Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Busy Cleaning & Links

Oy! I'm trying to get my house ready for company, but I didn't want to skip Wednesday links, so without further ado....LINKS!

Accepting Submissions:

Long Count Press is seeking science fiction stories about space exploration and human ingenuity for their anthology Golden Age. Deadline September 30. Pays $20 plus a percentage of the profits and a contributor copy.

Rose Lemberg and Stone Bird Press are seeking stories that don't necessarily fit in elsewhere, and that fit the genres included in Speculative Fiction. 500-1400 words. Deadline September 30. Pays $.06/word for originals and $.03/word for reprints.

Dark Regions Press is taking submissions for their anthology I Am the Abyss. Adventure stories of horror and/or dark fantasy. 10,000-18,000 words. Deadline October 1. Pays $.05/word, plus royalties, plus contributor copy, plus signed print of artwork.

Whitefish Review is accepting submissions for Issue #16 - The Geography of Hope. Deadline October 1. They pay $10/printed page, minimum of $25, maximum of $50.

Unlikely Story is reading for The Journal of Unlikely Cryptography. Deadline October 1. Up to 8000 words. Pays $.06/word.

Lectores Coffee accepts short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which they print directly on their coffee bags. 350 words or less. They take submissions at any time, but have specific reading periods. Current reading period ends October 1. Pays $20 and a free bag of coffee.

Brain, Child is a literary magazines for moms. They take several types of submissions, which they're open to year round, but they have a deadline of October 1 for a series of blog posts they're looking to fill. One is on LGBT families and the other is adoption-themed.

If you are a member of the Insecure Writer's Support Group, you can submit to the IWSG Guide to Publishing and Beyond. Your piece can be on either writing, publishing, or marketing. Deadline October 2. 200-1000 words. The e-book will be free, and there is no pay associated with this.

that's life! is open to your fast fiction. Multiple themes and genres (see the link for details.) Pays per published page, from 600-2600 words. Pays $200-$500, depending upon number of pages.

Dark Fuse takes dark fiction short story submissions for their magazine and anthologies. 2000-5000 words. Pays $50 (with the addition of royalties for their anthologies).

Please bear in mind that these are just links I pass along, not publications I can personally recommend or guarantee in any way. Always do your own due diligence before submitting to any publication.

Any of these interest you? Anything to pass along? Publishing news to share?

May you find your Muse.

6 comments:

Susan Gourley/Kelley said...

Thanks for mentioning the IWSG book. Enjoy your company.

Catherine Stine said...

Wow, you are a fountain of great info! Thanks for all of the good links.

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Have a good time with your company and thanks for mentioning the IWSG book!

John Wiswell said...

Rose Lemberg's anthology sounds neat. Thanks for the heads up! And I hope you enjoy the company.

Maurice Mitchell said...

Good links. $200-$500 ain't bad!

Shannon Lawrence said...

Susan, thanks! I had a great weekend.

Catherine, no problem!

Alex, I did, thank you!

John, let me know if anything comes of it!

Maurice, no, it sure isn't!