Authortunities #44 Jan. 20—Feb. 17
S&T Submissions Update #1 ➕ StokerCon Nebula Three Day House Party ➕ FREE Space and Time #25 from July 1974 〓 150+ author opportunities for you!
The first month of the year is half over… down your morning and/or afternoon coffee and let’s get busy!
Anyone Want a StokerCon-Nebulas Three Day House Party?
The Science Fiction Writers Association [SFWA] just announced the dates for the 2024 Nebula Conference and it will be a mere two hours travel away from where the Horror Writer Association’s StokerCon2024 will be held just three days before. This is an unprecedented opportunity to attend two of the biggest spec genre events of the year for one plane ticket/tank of gas.
StokerCon will be in San Diego from from May 30-June 2nd. The Nebulas will be held in Pasadena from June 6-9th.
SFWA hasn’t updated their conference page at the time of this publishing, but watch for details here: 🔗 https://events.sfwa.org/
HWA has a StokerCon page up here: 🔗 https://www.stokercon2024.com/
Desperately seeking couches in California!
Space and Time Submissions Update
As I write this, we already have 99 great submissions for the themed Space and Time call. A few people have messaged me asking why I decided to do a theme this issue. This is a good question. In the 13 issues I’ve published, I’ve only called for a theme twice. This will be the third.
The theme of “Solution Revolution” came from me getting tired of my own complaining. Over the past few years I’ve been angry about so many things: book banning, politics, the environment, global warming, the suppression of indigenous peoples, military bases in Okinawa, current wars, impending wars, culture wars, conspiracy theories, shootings, hate crimes, spreading fear… I could go on as I’m sure so could you.
My point: There’s a lot wrong in the world. No matter what your alignments are I think we can all agree on that. I got tired of counting problems and wanted to see some answers. Surely if we put our minds together we can come up with some creative solutions for this mess. They don’t have to be warm and fuzzy… just fix something.
I started a new poetry collection on New Year’s Day called Incantations to Save Us, a collection of 80 concrete ekphrastic poems inspired by Benebell Wen’s Spirit Keeper’s Tarot. You can blame this line from that first poem for the submissions theme. The card was “The Dynasty - 10 of Orbs.”
The line:
It’s not my burden to keep a tally of wrongs
but to rack up all the rights that I can.
Next week I’ll report on submission numbers as well as any other updates. I have no doubt we will get revolutionary stories of change. I have no doubt we can create change with our revolutionary stories.
You have until January 31. Here is your invitation: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/space-and-time-nDoUw
The Great Reprint eBook Experiment
People who have followed my blogs for the past 15 years know that I am prone to experimentation. My entire fiction career started as an experiment on no money marketing. Time for another one.
I’ve heard a lot of people talk about releasing short ebooks on Amazon as a way to promote your other work. The idea is that you link to your other work and utilize your “free days” from being enrolled with Kindle Select. I’ve read that this practice has built careers from nothing to best seller. Let’s find out.
I have a pile of reprints. Reedsy’s free book production tool makes building ebooks easy. Every month on the 21st I’ll publish an ebook and record the results. I’m advertising two things: this newsletter and Inujini. I’ll keep track of sales and sign ups and report here. Together we can see if publishing ebooks for promotion really makes a difference. The first one goes live this week.
This Week’s AAPI HOUR
This week on AAPI Hour │ Meet Lenoff Cornelius B. Arce │ Academic, Graphic Artist, Authortunities Specialist and today’s interview. You may also recognize his name as my assistant/team member. All is revealed in this week’s AAPI Hour here… including why the interview series lost an A. Meet Lenoff here.
Next week I have an interview with Bryan Thao Worra, former President of the SFPA and full-time poet. Bryan Thao Worra presents internationally on science fiction poetry and the Southeast Asian diaspora. He has presented at the Singapore Writers Festival, the Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival, the Library of Congress, the League of Minnesota Poets, Poets House, Kearny Street Workshop, the 2012 London Summer Games, and more. His newest collection is American Laodyssey (2024) from Sahtu Press as his community marks 50 years since the end of CIA Secret War in Laos.
