Space & Time Spring 2025 Fiction ToC
Authortunities #88 │November 16—December 14
Toni Morrison wrote these words back in 2015 in The Nation. Her essay, “No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear” is as relevant today as it was then. I’ve heard from so many friends this past week who have expressed how utterly lost they feel. You aren’t alone. But now it’s time to get busy.
Toni Morrison continued. “This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”
And healing is what we need. The US system was broken before last week, we know this. Taxes, healthcare, education, cost-of-living… pick your crisis. Whoever we voted for, we are in it together now.
If you are here, it’s a safe bet that you “do language.” This is our moment to bring our words to the table with purpose and power. Time to work.
Space & Time Fiction ToC for #148
The fiction table of contents has been selected for Space & Time #148. Special thanks to the team of Final Readers that chose these stories, which includes Gordon Linzner, Hildy Silverman, Ken Hueler, Gerard Houarner, Dave Jeffery, and Brenda Huettner.
Congratulations to our #148 fiction selections!
“Hinge” by Adan Jerreat-Poole
”Used Sleep” by Richard Dansky
”All the Oceans” by Scott J. Couturier
”One Goat Too Many” by Sarah Walker
”In the Violet Boreal” by JJ de Melo
”Silver Lining” by C.S. Magnuson
”The Big Project” by Scot Noel
”The Lookout” by Valerie B. Williams
The Spring/Summer issue is due to be released in April 2025. Submissions open again January 15-31.
🌳What’s in this issue of the newsletter?
I’m giving DropCap Marketplace a try. DropCap is a platform connecting authors and publishers with global rights buyers for translation and international book licensing. I paid my $97 for the year and uploaded Inujini. I’ll share the results. You can check out DropCap Marketplace here.
Dale L. Roberts just came out with How to Write a Nonfiction Book in 24 Hours. I just happen to have a nonfiction book I wanted to get finished before the new year so guess what I’m going to do for my birthday next week? Yup, book writing marathon. Get your copy here.
Ross Brand of BrandStack | Books & Broadcasts reveals “The Truth About Organic Reach, Audience Engagement, and ROI” with livestreaming. Read what he thinks in his weekly round up here.
Sarah Walker is an excellent glass blower, editor and visual artist and you can commission her! She is just about to open up her marketplace. If you want to be one of the first to snatch up her work, message me and I will forward your message. Email me direct at authortunities@substack.com.
- shares “Support Queer Horror & Indie Book Stores, Today. It matters.” on her Substack. You can see what she recommends here.
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🟢 opening subs
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⭐ networking
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🎤 open mics
🎓 education
♻️ reprints
🏆 awards
💰 grants
🟢 BookLife runs the Indie Spotlight feature, a thematic roundup of self-published books from a broad range of genres and topics, both online and in print in Publishers Weekly magazine. Each Indie Spotlight is open to all types of books as long as they match the month's topic. Submit your works of ART/PHOTOGRAPHY/INSPIRATIONAL until December 1.
https://booklife.com/about-us/booklife-s-indie-spotlight.html
🟢 NOV 16 · Reedsy Prompts is open 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 11.59 pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #ReedsyOctober to share your creepy tales (and potentially be featured on on Reedsy social accounts)! This week’s prompt is: Something Wicked This Way Comes 🧹.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🟢 NOV 16 · Chicken Soup for the Soul seeks stories or poems on the theme “cat stories” until November 30 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/
🎓 NOV 16 · Celebrating Authors Summit: Getting Your Book To Your Audience How Do You Sell Your Books? Our speakers share their tips and strategies to help you find ways to get your book into your audience's hands. Whether your target audience is massive or small, building your distribution strategy either before or during your writing process will help you be ready when your book is published. Free to attend live.
https://go.eventraptor.com/summit/copy-of-celebrating-summit-2411-2/angelayurikosmith
⭐🎤 NOV 17 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ NOV 17 · 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.
