If you've got some already published dark genre stories gathering dust in your drawer you might want to take a look at this podcast market. Dark Fiction is a non-paying reprint audio market. They're looking for shorts of 1000 to 7000 words. You can find all the details at http://www.darkfictionmagazine.co.uk/
I stumbled across Dark Fiction through this post http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/11/do-you-ezine-a-list-of-genre-zines which has a list of high profile genre zines with more listed in the comments.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this one before but Blueberry Lane Books has an anthology call out for "Drastic Measures". They're looking for 2500 to 8000 word stories which deal with responses to stress or danger. The deadline is February 10, 2011. The pay is $12 You can find all the details at http://www.blueberrylanebooks.com/?page_id=65
With a hat tip to Brian Lindenmuth we have a contest sponsored by io9 http://io9.com/5681230/io9s-environmental-writing-contest?skyline=true&s=i There are two categories, a sci-fi fiction short story and a non-fiction essay, the winner of each will receive $2000. The theme is stories that deal with environmental disasters. 3000 to 5000 words. Be sure to check out the link for all the details.
For those of you dabbling in the new SteamPunk craze here's a link that points out some of the great blogs about steampunk. http://www.onlinecertificateprograms.org/blog/2010/10-awesome-blogs-for-steampunk-designers/
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I like the SteamPunk links. Thanks, Sandra. Btw how is the story coming?
Slowly, the more I learn, the more things change within the story. Hopefully I'll have it whipped into shape in the next few weeks.
It ain't easy writing in a new genre but another mini-masterpiece, I'm certain, is in the works.
Thanks for this awesome collection of info. I will tweet it to pass along!
Thanks for the tweet, Kathleen!
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