Authortunities #23 for August 25—September 20
Space and Time wraps up poetry selections ➕ all free Authortunities ➕ free digital Spring 2002 vintage issue #95 〓 Read in 50 US states and 36 countries!
As of today, I am writing to you from an actual lair. The move is finished, and as of yesterday my office is installed. I still have some boxes to unpack and a few things to put up but we are done enough. My new office (a.k.a. The Lair) is the master bedroom walk in closet converted into workspace. Next week I’ll share a quick video tour (after I put away those last few boxes. As a consequence of moving, it’s a shorter calendar share this week.
Watch Space and Time socials and this space next week for the issue #145 poetry selections. You can find those connections through 🔗 https://spaceandtime.net/
The Horror Writer Association’s annual Halloween in July fundraiser is all but over. Over $3,200 has been raised so far, all of which goes to fund the HWA scholarships. You can still donate until the end of August. 🔗 https://www.pledge.to/halloween-in-july
The last event was a virtual open mic and it was so much fun I’m thinking of hosting it once a month. I wonder how many people would be interested in that? Let me know what you think after you watch the recent one.
Lately I’ve been sharing a free digital vintage issue of Space and Time magazine and here it is. This issue features a nonfiction piece from Jack Ketchum! 🚀Download #95 from Spring 2002 here: https://tinyurl.com/4cs4asxp
If you want to try and collect them all, I made a handy chart you can download for free here: https://tinyurl.com/5aw46utf I’ve given away five issues so far out of 144.
Now that the move is done and my (somewhat) secret lair is installed, I look forward to putting together a chonky issue for next week. For now, here is the diet version of Authortunities... still more than I have time to submit to in a week.
In this entire calendar share you will find:
25 newly opened submissions 🟢
30 submission deadlines 🔴
6 events for authors ⭐
13 reprint markets ♻️
1 education 📚
1 award 🏆
2 grants 💲
Send comments, victories, and everything I don’t know to aysmith.authortunities@gmail.com.
Legis. Scribis. Vincis.
🔴 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/
⭐ AUG 31 · 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 31 · Reach 35,000 readers! Siren’s Call eZine seeks short stories, flash fiction, drabbles, and poetry that fit within the horror/dark fiction genre to the current theme of “Halloween.” Reprints welcome. No payment. Advertise for only $10 for a full page ad. All story, flash, and poem submissions MUST be submitted to Submissions@SirensCallPublications.com for consideration. 🔗http://www.sirenscallpublications.com/open_subs.htm
🔴♻️ AUG 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/about?nthPub=601
🔴 AUG 31 · From Exile Editions, Through the Portal: Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia and closes to eco-fiction stories or prose poems up to 3,500 words. Payment is CAD0.05/word. 🔗https://exilepublishing.submittable.com/submit/
🔴 AUG 31 ·A Darker Continent: Strange Tales of Europe at War [Belanger Books] edited by John Linwood Grant seeks “new, original weird and strange fiction set between 1938 and 1946” between from 5,000-10,000 words for “a percentage of the Kickstarter net profits, a percentage of first year royalties (percentage determined by number of contributing authors), and a paperback copy of the anthology.” 🔗http://greydogtales.com/blog/new-anthologies-of-the-weird/
🔴💲 AUG 31 · The 2022 SFPA Speculative Poetry Contest closes for entries on August 31. All poets are welcome to submit, including non-SFPA-members. Prizes will be awarded for best unpublished poem in 3 categories: Dwarf (poems 1–10 lines [prose poems 0–100 words]); Short (11–49 lines [prose poems 101–499 words]); Long (50 lines and more [prose 500 words and up]). Line count does not include title or stanza breaks. All sub-genres of speculative poetry allowed in any form. Entries are read blind. Prizes in each category are: (Dwarf, Short, Long): $150 First Prize, $75 Second Prize, $25 Third Prize. Publication on the SFPA website for first through third places. This is a fundraiser for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association with a $3 per poem entry fee payable via PayPal or via email. 🔗http://sfpoetry.com/contests.html
🔴🏆 AUG 31 · The O. Henry Prize is an annual award for short stories of exceptional merit. Stories will be considered from September 1 to August 31 of the following year. The winning stories will be published in an anthology by Anchor Books. 🔗https://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/
🔴 AUG 31 · Broken Sleep Books closes for non-fiction prose pamphlets (up to 70 pages) from on August 31. Payment is 10% royalties, with the author receiving five (5) free author copies and a 50% discount on future purchases. Simultaneous submissions. 🔗https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions
🔴🏆 AUG 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 July. 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/
🔴 AUG 31 · Engen Books and Kit Sora Photography have teamed up to offer the “Flash Fiction Photography Contest” which calls for ekphrastic flash prose pieces of 250 words or less inspired by the photography of Kit Sora. Payment is 10 cents a word. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/43edtd7j
