Authortunities #39 Dec. 16—Jan. 13
❗ Pre-order INUJINI ❗ ➕ Vote in the 2023 Discover Sci-Fi Readers' Choice Awards ➕ FREE Space and Time #145 from December 2023 〓 150+ author opportunities for you!
I am proud to say I caused some tears this week. The Inujini ARC went out to my first readers and in less than two hours I had this beautiful response posted on Instagram.
“Reading a moving ARC of this important novel by @angela_yuriko_smith, and it is ripping my heart out and stomping all over it.”
This is probably why so many people consider writing a lonely art. When someone tells an author “you made me cry” we respond with cackles and glee. 😂 Thank you for making my day. Please go follow kerry_e_b_black on Instagram!
Also, Inujini is available to pre-order now. A generous patron has offered to match all pre-order sales until December 31 to contribute toward the translations to Brazilian Portuguese. A huge thank you for the incredible generosity! 🧡🧡🧡
Video submissions have closed for the revamped Exercise Your Writes show. I’m watching all your videos now and will announce the selections next week in this space.
As promised, your hot-off-the-press free issue of Space and Time magazine! This week’s issue is #145 from last month and will be free from Saturday, December 16 to Wednesday, December 20, 11:59 PM PST.
When you read for free, you support authors with your Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count (KENPC). That’s money in our pocket that didn’t come from yours which means we can make more art. Thank you for the love! 🧡🧡🧡
🔗Own #145 from THIS MONTH for free!
Space and Time Alumni News
🚀From Laura Kester Duerrwaechter: Let me begin in a voice of gratitude for the opportunities to submit my work. I have stories in issues 138 and 145 [of Space and Time]. My first chap book, Bipolarity, was reviewed by poetry Master Linda D. Addison, in summer of 2017. My comfort zone as far as genre is very fluid. I have no fear of tackling any component of self-publishing, as far as I understand it. It's been a great journey to date. My 14th release will be my first attempt at a children's book; probably early 2024. I am authentically a poet, exploring degrees within the spectrum of black to white energies. Happy to share that I'm paying "it" forward and mentoring with young people in my community. Most recently working with a local Boys and Girls Club. I keep one finger on the pulse of journalism and offer myself up as editor, publishing newsletters for small businesses in my area. Will I ever join the Dark side? My friend, Angela, keeps her fingers crossed. Baby steps, my friend, baby steps. 🔗Books by Laura Kester Duerrwaechter here.
🚀❗ Ever had something published in Space and Time? I’d love to share what you’re doing now. Send me your news at authortunities@substack.com.
Congratulations to Jonathan Maberry for making the 2023 Discover Sci-Fi Readers' Choice Awards shortlist with Alpha Wave. Co-authored with Weston Ochse and narrated by Ray Porter, Alpha Wave is nominated for Best Sci-Fi Audiobook of 2023.
“What a thrill to be on the shortlist. Especially with my co-author, Weston Ochse who, tragically, died less than a month ago. He would be so happy to know his last published work was in the running for so wonderful an award,” said Maberry on Facebook.
You can find all editions of Alpha Wave, including audiobook, here.
Just in time for your New Year goals, BookBaby is offering a free Six-Month Book Publishing Plan. This calendar is designed to:
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Last week
and I had an important conversation about the writer requirements to join the Horror Writers Association. All writers are welcome to join regardless of your publishing credits. From newbie to seasoned pro, there is a level for you. There is no better time. Read about the HWA membership levels here.Here’s the best thing I read on Substack this week:
brings up the recent Cait Corrain scandal in her post “When a debut author acts abysmally—how complicit is their publishing team?”As a publisher, I’ve been wondering how I can ensure I don’t promote someone who will act like this. Courtney has a great point: why isn’t there onboarding for new authors? Check out her Substack Before and After the Book Deal.
Speaking of onboarding for authors, I added the book that inspired her Substack to my TBR list.
Last week’s poll asked “When do you start planning your holiday campaigns?”
None of you of you plan “A year in advance.”
None of you plan “Six months in advance.”
None of you plan “Three months in advance.”
21% you admit “I don’t plan, but I mean to.”
79% say “I don’t plan holiday campaigns.”
I’m definitely in the “don’t plan but I mean to” category. I assumed I was just a slacker. I personally know a publisher that plans ahead for the holidays and does great with it. Maybe that will be a focus for me next year. Thank you everyone who voted!
✅ Time for a new poll! Voting stays open for the next three days, and I’ll share the results in next week’s Authortunities.
I’m really curious to find out what writers read when not writing. Sounds like a chat topic!
❓Thank you to all the great sources we get our author opportunities from. You can find a list at 🔗https://angelaysmith.com/subscribe/
🧡And that’s it from me this week. Enjoy this week’s Authortunities and go write something that matters… or go spend time with visiting in-laws.
🏁 This calendar is organized by emoji! Ctrl F to find what you want.
In this entire calendar share you will find:
39 newly opened submissions 🟢
89 submission deadlines 🔴
3 events for authors ⭐
12 reprint markets ♻️
1 education 📚
13 award 🏆
4 grants 💲
Send comments, triumphs and pitfalls to authortunities@substack.com
🟢 Open now · Egaeus Press closes submissions for “a limited edition (as yet unnamed) volume of stories and poems in the GOTHIC tradition.” Word limit is “with room for negotiation. No word limit for poetry.” Payment is 80 pence per 100 words along with two contributor copies. Submissions should be emailed as attachments to egaeuspress@gmail.com.
