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03/19/2012 Market List Update


http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 04/15/2012.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#031912

Editor's Note

I've always been fond of lists. (You may have guessed this.) And as a writer, I've found that lists are incredibly useful: lists of writing markets; lists of manuscripts; lists of submissions; lists of actions to take when I get a story published; and even a list of things to do when I officially become a "pro" writer--places to get memberships, etc.

I think I missed a list.

My writing group had a meeting about ebooks recently, and the discussion strayed to distribution and publicity. And I realized,
I'm missing a list. If you're writing a book, whether you're planning on self-publishing or submitting to traditional big publishers or going through a traditional small press, you need your own list of what to do when your book gets published and in the months leading up to that publication date. You need a list (there's that list thing again!) of sites and blogs you want to ask to review your book. You need to be able to re-read that brilliant article about marketing. You need to remember that convention list, and those rules for how to effectively promote yourself at a convention. You need that list of agents or lawyers who specialize in negotiating writing contracts. You need to remember which bits of your website will need updating, and where you want to promote it. You need it all in one place and ready to go when lightning strikes.

So if you'll excuse me . . . I've got a list to make.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Not much! I realized that my long-term plot plan for Circus of Brass and Bone, my online post-apocalyptic steampunk serial story, was way
too long and too big in scope and that the motivations for the climactic ending didn't make sense. So my brain is currently made out of plot-spaghetti, while I figure out how to keep in all the stuff I need to keep in while still ending the story in a more expeditious manner.

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Great character descriptions from science fiction and fantasy books [characterization]: http://io9.com/5823291/great-character-descriptions-from-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books

Featured Market
Horror on the Installment Plan  is a new, pro-paying market for horror. Issues are themed.

This is a weekly subscription-based ezine.  All purchases are made based on the immediate need for the theme and the quality of the story.

 What we're NOT looking for:

No supernatural romance or other pseudo-horror. Vampires and werewolves are okay, but they must be monsters, not suitable dating material.

No "torture porn". Gore and adult themes are fine, but they should serve the story, and not the other way around.

The basics: themed horror, less than 3,000 words, $.05/word, no reprints.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Toasted Cake (Podcast) All genres, flash fiction
$5.00 http://toastedcake.com/submissions.html
Horror on the Installment Plan Horror, themed issues $0.0500
http://contempinstruct.com/index.php
Nonproliferation (Rymfire Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/16/2012 Apocalyptic sci-fi
$3.00 http://rymfirebooks.wordpress.com/submissions-anthology/
AE Micro 3 ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 3/26/12 Themed: space $0.0600
http://aescifi.ca/index.php/non-fiction/39-contests/1057-announcing-ae-micro-3
Swords and Sorcery High fantasy and historical fantasy
$10.00 http://www.swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/submissions.html
Abomination Magazine Dark spec-fic $0.0100
http://abominationmagazine.com/?page_id=6
Age of Certainty ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/12 Spec-fic themed to proving/disproving God's existence $0.0100
http://rebelepublishers.com/submissions/#aoc
Tor.com All spec-fic $0.2500
http://www.tor.com/page/submissions-guidelines
Institute for the Forsaken - DEAD MARKET (on hiatus until further notice, see front page) Horror $0.0200
http://www.razorthinstudios.com/iotf/guidance-councilor/
Vampires 2 Pulp-style stories themed to vampires
$50.00 http://www.vampires2.com/WritersGuidelines.html
Mistresses of the Macabre Horror by women writers
$20.00 http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Mistresses_of_the_Macabre.htm
Telepunk Press All spec-fic, mystery, and weird - "anything cool"
$10.00 http://telepunk.com/submissions.php
Alternative Witness Christian-friendly, all genres, especially spec-fic
$1.00 http://alternativewitness.com/15-2/
Bloodtide Urban fantasy, paranormal romance, dark fantasy, thriller $0.0020
http://crimsonmelodies.com/submissions/
Metro Moms - Metro Fiction All genres except horror
$25.00 http://metrofiction.submishmash.com/submit
Brain Harvest - DEAD MARKET unique, original, and weird $0.0300
http://www.brainharvestmag.com/submit/
Ghostlight Magazine - DEAD MARKET Horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, or dark humor, preferably with Michigan or Great Lakes connection
$5.00 http://www.greatlakeshorror.com/ghostlightmagazine.html
Vulgata - DEAD MARKET Literary/All Types
$100.00 http://www.vulgatamagazine.org/17fiction.html



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.

