Pill Hill Press http://www.pillhillpress.com/index.html is churning out themes faster than I can keep up. The newest is the Twisted Legends Anthology. They're looking for short stories with a clever twist on urban legends. They're accepting all genres with an emphasis on strong horror/suspense themes, 500 to 5000 words. They're only accepting stories until the anthology is full and they've already started accepting. Be sure to check out their blog for the urban legends that have accepted already. Paying market
You'll have more time for this one because it doesn't open for subs until October 13. It's called Retro Spec: Tales of Fantasy and Nostalgia http://ravenelectrick.com/retrospec.html They're looking for spec-fiction poetry, stories and reprints about culture, society and politics from the 1920's to the 1980's. And they're also a paying market. 3cents a word for shorts with a flat rate of $25 for original stories 900-2000 words. Reprints are 1cent a word with a $3 minimum and a flat rate of $25 for 2500-3000 words.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Looking at Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the first of September and that means there are markets opening for submissions.
First is the zine Big Pulp. url to the left. They open tomorrow and take subs until the 30th.
Now the following are all print magazines and their urls are to the left in the print/anthology section. All of them are open from September 1 through the 30th:
Withersin is open to novella submissions only. This is a horror market.
Cross Genre wants you to cross sci-fi and/or fantasy with another genre. For September the theme is gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. If that doesn't trip your writing trigger you can get a head start on October's theme which is action/adventure.
CrimeSpree is a mystery market as most of you know. With only six to twelve shorts published a year it's a hard market to crack but well worth the effort.
Comet Press extended their Dark Crimes Anthology deadline to September 15, so you better hurry if you're writing for this one.
Shock Totem is open to submissions - they forgot to change their submission page, but have since updated it.
Dropped by the Esquire site. Their contest is closed but they had 3000 entries and they've posted a few tidbits on the site. And if you haven't taken the time to drop by there, you should. They have a wonderful selection of short stories by folks like Stephen King and Daniel Woodrell.
And Rick Helms has announced that the latest issue of The Back Alley is finally up. http://www.backalleywebzine.com/ This is an all lady issue so lets have a great big Snoopy Dance for these fine writers:
G. Miki Hayden
Debbi Mack
Susan Fry
Katrina Barnett
ja kazimer
and good friend of The Corner and the rest of the blog world
Patricia Abbott
Congrats, Ladies!!
First is the zine Big Pulp. url to the left. They open tomorrow and take subs until the 30th.
Now the following are all print magazines and their urls are to the left in the print/anthology section. All of them are open from September 1 through the 30th:
Withersin is open to novella submissions only. This is a horror market.
Cross Genre wants you to cross sci-fi and/or fantasy with another genre. For September the theme is gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. If that doesn't trip your writing trigger you can get a head start on October's theme which is action/adventure.
CrimeSpree is a mystery market as most of you know. With only six to twelve shorts published a year it's a hard market to crack but well worth the effort.
Comet Press extended their Dark Crimes Anthology deadline to September 15, so you better hurry if you're writing for this one.
Shock Totem is open to submissions - they forgot to change their submission page, but have since updated it.
Dropped by the Esquire site. Their contest is closed but they had 3000 entries and they've posted a few tidbits on the site. And if you haven't taken the time to drop by there, you should. They have a wonderful selection of short stories by folks like Stephen King and Daniel Woodrell.
And Rick Helms has announced that the latest issue of The Back Alley is finally up. http://www.backalleywebzine.com/ This is an all lady issue so lets have a great big Snoopy Dance for these fine writers:
G. Miki Hayden
Debbi Mack
Susan Fry
Katrina Barnett
ja kazimer
and good friend of The Corner and the rest of the blog world
Patricia Abbott
Congrats, Ladies!!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Saturday Goodness
BV Lawson of the In Reference to Murder blog is running a contest. She has 5 copies of CiCi McNair's memoir, Detectives Don't Wear Seatbelts: True Adventures of a Female PI. So hurry on over before midnight August 31 to enter to win a copy. You'll find the details here http://inreferencetomurder.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/08/detectives-dont-wear-seatbelts.html Hat tip to the Women of Mystery blog.