🔗https://www.egaeuspress.com/News_-_Egaeus_Press.html
🟢 Open now · Applications close for the Kundiman Retreat held at Fordham University's beautiful Rose Hill Campus located in the Bronx, NYC from June 26–30, 2024 in order to mentor and build community among AAPI writers. Submit a cover letter and brief writing sample 5–7 pages of poetry or 5 pages of prose (1250 words max). Notification on application status will be given by mid-March.
🔗https://www.kundiman.org/retreat?mc_cid=953badb17e&mc_eid=50ee781971
🟢 Open now · Poetry Society Of America Annual Awards close for applications for prizes ranging from $250 to $2,500. Awards include the The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award, Cecil Hemley Memorial Award, Lyric Poetry Award, Lucille Medwick Memorial Award, Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award, George Bogin Memorial Award, and the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award. All submissions must be through Submittable. Poetry Society of America members can enter all awards for free. Non-Members of the Poetry Society can enter each contest for a fee.
🔗https://poetrysocietyofamerica.submittable.com/submit
🟢 Open now · Ninth Letter closes for submissions of “prose and poetry that experiment with form, narrative, and nontraditional subject matter, as well as more traditional literary work.” Payment is $25 per poem and $100 for prose upon publication with two complementary copies. Submission fees of $3 USD are waived from December 1 – 31, or until they hit a cap of 300 submissions per genre.
🔗http://www.ninthletter.com/journal/submit
🟢 Open now · Goatshed Press seeks short stories, flash fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction with payment of £60 for stories and essays (over 1000 words) and £25 for poems and flash fiction. They are also looking to publish longer form work in 2023, including novels, novellas, graphic novels, non fiction books and short story collections. Ongoing submissions.
🔗https://www.goatshedpress.co.uk/submito
🟢♻️ Open now: Radon seeks short stories and poetry containing elements of anarchism, transhumanism, dystopia, and/or science fiction. Payment: 1 cent per word for original work, half a cent per word for reprints.
🔗https://www.radonjournal.com/submit
🟢♻️ Open now: The Hungur Chronicles seeks horror about vampires or creatures with vampiric themes. Payment for original stories is $25.00; for reprints, $12. Payment for poems is $5. The pay for illustrations is $8. The payment for articles is $10. The pay for cover art is $25.
🔗https://www.hiraethsffh.com/hungur-chronicles-guidelines
🟢 Open now: The Were-Traveler: Curst & Twysted Tarot seeks short fiction. Choose an image you would like to write a story about. Payment: $10 for flash, $15 for short stories. Open until filled.
🔗https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html
🟢 Open now: Backyard Earth is a "round the world" series of five books, one for each continent (more or less). Each book will contain one story for every country on that continent. Submissions will stay open until the Table of Contents is filled.. Short fiction only. Payment is $25.
🔗https://patchworkraven.com/backyardearth
🟢 Open now: Psychopomp has ongoing submissions for nonfiction essays on art, short fiction, novels, movies, music, fashion, culture, entertainment, science, and more, that fall under the umbrella of goth, death, funerary, grief, loss, alternative, otherworldly themes. Payment is $50.
🔗https://psychopomp.com/nonfiction-guidelines/
🟢 Open now: The International Human Rights Art Festival’s submission window for IHRAF Publishes 2023 remains open. Please submit your poem, short story, or essay (2500 words or less) to submit@ihraf.org along with a 2-5 sentence biography. Translations are also welcome. IHRAF Publishes will pay $50 per accepted piece.
🔗https://humanrightsartmovement.org/ihraf-publishes
🟢 Open now: Assemble Artifacts is currently open until filled for stories of wonder and suspense. They prefer stories of at least 5,000 words, but are open to longer and shorter works. Please include a one to three sentence pitch of your story, and an author bio with your submission. Open to writers of all levels of experience. Payment: 8-10 cents per word for short fiction.
🔗https://www.assemblemedia.com/artifacts-submissions
🟢 Open now: Jay Henge Publishing seeks speculative fiction for three anthologies: The Kafka Protocol & the Burden of Compliance, The Pelagic Zone: Uncharted Waters and AI, Robot. Payment is $5 USD per 1000 words, up to 15k words. Open until filled.
🔗https://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html
🟢 Open now: Through the Gate is open ongoing for submissions of fantastical poetry ”of literary and emotional depth from a diversity of voices and perspectives. Our definition of fantastical is quite fluid, encompassing fantasy, magic realism, myth, folklore, surrealism and slipstream. We desire poetry that is atypically beautiful, unconventionally imaginative, and boundary-crossing. We are not interested in work that is strictly science fiction or mainstream, but poetry that blurs the lines between such genres and the fantastical is welcome." Send up to three poems. Payment is $20 per poem. Open until filled.