  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.

  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!

  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.

  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.


Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.


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03/19/2012 Market List Update


http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 04/15/2012.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#031912

Editor's Note

I've always been fond of lists. (You may have guessed this.) And as a writer, I've found that lists are incredibly useful: lists of writing markets; lists of manuscripts; lists of submissions; lists of actions to take when I get a story published; and even a list of things to do when I officially become a "pro" writer--places to get memberships, etc.

I think I missed a list.

My writing group had a meeting about ebooks recently, and the discussion strayed to distribution and publicity. And I realized,
I'm missing a list. If you're writing a book, whether you're planning on self-publishing or submitting to traditional big publishers or going through a traditional small press, you need your own list of what to do when your book gets published and in the months leading up to that publication date. You need a list (there's that list thing again!) of sites and blogs you want to ask to review your book. You need to be able to re-read that brilliant article about marketing. You need to remember that convention list, and those rules for how to effectively promote yourself at a convention. You need that list of agents or lawyers who specialize in negotiating writing contracts. You need to remember which bits of your website will need updating, and where you want to promote it. You need it all in one place and ready to go when lightning strikes.

So if you'll excuse me . . . I've got a list to make.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
Not much! I realized that my long-term plot plan for Circus of Brass and Bone, my online post-apocalyptic steampunk serial story, was way
too long and too big in scope and that the motivations for the climactic ending didn't make sense. So my brain is currently made out of plot-spaghetti, while I figure out how to keep in all the stuff I need to keep in while still ending the story in a more expeditious manner.

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Great character descriptions from science fiction and fantasy books [characterization]: http://io9.com/5823291/great-character-descriptions-from-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books

Featured Market
Horror on the Installment Plan  is a new, pro-paying market for horror. Issues are themed.

This is a weekly subscription-based ezine.  All purchases are made based on the immediate need for the theme and the quality of the story.

 What we're NOT looking for:

No supernatural romance or other pseudo-horror. Vampires and werewolves are okay, but they must be monsters, not suitable dating material.

No "torture porn". Gore and adult themes are fine, but they should serve the story, and not the other way around.

The basics: themed horror, less than 3,000 words, $.05/word, no reprints.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Toasted Cake (Podcast) All genres, flash fiction
$5.00 http://toastedcake.com/submissions.html
Horror on the Installment Plan Horror, themed issues $0.0500
http://contempinstruct.com/index.php
Nonproliferation (Rymfire Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/16/2012 Apocalyptic sci-fi
$3.00 http://rymfirebooks.wordpress.com/submissions-anthology/
AE Micro 3 ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 3/26/12 Themed: space $0.0600
http://aescifi.ca/index.php/non-fiction/39-contests/1057-announcing-ae-micro-3
Swords and Sorcery High fantasy and historical fantasy
$10.00 http://www.swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/submissions.html
Abomination Magazine Dark spec-fic $0.0100
http://abominationmagazine.com/?page_id=6
Age of Certainty ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/12 Spec-fic themed to proving/disproving God's existence $0.0100
http://rebelepublishers.com/submissions/#aoc
Tor.com All spec-fic $0.2500
http://www.tor.com/page/submissions-guidelines
Institute for the Forsaken - DEAD MARKET (on hiatus until further notice, see front page) Horror $0.0200
http://www.razorthinstudios.com/iotf/guidance-councilor/
Vampires 2 Pulp-style stories themed to vampires
$50.00 http://www.vampires2.com/WritersGuidelines.html
Mistresses of the Macabre Horror by women writers
$20.00 http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Mistresses_of_the_Macabre.htm
Telepunk Press All spec-fic, mystery, and weird - "anything cool"
$10.00 http://telepunk.com/submissions.php
Alternative Witness Christian-friendly, all genres, especially spec-fic
$1.00 http://alternativewitness.com/15-2/
Bloodtide Urban fantasy, paranormal romance, dark fantasy, thriller $0.0020
http://crimsonmelodies.com/submissions/
Metro Moms - Metro Fiction All genres except horror
$25.00 http://metrofiction.submishmash.com/submit
Brain Harvest - DEAD MARKET unique, original, and weird $0.0300
http://www.brainharvestmag.com/submit/
Ghostlight Magazine - DEAD MARKET Horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, or dark humor, preferably with Michigan or Great Lakes connection
$5.00 http://www.greatlakeshorror.com/ghostlightmagazine.html
Vulgata - DEAD MARKET Literary/All Types
$100.00 http://www.vulgatamagazine.org/17fiction.html



Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.