Exercise Your Writes Selections + Update
I have an opportunity to interview a special publisher, author and editor we all know and love as my guest on next month’s Exercise Your Writes so I cut down on videos. I promise I will always share at least one to close the show but I really can’t say no to this interview. I hope to announce who it is next week.
For the two videos we picked, congratulations Pete Kelly and Elaine Pascale! Your videos were awesome and will play at the end of the interview on February 1.
🚀Enjoy your free issue of Space and Time magazine! This week’s issue is #25 from July 1974. It will be free from now until Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 11:59 PM PST.
FYI: Whenever you read for free on Amazon you support authors with your Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count (KENPC). As much as we all want to support each other, very few of us can afford to buy every book. Reviews, shares, likes and KENPC are all easy ways to support your favorite artists. 🧡🧡🧡
🔗Own #25 from July 1974 for free!
Reader Accomplishments
🧡 Ralph Greco, Jr.'s memoir/writing instructional soft cover Writing Dirty Words: The Not-So-Sexy Reality of Making a Living Writing (and The Occasional Crack of a Whip) as well as the hardcover children's book he is partner and writer of Sometimes I Get...A Book About Emotions, Bunnies, Cookies and a Robot and Who Turned Out The Lights? to be released the last day of the month all come from Parisian Phoenix Publishing, of Easton PA.
🧡 From Lisa Amico Kristel: My story "A Date for Dinner" was published in the Halloween 2023 issue of Siren's Call Ezine. "The House on Darvaza Street" found a home in the January 2024 issue of Coffin Bell. This "journal of dark literature" also published my flash piece, "The Geometry of Shadows," which they nominated for a Pushcart Prize. (Yay.)
Thank you for sharing Ralph and Lisa! You both have a 3 month paid professional level subscription heading your way to celebrate.
❗ Open to all Authortunities readers — share your news! Send a 100 word write up of your publishing news to authortunities@substack.com and I’ll comp you a 3 month paid professional level subscription to say congratulations.
I read an eye opening article in
by Lincoln Michel this week called “Who Is Reading What and Why” on Substack . In it, he cites an “an interesting if expectedly depressing survey of America’s reading habits in the Washington Post” about what people actually read, and how many actually read. Brace yourself, it isn’t pleasant.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in last week’s poll: “Where do you like to write?”
87% of you think “Quiet and isolated (home).”
0% of you think “Busy and lively (cafe).”
0% of you think “Outdoors in nature (park).”
13% of you think “Someplace haunted. (Stanley Hotel).”
✅ It looks like most of us are probably homebodies, but you can tempt 13% of us out with the promise of a good haunting. Count me in with that group. If there aren’t ghosts I’ll just stay in. Thank you to 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. This week I want to know…
And finally, thank you to all the great sources we get our author opportunities from. You can find a list at 🔗https://angelaysmith.com/subscribe/
🏁 This calendar is organized by emoji! Ctrl F to find what you want.
In this entire calendar share you will find:
42 newly opened submissions 🟢
55 submission deadlines 🔴
16 events for authors ⭐
19 reprint markets ♻️
16 education 📚
9 award 🏆
3 grants 💲
Send comments, triumphs and pitfalls to authortunities@substack.com
⭐📚 JAN 20 · 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. January’s in-person meeting will be held at the Mt.Lebanon Public Library (16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228) in Meeting Room A (lower level) with guest Sarena Ulibarri, a writer and publisher of Solarpunk fiction. Virtual Zoom meeting is available for those who can’t attend in person.
🔗https://parsec-sff.org/monthly-meetings/
🔴 JAN 21 · Prolitzer Prize for Prose accepting entries. £5 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Jan 21, 2024. Winner gets £200, Publication in Prole, issue 35. Two runner-up prizes of £50 each, publication in issue 35. Word limit: 2500.
🔗https://prolebooks.co.uk/competitions.html
🔴 JAN 21 · Consilience closes to submissions of poetry or artwork. All submissions must have a link to science, fit the theme of the upcoming issue, and also be in line with their inclusivity statement [https://www.consilience-journal.com/inclusivity-statement]. The theme for Issue 16 is ‘Colour.’