🔗https://throughthegate.net/submissions/
🟢 Open now: Three-lobed Burning Eye is open for ingoing submissions of "Original speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, and science fiction. We're looking for short stories from across the big classifications and those shadowy places between: magical realism, fantastique, slipstream, interstitial, and the Weird. We will consider suspense or western, though we prefer it to contain some speculative element. We like voices that are full of feeling, from literary to pulpy, with styles unique and flowing, but not too experimental. All labels aside, we want tales that expand genre, that value imagination in character, narrative, and plot. We want to see something new and different." Length for short fiction 1000–7000 words, flash fiction 500–1000 words, (2000–5000 preferred). Payment is $100 for short fiction, $30 for flash fiction; + 1 print annual. Open now.
🔗https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
🟢♻️ Open now: The Dark seeks dark fantasy and horror. "Don’t be afraid to experiment or to deviate from the ordinary; be different—try us with fiction that may fall out of “regular” categories. However, it is also important to understand that despite the name, The Dark is not a market for graphic, violent horror." Length is 2,000 – 6,000 words. Payment is 6 cents/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words on publication for first world rights; and 1 cent/word for reprint fiction up to 6,000 words on publication for nonexclusive reprint rights. Open now.
🟢 Open Now · Iterant is open for poetry submissions, offering $50 for 3 to 8 poems with a maximum of 10 pages. “All submissions are read blind by our reading team.“
🟢 Open Now · Utter Speculation Novella Series seeks “about what is behind real mysteries and legends. The stories must start with the known facts. They can be rooted in real world explanations or supernatural causes, but they need to answer the question, what causes this? Then they can go wherever you want them to go regarding genre, style and explanation.” Payment is “signing bonus and royalty split to be discussed upon offer to publish.”
🔗https://www.speculationpub.com/submissions
🔴 DEC 16 · The Offing is open for creative nonfiction submissions, particularly personal essays. The length should not exceed 7,500 words, and payment ranges from $25 to $100. “For 2023, there will be no submission fees thanks to our generous donors.”
🔗https://theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit
🔴 DEC 16 · Humour Me is seeking festive humor stories for their Christmas special, including fiction and non-fiction. The word count should be a minimum of 1,000 words and a maximum of 3,000. Payment ranges from £25 (GBP) to £40 (GBP).
🔗https://humourmemag.co.uk/submission-requests/
🔴 DEC 16 · Kelp: The Amber Waves of Winter is accepting noir/neo-noir submissions in the genres of crime, capers, detective stories, and mysteries. They offer a payment of $35.
🔗https://kelpjournal.submittable.com/submit
🔴 DEC 17 · I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! Anthology is seeking classic pulp adventures with non-traditionally masculine queer heroes and villains. The payment is $0.08 per word.
🔴 DEC 17 · Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, in memory of Tasmanian poet Gwen Harwood, closes for submissions from Australian and New Zealand citizens and residents. The winning poet will receive $2000 + a three-issue subscription to Island. Two runners-up will each receive $500 + a three-issue subscription to Island. All three poems will be published in Island issue 170, due for publication in March 2024.
🔗https://islandmag.com/submit.
🔴 DEC 17 · Fanatical is accepting sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. They offer a payment of £20, and the deadline is December 17, 2023.
⭐ DEC 17 · The Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading Series presents Brandon O’Brien reading their work live on Facebook via Zoom.
🔗https://www.facebook.com/specpo
⭐ DEC 17 · Go Indie Now presents the annual “This Year In Indies,” hosted by Joe Compton. In this show various members of the Go Indie Now family will be presenting their Top 5 lists of their favorites in Indie Books, Movies, and Games. Joining Joe Compton are Madilynn Dale, Ron Lahr and Sean Hillman and the final “Indie Connection with CL Cannon” of the year.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he8SqB-kUbA
🟢 DEC 18 · Strange Horizons seeks “speculative fiction, broadly defined” up to 10k words, under 5k preferred. Submissions capped at 1,000. Payment is 10¢/word USD with a minimum payment of $60 paid within 60 days of contract.
🔗http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/
🔴 DEC 18 · Humor Story Contest open for submissions. NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Dec 18, 2023. Seeking funny nonfiction workplace stories (300–1200 words). Partners with Jim Dunn, PhD, DHA, FACHE for an anthology. All contributors receive a digital copy. Top five stories win awards: 1st place gets $500 and a print copy, 2nd place gets $200 and a print copy; 3rd, 4th, and 5th place each get $100 and a print copy.
🔗https://readwritestrategies.com/submissions#1
🔴 DEC 18 · ReadWriteStrategies accepting submissions. NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Dec 18, 2023. Partnering with Jim Dunn, PhD, DHA, FACHE for a funny workplace anecdotes anthology. Stories (300–1200 words) on shared COVID trauma and return to the office. Welcoming stories from HR professionals. Top five stories win awards: 1st place gets $500 and a print copy, 2nd place gets $200 and a print copy; 3rd, 4th, and 5th place each get $100 and a print copy. Winners announced in February.