  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.

  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!

  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.

  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.


Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

Feel free to share this newsletter with others by whatever means you like, as long as you include all of it. If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.


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02/16/2012 Market List Update

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http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 03/15/2012.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#021612

Editor's Note

I linked to this article on increasing writing productivity in the last Aswiebe's Market List Update: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/25-ways-to-improve-your-writing-in-30-minutes-a-day

This month, I've been using the techniques emphasized in it, and they have made a huge difference in my writing productivity. The main change for me has been visualizing what I'm about to write, in detail, before I write it. Watching the movie version, if you will. I've always had a general plot scrawled somewhere before I start writing, but this is organic plotting on a very detailed level. This has the benefit of getting me excited about certain parts of the scenes (the "candy bars") immediately before I write through to them.

This has had three observable effects that boost my productivity:
1. Procrastination Block Begone! That "don't wanna write just yet" feeling? Gone. The visualizing takes care of it, without triggering procrastination itself.
2. I drop into what people call "flow" or "the zone" pretty much instantly.
3. I just plain write faster. My writing speed has about doubled.

Try it for a week yourself, and see what you think!


What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
"Gone Huntin'" has been published by The Washington Pastime. It's a heartwarming literary story, a bit of a departure for me! Read it here for free: http://www.washingtonpastime.com/drupal/node/88

The man stamped his feet hard against the stoop when he stepped outside of his cabin. It was an hour yet before sunrise and cold enough that his breath frosted the air, hanging white against the dark of the trees. Even through the layered flannel shirts and down jacket he was wearing, he felt the bite of winter.

Shouldering his rifle, thermos in hand, he walked through the woods to his stand. Birds' sleepy chirps fell silent when he walked by, twigs snapping under his boots. There was just enough light for him to make out the path. When he reached his stand and climbed up the ladder, he saw fresh claw-marks from the black bear that roamed in the area on one of the trees nearby. They shone white against the dark tree bark. He was glad for his rifle.

Read more.


Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Book Marketing Ideas - everything but the kitchen sink! [marketing, publicity, social media] - http://www.authormedia.com/2012/01/16/89-book-marketing-ideas-that-will-change-your-life/


Featured Market
Wily Writers is a new, pro-paying market for science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Issues are themed. They publish a text and a podcast version.