🔗 https://www.consilience-journal.com/submit
🔴 JAN 21 · Briefly Write – Write 10 closes submissions to their annual ten-word story competition. Stories must be exactly 10 words and relate to the theme ‘Destiny / History’. Winning and shortlisted stories will be paid and published online. Results published online by the end of March 2024.
🔗https://brieflywrite.com/write-10-win-10/
📚 JAN 22 · The Horror Writer Association’s Horror University Online presents “An Evening with Ellen Datlow” on the Teachable platform, 8 pm EST, workshop costs $35. “Join multiple-award-winner, Ellen Datlow, editor of the annual The Best Horror of the Year, in a wide-ranging discussion of all things horror and why short stories are good for the genre.”
🔗 https://horror-university.teachable.com/p/an-evening-with-ellen-datlow
🔴 JAN 22 · Calibre Essay Prize now accepting submissions. $20-$30 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Jan 22, 2024. Open to essayists writing in English. Essays of 2,000 to 5,000 words on any subject. Prizes: Winnemr $5,000 AU, Second Prize $3,000 AU, Third Prize $2,000 AU. Winning essays published in Australian Book Review in 2024. Open internationally. Check details at
🔗https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-programs/calibre-prize/2024.
⭐📚 JAN 23 · An online Harvard Diversity Discussion on “Race and Immigration: Family and Experiences” will be open to the public via Zoom on Tuesday, January 23, 5-6 pm EST.
🔗https://cutt.ly/RaceImmigrants
📚 JAN 23 · Bestselling author SJ Watson, author of the international sensation Before I Go to Sleep, will be on Reedsy Live to show writers how to “Unleash Your Inner Editor” at 3 pm EST. Class includes how to “Shift your mindset from writing to editing mode, Take a more analytical approach to your manuscript and Kill your darlings (metaphorically).”
⭐ JAN 24 · Join Russ’s Rockin’ Rollercoaster show, a weekly podcast featuring live Zoom interviews with notable science fiction, fantasy, and mystery authors. In this episode, Russ Colchamiro interviews Star Trek writers Keith DeCandido, Derek Tyler Attico, and Kelli Fitzpatrick about the legacy of Captain Sisko in “CAPTAIN SISKO Legacy w Derek Attico, Keith DeCandido + Kelly Fitzpatrick” at 8 pm EST.
⭐📚 JAN 24 · Atmosphere Press presents Dr. Kyle McCord for a limited-attendance presentation and Q&A on the recent history of the publishing experience, what it looks like now, and most importantly, how you can prepare to take advantage of it in the future. Attendance limited to 500, free and open to the public.
⭐📚 JAN 27 · From Kundiman, “ Writing the Environment: “Through the Garden’s Dormant Splendor," a multi-genre craft workshop from 2-4:30 pm EST open to all writers of color and taught by Jane Wong. The non-refundable tuition fee is $50. This class will be held over Zoom.
🔗https://www.kundiman.org/writing-the-environment?
🔴💲⭐📚 JAN 28 · From Kundiman, a scholarship to attend “Writing the Crisis with Bobuq Sayed" closes. The workshop is open to all writers of color, and students must be able to attend all four sessions of the workshop held on Saturdays from 2-4:30 pm EST. The non-refundable tuition fee is $300. There is one scholarship spot available, and the applications are open through Sunday, January 28th. This workshop will be held over Zoom.
🔗https://www.kundiman.org/writing-the-crisis?
⭐📚 JAN 29 · The Horror Writer Association’s Horror University Online presents “Writing for Haunts: Learn how to develop a live haunt script that will fill your attendees with anxiety and dread, giving them nightmares for weeks afterwards, and entertain rather than just startle them.” Instructor is Kevin Wetmore. On the Teachable platform at 8 pm EST, workshop costs $65.
🔗https://horror-university.teachable.com/p/writing-for-haunts
🔴 JAN 30 · SAND 27 closes to submissions of visual art, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and translations that “push the boundaries of form, message, and voice in fresh and unpredictable ways.” There is a €3 reading fee for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with a free submission option for writers and artists for whom fees create a financial barrier to submitting. Pays semi-pro rates that vary according to funding.
