INUJINI Releases on Sunday, June 23
Authortunities #67│June 22—July 20
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Inujini, my first novel length work, is finally available on June 23! Pre-order your copy now.
Space and Time magazine submissions open until June 30.
Authortunities Open Mic is tonight. Sign up to read here.
This week I have four free books available from partner authors.
Let me know what you’ve been up to! Share your triumphs, tribulations and any author opportunities you find in the comments!
Our Writes 🖋️
🟠 In case you didn’t see it in the calendar, Space and Time magazine is open until June 30 for submissions of speculative poetry and prose. Payment is $.01 per word for prose and $5 per poem. Submissions accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian. 🔗https://spaceandtime.net/submissions/
Your Writes 🎉
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is releasing her fantastic novel The Kitchen Witches today! I was lucky enough to get my paws on an arc and I’m 30% of the way through. It’s all the right kinds of eerie and dark but with some beautiful character building with Melanie, the kind of woman we can easily fall into being if we don’t fight to keep ourselves whole. I just got to the part where Melanie and Don take off to her special place to… oops. Find out what happens. The Kitchen Witches is released today!My Writes
🟠 Did I mention Inujini is finally available on June 23! I’m excited! This is my first novel length work. Pre-order your copy now. Thank you everyone for all the lovely praise!
🟠 Join Ryan Aussie Smith on his brand new podcast Aussiemanreads as he continues the Bitter Suites story with “Popcorn,” This is the fifth chapter from my Bram Stoker Award Finalist novella Bitter Suites (2019). Available on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and wherever you enjoy your podcasts. Click here to find it.
🟠 While I find author opportunities everywhere, I want to give special credit to some of my favorite sources here. 🔗https://angelaysmith.com/subscribe/
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🟢 opening subs
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⭐ networking
💼 conference
🎤 open mics
🎓 education
♻️ reprints
🏆 awards
💲 grants
🟢 JUN 14 · Reedsy Prompts opens until the following Friday for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday. This week’s prompt is: Going for Gold 🏆.
🔗https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🟢 JUN 1-AUG 31 · The SFPA Speculative Poetry Contest is open until August 31 to all poets, including non-SFPA-members for speculative poetry in any form. 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. Winning poets will be awarded $150 First Prize, $75 Second Prize, $25 Third Prize and publication on the SFPA website for first through third places in all categories. $3 entry fee, the contest is chaired by Angela Yuriko Smith and judged by Stephanie M. Wytovich.
🔗https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests.html
✅ JUN 22 · Space and Time magazine is open until June 30 for submissions of speculative poetry and prose. Payment is $.01 per word for prose and $5 per poem. Submissions accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian.
🔗https://spaceandtime.net/submissions/
✅ JUN 22 · Flame Tree Publishing reopened their Myths, Gods & Immortals series call until June 23 for stories of Anansi, the spider trickster god. All previous submissions for Anansi are still under consideration and authors will be contacted in due course, within 4 months of the new deadline. Payment is 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.
🟢 JUN 22 · If There’s Anyone Left is open until July 15 for science fiction and speculative flash fiction up to 1k words for $0.08 USD per word Proceeds from Volume 5 will go toward Palestinian relief organizations.
🔗https://www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/submission-guidelines
🟢 JUN 22 · The Nightmare Never Ends (Exploding Head Fiction) is open until July 15 for “tales that tickle the funny bone while sending shivers down the spine” up to 2,500 words. Payment is $25 USD flat rate.
🔗https://www.jenniferbernardini-author.com/submission-guidelines
🟢 JUN 22 · $15,000 Rattle Poetry Prize is open until July 15 for entries of a single poem to be published in the winter issue of the magazine. Ten finalists will also receive $500 each and publication, and be eligible for the $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber and entrant vote. The entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle (or a one-year extension for subscribers) at our regular $30 rate.
🔗https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/38839/15-000-rattle-poetry-prize-entry
⭐🎤 JUN 23 · Rattlecast livestreams, a livestreaming poetry reading and podcast, is part interview and part reading, with a prompt-based open mic. It’s a casual way to hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green. Each Rattlecast begins with a Poets Respond Live segment, featuring poems about the news, and also features a writing prompt at the end of the show, and open lines for poems written for the last week’s prompt. Christine Potter | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/live/t5PzUmfCWuA?si=mF9pHz-oFen6QvYR
⭐ JUN 23 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
🔴 JUN 24 · Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors short story contest closes to submissions of stories from 2,500 to 5,000 words that “show us the world you dream of building… set sometime between the near future and roughly the year 2200.” The winning story receives $3,000, second and third receive $2, 000 and $1,000. Nine finalists will each receive $300. Free to enter.
