Wheeee! They're Open for Submissions!

This being the first of August there are a slew of markets opening for submissions - Yeah!

Shock Totem http://www.shocktotem.com/guidelines.html They're looking for fiction to 5000 words, non-fiction, flash to 1000 words, and micro fiction of 200 words or less. Payment is 5cents a word for original work. Please note that they're using the new online submission manager Submishmash http://shocktotem.submishmash.com/Submit

The Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers' GhostLight Magazine is open for subs of 500 to 5000 words from August 1 to the 31. They want horror, dark sci-fi or dark fantasy. Pay is $5 http://www.greatlakeshorror.com/ghostlightmagazine.html

**** This just in - Head Editor of Ghost Light, MontiLee Stormer, just stopped by! How cool is that?! She's let us know that the submissions are for their Halloween issue so she's looking forward to seeing lots of creepiness in your subs. Always great to know what the editor is looking for!

Jersey Devil Press has opened for both their online zine and their yearly anthology. Details at http://www.jerseydevilpress.com/

Flash magazine The Vestal Review is open from August to November. http://www.vestalreview.net/ Their top word count is 500 words with professional pay rates that vary with the length of the stories from 3 cents to 10 cents a word. Please note that they're also using submishmash as a submission manager.

The question about StoryGlossia has been answered. They're open and accepting stories from August 1 through the 31. Under 2500 words go into the September issue and longer stories will be published in the October issue. They, too, have a new online form for submissions. And the editor has hinted that he's in the mood for crime/noir stories. http://www.storyglossia.com/guidelines.html This is a non-paying market.

And Pear Noir! is open from August 1 to October 31 for work up to 3000 words. This is a print magazine and payment is one copy. You can find the details at http://www.pearnoir.com/submissions.htm

For a list of other zines that have opened this month check out Duotrope's list http://www.duotrope.com/recentupdates.aspx There's all types of markets open from sci-fi to erotica - wherever your stories take you, there's probably a market out there somewhere.