Saturday, July 23, 2011

Sharpen Those Pencils

With a hat tip to darkmarkets.com we have Burial Day Books. This is a non-paying market for supernatural horror. They publish monthly with a first of the month deadline for 1000 to 3000 words. And Gothic Blue Book submissions of 2500 words with a September 13 deadline. All submissions via submishmash. http://www.burialday.com/

And darkmarkets.com is revamping their site with new community features that include forums and they're open to submissions of "how to" articles and market tips from members. http://darkmarkets.com/

Less Than Three Press is a gay market for both short and long work. They prefer happily ever after endings for their stories. You can find submission details here http://www.lessthanthreepress.com/submissions.php Pay varies per project from a flat rate to royalty payments. They also have an anthology call for "Private Dicks: Undercover". They want PI stories where you protag goes undercover. The deadline is January 4, 2012 for 10,000 to 20,000 words. Payment is $150.

"Something Wicked" has opened to sci-fi and horror shorts of 2000 to 8000 words with payment 1cent a word. They also accept reprints with the same pay. The magazine is based in South Africa. You can find details at http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/submissions

"Withersin" is revamping their site and switching from print to online publishing. They're open to subs of "razor wire" fiction in the sci-fi and horror genres. Deadline for shorts up to 3500 words and flash to 750 words is April 15, 2012. Novella subs of 15,000 to 35,000 words opens in December. Payment is $5 to $10. Details here http://www.withersin.com/guidelines.htm

"Realms of Fantasy" http://www.rofmag.com/ has posted a submission announcement. You can read it here http://douglascohen.livejournal.com/302360.html

Crimefactory has closed to submissions. But Needle Magazine has reopened http://needlemag.wordpress.com/guidelines/

"The Red Penny Papers" opens on August 1, which is about a week away. They're open to stories of 1000 to 5000 words in most of the genres. Payment is 1cent a word up to $25. http://redpennypapers.com/submissions

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