Dragon's Roost Press - Anthology Call

Dragon's Roost Press has posted an anthology call for "Monsters in Space".  They're looking for dark speculative fiction up to 6000 words which features one (or more) classic monsters in space.  Payment is 1cent a word (3cents a word with crowd funding).  The deadline is July 31, 2019.  You can find the details here.  This is a charity anthology and proceeds will go to Last Day Dog Rescue.

Econoclash Review - Advance Notice

Econoclash Review opens for submissions tomorrow (May 1, 2019) for contemporary pulp stories of 1500 to 4500 words.  The deadline is May 31, 2019 and payment is $10.  You can find the details here.

35 Paying Markets for May

Over at the blog Publishing...and Other Forms of Insanity Erica Verrillo has posted her list of May paying markets.  Thanks, Erica!

Dark Moon Digest - New Issue

Issue #35 of Dark Moon Digest is now available for purchase.  Check it out here.

2019 Edgar Award Winners

The 2019 Edgar Award winners were announced last night.  Congrats to all the winners and especially friend of the blog Art Taylor!!

Bronzeville Books - Open for Short Story Submissions

Bronzeville Books is going to be launching an online magazine in May and they are looking for submissions.  Stories should be 2500 to 3000 words in the genres of crime, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and YA.  There's no deadline listed and payment is 5cents a word.  You can find the details here.

Underland Press - Crime Anthology Call

Underland Pres has opened submissions for their anthology "Eighteen".  They're looking for stories of 2000 to 5000 words in the genres of mystery, crime, dark fantasy, and horror using the theme of 18.  And yes they tell you in the guidelines what they want with that 18.  The deadline is August 1, 2019 and payment is 1cent a word.  You can find the details here.

Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine - Call for Fiction Submissions

Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine has opened submissions for an all fiction issue.  There is no theme but they'd like stories to be in keeping with the theme of their magazine.  Unfortunately there are no issues on line so you can get an idea of what exactly they want.  They want the stories to be 1500 to 3000 words and they can be new or reprints.  The deadline is July 1, 2019 and payment is $100.  You can find the details here.  From what I read on the site I believe they are more interested in literary stories then straight genre.

Flash Bang Mysteries - New Issue

The Spring issue of Flash Bang Mysteries is now available for your reading pleasure.  And it's free to read.

One Person's Opinion

Back in 2015 I first posted an anthology call for the non-paying market Zimbell House Publishing.   I posted about these anthology calls because they published both mystery and Western anthologies.

Now they were publishing about eight anthologies a year.  Authors are given one copy and Zimbell House pats themselves on the back for providing an opportunity for writers to "build their platforms".

For newbies this might a good deal and chance to dip their toes into the publishing business.  But here's my problem.  Last year Zimbell House started an erotica line call Temptation Press.  Same deal, one copy, no  pay.  This year they've started a children's line called Chipper Press.  Now we're talking about ten to fifteen anthologies a year, maybe more, and still no payment for writers.  After four years they should be able to at least pay authors a token payment or a royalty split, right?  If they're not making money they should be closing up shop not expanding their business.

And the final insult is that they're now accepting novel submissions.  If they decide to publish your novel they will "enter into partnership with the author".  You need to figure from the way this is worded that they will expect the writer to help pay expenses for a percentage of the profits.  You might as well self-publish.  It might be a better deal, especially if it's an erotica novel.

This is all just my opinion from watching the market, but it's been nagging at me for a while and I thought I'd share.  Your opinion could vary and that's okay.  I just wanted to put this out there so you can make your own decision about this market.

Zombie Pirate Publishing - Crime Anthology Call

Australian based Zombie Pirate Publishing has posted an anthology call for "Grievous Bodily Harm:  A Hardboiled Anthology".  They're looking for detective, classic crime noir, mysteries, and mafia tales of 1500 to 7000 words.  The deadline is July 1, 2019.  According to the goals set on their Patreon page they are currently at $10 per story.  You can find the details here.

Switchblade Magazine - New Issue

Switchblade #9 is now available for your Kindle.  You can check it out here.

Broadswords and Blasters - New Issue

Issue #9 of Broadswords and Blasters is now available for purchase.  You can check out the issue details and find the purchase link here.

Angie's Desk - Anthology Calls

Angie has posted her April listing of paying anthology markets.  Thanks, Angie!

A Murder of Storytellers - Anthology Call

A Murder of Storytellers has opened submissions for their newest anthology "When the Sirens Faded".  They're looking for horror stories under 6000 words that "dive into the lives of the people who lived through the horror movie".  The deadline is July 13, 2019 and payment is $15.  You can find the details here.

Yellow Mama - New Issue

The April issue of Yellow Mama is now live.  You can read it for free here.

Apex Magazine News

I don't publish a lot of science fiction markets but I have posted calls from Apex Magazine so it's only right to let you know that as of today they're going on indefinite hiatus with the hopes of putting together annual anthologies.  You can read the details here.

