror community. 🎃To donate: https://www.pledge.to/halloween-in-july
And now, on to the main course. Enjoy the free issue of vintage Space and Time and don’t forget to scroll down to the end for a poll—should horror, fantasy and science fiction just be “speculative” or kept separate. What’s your opinion?
In this entire calendar share you will find:
5 newly opened submissions 🟢
38 submission deadlines 🔴
14 events for authors ⭐
17 first time shared 👁️🗨️
6 reprint markets ♻️
2 education 📚
1 award 🏆
1 grants 💲
Send comments, victories, and everything I don’t know to aysmith.authortunities@gmail.com.
🖖 Now go forth and get published…
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 4 · Hamilton Arts & Letters Issue sixteen.2 / Fall 2023 seeks “poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, hybrid forms, fabulism, and artwork that is preoccupied with themes of queer ecologies, biomimicry, fables, flânerie and its remixes, critical geography, afro-bubble gum, astral projection, urbanism, guerilla gardening, city design, access/ability, food apartheid, autopoiesis and its metaphors, humanisms, and QTBIPOC inside or outside ‘natural’ spaces” for “a small honorarium determined by the level of funding attained during the period of publication.” ➡️https://halmagazine.wordpress.com/submit/submit-to-hal-magazine/
🔴 AUG 4 · 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 complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST. ➡️https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 4 · Sci Phi Journal seeks “Campbellian hard SF,” “Fictional non-fiction,” and “Speculative philosophy” for “the standard semi-pro rate of 3 (Euro) cents per word for original fiction and 1 (Euro) cent per word for translations of fiction into English. At this point, we regret that we are unable to provide payment for non-fiction.” ➡️https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/
🔴 AUG 4 · Havok seeks flash fiction on the theme of “Legendary Things.” Payment is $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology; no payment for online publication. DEADLINE: August 6. ➡️https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/
⭐ AUG 4 · The Quick Reads event featuring women and non-binary writers of sci-fi, fantasy and speculative fiction Friday, August 4 at noon EST. This event features 6 guests reading for 8 minutes each. ➡️https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/
⭐ AUG 5 · Exorcise Your Writes is now on the Horror Writer Association’s YouTube channel! On Making Monster Verse, Angela Yuriko Smith and Amy Zoellers demonstrate how to take innocent happy poems, inverse them and create monster verse. Every Saturday, 2 pm EST. Season 02, Episode 40. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/c3aexdc3
⭐ AUG 5 · Poetry Open Mic Night hosted by Angela Yuriko Smith and Maxwell I. Gold to raise funds for the Horror Writers Association’s many different scholarships including the Diversity Grants, The Scholarship from Hell and more. ➡️https://www.pledge.to/halloween-in-july
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 5 · the other side of hope: journeys in refugee and immigrant literature seeks poetry written in “the mother tongue | other tongue issue… in any language (apart from English) for “£50 per published poet.” ➡️https://othersideofhope.com/submissions.html
🔴 AUG 5 · Uncharted Magazine Short Story Award: The Aftermath calls for short story contest submissions of “SF/F, Thriller/Horror, and Mystery/Crime” from 1,001–5,000 words to compete for $2,000 and publication, while the second- and third-place winners will receive publication and $300 and $200 until August 6. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/25pr59x8
⭐ AUG 6 · Back In The Day (Part 2) hosted by Brian Keene, he speaks with panelists about what has changed in publishing and horror fiction over the years... and what hasn't. ➡️https://www.pledge.to/halloween-in-july
🔴 AUG 6 · Flame Tree Publishing seeks short “folk horror” fiction for a new anthology from 2-4,000 words for “Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) rates of 8 cents/6 pence per word.” ➡️https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/folk-horror-submissions-0
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 7 · The Off-Season, “an anthology of disquieting and disturbing New Weird horror” seeks short fiction of 2000-4000 words for “$0.08/word, paid prior to publication.” ➡️https://darkmattermagazine.shop/pages/the-off-season-submission-guidelines
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 7 · Cirsova, Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense seeks short fiction from 2000-7500 words for $0.0125 per word. ➡️https://cirsova.wordpress.com/cirsova-magazine/submission-guidelines/
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 7 · Alien Magazine seeks fiction “pieces that explore non-traditional narratives” for “$20 for each accepted story. Payments can be done via Venmo, Cash App, and PayPal.” ➡️https://alienmagazine.submittable.com/submit
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 9 · Hungry Zine, Issue 07 seeks poetry inspired by “Funeral Foods” for “$50 upon publication of the issue.” ➡️https://www.hungryzine.com/issue-07-calls-for-submissions/