🔴 AUG 31 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry challenge calls for poems inspired by a visual art prompt posted on their site. Poets have until the end of the month to write. Two winners will receive online publication and $100 each. 🔗https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
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🔴 SEP 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 complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST. 🔗https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
🔴 SEP 1 · The Bad Day Book-Teaching/College Life/Parenting/Kids/Teenage Edition closes for fiction and poetry for $40-75. 🔗https://thebaddaybook.com/faq/
🔴 SEP 3 · Havok seeks flash fiction on the theme of “Legendary Events.” Payment is $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology; no payment for online publication. DEADLINE: September 3. 🔗https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/
🟢 SEP 1 · Apparition Lit’s Reality Show Madness Flash Fiction Prompt opens for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Takeshi’s Castle/Hole in the Wall/Wipeout ” until the 14th. Payment is $30 USD. 🔗https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🟢 SEP 1 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry challenge calls for poems inspired by a visual art prompt posted on their site. Poets have until the end of the month to write. Two winners will receive online publication and $100 each. 🔗https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🟢 SEP 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/
🟢 SEP 1 · Silver Blade Magazine [Silver Pen Writers Association] opens until October 31 for Flash (250 to 1,000 words), Short Stories (1,000 to 7,500 words) Novellas (7,500 to 20,000 words) and poetry for a flat fee of $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, and $8 for single poems. 🔗http://autpress.com/2022/06/call-for-submissions-spoon-knife-8/
🟢 SEP 1 · evOke is open to "the afterlife" themed submissions of artwork, poetry, short fiction, essays, interviews, lifestyle and reviews on things "Pagan, polytheist, and witchy" until the 15th of the month. Also interested in video and audio content. Payment is $5. 🔗https://ev0kepublication.com/contributors/
🟢♻️ SEP 1 · Flash Fiction Online calls for speculative fiction flash from 500-1k words for $80 USD flat rate until September 21 or “unless we reach our submission cap of 425 stories”. 🔗https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
🟢♻️ SEP 1 · The Other Stories Podcast calls for 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of “Fame” for a $15 GBP flat rate until September 16. 🔗https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
🟢 SEP 1 · Sasee calls for 500-1k word nonfiction articles by women on “Serve with A Purpose” for variable payments until September 15. 🔗https://sasee.com/submissions/
🟢 SEP 1 · The Forge Literary Magazine calls for flash fiction and flash nonfiction up to 1k words for their annual contest that awards $1,000 for a first place win. Entry fee of $5. 🔗https://forgelitmag.com/submit/
🟢🏆 SEP 1 · The O. Henry Prize is an annual award for short stories of exceptional merit. Stories will be considered from September 1 to August 31 of the following year. The winning stories will be published in an anthology by Anchor Books. 🔗https://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/
🟢 SEP 1 · Applications open from Sept. 1-Dec 31 for Arc Poetry’s open submissions call for unpublished poetry in English or previously unpublished translations of poetry into English, on any subject and in any form. They are also closing for subs of essays of about 1500-2000 words and interviews with poets of around 1500-2000 words. Payment is $50 per poem, or printed page. 🔗https://arcpoetry.ca/resources/general-submissions/
🟢♻️ SEP 1 · Escape Pod seeks science fiction (audio and written format) until May 2024. Payment is $0.08 per word for original fiction and $100 per story for reprints. Reprints accepted. 🔗https://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/
🟢♻️ SEP 1 · Showcase: Object & Idea seeks flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. A poem and a prose piece are selected for each monthly issue, and the authors answer questions about the meaning behind their work. Payment is $50. Reprints accepted. 🔗https://theshowcase.submittable.com/submit
🟢 SEP 1 · Cincinnati Review seeks prose, poetry, and art. Opens September 1 deadline when submissions cap is filled. Payment is $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry in the journal. 🔗https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021-2/
🟢 SEP 1 · Solarpunk Magazine seeks submissions from September 1-14. Pro rates paid as defined by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA): $.08 per word for fiction ($100 minimum), $40 per poem, $75 for for nonfiction, $100 for reprint cover art, $200 for original unpublished cover art, $50 for reprint interior art, and $100 for original unpublished interior art. 🔗https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