Noir Nation - Open for Submissions

Submissions to Noir Nation officially opened to all writers today.  They're looking for fiction and non-fiction to 3000 words and also poetry for issues 8 and 9.  The deadline is August 15, 2019.  There's no mention of pay on the submittable page but their website says they do pay but not the amount.  You can find the submission details here.

Bone & Ink Press - Anthology Call

Bone & Ink Press has opened submissions for their first anthology titled "Shut Down Strangers & Hot Rod Angels".  They're looking for poetry, flash fiction, and flash non-fiction inspired by the songs of Bruce Springsteen.  Maximum word count for stories is 2000 words.  The deadline is June 30, 2019 and payment is $10 plus a copy.  You can find the details here.

Oh, The Weird I Find

I ran across this "anthology" call today but decided against posting it as a legitimate call as the selected writers are called winners as in contest.  It's as if they can't decide if they're running a contest or an anthology call.  There's also a $15 reading fee and all the authors accepted into the anthology will receive two copies of the book as payment.  On the contest side the two best stories will each receive $100 plus two copies.  The publishing world just gets weirder and weirder.

Once Upon Anthology Series - Open for Submissions

The Once Upon Anthology Series has opened submissions for "Once Upon an Enchanted Forest:  An Anthology of Romantic Witchcraft Stories".  They're looking for stories of 7000 to 15000 words featuring an enchanted forest and witches.  The deadline is May 15, 2019 and payment is $75.  You can find the details here.  Submissions are through Submittable.

Frayed Edge Press - Call for Novelette Submissions

Frayed Edge Press is seeking novelette length (10,000 to 20,000 words) stories for their Street Smart Series.  They looking for hard boiled detective, noir fiction, street lit, and urban fantasy.  There's no deadline listed.  You have to query first.  Payment is a royalty split.  You can find the details here.

Soft Skull Press - Anthology Call

Soft Skull Press has opened submissions for their anthology "Tiny Nightmares:  an anthology of short horror fiction".  They want horror stories under 1200 words.  The deadline is May 1, 2019 and payment is $100.  You can find the details here.

Crossed Genres - Anthology Call

Crossed Genres has opened submissions for their anthology "Recognize Fascism!".  They're looking for stories of 250 to 5000 words about people who recognize fascism for what it is and make the choice to fight it.  The deadline is June 3, 2019 and payment is 8cents a word.  They also note that this anthology depends on a successful crowding funding.  You can find the details here.

Mannison Press - Anthology Call

Mannison Press open submissions today for their anthology "Little Girl Lost:  Thirteen Tales of Youth Disrupted".  They're looking for stories of 2000 to 7500 words in any genre that follow the theme of a girl's life being disrupted in some way.  The deadline is August 31, 2019.  Payment is a copy of the book plus a small payment.  They're crowdfunding this and hope to pay 2cents a word.  You can find the details here.  Reprints are okay.

Fireside Magazine - Open for Submissions

Just a reminder that Fireside Magazine opened submissions today and will close on Friday April 12, 2019.  1500 words any genre and pay is 12.5cents a word.  You can find all the details here.

Noir Nation - New Issue - Open for Submissions

For those of you who don't subscribe to the Noir Nation newsletter editor Eddie Vega has announced that issue #7 is now available and they will be opening submissions soon for issues #8 and #9.  The call will be posted on their online website.  If you're a subscriber you can submit now.  You can read the newsletter here.

Avon Books UK - Open for Novel Submissions

Avon Books UK is currently open for submissions for their digital first publishing list.  They're looking for novels of 60,000 + words in the genres of crime, thriller, woman's fiction, romance, etc.  Payment is royalty based and there's no deadline listed.  You can find the details here.

Paper Butterfly Flash Fiction - Open for Submissions

Paper Butterfly Flash Fiction has opened submissions for flash stories of 1000 words or less in any genre.  The deadline is April 30, 2019 and payment is $10CAD.  You can find the details here.  Also note that publication will be in 2020.

Thuggish Itch - Open for Submissions

Submissions have opened for Gypsum Sound Tales "Thuggish Itch".  They're looking for horror, science fiction, and speculative fiction stories of 1000 to 2000 words that use the theme hospitality.  The deadline is July 24, 2019 and payment is AU$5.  You can find the details here.

Mysterical-E - New Issue

The Winter/Spring issue of Mysterical-E has gone live.  You can read it for free here.

Cohesion Press - Anthology Call

Cohesion Press opened submissions today for their anthology "Snafu:  Last Stand".  They're looking for military action-based last-stand horror stories of 2000 to 10,000 words.  The deadline is June 30, 2019 and payment is AUD 5cents a word.  You can find the details here.

Flash Bang Mysteries - Open for Submissions

Submissions open today (April 1) for Flash Bang Mysteries.  They're looking for crime flash stories of 500 to 750 words.  The deadline is April 30, 2019 and payment is $20.  You can find the details here.