🔗https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions
🔴 JUL 24 · The Bad Day Book-Teaching/Parenting Edition closes for fiction and poetry under 1200 words in first person narration and told in past tense. Payment is All stories and poems 199 words or under words will be paid $40 for publication. All stories and poems 200 words and over will be paid $75 for publication.
🔗https://thebaddaybook.com/faq/
⭐🎓 JUN 25 · An online Harvard Diversity Discussion on “Race and Aging: Cultural Expectations” will be open to the public via Zoom from 5-6 pm EST.
🔴 JUN 25 · Off Topic Publishing’s Poetry Box closes to submissions of poetry to be sent out as a physical card with tea and chocolate to subscribers. Payment is for $30 CAD.
🔗https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/
🔴💲 JUN 26 · The Book Project Fellowship closes applications to cover partial or full tuition for the entire two-year program designed to help writers of book-length manuscripts. Writers of fiction, nonfiction, short stories, memoir, and hybrid texts can apply for the fellowship.
🔗https://www.lighthousewriters.org/book-project-fellowships
⭐🎓 JUN 26 · Telling and Retelling Fairy Tales: How to Write Your Own Fairy Tales, taught by Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D, is a 6-week online course via Zoom, from Wednesday, June 26 - July 31 at 7 pm EST. Students will have access to a virtual classroom that will include an archive of all videos, additional resources for homework between sessions, as well as links and downloads of supporting materials and suggested reading. All classes will be recorded for those who cannot attend live. Course costs $185 Patreon Members / $195 General Admission.
🔴 JUN 28 · 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/30232/poets-respond-online
🟢 JUL 28 · Reedsy Prompts opens until the following Friday for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
🔗https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🔴 JUN 28 · Havok is closed for flash fiction to the theme of “Remember September” in “all five genres: mystery, science fiction, humor, thriller, and fantasy.” Payment is $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology; no payment for online publication.
🔗https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/
💼⭐🎓 JUN 28 · The Authortube Writing Conference is a free three-day conference on YouTube and is open to anyone who wishes to know more about the writing and publishing world.
🔗https://www.authortubewritingconference.com/
🔴🏆 JUN 28 · 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 May. 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/
⭐🎤 JUN 29 · Authortunities Open Mic Listen to your favorite poets and prosers share their work every Saturday at 9 pm EST! Pre-recorded from the week before. Want to read next week? Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/eqwc72bzjED8p6hQ8.
🔗https://authortunities.substack.com/s/authortunities-open-mic
♻️🔴JUN 30 · Flash Fiction Online closes, unless they’ve reached their submission cap of 1,000 submissions stories, for speculative fiction flash from 500-1k words with a theme of “Winter Folklore.” Payment is $100 USD. Guest editor for this issue is Carina Bissett.
🔗https://ffo.submittable.com/submit/296519/call-for-winter-folklore
⭐🎤 JUN 30 · Rattlecast livestreams, a livestreaming poetry reading and podcast, is part interview and part reading, with a prompt-based open mic. It’s a casual way to hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green. Each Rattlecast begins with a Poets Respond Live segment, featuring poems about the news, and also features a writing prompt at the end of the show, and open lines for poems written for the last week’s prompt. Erin Murphy | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ JUN 30 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
🔴♻️ JUN 30 · 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
🔴 JUN 30 · Split Lip Magazine closes tip jar submissions for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, interviews/reviews, and mini-reviews. 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
🔴 JUN 30 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge closes for ekphrastic poetry in response to selected visual art posted on their page. Two winners receive $100 and publication online.
🔗https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🔴 JUN 30 · The Hudson Review closes for poetry submissions. Payment is 50 cents per line for poetry. Submissions should be sent by mail with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
🔗 https://hudsonreview.com/about-us/submission-guidelines/
🔴 JUN 30 · Ofic is closed for short fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and art up to 12,000 words in any genre. Payment is “a small honorarium.”
🔗https://www.oficmag.com/submit
🔴 JUN 30 · Black Lawrence Press closes for general submissions until June 30 for novel, novella, short story collection (full-length and chapbook), poetry (full-length and chapbook), biography & cultural studies, translation (from the German), and creative nonfiction from new, emerging, and established writers.
🔗https://blacklawrencepress.com/events
🔴 JUN 30 · New Orleans Review closes for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Payment is $300 for prose and $100 for poetry. In celebration of Pride, there are no submission fees for LGBTQIA2+ writers in June. “We are especially interested in trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming voices.” $3 submission fee otherwise.
