We have a pair of markets today courtesy of the lovely, Michael Bracken, who sent me the links.
Boxfire Press is an e-publisher looking for sci-fi/fantasy short stories of 2000 to 20,000 words. For these they're offering a small advance (to be negotiated) against royalties. They're also looking to start a flash fiction quarterly zine and they want flash under 500 words. Pay for these is 5cents a word with a minimum of $5 and a max of $25. They're also looking for shorts up to 20,000 words for an anthology call. The anthology theme is "There's a red scarf lying in the road. How did it get there?" This too, has a negotiable advance against royalties as payment. All submissions go through Submishmash. You can find out more about them at http://boxfirepress.com/ and at their blog http://blog.boxfirepress.com/
Aeon Press Books is an Irish publisher that's been in business for several years. They have an anthology call for horror shorts. The title is "Box of Delights", no particular theme. This is a print market paying a 10 pound advance against royalties for 2500 to 8000 words. You can find the details at http://aeonpressbooks.com/titles/box-of-delights/ Looking around the site I found that they have another anthology listed but not open, so keep your eye on the site if this market interests you.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Anthology Calls
newpages.com has posted their January calls for submissions http://www.newpages.com/literary/submissions.htm On the list you'll find two anthology calls from erotica publisher, Freaky Fountain Press. One is dark Mythology the other Heavenly Bodies the deadlines are April 1.
Over at darkmarkets.com you'll find a post listing over a dozen anthology calls in the horror genre but don't forget that noir/crime stories can make that crossover. http://darkmarkets.com/2011/01/2011-the-year-of-the-anthology/ The post also makes a good point that there are a lot of anthology calls out there which says that things are looking up for the short story. I'm thinking that perhaps the anthologies are taking the place of all the pulp magazines that used to be available for readers.
And Anthology News and Reviews has two calls listed on their site http://anthologynewsandreviews.blogspot.com
Over at darkmarkets.com you'll find a post listing over a dozen anthology calls in the horror genre but don't forget that noir/crime stories can make that crossover. http://darkmarkets.com/2011/01/2011-the-year-of-the-anthology/ The post also makes a good point that there are a lot of anthology calls out there which says that things are looking up for the short story. I'm thinking that perhaps the anthologies are taking the place of all the pulp magazines that used to be available for readers.
And Anthology News and Reviews has two calls listed on their site http://anthologynewsandreviews.blogspot.com
Monday, January 10, 2011
FFO Update
David Barber has just been named the new editor of the Flash Fiction Offensive. You can read about it here http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com/2011/01/update_10.html
"On the Verge of Madness" by George Wilhite
Yes, I'm back again. Last week I found a new site called Hell Notes (link in the market sources section) which publishes submission calls and reviews of books and films in the horror genre. Over there today is a look at "On the Verge of Madness" a collection of shorts by George Wilhite. There's also a pretty cool trailer for the book. Check it out http://hellnotes.com/on-the-verge-of-madness
Did I mention that my Internet server was out yesterday? Pretty much playing catch-up today.
Did I mention that my Internet server was out yesterday? Pretty much playing catch-up today.
Anthology Reviews
I'm a regular reader of Bev Vincent's blog and there's a post over there today that suggests several anthologies that might interest readers of this blog. He has a short review of all the anthologies. http://www.bevvincent.com/2011/01/for-your-consideration-anthologies/
Themes and Deadlines
Crossed Genres has listed their monthly themes and submission dates for 2011. http://crossedgenres.com/current-genre/ January 31 is the deadline for the Superhero theme. During the month of February the theme is Mystery and March is Luck (good or bad). They accept shorts of 1000 to 8000 words with a payment of $10. There is an online submission form at the site. You can find all the details at http://crossedgenres.com/submissions
Literary Hatchet is open to dark fiction with a March 1 deadline for their April issue. 500 to 3000 words, pay is $15. You can find all the details at http://www.hatchetonline.com/HatchetOnline/LiteraryHatchet/submissions.htm
The First Line's starter sentence for their Spring issue is "Sam was a loyal employee.". The deadline is February1 for short stories of 300 to 3000 words, pay is $20. They also have all their starter sentences for 2011 posted. http://www.thefirstline.com/
The Red Penny Papers opens for subs on January 15 and will remain open until February 28 for their next issue. This is a quarterly zine looking for dark stories from 1000 to 5000 words in nearly every genre from light horror to noir and just about every genre in between with either a modern or historical setting. Pay is 1cent a word up to $25. You can find all the details at http://redpennypapers.com/submissions
Dark Valentine is open to subs for their Spring issue until February 4. They're looking for dark shorts of 500 to 5000 words. The pay is $10. You can find all the details at http://darkvalentine.net/index.php/submission-guidelines/
And if you're not completely bored with me, you can find me "dancing with myself" over at Nigel Bird's excellent Sea Minor blog. http://nigelpbird.blogspot.com/2011/01/dancing-with-myself-sandra-seamans.html
Literary Hatchet is open to dark fiction with a March 1 deadline for their April issue. 500 to 3000 words, pay is $15. You can find all the details at http://www.hatchetonline.com/HatchetOnline/LiteraryHatchet/submissions.htm
The First Line's starter sentence for their Spring issue is "Sam was a loyal employee.". The deadline is February1 for short stories of 300 to 3000 words, pay is $20. They also have all their starter sentences for 2011 posted. http://www.thefirstline.com/
The Red Penny Papers opens for subs on January 15 and will remain open until February 28 for their next issue. This is a quarterly zine looking for dark stories from 1000 to 5000 words in nearly every genre from light horror to noir and just about every genre in between with either a modern or historical setting. Pay is 1cent a word up to $25. You can find all the details at http://redpennypapers.com/submissions
Dark Valentine is open to subs for their Spring issue until February 4. They're looking for dark shorts of 500 to 5000 words. The pay is $10. You can find all the details at http://darkvalentine.net/index.php/submission-guidelines/
And if you're not completely bored with me, you can find me "dancing with myself" over at Nigel Bird's excellent Sea Minor blog. http://nigelpbird.blogspot.com/2011/01/dancing-with-myself-sandra-seamans.html
Saturday, January 8, 2011
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