🔗https://readwritestrategies.com/submissions
🔴💲 DEC 18 · Brio Literary Arts Grants by Bronx Arts Council is accepting applications until December 18, 2023. The Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) grants provide up to $5,000 to individual Bronx artists in literary, media, visual, and performing arts. Apply at 🔗https://www.bronxarts.org/grants/bronx-recognizes-its-own/m/grants/bronx-recognizes-its-own/
🔴 DEC 20 · Prole Poetry Competition closing. £3 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Dec 20, 2023. Winner receives £200 and publication in Prole, issue 35. Two runners up receive £50 each and publication in issue 35. Looking for poetry that epitomizes Prole's editorial values: engaging, accessible, challenging, and entertaining.
🔗https://prolebooks.co.uk/competitions.html
🔴 DEC 20 · Folk Horror Anthology is seeking submissions in the genres of Folk Horror and Weird Fiction. The payment is £100, and the deadline is December 20, 2023.
🔗https://www.nepenthepress.co.uk/about.
🟢 DEC 21 · Astrolabe calls for fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography/art for $50 USD flat rate with free submissions until January 21, 2024.
🔗https://www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
🔴 DEC 22 · 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
🔴 DEC 25 · Unnerving is accepting horror and sleazy crime submissions, with a length of up to 4,000 words. The payment is $0.01 USD per word for accepted stories.
🔗https://www.unnervingbooks.com/submissions.
🔴 DEC 25 · Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box is open for poetry submissions with a payment of $30 CAD. This is a monthly call.
🔗https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/
🔴 DEC 27 · Nightmare Diaries is seeking dark fiction short stories, fairy tales, flash fiction, and novellas with lengths ranging from 500 to 10,000 words. They offer a payment of $0.10 per word.
🔗https://www.moonstruck-books.com/submissions.
🔴 DEC 25 · The Ex-Puritan is closed for interviews, essays, reviews, fiction, poetry and experimental work for their February issue. Payment ranges from $35 CAD per page for poetry to $200 CAD for essays.
🔗https://puritan-magazine.submittable.com/submit
🔴 DEC 25 · Unnerving is accepting submissions for horror and sleazy crime stories. They welcome lengths up to 4,000 words. Payment is $0.01USD per word for accepted stories, and payment is made via PayPal ONLY! The deadline for submissions is December 25, 2023. Make sure to read the full guidelines at
🔗 https://www.unnervingbooks.com/submissions
🔴 DEC 27 · Nightmare Diaries is open for submissions in the dark fiction genre, including short stories, fairy tales, flash fiction, and novellas ranging from 500 to 10,000 words. They offer a payment of $0.10 per word. The submission deadline is December 27, 2023. Check the guidelines at
🔗 https://www.moonstruck-books.com/submissions
🔴 DEC 27 · Moonstruck Books seeks submissions for the Nightmare Diaries anthology. They want dark fiction, short stories, fairy tales, flash fiction, and novellas (500-10,000 words). Payment is $0.10 per word.
🔗https://www.moonstruck-books.com/submissions
🔴 DEC 29 · 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
🔴 DEC 29 · Narratively invites pitches for "Life in the Age of Extremes," a special series focusing on ambitious reporting projects that explore the future of the human race. The deadline is December 29, 2023. Funding from the Narrative Storytelling Initiative at Arizona State University ensures rates starting at $2,000 per story. Details at
🔗https://www.narratively.com/p/call-for-pitches-life-in-the-age-of-extremes
🔴 DEC 29 · Angry Gable Press invites submissions for "Extrasensory Overload," an anthology of speculative excess. They seek engaging speculative fiction and poetry that explore multi-sensory and extra-sensory experiences. Payment is $5 per poem and $10 per short story. The deadline for submissions is December 29, 2023. Details available at
🔗https://angrygablepress.com/submissions/
🔴 DEC 29 · Havok is looking for flash fiction submissions based on specified themes. They offer a payment of $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an anthology. No payment is provided for online publication. The submission deadline is December 29, 2023. Find more information and upcoming themes at
🔗https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/
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🔴 DEC 30 · Girls Right the World is a literary journal inviting girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work for consideration for the eighth annual issue. They believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. They accept poetry, prose, and visual art of any style or theme. After publication, the rights return to the creators. Send your best art and/or writing, in English or English translation, to girlsrighttheworld@gmail.com by December 30, 2023. Include a note mentioning your age, where you’re from, and a bit about your submission.
🔗 https://girlsrighttheworld.com/
🔴 DEC 30 · Valley Voices is currently accepting submissions for its spring 2024 special issue on "The Southern Crossroads." Whether you explore real, metaphorical, or cultural crossroads in the South, this is your chance to contribute your poetry (up to 5 pieces) or creative nonfiction/critical essays (up to 5,000 words) related to the theme. Send your submissions to valley_voices@yahoo.com, including a cover letter with a brief bio (30 words or less). For detailed guidelines, visit
🔗libguides.mvsu.edu/valleyvoices
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · The Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award is open for submissions until December 31, 2023. Submit 10 pages of poetry from a manuscript-in-progress with a $15 entry fee, unless a member of the Poetry Society. The first prize is $1,000. Check the details at
🔗https://poetrysociety.org/awards/
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · Submit to the George Bogin Memorial Award $15 entry fee (free for members). Seeking four or five poems that creatively engage with the ordinary, extraordinary, and stand against oppression. First prize is $500. Check details at 🔗https://poetrysociety.org/awards/
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · Lucille Medwick Memorial Award is accepting submissions until December 31. Submit a single prose poem with a $10 entry fee. Free for members. Prize: $500. Details at
🔗 https://poetrysociety.org/awards/
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · Lyric Poetry Award welcomes submissions until December 31. Enter with a single lyric poem on any subject. $10 entry fee, free for members. First prize: $500. Learn more at
🔗https://poetrysociety.org/awards/annual-awards/poetry-society-of-america-awards
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · Cecil Hemley Memorial Award is open for submissions until December 31. Submit a single narrative poem with a $10 entry fee. Free for members. First prize: $500. Details at
🔗https://poetrysociety.org/awards/annual-awards/poetry-society-of-america-awards
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award is accepting short poems until December 31. Submit poems no longer than 16 lines with a $10 entry fee. Free for members. First prize: $250. Check the details at 🔗https://poetrysociety.org/awards/annual-awards/poetry-society-of-america-awards
🔴 DEC 31 · Uncanny & Unearthly Tales (Vol 2) – The Midnight Labyrinth [Grendel Press] seeks “Genre-bending… Sci-fi, steampunk, horror, fantasy, etc” of 2,500-7,000 words for .05 cents per word.