The ever gracious, Michael Bracken, sent me this link http://www.sundress.net/ While the site isn't mystery specific, they do publish three or four literary zines full of shorts, flash, and poetry. If you click on the Best of the Web link, you'll find a link to a long list of journals on the right. Now you all know how easy it is to make a crime story literary so happy market hunting.
Over at Duotrope, their random market today was Big Ole Face Full of Monster. It's a print market and they pay 2 1/2 cents per word. They're looking for horror, sci-fi and cross genre work. Be sure to read the guidelines because there's a list of what they don't want there. http://www.gomonstergo.com/index.html
And if you're looking for something to read, I have a story up at BTAP. My thanks to David Cranmer, who actually believed I could write a decent western and Elaine Ash for her great editing. http://www.beattoapulp.com/stor/2009/0830_ss_MidnightShowdown.cfm And while you're there, be sure to take a read through the archives. You'll find plenty of great stories there!
The ever gracious, Michael Bracken, sent me this link http://www.sundress.net/ While the site isn't mystery specific, they do publish three or four literary zines full of shorts, flash, and poetry. If you click on the Best of the Web link, you'll find a link to a long list of journals on the right. Now you all know how easy it is to make a crime story literary so happy market hunting.
Over at Duotrope, their random market today was Big Ole Face Full of Monster. It's a print market and they pay 2 1/2 cents per word. They're looking for horror, sci-fi and cross genre work. Be sure to read the guidelines because there's a list of what they don't want there. http://www.gomonstergo.com/index.html
And if you're looking for something to read, I have a story up at BTAP. My thanks to David Cranmer, who actually believed I could write a decent western and Elaine Ash for her great editing. http://www.beattoapulp.com/stor/2009/0830_ss_MidnightShowdown.cfm And while you're there, be sure to take a read through the archives. You'll find plenty of great stories there!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Links for Friday
I have all kinds of lovely links for you today.
First a bit of news. Corey Wilde has announced that he has two more judges, beside himself, for his Watery Grave Invitational contest. Welcome Dave Zeltserman and Aldo Calcagno to the judging staff.
Over at the Flash Fiction Chronicles, Jonathan Pinnock has an enlightening essay about the joys of getting stuck when you're writing. http://www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/problems-problems
When I read this essay by Richard Dansky, I wanted to grab a pen and start writing as fast as I could. http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-stories-are-where-you-find-them
If you're considering writing a steampunk story for the Kerlak anthology you might find this slide show by Jeff VanderMere of interest http://www.filminfocus.com/article/steampunk__an_overview
I also came across two new markets, at least to me. The first came via Brooke Smith's flash group. Called "Sunsets and Silencers", it's a non-paying print and online lit journal looking for flash and short stories up to 3000 words. http://sunsetsandsilencers.com/home/archives
The second is a paying print market of a penny a word called "New Genre". They're looking for sci-fi and horror stories http://www.new-genre.com/about/sub.html
And we've all been here before http://dogzplot.blogspot.com/2009/08/slice-of-life-bill-barr.html But it's always nice to know that we're not alone. Go read Bill Barr's "Slice of Life", it's short but it'll put a smile on your face.
First a bit of news. Corey Wilde has announced that he has two more judges, beside himself, for his Watery Grave Invitational contest. Welcome Dave Zeltserman and Aldo Calcagno to the judging staff.