🔗https://sandjournal.submittable.com/submit
🔴 JAN 30 · Corvid Queen Journal seeks fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, especially feminist tales and retellings of traditional stories, up to 5,000 words. Payment: $5. Deadline: January 30, 2024.
🔗 https://corvidqueen.com/submit
🔴 JAN 30 · Women's Writing Workshop is open to women writers for creative non-fiction up to 5,000 words on the theme of Toxic Workplaces. Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: January 30, 2024.
🔗 https://www.cynthialewisauthor.com/p/anthology.html
🔴 JAN 31 · Kentucky Visions Short Story Contest is open for submissions. $20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Jan 31, 2024. First prize $500, second prize $250, third prize $100. Finalists and winners receive a certificate suitable for framing, and their story will be published in an anthology highlighting the best of Kentucky short fiction. All submissions must have a Kentucky connection.
🔗https://www.bluegrasswriterscoalition.com/kentucky-visions-short-story-contest
🔴 JAN 31 · Gwyllion seeks short stories and poetry under the themes of fantasy, space opera, pulp fiction, swords-and-sorcery tales of mystery and adventure. No entry fee. Payment: £10 per accepted story or poem. Deadline: January 31, 2024.
🔗 https://gwyllionmagazine.com/submissions/
🔴 JAN 31 · West Avenue invites short stories (up to 5,000 words) and poems for "A Frolic of Fairies." Payment: £10. One submission per author and the theme of the piece must be in keeping with the title of the anthology.
🔗 https://www.westavenuepublishing.co.uk
🔴 JAN 31 · Funemployment Quarterly is open for science fiction/fantasy submissions based on the theme End Times & Oddballs. Payment: $20 CAD. Deadline: January 31, 2024. Think of an odd few days, an odd few folks, the odd weather we’ve been having, the odd lights in the sky, remaining calm (or not), and what it all means when the finish line is in sight.
🔗 https://funemployment.xyz/submissions/
🔴 JAN 31 · The Temz Review is accepting prose submissions (fiction and creative non-fiction) up to 10,000 words. Payment: $20. Deadline: January 31, 2024.
🔗 https://www.thetemzreview.com/submissions.html
🔴 JAN 31 · Alien Dimensions is seeking science fiction stories (5000-7000 words) on the theme of Mars Colonization. Payment: $20. Deadline: January 31, 2024.
🔗 https://aliendimensions.com/submission-guidelines/
🔴 JAN 31 · Split Lip Magazine closes 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 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
🔴 JAN. 31 · Event Poetry and Prose closes free submissions for poetry and prose. Payment is $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500.
🔗https://www.eventmagazine.ca/submit/
🔴 JAN. 31 · Space & Time magazine closes to submissions with the theme “Solution Revolution” on for speculative poetry and prose. Payment is $5 per poem made via PayPal upon acceptance, plus a digital contributor copy. They buy first print, electronic and audio rights. After a work is published, rights immediately revert to the author. Submissions accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian.
🔗https://spaceandtime.net/submissions/
🔴 JAN 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/
🔴 JAN 31 · CLASH OF THE QUERY LETTERS accepting entries. $5 CAD ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Jan 31, 2024. Judge: Michelle Barker. First place: $700 CAD. One-page query letter. Original, unpublished work only.
🔗https://darlingaxe.com/pages/query-letter-clash
🔴 JAN 31 · Kent and Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Contest is accepting entries. £5 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Jan 31, 2024. Open to anyone aged 16 and over, from anywhere in the world. Poems must be in English, your original work, on any subject, in any style, no longer than 40 lines. Prizes: 1st Prize £1000, 2nd Prize £300, 3rd Prize £100, 4th Prize 4 x £50.
🔗https://kentandsussexpoetry.com/
🔴 JAN 31 · The Bombay Literary Magazine closes 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 31 · 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 closes on January 31, 2024.