🔗https://rawdogscreaming.com/contact/
🔴 DEC 31 · Sunshine Superhighway: Solar Sailings [Jay Henge Publishing] seeks speculative, solarpunk fiction. Payment is $5 USD per 1000 words, up to 15k words.
🔗https://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html
🔴 DEC 31 · Poetry Society Of America Annual Awards close for applications for prizes ranging from $250 to $2,500. Awards include the The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award, Cecil Hemley Memorial Award, Lyric Poetry Award, Lucille Medwick Memorial Award, Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award, George Bogin Memorial Award, and the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award. All submissions must be through Submittable. Poetry Society of America members can enter all awards for free. Non-Members of the Poetry Society can enter each contest for a fee.
🔗https://poetrysocietyofamerica.submittable.com/submit
🔴 DEC 31 · Chicken Soup for the Soul seeks stories or poems on the theme “Funny Stories” 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/
🔴♻️ DEC 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
🔴 DEC 31 · Map of Lost Places [Apex Book Company] seeks “stories about places where weird things happen” of 2,500-7,000 words for .05 cents per word until December 31.
🔴 DEC 31 · 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/
🔴 DEC 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.
🔴 DEC 31, 2023 · Zombies Need Brains is open for submissions to two anthologies: 'Familiars' (science fiction, fantasy, or urban fantasy with animal or human familiars) and 'Last-Ditch' (military SFF revolving around espionage and last-ditch efforts). Deadline: Dec 31, 2023. Pay: $0.08/word for up to 7,500 words.
🔗https://zombiesneedbrains.moksha.io/
🔴 DEC 31 · Workers Write! invites submissions for Issue 20, 'Further Tales from the Cubicle.' Seeking fiction and poems from the office worker’s perspective. Length: 500-5,000 words. Pay: $5-50. Submit or inquire about 'Overtime!' series (5,000-10,000 words, $40-60).
🔗http://www.workerswritejournal.com/index.htm
🔴 DEC 31 · Moth Poetry Prize Open to all. NO LINE LIMIT. The overall winner receives €6,000 and is announced at a special online award ceremony in spring 2024.
🔗https://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=9324&page=49.
🔴 DEC 31 · Lilith’s Annual Fiction Contest is now accepting submissions. NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Dec 31, 2023. Lilith magazine seeks short stories (3,000 words or under) with heart, soul, and chutzpah. First prize: $300 and publication. Welcoming feminist and Jewish nuance, especially from writers of color and emerging writers.
🔗https://lilith.org/contact/writing-for-lilith/
🔴 DEC 31 · John Ridland Poetry Prize accepting entries. $20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Dec 31, 2023. Annual prize for an unpublished book-length manuscript (48-100 pages) open to poets 55 years and older. Prize includes $500, publication by Gunpowder Press, and 10 author copies.
🔗https://gunpowderpress.com/poetry-prizes/john-ridland-poetry-prize/
🔴 DEC 31 · Society of Classical Poets Poetry Competition is accepting entries. $20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Dec 31, 2023. First Prize: $2,000. One to three poems on any topic totaling 108 lines or less. Poems must contain meter. Rhyme and other traditional techniques encouraged but not required. High school prize $200. Check details at
🔴 DEC 31 · Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction is open for submissions. $15 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Dec 31, 2023. Accepts previously published or unpublished stories. Winner receives $1,000 and a bronze medallion. Finalists receive $100. Published in The Lascaux Review. Length should not exceed 10,000 words. All genres and styles welcome. Check details at
🔗https://lascauxreview.com/contests/
🔴 DEC 31 · Flash Fiction 500 Competition is open. £5 ENTRY FEE. Limit 500 words. Quarterly open-themed competition with closing dates of June 30, September 30, and December 31, 2023. First: £300. Second: £200. Third: £100.