Over at the Flash Fiction Chronicles, Jonathan Pinnock has an enlightening essay about the joys of getting stuck when you're writing. http://www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/problems-problems
When I read this essay by Richard Dansky, I wanted to grab a pen and start writing as fast as I could. http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-stories-are-where-you-find-them
If you're considering writing a steampunk story for the Kerlak anthology you might find this slide show by Jeff VanderMere of interest http://www.filminfocus.com/article/steampunk__an_overview
I also came across two new markets, at least to me. The first came via Brooke Smith's flash group. Called "Sunsets and Silencers", it's a non-paying print and online lit journal looking for flash and short stories up to 3000 words. http://sunsetsandsilencers.com/home/archives
The second is a paying print market of a penny a word called "New Genre". They're looking for sci-fi and horror stories http://www.new-genre.com/about/sub.html
And we've all been here before http://dogzplot.blogspot.com/2009/08/slice-of-life-bill-barr.html But it's always nice to know that we're not alone. Go read Bill Barr's "Slice of Life", it's short but it'll put a smile on your face.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
A Pair of Markets
Apparatus Magazine bills themselves as a literary zine but says they also publish genre. I expect they're looking for the "transcending" kind. They accept poetry and shorts to 500 words. There's no pay, but once a publishing year (June to June) they select one poem and one short to receive $100. I thought this market might be of interest to our crime writers because the October issue is billed as The Hitchcock Issue with the theme MacGuffin and Red Herring. The deadline is September 22 for this issue. You can find the guidelines at http://www.apparatusmagazine.com/Guidelines.html
Aurora Wolf is a sci-fi/fantasy zine looking for PG-13 stories of 2500-5000 words. The pay here is $5 and they're planning an anthology in 2010 with stories from the zine and will renegotiate payment if your story is used. The stories are posted as accepted. You can find the guidelines at http://aurorawolf.com/guidelines/
Aurora Wolf is a sci-fi/fantasy zine looking for PG-13 stories of 2500-5000 words. The pay here is $5 and they're planning an anthology in 2010 with stories from the zine and will renegotiate payment if your story is used. The stories are posted as accepted. You can find the guidelines at http://aurorawolf.com/guidelines/
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Odds and Ends
Everyone seems to be looking for sex these days, at least in their short stories. Scalped Magazine has posted the theme for their Winter issue:
"We are looking specifically for writing and artwork of a sexual nature, but not merely sex in literature, erotica literature, or erotica artwork – but work of a sexual nature that is in itself grotesque or at the very least relatively appalling. We want sexual degeneration and sexual distortion."
The deadline for submissions is November 21st. http://www.scalpedmagazine.com/index.html If you stop by the site be sure to check out their gallery. They have an amazing art exhibition there, just run your cursor over the pictures to enlarge them.
Kerlak Publishing on the other hand is looking for stories for their new Steampunk Anthology. They're looking for stories up to 9,000 words with a payment of $20. The deadline for this one is March 31, 2010. You can find all the details and an explanation of steampunk here http://www.kerlakpublishing.com/storycall.html
And if you're longing to be rid of the day job, you might want to read this essay by Greg vonEekhart called "The Mirror Don't Lie." before you take that leap. http://magicdistrict.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/the-mirror-dont-lie/
We started with sex, so we'll end with "Sex and Murder". Their September issue is now up. You'll find the url to the left.
"We are looking specifically for writing and artwork of a sexual nature, but not merely sex in literature, erotica literature, or erotica artwork – but work of a sexual nature that is in itself grotesque or at the very least relatively appalling. We want sexual degeneration and sexual distortion."
The deadline for submissions is November 21st. http://www.scalpedmagazine.com/index.html If you stop by the site be sure to check out their gallery. They have an amazing art exhibition there, just run your cursor over the pictures to enlarge them.
