I've got some market news for you today, but first I thought I'd have a mini-rant. This morning I found two flash anthology calls, e-book format, no pay. While it's great to have new markets, I don't understand with e-books why they're not paying at least royalties. Some of the POD presses are doing the same thing - no pay for flash pieces, not even a copy, which means they're planning on the authors buying copies to make a profit. These people are setting themselves up as "Publishing Companies", that means they're a business looking to make a profit. Money flows to the writer, folks! Okay, I'm done now.
Dagan Books http://daganbooks.com/ has two anthology calls up. The first has been up for a while but they're not making any decisions until after the closing date which is September 15, so you still have time for this one. "Cthulhurotica"is looking for Lovecraft inspired erotica, or as they put it, "where sex and madness meet". 1500 to 3000 words and the pay is a penny a word. There is an online submission form that you will find by clicking on Submissions:Fiction at the top of this page http://www.cthulhurotica.com/Submission_Guidelines.html
The second call is "In Situ" and they're looking for sci-fi archeology stories, at least that's how I'm reading it. This one doesn't open for submissions until October 1 to November 15. The pay isn't listed but I expect it will be the same as the other call. You can find out the details at http://daganbooks.com/current-projects
Panverse Publishing is looking for novellas of 17,500 to 40,000 words of sci-fi, fantasy, or alternate history stories for "Panverse 3" which will be published in September of 2011. The pay is $75 plus two copies. The call is open until filled. You can find all the details at http://www.panversepublishing.com/subs.htm
On the zine scene, Powder Burn Flash is back to posting stories, the first is one by Anonymous-9. The editor has also posted about some changes he'd like to make in regards to the zine which include trying to make the site MWA approved. http://www.powderburnflash.com/
Over at A Twist of Noir, editor, Christopher Grant, is also making some changes in the submissions guidelines by lowering the word count and seeking more flash pieces. You can read all the details here http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/08/interlude-big-announcement.html
And a new market for flash. "Misfit Magazine" has just published its fourth issue so you can check out the stories to see what they mean by stories that don't fit anywhere else. They're looking for flash of 500 to 1000 words and the pay is $10. You can check out the zine here http://www.misfit-magazine.com/
2 comments:
Your rant is justified.
The thing is, I don't mind giving my stories away to zines that don't charge to read, but it really irks me when a publisher makes money without paying the writers. Especially with e-books where there is minimal cost to publish. I don't know - it just feels like stealing to me.
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