🔴 DEC 31 · Chicken Soup is accepting submissions for "Laughter is the Best Medicine." Share a 1,200-word real story in the first person on the theme of laughter. Selected stories receive $250 and 10 free copies. Submit your true, silly, outrageous, and hilarious stories at
🔴♻️ DEC 31 · The Black Beacon is calling for submissions until December 31, 2023, for their Book of Pirate Tales. They offer $20 USD for original stories and $5 for reprints, plus a contributor’s copy. The theme revolves around pirate tales, particularly focusing on pirates and buccaneers from the 16th to 18th centuries. While they consider stories set in completely fictional/fantasy worlds, preference is given to tales with central characters and settings involving piracy. Explore various genres as long as the core theme centers on pirates. For more details, visit
🔗 https://blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html
🔴♻️ DEC 31 · Rattus Futura invites submissions until December 31, 2023, for their anthology of Future Rodents. They offer $10 per accepted poem, 1 cent/word ($5 minimum) for accepted fiction, $15 per page for graphic narrative fiction, $20 per accepted non-narrative internal visual art, and half of the above for reprints. Additionally, $100 (negotiable) is offered for the cover illustration. The theme centers around stories about the future featuring rodents, spanning various genres such as Hard and Soft Sci-fi, (Post-)apocalyptic, Solarpunk, Slipstream, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Alternate (future) History, Supernatural, Retro-futurism, etc. Your story doesn’t have to fit into one specific genre.
🔗 https://rattusfutura.com/submit
🔴 DEC 31 · Food Blog Horror Anthology: Necroyummycon is open for horror stories in the form of food blogs. Payment is $25. Submit your entry at
🔗http://www.crushingheartsandblackbutterfly.com/vamptasy-publishing.html
🔴 DEC 31 · Interstellar Flight Press is accepting speculative flash fiction submissions with a payment of 8 cents/word. Details at
🔗https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/submissions.html
🔴 DEC 31 · Spooky magazine seeks horror stories, embracing cozy, fun, and classy horror. Payment is 1 cent/word. Submit at
🔗https://spooky-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
🔴 DEC 31 · Monsters in Masquerade is a horror fantasy fiction anthology focusing on Upper YA (18+) to New Adult and Adult age range. Payment is 10 cents/word. Submit your work at
🔴 DEC 31 · The Theatre Phantasmagoria invites horror flash fiction up to 2,000 words. Payment is £10. Check the monthly themes and submit at
🔗https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/submissions/
🔴 DEC 31 · Ninth Letter is open for poems, nonfiction, and short fiction. Poetry payment is $25, and prose payment is $100. Submit fee-free until 300 submissions are reached at
🔗https://ninthletteronline.submittable.com/submit
🔴 DEC 31 · The Map of Lost Places Anthology seeks stories about places where weird things happen. Payment is 8 cents/word. Submit your entry at
🔗https://www.apexbookcompany.com
🔴 DEC 31 · Dracula Beyond Stoker is open for fiction based on Stoker’s characters. Payment is 5 cents/word. Submit your entry at
🔗https://www.dbspress.com/submissions
🔴 DEC 31 · The Margins welcomes poetry by emerging and established Asian American and diasporic poets. Payment ranges from $50 to $90 for a single poem. Submit at
🔗https://aaww.submittable.com/submit/172349/flash-fiction
🔴 DEC 31 · In The Mood Magazine is accepting submissions for features and Film Diaries related to your hometown within a 1,000-word limit for features and 300 words for Film Diaries. Compensation is $30 CAD for features and $20 CAD for Film Diaries. The deadline is December 31, 2023. Guidelines available at
🔗https://www.inthemoodmagazine.com/about
🔴 DEC 31 · Channel welcomes submissions in fiction, art, creative non-fiction, and poetry that engage with the natural world. They are particularly interested in work reflecting on human interaction with plant and animal life, landscape, and the self. Payment is €40 per poem and €50 per page of prose up to €150. Submissions close on December 31, 2023. Details can be found at
🔗https://channelmag.org/submissions-channel/
🔴 DEC 31 · The Way of Worlds is seeking speculative fiction manuscripts, including aliens, solar systems, spaceships, alternate universes, and imaginative realms. Polished manuscripts of approximately 3,500 - 12,000 words are accepted. Payment is 3 cents per word, and the deadline is December 31, 2023. Submission guidelines can be found at
🔗https://theunderdogpress.com/pages/submission-guidelines
🔴 DEC 31 · Haven Speculative is open for submissions of speculative fiction and poetry. They offer a payment of 1 cent per word for fiction and $5 - $10 for poetry. The submission deadline is December 31, 2023. More information is available at
🔗 https://www.havenspec.com/submit/
🔴 DEC 31 · Eerie River invites horror submissions inspired by Tarot within the word range of 1500 - 7000. They offer a payment of ¢1 per word CAD. The submission deadline is December 31, 2023. Guidelines can be found at
🔗https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission
🔴 DEC 31 · Arithmophobia: An Anthology of Mathematical Horror is accepting horror submissions with a mathematical theme. They offer 1 cent/word for a word count of 3,000 - 15,000. The deadline is December 31, 2023. Submission guidelines available at
🔗https://polymathpress.com/pages/arithmophobia-submission-guidelines
🔴 DEC 31 · The Deadlands seeks fiction and poetry exploring liminal spaces between life, death, and elsewhere. They offer 10 cents per word for short stories and $50 per poem. This call is open exclusively to BIPOC writers. The deadline is December 31, 2023. Submission guidelines at
🔗https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · The Iridescence Award is open to Black, Indigenous, or People of Color artists and accepts fantasy, folk mythology, science fiction, and paranormal submissions in short fiction and poetry. The prize is up to $500, and the deadline is December 31, 2023. Details can be found at
🔗 https://www.kinsmanquarterly.org/iridescence-award
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · The AIIRA Writing Contest is open to all high school students, prompting exploration of the impact of AI on future careers. Prizes include $500 for first place, $400 for second place, and $250 for third place. The deadline is December 31, 2023. More information at
🔗 https://aiira.iastate.edu/resources/2023-writing-contest/
🔴🏆 DEC 31 · L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest, held quarterly, welcomes science fiction or fantasy short stories or novelettes. Prizes range from $500 to $5,000. The deadline is December 31, 2023. Contest rules available at
🔗http://www.writersofthefuture.com/Contest-Rules-Writers/
🔴 JAN 1 · HERE THERE BE DRAGONS edited by H. David Blalock seeks art, poetry and “original fiction of 3,000 to 6,000 words” that include “renderings of dragons in writing and art.” Payment is “8 cents/word for the first 3000 words and 3 cents/word thereafter. Poetry shall be paid at $1.00/line. Art shall be paid at $30/piece. Cover art shall be paid $300.”
