Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Market Day

Just a reminder that April 30 is the deadline for submissions to the next issue of Pear Noir http://www.pearnoir.com/index.htm It's also the deadline for their Black Pear Award contest which has four categories and excellent prizes (cash).

Dunesteef Audio has reopened to subs http://dunesteef.com/ The pay for stories up to 6000 words is 1/4 cent a word with a $5 max. Not a big payday but they do accept reprints.

Crossed Genre has a list of their 2010 themes. http://crossedgenres.com/current-genre/ Crossed Genre is a sci-fi/fantasy print mag. The pay is $10 per story.

Over at Cindi Myers' Market blog http://cindimyersmarketnews.wordpress.com/ I found a contest sponsored by Family Circle. They looking for family friendly short stories up to 2500 words with a Sept 8 deadline. Top prize is $750. Please read the rules very carefully as once you've entered you agree to a background check (for those who might not want their background checked!) You can find the rules here http://www.familycircle.com/family-fun/crafts/2010-family-circle-fiction-contest-rules/ And if you haven't checked out Cindi's blog you should. The past few weeks she's been posting short story markets.

Blood Bound Books http://www.bloodboundbooks.net/submissions.html has posted several new anthologies. One that might be of interest to some of you is Rock and Roll is Dead: Dark Tales Inspired by Music. There's a July 13 deadline for short stories of 750 to 5000 words. Most of their anthologies only pay $5 per story. Full details are listed on their new forum board http://bloodboundbooksforum.lefora.com

And for those of you who aren't members of SMFS, Michael Bracken posted this link http://www.tonyamoore.com/blog/2010/03/26/call-for-submissions-short-story-anthology/ This anthology is called Girls with Guns and they're looking for short stories of 1000 to 7500 words with a May 31 deadline. They're accepting stories in any genre so long as the story has, yep, girls with guns. There's no pay here as the anthology will be available as a free download through Smashwords.

7 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

there was a series of horror anthologies called Shock Rock back in the 80/90s that featured rock and roll horror. THey were pretty good.

David Barber said...

Thanks Sandra. I've just done a post about Cindi and yourself and have put a permanent link on my blog to both your sites, if that's ok.

Regards, David.

sandra seamans said...

I've been noticing quite a few calls for stories with a rock and roll theme, Charles. And those books sound grand!

That's fine, David, and many thanks for the link-up!

pattinase (abbott) said...

I wouldn't mind a background check if I could have a copy. Might be interesting to read one.

Cormac Brown said...

Hey Sandra, we're up!

sandra seamans said...

I'm afraid my background check would bore them to tears, Patti :-)

I've got a post and a link up, Cormac! So cool to share pages with you and so many of the folks who drop by here. Lots of Snoopy Dancing going on today!!

Cormac Brown said...

Sandra,

Absolutely, and it's such an honor to be with such esteemed company!