DEADLINE
   
THEME
  February 28, 2012  

  Cinema  
  March 31, 2012  

  Weird West  
  April 30, 2012  

  SpecFicNZ Contest  
  April 30, 2012  

  Urban Horror  
  April 30, 2012  

  Cryptofiction  
  April 30, 2012  

  Warrior (Please read special guidelines.)  
  July 31, 2012  

  Sci Fi Horror  
  July 31, 2012  

  Fairypunk  

The basics: science fiction, fantasy, or horror, 1,000-4,000 words, $.05/word, accepts reprints.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Professor Challenger ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/2012 Themed to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's LOST WORLD character $0.0500
http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/professorchallenger/pch-guidelines.html
Steampunk Cthulhu ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 07/31/2012 Cthulhu-themed steampunk $0.0300
http://www.freewebs.com/batglynn/steampunkcthulhu.htm
West Pigeon Press All spec-fic $0.0300
http://www.westpigeonpress.com/submissions/
Mark of the Beast: New Legends of the Werewolf ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/01/2012 Horror themed to werewolves $0.0300
http://scottdavidaniolowski.blogspot.com/2011/12/werewolves-of-london-and-other-places.html
Institute for the Forsaken Horror $0.0200
http://www.razorthinstudios.com/iotf/guidance-councilor/
Steampunk Revolution ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/01/2012 steampunk, reprints only $0.0100
http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2012/02/01/ann-vandermeer-call-for-submissions-steampunk-revolution-antho/
Scape Speculative YA (broadly defined) $0.0100
http://scapezine.com/guidelines/
GPS Annual Writing Contest - ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 05/15/2012 All spec-fic
$75.00 http://geekpartnership.org/evt_writingContest.htm
Artifacts and Relics: Extreme Sorcery ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 06/30/2012 Heroic fantasy featuring a powerful relic.
$50.00 http://heathenoracle.weebly.com/submission-guidelines.html
Abandoned Towers All genres - unique
$10.00 http://abandonedtowers.com/submissions/
A Cappella Zoo Magic realism, slipstream
$0.00 http://www.acappellazoo.com/home2
Loco-Thology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/30/2012 SF/F themed to leaps $0.0100
http://loconeal.com/submissions/anthology-submission/
Wily Writers All spec-fic, themed issues $0.0500
http://www.wilywriters.com/blog/?page_id=1234
Bloodstones ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/15/2012 Urban fantasy horror $0.0200
http://www.ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/guidelines/bloodstones
Old Weird South, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/01/2012 Fantastic/supernatural themed to the American South
$50.00 http://www.qwpublishers.com/anthology-the-old-weird-south/
Nine All genres of imaginative fiction
$40.00 http://readnine.com/submissions
Zombie Jesus and Other True Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/2012 Alternate history horror
$20.00 http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Alternate_History_Horror.htm
Dreaming of Djinn ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 03/01/12 - 10/15/12 Romantic Orientalism speculative fiction a la 1001 nights. $0.0200
http://ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/guidelines/dreaming-of-djinn
Kazka Press Short Fiction SF/F $0.0200
http://www.kazkapress.net/short-story-call/
Menial: Skilled Labor in SF ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/2012 SF themed to skilled labor
$20.00 http://crossedgenres.com/submissions/menial-skilled-labor-in-sf/
Bizarrocast Bizarro fiction
$5.00 http://bizarrocast.blogspot.com/
Mad Scientist Journal "scientific papers" by mad scientists
$10.00 http://madscientistjournal.org/submissions/
Kazka Press Flash Novels ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 04/30/2012 SF/F
$250.00 http://www.kazkapress.net/?page_id=755
Spacesuits and Sixguns - DEAD MARKET fun modern pulp $0.0300
http://www.spacesuitsandsixguns.com/
Trabuco Road - DEAD MARKET literary slipstream spec-fic $0.0300
http://www.trabucoroad.com/guidelines.html
Aberrant Dreams - DEAD MARKET SF, F, and Supernatural Horror $0.0300
http://www.aberrantdreams.com/content/content/submission-guidelines
Cthulhu Sex Magazine - DEAD MARKET Blood Sex or Tentacles $0.0200
http://www.cthulhusex.com/sinfo.asp
Aether Age, The - DEAD MARKET Shared world fantasy $0.0050
http://www.aether-age.com/p/guidelines.html
Edge of Propinquity, The - DEAD MARKET modern day hidden world – themed
$50.00 http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/library.asp?id=61
Sounds of the Night - DEAD MARKET Sensual but not erotic SF/F
$12.00 http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/soundsGL.htm
An Electric Tragedy - DEAD MARKET Any spec fic
$3.00 http://www.anelectrictragedy.com/submissions.html
Dark Fiction Spotlight, The - DEAD MARKET dark fiction
$0.00 http://thedarkfiction.com/?page_id=9


Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

If you want to subscribe to this email newsletter, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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01/17/2012 Market List Update

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http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 02/15/2012.
Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#011712

Editor's Note

The older I get, the busier I get, and the more I realize I don't have time to do everything that "should" be done. For the last couple of years in a row, one of my New Years Resolutions has been to back my work up properly. But of course, I never had time to copy all the files over once a week (or a month, or a....) when my little reminder-to-self would pop up on my calendar.

The answer? Automation.

There are a lot of services out there that will let you automatically or almost-automatically back up your computer to the cloud online (the safest option in case your house burns down) for prices from free to "some money": Dropbox, Carbonite, Crashplan, etc. You could spend hours online reading reviews and comparisons of the different plans. I ended up going with SugarSync, which lets me choose which folders to back up online and also has a "magic folder" that I use to hold files I want to transfer between my laptop and computer desktop. The free plan has enough storage to let me keep all my writing safe.

Check it out for yourself: https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=dddaenx2wzs79&utm_source=txemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=referral
(and yes, if you use this referral link, I get a little extra storage free)

And now? My writing backs itself up, easy-peasy.

What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
* I did a PodCastle reading of Eugie Foster’s haunting modern fantasy,
Black Swan, White Swan
(listen here: http://podcastle.org/2011/11/22/podcastle-184-black-swan-white-swan/ , join the discussion here: http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=5659.0 ).
* I've also updated Circus of Brass and Bone, the post-apocalyptic steampunk story about a circus traveling through the collapse of civilization. I put a new episode up in December and another one will be going up within the next couple of days. Read it here.