🎓 NOV 19 · Getting Your Book Published—John/Shannon Raab is the latest offering from the Outliers Online Ongoing Writers Conference where all classes are taught by working, best-selling authors with two classes per month, every month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 4 pm PST. “You've written a book, now you need an agent or a publisher and don't know where to go or what to do. We will teach you how to avoid common mistakes and give you a road map to follow and help navigate around the publishing business.“ Costs $45.
https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/ongoingconference
🔴 NOV 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 free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
⭐🎓 NOV 22 · 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
✅🟢 NOV 22 · 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/
🎓 NOV 23 · Celebrating Authors Summit: Creative Ways to Monetize Your Book You've worked hard to organize the concepts in your book into a logical order. You've massaged the language, and you've created a visual representation of your book. Now what?! If you want to serve your audience in expanded ways beyond just reading your book, what are your options? Check out our speakers as they share their experience, positive and negative, of options they've explored. Free to attend live.
https://go.eventraptor.com/summit/copy-of-celebrating-summit-2411-3/angelayurikosmith
⭐🎤 NOV 24 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ NOV 24 · 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.
🔴 NOV 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/
🔴 NOV 26 · Every Day Fiction closes for winter and holiday stories up to 1000 words. Payment is $3 USD. “All fiction genres are acceptable, and stories that don’t fit neatly into any genre are welcome too.”
https://everydayfiction.submittable.com/submit
🔴 NOV 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 free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
⭐🎓 NOV 29 · 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
🟢 NOV 29 · 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/
🔴 NOV 30 · The Other Stories Podcast closes for 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of BLEEDING HEARTS. “Profound love, romance, sacrifice, and the most cutting of heartbreaks.” Payment is $15 GBP.
https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
🔴 NOV 30 · Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Anthology of Workplace Horror from Whisper House Press closes their extended deadline for historically marginalized voices of submissions of short stories up to 4k on the theme of workplace horror. Payment is 6 cents per word. Special extended deadline of November 30 for historically marginalized voices
🔴 NOV 30 · Chicken Soup for the Soul seeks stories or poems on the theme “cat 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 1 · The W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections by Regal House Publishing closes. This prestigious award celebrates a masterfully crafted short story collection. The winning manuscript will be published in 2026/7, and the author will receive a $1,000 prize. Submissions must be between 100-350 pages and submitted via Submittable. A $25 entry fee applies.
https://regalhousepublishing.com/the-w-s-porter-prize/
🟢 DEC 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/
🟢 DEC 1 - JAN 31 · EVENT Magazine is open for submissions of fiction and poetry. Known for publishing compelling, lyrical, and profound works, they welcome submissions from new and established writers alike. Non-fiction submissions are accepted via their annual contest only. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but only one submission at a time per genre. Payment is $40/page, up to a maximum of $500 for poetry, $35/page, up to a maximum of $500 for prose and $200 along with two copies of the issue for cover art.
https://eventmagazine.submittable.com/submit
🟢 DEC 1 · Apparition Lit’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest opens until December 14 for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Fast or Feast.” The writer of the selected story will be notified and their story published the following month. The prize is $30 USD.
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🟢 DEC 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/
🟢 DEC 1 · Diet Milk Magazine, a “biannual literary magazine devoted to Gothic” opens until January 8, 2025 for submissions of “poetry, prose, and visual art of all kinds.” Payment is $15 per poem, $0.01 per word ($40 minimum) for short stories, and $50 per art piece.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/diet-milk-magazine-rv29z
🟢 DEC 1 · Event Magazine opens for poetry until January 31 or “when our allowable unpaid submission limit is reached (whichever comes first).” Payment is $40 (CAD) per page.
https://eventmagazine.submittable.com/submit
🟢 DEC 1 · Off Topic Publishing’s Poetry Box opens to submissions of poetry until the 25th of the month. Selected poems to be sent as a physical card with tea and chocolate to subscribers. Payment is for $30 CAD.
https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/
🟢 DEC 1 · Strange Horizons opens for speculative poetry submissions year-round, including at times when Strange Horizons is 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. Payment is $50 USD per poem, regardless of length or complexity.