🔗https://www.neworleansreview.org/submit/
🔴 JUN 30 · Dragon’s Roost Press closes for “Cosmic Horror stories set in and around Arkham, Innsmouth, and other mythos related areas” for their forthcoming anthology Arkham Institutions (working title). Payment is $0.06/word plus one contributor’s copy in both paperback and digital formats.
🔗https://thedragonsroost.biz/submissions-2/
🔴 JUN 30 · Silk & Sinew closes for ALL Asian diaspora writers, with submissions capped at 300. Edited by Kristy Park Kulski, submissions will be for folk horror rooted in the experience of the Asian Diaspora from 3000-5000 words. Payment is .5 a word.
🔴 JUN 30 · Space and Time magazine closes to submissions for speculative poetry and prose. Payment is $.01 per word for prose and $5 per poem. Submissions accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian.
🔗https://spaceandtime.net/submissions/
🟢 JUN 30 · Havok is open until August 30 for flash fiction with the theme of “Remember November” in “all five genres: mystery, science fiction, humor, thriller, and fantasy.” Payment is $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology; no payment for online publication.
🔗https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/
⭐🎓 JUL 1 · The Forever Workshop, a project by
, hosts the workshop “Hot and Heavy: Writing Love & Sex Poems That Will Actually Get Published and Have Readers Begging for More” taught by award winning poet from July 1 - July 25. Half of the curriculum will be free to all subscribers, with the option to upgrade and access this and all courses in full for $10/mo.🔗https://www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/hot-and-heavy-writing-love-and-sex
♻️🔴 JUL 1 · Still Point Arts Quarterly closes to submissions of historical and contemporary art, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry on the theme of “Walking.” For payment “We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.” Reprints.
🔗https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/form.aspx?id=vY6Vs4K-nRb7B-tLajtSe
♻️🔴 JUL 1 · Still Point Arts Quarterly closes for submissions of historical and contemporary art, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry on the theme of “Walking.” For payment “We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.” Reprints.
🔗https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/form.aspx?id=vY6Vs4K-nRb7B-tLajtSe
🟢 JUL 1 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge opens until the last day of the month for ekphrastic poetry in response to selected visual art posted on their page. Two winners receive $100 and publication online.
🔗https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🟢 JUL 1 · Riddlebird opens until October 26 for literary fiction, personal essays, and genre fiction from 650-5000 words focusing on humor and lighthearted pieces until full. Payment is $100.
🔗https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/riddlebird-Ae4Nk
🟢JUL 1 · Flash Fiction Online opens submissions until July 31 for speculative fiction flash with emphasis on “emotions” from 500-1k words “with crisp prose, well-developed characters, compelling plots, and satisfying resolutions. We want stories that engage our minds and emotions.” Payment is $100 USD flat rate.
🔗https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
🟢 JUL 1 · Last Girls Club opens until August 1 for feminist horror short stories and poems. Payments for short story-2,500 words or less is $0.015 USD per word ($37.50 USD max); Flash Fiction-less than 1,000 words $0.015 USD per word ($15 USD max); Poems-less than 200 words $10.
🔗https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/last-girls-club-lImp7
🟢 JUL 1 · After Happy Hour opens until August 31 for “online issues, we accept fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, photographs, graphic narratives, and any combination thereof.” Payment is $10.
🔗https://afterhappyhourreview.submittable.com/submit
🟢 JUL 1 · Electric Spec is open for speculative fiction stories of “science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre” between 250 and 7000 words for their August issue until July 15. Payment is $20 per piece.
🔗http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
🟢♻️ JUL 1 · Solar Punk Magazine is open for submissions until July 14 of speculative works around Solarpunk, envisioning a future where humanity has addressed challenges like climate change and established sustainable societies. Payments are fiction at $.08 per word, $100 minimum, poetry at $40 per poem), nonfiction $75 per essay or article, cover art $100 for reprints, $200 for original unpublished, and interior art $50 for reprints, $100 for original unpublished.
🔗https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
🟢 JUL 1 · Off Topic Publishing’s Poetry Box opens to submissions of poetry until the 25th of the month. Selected poems to be sent out as a physical card with tea and chocolate to subscribers. Payment is for $30 CAD.
🔗https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/
🟢 JUL 1 · Strange Horizons opens for speculative poetry submissions year-round, including at times when they are closed to fiction submissions. The editors operate on a rotation system, so the person who reads and replies to your poem will depend on when you send it. This month AJ Odasso (they/them/theirs) is the editor. Payment is $50 USD per poem, regardless of length or complexity.