⭐ AUG 10 · Authortunities Forecast, 15 minutes or less covering opportunities too late to make this newsletter, news and reminders. See what you may have missed. Every Thursday with Angela Yuriko Smith. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/342awykh
🔴 AUG 11 · SHUB-NIGGURATH'S SWEATER (UNDERLAND PRESS) calls for short story submissions of “cozy cosmic horror” from 1-5k words for $0.01/word until August 11. Edited by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito and Mark Teppo, launching in October 2023. ➡️https://www.underlandpress.com/cozycosmic.php
🔴 AUG 11 · 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 complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST. ➡️https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
👁️🗨️🟢♻️ AUG 11 · PseudoPod opens for submissions on August 11 for short horror fiction under 6,000 words until August 22. Payment is $.08/word for original fiction, $100 flat rate for short story reprints, and $20 flat rate for flash fiction reprints (stories below 1500 words). ➡️ https://escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/pseudopod
⭐ AUG 12 · Weird and Wonderful: The HWA Mental Health Initiative hosted by Lauren Elise Daniels with panelists Lee Murray, Brian Matthews, and Dave Jeffery. ➡️https://www.pledge.to/halloween-in-july
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 13 · Island seeks “new fiction and nonfiction content of approximately 1500 words” by Australian and New Zealand citizens and residents for $450. ➡️https://islandmag.com/submit
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 13 · Yolk, Volume 3.2 seeks fiction and poetry written to the theme of “Solastalgia” for $100CAD online publication (international subscribers) and “$30 per page, regardless of genre, up to a maximum of $200” (Canadian only). ➡️https://www.yolkliterary.ca/submissions
🔴 AUG 14 · Apparition Lit’s Reality Show Madness Flash Fiction Prompt closes for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Alone/Survivor/Naked and Afraid/The Nature of Things” until the 14th. Payment is $30 USD. ➡️https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🔴 AUG 15 · Sasee closes to 500-1k word nonfiction articles by women on “Fight, Like A Girl” for variable payments on August 15. ➡️https://sasee.com/submissions/
🔴 AUG 15 · evOke is closed to "familiars" themed submissions of artwork, poetry, short fiction, essays, interviews, lifestyle and reviews on things "Pagan, polytheist, and witchy." Also interested in video and audio content. Payment is $5. ➡️https://ev0kepublication.com/contributors/
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 15 · Orca seeks “fiction up to 8000 words; Nonfiction 2000 to 8000 words (query if longer). 3 poems with a total maximum word count of 1000” for “$50 for stories 2500 words or longer, $25 for stories under 2500 words and for poetry, plus a one-year pdf subscription.” ➡️https://orcalit.com/guidelines/
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 15 · Tales from the Moonlit Path seek “poetry and fiction submissions for… Halloween 2023 Issue, as well as fiction submissions for our summer challenge” for “10 for every published story in quarterly issues… honorable mentions and a $50 first place prize for Special Edition Issue Challenges.” ➡️https://talesmoonlitpath.com/submissions/
👁️🗨️🔴♻️ AUG 15 · The Lorelei Signal, a quarterly SF/Fantasy electronic magazine, seeks short stories, flash fiction and poetry featuring “strong / complex female characters” for “$15.00 for short stories, $5.00 for poems and flash (<1000 words) fiction pieces and $5.00 for reprints.” ➡️https://www.loreleisignal.com/guidelines
👁️🗨️🔴♻️ AUG 15 · Luna Station Quarterly seeks “female-fronted speculative stories” of “500 to 7000 words in length” for $5 USD. ➡️https://lunastationquarterly.com/submissions/
👁️🗨️🔴 AUG 15 · Songs of Eretz Poetry Review seeks form poems for their fall issue for “a semi-professional rate of seven dollars per poem.” ➡️http://www.songsoferetz.com/p/poetry-and-artwork-guidelines.html
🔴 AUG 15 · khōréō is closed to speculative flash and short fiction with “some aspect of migration, whether explicitly (themes of immigration, colonialism, etc.), metaphorically, or with a sly nod and a wink.” Also interested in video and audio content. Payment is $0.10 USD per word. ➡️https://www.khoreomag.com/submissions-fiction/
🔴 AUG 15 · JPI FLASH FANTASY ANTHOLOGY seeks “a feel-good fantasy story, if not feel-good, make someone in the story happy” up to 1,000 words for “½ cent a word via PayPal.” ➡️https://www.jerseypinesink.com/
🟢 AUG 15 · Bright Wall/Dark Room monthly online magazine opens for submissions from 2,500-4,000 words for $50 USD for “interviews, profiles, formal analysis, cultural criticism, personal essays, and humor pieces'' on filmmaking with a “Chicago, westerns or nostalgia” theme. ➡️https://brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit
👁️🗨️🟢 AUG 15 · Apparition Lit opens for submissions of speculative fiction between 1k-5k words and poetry until August 31. Payment is $0.05 per word, minimum of $50.00 dollars for short stories and a flat fee of $50 per poem. ➡️https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🟢♻️ AUG 15 · Samovar, published by Strange Horizons, seeks speculative fiction, review-essays, poetry, interview/conversations, and reprints in translation. Payment for fiction is 8 US cents per word to the author, and 8 US cents per word to the translator. Payment for reprints is a flat $100 USD to the author and $100 USD to the translator. Payments for poetry are $40 USD to the author and $40 USD to the translator. Payment for interview/conversations is $40 USD to each participant. Payment for review-essays is $40 USD. ➡️http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/submit/
🔴 AUG 15 · Speculative City seeks fiction, poetry, and essays with the theme “megacity” for “$20-$55 according to the category and length of their submission. We do not include submissions with lengths exceeding 5500 words.” ➡️https://speculativecity.com/submissions/
⭐ AUG 17 · The Quick Reads event featuring women and non-binary writers of sci-fi, fantasy and speculative fiction Thursday, August 17 at 7 pm EST. This event features 6 guests reading for 8 minutes each. ➡️https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/
⭐ AUG 17 · Authortunities Forecast, 15 minutes or less covering opportunities too late to make this newsletter, news and reminders. See what you may have missed. Every Thursday with Angela Yuriko Smith. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/342awykh
⭐ AUG 17 · How To With Agents with Alec Shane (Writers House), Becky LeJune (Bond Literary Agency), Maeve MacLysaght (Copps Literary Services). ➡️https://www.pledge.to/halloween-in-july
🔴 AUG 18 · 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 complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST. ➡️https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
🔴📚 AUG 13-18 · Elk River Writers Workshop is designed for students who are serious about fostering a connection with place in their writing. The next workshop takes place from August 13-18, 2023, at Chico Hot Springs. ➡️https://manager.submittable.com/opportunities/organization/10268
⭐ AUG 19 · Poetry Open Mic Night hosted by Angela Yuriko Smith and Maxwell I. Gold to raise funds for the Horror Writers Association’s many different scholarships including the Diversity Grants, The Scholarship from Hell and more. ➡️https://www.pledge.to/halloween-in-july
🔴♻️ AUG 19 · The Other Stories Podcast closes to 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of “Masks II” for $15 GBP flat rate on August 19. ➡️https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
🔴 AUG 20 · Northern Gravy seeks fiction, Poetry and KidLit (writing for Middle Grade or Young Adult audiences, poetry or prose) up to 2000 words with poems no more than 40 lines from UK & Ireland writers for £100. ➡️https://northerngravy.com/submissions/
⭐ AUG 20 · The Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading Series presents Vivian Faith Prescott reading their work live on Facebook via Zoom.➡️https://www.facebook.com/specpo
⭐ AUG 24 · Authortunities Forecast, 15 minutes or less covering opportunities too late to make this newsletter, news and reminders. See what you may have missed. Every Thursday with Angela Yuriko Smith. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/342awykh
🔴 AUG 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 complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST. ➡️https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
🔴 AUG 28 · Tree and Stone Magazine Queer as F seeks work from “writers/artists who self-identify as queer/LGBTQIA/pan/non-binary and cishet/ cisallohet allies'' for “flash pieces at $0.02 per word, short stories (1,000-6,000 words) $20 honorarium, creative nonfiction (< 3,000 words) $20 honorarium, visual art at $20 a piece, Photography at $20 a piece and graphic narratives (<10 pages) for $20 honorarium. ➡️https://www.cognitoforms.com/KevinCasin/TreeAndStoneMagazineQueerAsFSubmissions
🔴 AUG 28 · Bright Wall/Dark Room monthly online magazine is closed for submissions from 2,500-4,000 words for $50 USD for “interviews, profiles, formal analysis, cultural criticism, personal essays, and humor pieces on filmmaking with a “westerns” theme. ➡️https://brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit
🔴 AUG 30 · JANE NIGHTSHADE'S SERIAL ENCOUNTERS [Hellbound Books] seeks “short stories about casual encounters of fictional people with serial killers, that turned creepy or deadly” up to 5K words for $5. ➡️https://hellboundbookspublishing.com/subs-anthologies.html
🔴 AUG 30 · HAPPY HELLIDAYS! [Hellbound Books] seeks “short stories about holidays (any holiday at all!) filled with terror and dread, blood and guts, ghosts, and demons most foul” from 4K-10K words for $5. ➡️https://hellboundbookspublishing.com/subs-anthologies.html
🔴 AUG 30 · Cast of Wonders seeks “young adult short fiction… stories up to 6,000 words” for “$.08/word for original fiction of any length... For reprints... a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction.” ➡️https://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/
🔴 AUG 30 · Chicken Soup for the Soul seeks stories or poems on the theme “The power of positive thinking” for $250 paid “one month after publication of the book and you will receive ten free copies of the book your story or poem appears in.” ➡️https://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/submit-your-story/