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/poetry-submission-guidelines/
🟢 DEC 1 · Bourbon Penn opens 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
🟢 DEC 1 · Event Poetry and Prose opens 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/
🟢 DEC 1 · The Cincinnati Review opens to submissions of miCRo, poetry, fiction, fiction translations, literary nonfiction, poetry translations, and drama until they hit the submissions cap for that period. Payment of $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry in the print journal and $25 for miCRo posts or special features.
https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021/
🟢 DEC 1 · The Other Stories Podcast opens until December 31 for 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of FOUND FOOTAGE. Bring us stories from lost tapes, forgotten diaries, old film, banned video games, or wherever else you might find strange echoes in lost media.” Payment is $15 GBP.
https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
🟢 DEC 1 · Split Lip Magazine opens tip jar submissions until December 15 for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, interviews/reviews, and mini-reviews until December 15. 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
🟢 DEC 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/
🟢 DEC 1 · Cincinnati Review seeks prose, poetry, and art. Opens December 1 deadline when submissions cap is filled. Payment is $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry in the journal.
https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021-2/
🟢♻️ DEC 1 · Short Story on Substack opens 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/
🟢♻️ DEC 1-2 · Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores opens 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/
🟢 DEC 1 - DEC 7 · A Coup of Owls is open for submissions for its Spring Issue! They seek stories from underrepresented and marginalized communities across genres and styles, with a preference for unique storytelling approaches, including non-linear narratives and ambiguous endings. Accepted pieces range from 100-word drabbles to 8,000-word short stories. Payment rates are £5 for drabbles, £10 for flash fiction (up to 1,000 words), and £15 for short stories over 4,000 words.
https://acoupofowls.com/submissions/
🟢 DEC 1 - 4 · Stone’s Throw by Rock and a Hard Place Press is open for submissions! This monthly publication seeks dark fiction, crime, and noir stories of 1,000-2,000 words that align with their monthly theme prompt. Each accepted story is published online and receives a payment of $25, with annual print anthology inclusion. Check the website for the latest prompt and theme details.
https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw-submissions
🔴 DEC 1 · African Poetry Book Fund Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry closes for entries. An African poet is awarded a prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Nebraska Press annually for a debut poetry collection. Writers who were born in Africa, are African nationals or residents, or whose parents are African are eligible. The African Poetry Book Fund editorial board will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 50 pages. There is no entry fee.
http://africanpoetrybf.unl.edu
🔴 DEC 1 · Slipstream Press Poetry Chapbook Contest closes for submissions. A prize of $1,000, publication by Slipstream Press, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of up to 40 pages with a $20 entry fee, which includes a copy of the winning chapbook and an issue of Slipstream.
🔴 DEC 1 · Pushcart Press Pushcart Prizes closes for nominations. Publication in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses is awarded annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction published by literary magazines or small presses during the current year. Editors may nominate up to six poems, short stories, novel chapters, or essays published, or scheduled to be published, in 2024. There is no entry fee.
🔴 DEC 1 · Parabola, a quarterly journal, is exploring the theme “THE MYSTERY OF TIME” for its Spring 2025 issue. They welcome submissions in various categories, including articles, translations, retellings, and poetry. Payment details are unspecified. Submit your work at
https://parabola.org/submissions/
🔴 DEC 1 · Eternal Haunted Summer is reading work on the 'Fortune and Luck' theme for its publication. “Improbable events. Random associations, positive and negative. Is it by chance or is it divine intervention?” They seek fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and reviews. Payment is $5.
https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/about/
⭐🎤 DEC 1 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ DEC 1 · 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.