🔗https://www.hiraethsffh.com/here-there-be-dragons
🟢 JAN 1 · The Forge Literary Magazine calls for fiction and nonfiction under 3,000 words including flash and micro fiction for $75 flat rate until the free submissions quota is full. “If there is no free link, we’ve hit our quota.”
🔗https://forgelitmag.com/submit/
🟢 JAN 1 · Split Lip Magazine opens free submissions for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, interviews/reviews, and mini-reviews until January 31 or free cap is reached. Payment is $75 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, and art, $50 for interviews/reviews, and $25 for mini-reviews.
🔗https://splitlipthemag.com/submit
🟢 JAN 1 · The Bombay Literary Magazine opens to submissions of fiction, poetry, translated fiction, translated poetry and graphic fiction but will “only consider the first 400 submissions in each category”. Payment of an honorarium of ₹ 5,000 (approx. $61 or €51) per contribution.
🔗https://bombaylitmag.com/submit/
🟢 JAN 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/
🟢 JAN 1· Cosmic Horror Monthly opens for submissions of “cosmic horror, Lovecraftian, and weird fiction” and non-fiction from 1000-5000 words for $.03 USD per word, interior art at $20 and cover art at $100.
🔗https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/submissions/
🟢 JAN 1 · Cardinal Rule Press is set to open for submissions of children’s picture books that empower readers aged 4-11, as well as non-fiction books for parents (word count up to 70k). Payment is through royalties. The submission window opens on January 1, 2024.
🔗https://cardinalrulepress.com/submissions/
🟢 JAN 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/
🟢♻️ JAN 1 · Flash Fiction Online calls for speculative fiction flash from 500-1k words for $80 USD flat rate until January 21 or “unless we reach our submission cap of 425 stories”.
🔗https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
🟢💲 JAN. 1 · The National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships opens The NEA is currently accepting applications for its Creative Writing Fellowships, which provide writers with $25,000 in funding to work on their writing projects. The deadline for applications is March 8.
🔗https://www.arts.gov/grants/creative-writing-fellowships.
🟢🏆 JAN. 1 · The James Laughlin Award, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, is given to recognize and support a second book of poetry forthcoming in the next calendar year. The winner will receive a prize of $5,000 and publication of their manuscript by Nightboat Books.
🔗https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/james-laughlin-award.
🟢🏆💲 JAN. 1 · The Nimrod Literary Awards Annual contest opens now until April 1 for fiction, 7,500 words maximum (one short story or a self-contained excerpt from a novel) and poetry, 3-10 pages. (one long poem or several shorter poems). Submissions are open internationally. All finalists will be considered for publication. In addition to publication and the prize money, winners will also be brought to Tulsa for the Awards Ceremony.
🔗https://nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit
🟢🏆 JAN. 1 · Submissions for the 2024 Lambda Literary Awards, aka Lammy Awards opens on January 1. Lambda Literary Awards celebrate the outstanding LGBTQ+ storytelling from a given year. Lambda uses “LGBTQ+” as a catch-all term, meaning that works reflecting identities beyond lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer or questioning are also welcome, to include two-spirit, intersex, pansexual, aro/ace, and other emerging identities. Submissions by Big 4 publishers and universities: $95.00 USD per title. Submissions by small press/independent publishers and individual authors: $65.00 USD per title for 1-10 titles; $55.00 USD per title for 11+ titles.
🔗https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammys-submissions/
🟢♻️ JAN. 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
🟢 JAN. 1 · Broken Sleep Books opens for all books (wildcard submissions) from January 1 to February 28. 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
🟢♻️ JAN 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
🟢♻️ JAN 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. Reprints welcome.
🔗https://poetica.substack.com/about
🟢 ♻️ JAN 1 · Mysterion's submission window is open for speculative stories—science fiction, fantasy, horror—with Christian themes, characters, or cosmology. They accept reprints and offer a payment of 8 cents/word for original works and 4 cents/word for reprints.