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* [writing craft, writing exercises] 25 Ways to Improve Your Writing in 30 Minutes a Day: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/25-ways-to-improve-your-writing-in-30-minutes-a-day

* [procrastination, social networks] Why the Internet is a Trap (and how to deal with it): http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-internet-is-trap-and-how-this.html

* [characters]
Writing characters: http://www.glimmertrain.com/b59hubschman.html

* [publicity]
A look at Goodreads ads: http://lisa-schroeder.livejournal.com/391307.html

* [worldbuilding]
Are you building your world, or limiting it?: http://writertracy.livejournal.com/356182.html

* [writing craft, beginnings]
8 Ways to Write a 5-Star Chapter One: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/8-ways-to-write-a-5-star-chapter-one

* [writing craft]
3 Secrets to Great Storytelling: http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/write-first-chapter-get-started/3-secrets-to-great-storytelling

* [humor]
How to Revise Your Work and the Awesome Editing Symbols You Should Know: http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-to-revise-your-work-awesome-editing-symbols-you-should-know


(Most of this month's useful links came from
this Writers Digest summary of the most popular articles of 2011: http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-18-most-popular-articles-on-writing-of-2011)

Featured Market
Nameless Magazine is a new, pro-paying market for dark speculative fiction and science fiction.

Must be in the Horror/ Dark Fantasy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dark_fantasy]/Dark Sci-Fi/Magic Realism veins (straight Science Fiction, Weird, Weird Erotica,  Thriller and Mythos are also acceptable). NO: Fan Fiction [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fan_fiction], Romance or Sword & Sorcery [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sword_and_sorcery].

Hook us in the first paragraph! Don't build and hope we stay with it unless you are a BRILLIANT writer (think Bataille, Cocteau, Shakespeare, Wilde, Orwell and so on). Looking for well-written, powerful, original ideas and new twists on old horror conventions. Especially looking for stories that examine the darker side of the human condition. New writers are welcome to submit. Please purchase a sample copy to see what type of stories we are publishing. Expect to be edited.