🟢 DEC 2 · 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/
🟢 DEC 2 · Cincinnati Review seeks prose, poetry, and art. Opens December 1 deadline when submissions cap is filled. Payment is $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry in the journal.
https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021-2/
🟢♻️ DEC 2 · Short Story on Substack opens 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/
🎓 DEC 3 · Marketing: Your Online Presence and Other Marketing Strategies—John/Shannon Raab is the latest offering from the Outliers Online Ongoing Writers Conference where all classes are taught by working, best-selling authors with two classes per month, every month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 4 pm PST. “Writing the book is the easy part, getting people to buy it is the hard part." That's the issue with almost every author in the business, how to get new fans. We will give you tips and ideas on how to make yourself a brand and gain new followers.” Costs $45.
https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/ongoingconference
🔴 DEC 4 · Stone’s Throw by Rock and a Hard Place Press is closed for submissions. This monthly publication seeks dark fiction, crime, and noir stories of 1,000-2,000 words that align with their monthly theme prompt. Each accepted story is published online and receives a payment of $25, with annual print anthology inclusion. Check the website for the latest prompt and theme details.
https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw-submissions
🔴 DEC 5 · The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project closes for submissions. NO ENTRY FEE. Two J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards, each $25,000, to aid in completing significant works of nonfiction on American political or social topics. Applicants must have a U.S.-based publisher contract. Judges consider impact on the book project and financial need of the author.
https://journalism.columbia.edu/lukas
🔴🏆 DEC 6 · 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 October thru December. 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/
⭐ DEC 6 · First Friday - Third Thursday Quick Read features 6 authors each reading a selection of speculative fiction for 8 minutes. There will be time for questions & answers at the end and a giveaway from the authors. This free event is hosted by Strong Women - Strange Worlds. Pre-register.
https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/
🔴 DEC 6 · 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 free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
🟢 DEC 6 · 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/
⭐🎓 DEC 6 · 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
🔴 DEC 7 · A Coup of Owls closes for submissions for its Spring Issue. They seek stories from underrepresented and marginalized communities across genres and styles, with a preference for unique storytelling approaches, including non-linear narratives and ambiguous endings. Accepted pieces range from 100-word drabbles to 8,000-word short stories. Payment rates are £5 for drabbles, £10 for flash fiction (up to 1,000 words), and £15 for short stories over 4,000 words.
https://acoupofowls.com/submissions/
⭐🎤 DEC 8 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ DEC 8 · 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.
⭐🎓 DEC 10 · Black Lawrence Press presents Allison Joseph – One Inspiration, Three Forms, Three Poems at 8 pm EST. Attendance is free. Zoom registration required.
https://blacklawrencepress.com/events/
🔴 DEC 13 · 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 free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
⭐🎓 DEC 13 · 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
🟢 DEC 13 · 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/
🔴 DEC 14 · Apparition Lit’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest closes for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Fast or Feast.” The writer of the selected story will be notified and their story published the following month. The prize is $30 USD.
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
⭐ DEC 14 · First Friday - Third Thursday Quick Read annual Year End Party Featuring Party Games, Readings, Gifts, and All Manner of Fun! Appearances by a wide array of SW-SW authors from our past 3 years of QuickReads! This free event is hosted by Strong Women - Strange Worlds. Pre-register.
https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/
Always Open ♾️
🟢♾️ · Bad Day Book is currently accepting poetry and prose submissions with themes specified on their site. They offer payment ranging from $40 to $75, depending on length.
https://thebaddaybook.com/faq/
🟢♾️ · New Orleans Review is always open for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions. Payment is $300 for nonfiction and fiction prose and $100 for poetry regardless of word counts.
https://www.neworleansreview.org/submit/
🟢♾️ · Griffith Review is always open for nonfiction and fiction submissions on the theme "No Place Like Home," what it means to us, why it matters and how it shapes our sense of self. Payment is $0.75 AUD per word for fiction and nonfiction, $200 AUD per poem and $500 per piece AUD per work commissioned for GR Online.
https://www.griffithreview.com/submit-to-griffith-review/
🟢♾️ · Breath & Shadow is always open for submissions from people with disabilities, broadly defined, encompassing physical, mental, emotional, cognitive, or sensory impairments that significantly affect major life functions. They welcome poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama on any topic, with a focus on disability-related academic or article-type nonfiction. Payment is $20 for poetry and $30 for prose.
https://www.abilitymaine.org/submission-guidelines
🟢♾️ · Craft is always open for “fiction and creative nonfiction, as well as craft essays and interviews.” They offer free submissions with fast response times for BIPOC and other mis- and underrepresented writers. Craft pays $100 for flash and $200 for short fiction and creative nonfiction.