For more details, visit 🔗https://mysterion.moksha.io/publication/mysterion
🟢♻️ JAN 1 · Solar Punk Magazine is open for submissions in January 2024. They seek speculative works, including fiction (1500-7500 words, $.08 per word, $100 minimum), poetry (up to 5 poems or 5 pages, $40 per poem), nonfiction (1000-2000 words, $75 per essay or article), cover art ($100 for reprints, $200 for original unpublished), and interior art ($50 for reprints, $100 for original unpublished). The theme revolves around Solarpunk, envisioning a future where humanity has addressed challenges like climate change and established sustainable societies.
For more details, visit 🔗 https://www.solarpunkmagazine.com/submit
🟢 JAN. 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/
🔴 JAN 1 · June Road Press is seeking poetry collections for full-length books containing 40 to 60 poems, preferably by authors identifying as women. They have a particular interest in ecological/environmental themes. Payment is through royalties, and the deadline is January 1, 2024.
🔗https://www.juneroadpress.com/submissions
🔴 JAN 1 · Reservoir Road Literary Review is accepting submissions for literary short stories, lyrical creative non-fiction, and photography. They offer $5 in payment, and the submission window opens on January 1, 2024. Note that the window closes when their cap is reached.
🔗https://www.reservoirroadlit.com/submissions
🔴 JAN 1 · Totally Entwined is open for novellas in the range of 30,000 to 50,000 words with the theme "Surprise Babies." Payment is through royalties, and the deadline is January 1, 2024. Submit your work at
🔗https://totallyentwinedgroup.com/submissions
🔴 JAN 1 · Three Ravens Press is open for cryptid horror submissions (5,000–10,000 words) with royalties as payment. Details at
🔗https://threeravenspublishing.com/cryptid-horror/
🔴 JAN 1 · Wild Umbrella seeks short stories, essays, and poems. Payment is €10 per poem and €25 per fiction story or non-fiction essay. Submit at
🔗https://www.thewildumbrella.com/submissions
🔴 JAN 1 · Cafe Irreal is open for magical realism submissions (up to 2,000 words) with a payment of 1 cent/word. Submit at
🔗https://cafeirreal.alicewhittenburg.com/
🔴 JAN 1 · Book Worms invites dark fiction, essays, and poetry submissions on the theme "My Bloody Valentine." Payment is $0.08/word for prose and $25–$50 per poem. Submit at
🔴 JAN 1 · Cardinal Rule Press opens on January 1 for children’s picture books and non-fiction books for parents. Payment is through royalties. Learn more at 🔗https://cardinalrulepress.com/submissions/
🔴 JAN 1 · The Body’s Experience of Religion is open for poetry submissions with a payment of $10. Submit your work at 🔗https://www.flippedmittenpress.com/submissions/
🔴🏆 JAN 1 · Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award is open for submissions. $20 entry fee. Deadline: March 31, 2024. Winner gets $250, 10 author copies, and 40% off additional copies. LBP promotes the winning chapbook widely. Submit 18-24 pages of poetry. Eligibility criteria apply.
🔗https://www.leftyblondiepress.com/
🔴 JAN 2, 2024 · Gemini Poetry Open accepting entries. $9 ENTRY FEE FOR THREE POEMS. Deadline: Jan 2, 2024. First Prize $1,000, Second Prize $100. Four Honorable Mentions $25 each. All six finalists published online in the March/April 2024 Issue. Any subject, style, or length. Entries must be unpublished, except for poems on personal blogs.
🔗https://gemini-magazine.com/poetry-open-contest-2024.
🔴 JAN 7 · Cosmic Horror Monthly closes for submissions of “cosmic horror, Lovecraftian, and weird fiction” and non-fiction from 1000-5000 words for $.03 USD per word, interior art at $20 and cover art at $100.
🔗https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/submissions/
🔴 JAN 2 · Briarpatch seeks pitches for their May-June issue. They welcome investigative journalism, interviews, feature articles, narrative reporting, project profiles, comics, graphic texts, book reviews, and photo essays rooted in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, feminist struggle. Payment ranges from $150 to $350. For details, visit 🔗https://briarpatchmagazine.com/announcements/view/call-for-pitches-may-june
🔴 JAN 8 · North Sails is open for pitches until January 8. They are looking for articles on topics related to healthy oceans, marine conservation and regeneration, ocean exploration and adventure, and competition, performance, and innovation inspired by the sea. Payment is up to a dollar a word. Pitch to Madalina Preda at madalina.preda@northsails.com with [Ocean Stories] in the subject line, followed by the title of the story. 🔗https://www.northsails.com/en-us
🔴💲 JAN 9 · Miss Sarah Fellowship for Black Women Writers has a deadline of January 9, 2024. Open to Black women writers at any career stage, it offers a ten-day solo residency, a $1,000 stipend, and transportation to and from Asheville, NC. No application fee. Details at 🔗https://www.trilliumartsnc.org/writing-fellowships-guidelines
⭐📚 JAN 11 · An online Harvard Diversity Discussion on “Multiraciality: Racial Self-Identification” will be open to the public via Zoom on Thursday, January 11, 5-6 pm EST.
🔗https://cutt.ly/Multiraciality