Kerlak Publishing on the other hand is looking for stories for their new Steampunk Anthology. They're looking for stories up to 9,000 words with a payment of $20. The deadline for this one is March 31, 2010. You can find all the details and an explanation of steampunk here http://www.kerlakpublishing.com/storycall.html
And if you're longing to be rid of the day job, you might want to read this essay by Greg vonEekhart called "The Mirror Don't Lie." before you take that leap. http://magicdistrict.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/the-mirror-dont-lie/
We started with sex, so we'll end with "Sex and Murder". Their September issue is now up. You'll find the url to the left.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Not Your Usual Markets
First a market note: For those of you holding contracts for Lurid Lit's print copy of his ezine, you can tear them up. As of August 3, he's folded the zine due to financial problems caused by a lawsuit and released all stories. You can find the details at http://www.luridlit.com/
Dark Recesses is open to submissions. They're looking for stories that take a walk on the dark side. Pay attention to the guidelines because they tell you what they're looking for and how they want it submitted. Stories from 500 to 5000 words with pay at a penny and half per word with a $25 cap. http://www.darkrecesses.com/?page_id=7
Ran across this new zine that's looking for serial stories. It's called Fried Fiction and they have a query process in place. There's no pay and if your story is novel length, you'll probably lose the opportunity to have it published traditionally if you go this root, and the editor kindly states that fact in his guidelines. There's only one story up so far, from the editor, about a retired truck driver hauling freight through Zombie land, so you can get an idea of what he's looking for. Here's the url http://www.friedfiction.com/
If you haven't had lunch yet, you might want to wait to check out this litzine, the pictures alone will set your mouth to watering. Called "Eat Your Words", they're looking for poetry and prose up to 1200 words that's centered around food and the growing and eating of it. They publish every other Thursday. http://eatyourwordsjournal.blogspot.com/
"Out of the Ruins" is a non-paying market, also. They're looking for dark weird fiction of 1000-5000 words. The site is filled with all kinds of artwork that goes with the stories they've published which looks pretty cool. http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/submissions
And finally we have "Purdee" which posts audio stories. They accept all submissions, with a few exceptions that you'll find in their guidelines, but they must have the audio attached. They're looking for poetry, flash to 1000 words and shorts to 3000. http://purdeemag.yolasite.com/submissions.php The list of authors contained two I was familiar with, Joe DeMarco, editor of Mysterical-E and Wayne Scheer. I forgot to write myself a note, but I believe they accept reprints and if you're into computer gadgets this might be a fun spot to recycle some of your stories.
Dark Recesses is open to submissions. They're looking for stories that take a walk on the dark side. Pay attention to the guidelines because they tell you what they're looking for and how they want it submitted. Stories from 500 to 5000 words with pay at a penny and half per word with a $25 cap. http://www.darkrecesses.com/?page_id=7
Ran across this new zine that's looking for serial stories. It's called Fried Fiction and they have a query process in place. There's no pay and if your story is novel length, you'll probably lose the opportunity to have it published traditionally if you go this root, and the editor kindly states that fact in his guidelines. There's only one story up so far, from the editor, about a retired truck driver hauling freight through Zombie land, so you can get an idea of what he's looking for. Here's the url http://www.friedfiction.com/
If you haven't had lunch yet, you might want to wait to check out this litzine, the pictures alone will set your mouth to watering. Called "Eat Your Words", they're looking for poetry and prose up to 1200 words that's centered around food and the growing and eating of it. They publish every other Thursday. http://eatyourwordsjournal.blogspot.com/
"Out of the Ruins" is a non-paying market, also. They're looking for dark weird fiction of 1000-5000 words. The site is filled with all kinds of artwork that goes with the stories they've published which looks pretty cool. http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/submissions
And finally we have "Purdee" which posts audio stories. They accept all submissions, with a few exceptions that you'll find in their guidelines, but they must have the audio attached. They're looking for poetry, flash to 1000 words and shorts to 3000. http://purdeemag.yolasite.com/submissions.php The list of authors contained two I was familiar with, Joe DeMarco, editor of Mysterical-E and Wayne Scheer. I forgot to write myself a note, but I believe they accept reprints and if you're into computer gadgets this might be a fun spot to recycle some of your stories.
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