🟢♻️ SEP 1 · Reach 35,000 readers in Siren’s Call eZine. They are open to submissions September 1-October 15. They seek short stories, flash fiction, drabbles, and poetry that fit within the horror/dark fiction genre to the current theme of “When Hell Freezes Over!” Reprints welcome. No payment. Advertise for only $10 for a full page ad. 🔗http://www.sirenscallpublications.com/open_subs.htm
🟢♻️ SEP 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/about?nthPub=601
🟢♻️ SEP 1 · Poetry on Substack is open for poems with “a rhyme scheme or a rhythm scheme” (no blank or free verse) in any genre. Payment is $10 + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Winners announced every Sunday. Reprints welcome. 🔗https://poetica.substack.com/about
🟢 SEP 1-2 · Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores is open for new work, reprints, poetry (up to 40 lines) and prose from 1,000 words and up. Payment is .08 per word for new fiction, .02 per word for reprints, .02-.08 for new fact based work, .01-.04 for reprinted fact based work, $1 per line for original poetry, .50 per line for reprinted poetry. No simultaneous or multiple submissions. 🔗https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
🟢 SEP 4 · The Sunlight Press opens to all work including personal essays (nonfiction), fiction, poetry, reviews, Artists on Craft Series and photography. Payment rates are $40 for essays (including book reviews and Artist on Craft pieces), $40 for fiction (short stories and flash fiction), $30 for the first poem accepted, and $10 for each additional accepted in the same submission, and $15 for photos. 🔗https://www.thesunlightpress.com/submissions/
⭐ SEP 5 · SpoFest: Lauren Scharhag, Hayley Mitchell Haugen and Madeline Artenberg The next must-watch SpoFest features authors Lauren Scharhag, Hayley Mitchell Haugen and Madeline Artenberg. Open Mic and Book Raffle follows features. Each participant has 3 minutes for open mic performance. Be ready to read when called upon. Register with Zoom: Sign up for open mic and enter your name in our book raffle for a chance to win a signed copy of each author's book! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2zfv7mdz
⭐ SEP 7 · 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
🔴 SEP 8 · 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
🟢 SEP 11 · Nightmare horror & dark fantasy magazine opens to BIPOC-identifying writers (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) only for original, unpublished short stories, flash fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction until September 19. 🔗https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/nightmare/
⭐ SEP 14 · 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
🔴 SEP 14 · Apparition Lit’s Reality Show Madness Flash Fiction Prompt closes to submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Takeshi’s Castle/Hole in the Wall/Wipeout ” until the 14th. Payment is $30 USD. 🔗https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🔴 SEP 14 · Solarpunk Magazine closes submissions September 14. Pro rates paid as defined by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA): $.08 per word for fiction ($100 minimum), $40 per poem, $75 for for nonfiction, $100 for reprint cover art, $200 for original unpublished cover art, $50 for reprint interior art, and $100 for original unpublished interior art.🔗https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
🔴 SEP 15 · 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
🔴 SEP 15 · evOke is closed to "the afterlife" 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/
🔴 SEP 15 · Sasee closes to 500-1k word nonfiction articles by women on “Serve with A Purpose” for variable payments on September 15. 🔗https://sasee.com/submissions/
🔴 SEP 15 · Eye to the Telescope 49, a publication of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association calls for submissions of 1–3 unpublished poems in English for US 4¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $4, maximum $25 until September 15. 🔗http://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
🔴 SEP 15 · Translunar Travelers Lounge seeks speculative fiction at .03 per word with a minimum of $20 from September 15-October 15. A special deadline for writers of color is from September 15-21. 🔗https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
🟢♻️ AUG 15 · Luna Station Quarterly seeks “female-fronted speculative stories” of “500 to 7000 words in length” for $5 USD. 🔗https://lunastationquarterly.com/submissions/
🟢♻️ SEP 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/
🟢 SEP 15 · Bright Wall/Dark Room monthly online magazine is open 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
🔴♻️ SEP 16 · The Other Stories Podcast closes to 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of “Fame” for a $15 GBP flat rate on September 16. 🔗https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
⭐ SEP 17 · The Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading Series presents Jenna Le reading their work live on Facebook via Zoom.🔗https://www.facebook.com/specpo
🔴 SEP 19 · Nightmare horror & dark fantasy magazine opens to BIPOC-identifying writers (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) only for original, unpublished short stories, flash fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction until September 19. 🔗https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/nightmare/