🔗https://cardinalrulepress.com/submissions/
🔴🏆 JAN 31 · Terrain.org is in search of Writers and Poets. This magazine focuses on place, climate, and justice. They publish poetry (send 2-6 poems), nonfiction, and fiction, and pay a minimum of $50. They also have an annual Editor’s Prize of $500 per genre for underrepresented writers (see guidelines). The deadline for poetry is end-January 2024; submissions for certain sections are open year-round.
🔗 https://terrainorg.submittable.com/submit
🔴 JAN 31 · Underdog Press is currently open for submissions for their fiction anthology "Nightmares Before Bed." The theme revolves around underdogs rising to the occasion when hope seems lost. The focus is on horror, and they specifically request no sexual violence, abuse of children, overly disturbing images, or excessive gore. Fantasy horror or sci-fi horror submissions are encouraged. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2024, and stories should be between 3,500-12,000 words. Payment is $0.03/word.
🔗 https://theunderdogpress.com/pages/submission-guidelines
🔴 JAN 31 · Critical Blast Publishing is accepting submissions for "The Devil You Know Best," the third volume in their anthology series. They seek stories featuring encounters with the literary/mythological/theological Devil, exploring various genres from comedy to tragedy, horror, fantasy, or science fiction. All genres are welcome as long as they align with the theme. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2024, with a preferred length of 2,000-10,000 words. Payment is $25.
🔗 https://www.criticalblast.com/content/publishing
🔴 JAN 31 · Alpennia: Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast seeks fiction podcast submissions on lesbian-themed historic settings. Open to all writers, stories must be set before 1900, avoiding time-travel or past memories. No erotica. Deadline: January 31, 2024. Length: Up to 5,000 words. Pay: $0.08/word.
🔗 https://alpennia.com/blog/2024-fiction-series-information
🔴 JAN 31 · Brink Literary Journal is open for submissions on the theme 'Boundaries.' Accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, and cross-genre work. Two reading periods: January and July. Deadline: January 31, 2024. Length: Up to 3 poems; any length for prose. Pay: $25/poem; $50-100 for prose.
🔗 https://www.brinkliterary.com/submit-brink
🔴 JAN 31 · The Cellar Door: Marshland Horrors and After Tomorrow - Genre: Creature feature, serial killer, undead/zombies, voodoo/witchcraft, suspense/thriller, cosmic horror. Looking for horror/suspense stories in swamps, bayous, and marshlands. Payment: $25.00 + digital & paperback copy.
🔗 https://www.darkpeninsulapress.com/
🔴 📚 💲 JAN 31 · Highlights Foundation Scholarships Offers 25 full tuition scholarships, 20 partial tuition scholarships for workshops at the Highlights Foundation Retreat Center, 30 full tuition scholarships for online courses, and 15 scholarships for personal retreats.
🔗 https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/apply-for-a-scholarship/
🔴🏆 JAN 31 · Kinsman Quarterly presents the Iridescence Award for short stories and poetry by BIPOC authors. Themes should embrace the supernatural, extraterrestrial, or paranormal. Prizes include publication in the Iridescence anthology with cash awards up to $500. Genres include fantasy, folk mythology, science fiction, and the paranormal.
🔗 https://www.kinsmanquarterly.org/iridescence-award
🔴🏆 JAN 31 · Harbor Editions Prizes - Laureate Prize for Poetry looking for submissions from BIPOC writers and previous finalists for poetry manuscripts. Prize: $500 and publication.
🔗 https://smallharborpublishing.submittable.com/submit
🔴🏆 JAN 31 · Harbor Editions Prizes - Harbor Review Editor Prize seeking for a micro poetry chapbook manuscript. free submissions for BIPOC writers and previous finalists. Prize: $200.
🔗 https://smallharborpublishing.submittable.com/submit
🔴🏆 JAN 31 · Ghost Story - Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition offers a prize of $1,000 and publication on the Ghost Story website and in the 21st Century Ghost Stories anthology biannually for a work of flash fiction with a supernatural or magical realist theme. The editors will judge. Submit a story of 250 to 1,000 words using only the online submission system. Entry fee: $15.