🔗 http://strangehorizons.com/submit/poetry-submission-guidelines/
🟢 JUL 1 · Bourbon Penn is open now for 2000-7500 word “highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd… looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal." Payment is .04 cents per word.
🔗https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
🟢 JUL 1 · The Forge Literary Magazine calls for fiction and nonfiction under 3,000 words including flash and micro fiction for $100 flat rate until the free submissions quota is full. “If there is no free link, we’ve hit our quota.”
🔗https://forgelitmag.com/submit/
💲🟢 JUL 1 · PEN America’s U.S. Writers Aid Initiative opens applications until July 31 for the PEN America Writers Emergency Fund, which offers grants for “writers in the United States facing acute financial need following an emergency situation.” Applications received on or before the following quarterly deadlines will be reviewed before the last day of that month. (For example, an application received on or before January 1, 2024 will be reviewed before January 30, 2024.)
🔗https://pen.org/us-writers-aid-initiative/
💲🟢 JUL 1 · The Diverse Worlds and the Diverse Writers Grants both open until July 31 for unpublished book-length works of speculative fiction. The Diverse Writers grant is intended to support speculative fiction writers from underrepresented and underprivileged groups — such as writers of color, women, queer writers, disabled writers, etc. The Diverse World Grant is intended for work that best presents a diverse world, regardless of the writer’s background. Writers are welcome to apply for one or both. Each grant awards $500.
🔗https://speculativeliterature.org/grants-3/slf-diverse-writers-and-diverse-worlds-grants/
🟢 JUL 1· Cosmic Horror Monthly opens until July 7 for fiction submissions of “cosmic horror, Lovecraftian, and weird fiction” and non-fiction from under 5000 words for $.03 USD per word, interior art at $20 and cover art at $100.
🔗https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/submissions/
🟢♻️JUL 1 · PodCastle opens for submissions of “quality fantasy fiction” up to 6k words and occasional reprints up to 17k words for $0.08 per word USD for original fiction, $100 flat rate for reprints over 1,500 words, and $20 flat rate for flash fiction reprints.
🔗https://podcastle.org/guidelines/
🟢 JUL 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/
🟢 JUL 1 · Hungry Shadow Press opens for 100 word Drabbles of short horror, weird, dark fiction stories for their Deadly Drabble Tuesday. Selected stories will be featured on the Hungry Shadow Press website with the option for HSP to include the story in a future print volume. Payment is $8, or .08 per word.
🔗https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-deadly-drabble-tuesdays
🟢 JUL 1 · Solarpunk Magazine opens until July 14 for “works that stir readers with themes of defiance, change, and achievement. This effect isn’t likely to come via high concept utopias alone, but rather, from vibrant characters whose struggles affect the reader.” Payments are $.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/
🟢 JUL 1 · Broken Sleep Books opens until August 31 for non-fiction prose pamphlets (up to 150 pages). 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
♻️🟢 JUL 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
♻️🟢 JUL 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/
🔴 JUL 2 · Sans. Press closes for short story submissions to The Garden, “an anthology for stories that engage with the living world in all its glory and messiness. From blossom to decay, stories can interpret the premise in any way; be as metaphorical or literal as you wish – just don't be afraid to get a little dirt under your fingernails.” Payment is €175.
🔗https://www.sanspress.com/submissions
🔴 JUL 5 · 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/30232/poets-respond-online
⭐🎓 JUL 5 · Rattle Magazine’s livestream Poetry Critique of the Week Rattle's editor hosts a livestreamed poetry critique on YouTube and Facebook, offering suggestions and feedback. The viewing audience is encouraged to participate. The goal is to help us all become better poets through the honest sharing of our reactions, similar to the experience of an MFA roundtable workshop. Critique of the Week at 4 pm EST.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🟢 JUL 5 · Reedsy Prompts calls for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
🔗https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
✅🔴 JUL 6 · Bright Wall/Dark Room closes for submissions of critical essays between 2,500-4,000 words on filmmaking with a “Heartbreak / Heartbreakers” theme. Payment is $50 USD.
🔗https://brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit
⭐🎤 JUL 6 · Authortunities Open Mic Listen to your favorite poets and prosers share their work every Saturday at 9 pm EST! Pre-recorded from the week before. Want to read next week? Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/eqwc72bzjED8p6hQ8.
🔗https://authortunities.substack.com/s/authortunities-open-mic
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