https://craft.submittable.com/submit
🟢 ♾️ · Every Day Fiction is always open for flash fiction up to 1000 words. Payment $3 USD. “All fiction genres are acceptable, and stories that don’t fit neatly into any genre are welcome too.”
https://everydayfiction.submittable.com/submit
🟢♾️ · The Gay & Lesbian Review is always open for “unsolicited manuscripts and proposals on all LGBT-related topics.” Payment is $250 for features.
https://glreview.org/writers-guidelines-for-submission/
🟢♾️ · Reappropriate, an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) race advocacy and feminism blog is always open for pitches on topics such as race, gender, identity, Asian American history, and current events. They pay $75-150 for 800 to 2,500 words.
http://reappropriate.co/submit-writing/
🟢♾️ · Tagg Magazine, a US-based queer women's publication, is always open for pitches on various themes, including personal essays, listicles, dating advice, and fashion-related content. Articles are 350-1,000 words long and pay $75-175. They also welcome pitches for article ideas.
https://taggmagazine.com/contribute/
🟢♾️ · Torch Literary Arts is always open for creative writing by Black women for their Friday Features. “We are interested in work that challenges and disrupts preconceived notions of what contemporary writing by Black women should be” in fiction, hybrid works, poetry, and drama, including pieces accompanied by video or dramatic audio. Payment is $150.
https://torchliteraryarts.submittable.com/submit
🟢♾️ · Solarpunk Magazine is always open for nonfiction that will “stir readers with themes of defiance, change, and achievement.” Payment is $75 for nonfiction.
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
🟢♾️ · Bourbon Penn seeks “highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd” from 2000 - 7500 words for 4¢ / word.
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
🟢♾️ · Orion's Beau is open until September 10 for LGBTQ science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, and dark fantasy in fiction, poetry, and art. Payment is $3.
https://www.orionsbeau.com/arts-and-literary-submissions
🟢♾️ · Electric Spec closes to speculative fiction stories of “science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre” between 250 and 7000 words for their next issue. Payment is $20 per piece.
http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
🟢♾️ · Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern is open to unpublished fiction up to 10k words. Snail mail submissions. Payment is $400.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/guidelines-for-quarterly-submissions
🟢♾️ · Star*Line, the official print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA), is a literary venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts, and features interviews, articles, reviews, member news and letters, association business, and poetry. Star*Line is open for submissions year-round. Payment for poetry: 4¢/word rounded to next dollar, minimum $4. Nonfiction, 1¢/word rounded to the next dollar. Reviews pay a flat fee of $4.
https://www.sfpoetry.com/starline.html
🟢♻️♾️ · Samovar, published by Strange Horizons, seeks speculative fiction, review-essays, poetry, interview/conversations, and reprints in translation. Payment for fiction is 8 US cents per word to the author, and 8 US cents per word to the translator. Payment for reprints is a flat $100 USD to the author and $100 USD to the translator. Payments for poetry is $40 USD to the author and $40 USD to the translator. Payment for interview/conversations is $40 USD to each participant. Payment for review-essays is $40 USD.
http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/submit/
🟢♾️ · Strange Horizons is open for speculative poetry submissions year-round, including at times when Strange Horizons is 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. Payment is $50 USD per poem, regardless of length or complexity.
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/poetry-submission-guidelines/
🟢♾️ The SFWA Blog is open to pitches for original nonfiction articles on topics that might be of interest to new and/or established creators of science fiction and fantasy. SFWA welcomes pitches from both members and nonmembers. Black, Indigenous, and other writers of color, and writers of other under-represented identities, are encouraged to submit article pitches. Payment: 10 cents/word.
https://www.sfwa.org/sfwa-publications/sfwa-blog-guidelines/
The Death in the Mouth information is for a book that has already been published.
*** Of note: Dracula Beyond Stoker - DBS Press ($ - paying market)
"Jonathan Harker" Theme - Nov 1, 2024 thru Dec 31, 2024 (Ends 45 days from now)
https://www.dbspress.com/submissions