🔗 http://theghoststory.com/flash-fiction-competition
🔴🏆 JAN 31 · The Drabble Harvest Contest is seeking drabbles that dabble on the theme of "Alien Fetishes" (rawr). Submit a drabble with precisely 100 words and a title of up to 15 words. Prize: $5.
🔗 https://www.hiraethsffh.com/drabble-contest
🔴♻️🏆 JAN 31 · Substack is hosting its Monthly Short Story Competition. Length: 6000-10,000 words. Prize: $100 plus 50% of subscription revenue. Reprints are accepted if you still have distribution rights.
🔗 https://shortstory.substack.com/about
🔴💲JAN 31 · A.C. Bose Grant offers $1,000 annually to South Asian or Desi diaspora writers developing speculative fiction. Preference is given to work accessible to older children and teens in the jury process.
🔗 https://speculativeliterature.org/grants-3/slf-ac-bose-grant/
🟢♻️ FEB. 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/
🟢 FEB 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/
🟢 FEB 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/
🟢 FEB 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/
🟢♻️ FEB 1 · Flash Fiction Online calls for speculative fiction flash from 500-1k words for $80 USD flat rate until February 21 or “unless we reach our submission cap of 425 stories”.
🔗https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
🟢♻️ FEB 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
🟢 FEB 1 · Split Lip Magazine opens tip jar submissions for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, interviews/reviews, and mini-reviews until February 29. 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
🟢 FEB 1 · Nashville Review accepts submissions in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Translations. If you are unable to view Poetry or Fiction as an option to submit, that means they have reached their submission cap and are no longer accepting submissions in that category. Payment varies by category.
🔗https://nashvillereview.submittable.com/submit
🟢♻️ FEB 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
🟢♻️ FEB 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
🟢 FEB 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/
⭐ FEB 2 · The First Friday - Third Thursday Quick Reads event highlights women and non-binary writers of sci-fi, fantasy and speculative fiction at 12 pm EST. This event features C.D. Britt, Jessica Cage, Janice Hardy, LCW Allingham, Tamika Thompson and C.E. McGill along with emcee/host Sarah Smith along with support from authors Anne Nydam and Terri Bruce.
🔗https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/
🔴 FEB 1 · Flash Fiction 500 is seeking flash fiction under 500 words only. £5 ENTRY FEE. Deadline: Feb 1, 2024. No poetry. £100 top prize. Winning stories performed at an awards ceremony and published in the festival book. Check details at
🔗https://www.flashfiction500.com/
🔴 FEB 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/
🔴 FEB 1 · Menage A-More is seeking Writers for a collection of adult stories about more than two lovers of ANY gender. Submit no more than 3 stories (7.5k words max each) in PDF format to oakpawpublishing@gmail.com. Payment is $10 per story & 1 contributor copy.
🔗 https://www.oakpawpublishing.com/copy-of-wired-differently
🔴 FEB 1 · Frivolous Comma is dedicated to spotlighting and elevating diverse writers of speculative fiction, especially those underrepresented (BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+), they focus on stories set in some type of transition. They accept science fiction, fantasy, horror, the uncanny, or any work (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) orbiting these genres. Pays $0.08/word with a $100 minimum.
🔗 https://www.frivolouscomma.com/submit/
🔴 ♻️ FEB 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.
🔗https://mysterion.moksha.io/publication/mysterion
🔴 FEB 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/
🔴 FEB 1 · Menage A-More is seeking Writers for a collection of adult stories about more than two lovers of ANY gender. Submit no more than 3 stories (7.5k words max each) in PDF format to oakpawpublishing@gmail.com. Payment is $10 per story & 1 contributor copy.
🔗 https://www.oakpawpublishing.com/copy-of-wired-differently
🔴 FEB 1 · Frivolous Comma is dedicated to spotlighting and elevating diverse writers of speculative fiction, especially those underrepresented (BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+), they focus on stories set in some type of transition. They accept science fiction, fantasy, horror, the uncanny, or any work (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) orbiting these genres. Pays $0.08/word with a $100 minimum.
🔗 https://www.frivolouscomma.com/submit/
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