The basics: science fiction or dark fiction, 1,500-9,500 words, $.05/word.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Nameless Magazine Dark SF/F, weird, thought-provoking $0.0500
http://namelessmag.jasunni.com/submission-guidelines/
Outlaw Bodies ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/01/2012 SF themed to bodies in the future
$35.00 http://futurefire.net/about/outlawbodies.html
Hoot All genres, flash, twitterfic
$10.00 http://www.hootreview.com/submissions/
The Mothman Chronicles ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 07/01/2012 Themed: Mothman $0.0500
http://michaelknost.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-anthology-guidelines-mothman.html
Flatiron Press Science fiction and fantasy, themed $0.0200
http://www.thirdflatiron.com/liveSite/pages/home
Goldfish Grimm All spec-fic
$25.00 http://www.goldfishgrimm.com/
From an Eagle's Eye ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Fantasy themed to birds of prey.
$5.00 http://www.mystichawker.com/sub.html
Campfire Howls ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed: werewolves and cowboys
$5.00 http://www.mystichawker.com/sub.html
Dark Trails ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 06/01/2012 Weird or dark Western
$0.05 http://michaelknost.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-anthology-guidelines-dark-trails.html
Apex Magazine SF, fantasy, and horror $0.0500
http://apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
Extreme Planets ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 06/30/2012 Themed: alien worlds $0.0300
http://www.david-conyers.com/extremeplanets.htm
Midnight Echo Horror and dark fantasy $0.0200
http://midnightechomagazine.com/submission-guidelines/
Fantastique Unfettered SF/F - “fantastic fiction” $0.0100
http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/p/writer-guidelines.html
Aether Age, The Shared world fantasy $0.0050
http://www.aether-age.com/p/guidelines.html
Fantasy Short Stories High fantasy
$10.00 http://fantasyshortstories.org/submissions/
James Gunn's Ad Astra Science fiction, themed
$50.00 http://adastra.ku.edu/?page_id=49
Extinction Files, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/29/2012 Themed to the extinction of mankind.
$10.00 http://alter.lefora.com/2011/12/14/the-extinction-files-submissions-now-open/
Scout and Engineer All genres
$125.00 http://www.scoutandengineer.com/submissions-guidelines/
Tomorrow ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 06/01/2012 - 09/30/2012 Themed: post-apocalyptic
$20.00 http://www.kayellepress.com/submission-guidelines/project-guidelines-tomorrow-anthology/
Basement Stories - DEAD MARKET (on hiatus for the indefinite future) All genres - prefers SF/F $0.0300
http://www.basementstories.org/submissions.html
Fungi ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 01/15/2012 - 02/15/2012 Dark, themed: fungi $0.0100
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=15615
Golden Visions - DEAD MARKET Science fiction, fantasy, spec-fic, mild horror. Also has regular themed contests. $0.0025
http://goldenvisionsmagazine.homestead.com/NewGuideLines.html
Demon Minds DEAD MARKET Horror $0.0000 $0.00 http://www.demonminds.com/submissions.html
Murky Depths - DEAD MARKET Speculative - no pure fantasy or sci-fi but elements of either good
$19.51 http://www.murkydepths.com/
Misfit Magazine Eclectic, all genres
$10.00 http://www.misfitmagazine.com/2011/08/submission-guidelines.html
Port Iris - DEAD MARKET (on indefinite hiatus) All spec-fic – SF/F preferred
$10.00 http://www.portiris.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=3
Crossed Genres - DEAD MARKET SF/F with another genre of their choice.
$10.00 http://www.crossedgenres.com/submissions.htm
Lightspeed Magazine Science fiction and fantasy $0.0500
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/
Fantasy Magazine - DEAD MARKET (merged with Lightspeed) Fantasy $0.0500
http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/about-2/about/
Fae Publishing - DEAD MARKET Fantasy and science fiction. $0.0500
http://www.faepublishing.com/blog1/?page_id=2
Soul Reflections (Wicked East Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/15/2012 Dark fantasy/horror themed to reflection. $0.0025
http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/2011/11/24/soul-reflections-open-until-april-15-2012/
Chained in the Attic (Wicked East Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 02/25/2012 Horror $0.0010
http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/2011/11/24/chained-in-the-attic-open-until-2-25-12/
Miscellanea: A Transdimensional Library Themed: excerpt from a library book in some other dimension
$10.00 http://eggplantproductions.com/?page_id=10
A Place in Time (Wicked East Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE ? - 12/30/2012 Themed: lost cities
$5.00 http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/forum/category/2012-anthologies-a-place-in-time/
Crystal Ball (Wicked East Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE ? 2012 UNTIL FILLED Themed: fortune telling
$5.00 http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/forum/category/2012-anthologies-crystal-ball/
Blurring the Edges (Wicked East Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE ? 2012 UNTIL FILLED Themed: stories that could be ripped from the headlines but aren't, with a secret
$5.00 http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/forum/category/2012-anthologies-blurring-the-edges/
Down the Rabbit Hole (Wicked East Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 07/31/2012 Themed: other worlds
$5.00 http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/forum/category/2012-anthologies-down-the-rabbit-hole/
Broken Windows, Creaky Doors (Wicked East Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 09/30/2012 Themed: hauntings and ghosts
$5.00 http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/forum/category/2011-anthologies-broken-windows-creaky-floors/
Dark Finds (Wicked East Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/30/2012 Themed: cursed objects and things
$5.00 http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/forum/category/2012-anthologies-dark-finds/


Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
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11/20/2011 Market List Update

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Editor's Note

I never realized just how much time taking care of a baby took. I mean, mostly they just sit there, right? And only cry if they're hungry or wet?

(Anybody who has had a child is now laughing their ass off.)

Add to that my continuing to have a 10-16-hour/week "day job" that I can do from home, and I'm having to seriously think about the line between "realistically lowered expectations" and "copping out in the face of adversity/time constraints." And when you're the one who might be deceiving yourself about what can be done, it's hard to see exactly where that line is, when you should be pushing harder, and when you should be relaxing in the embrace of the inevitable.

I'm not going to continue making this the point of my editorials (bo-ring!), but I expect it will be something I'm wrestling with for quite some time to come, especially as the demands on me shift month-to-month as my baby ages.

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Boosting writing productivity: http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-i-went-from-writing-2000-words-day.html

Featured Market
The East India Press Short Story Contest is looking for fantasy short stories (and new authors for the press).

This contest is sponsored by East India Press and David Farland, author of over fifty published novels and anthologies, a former prize writer himself, who launched his novel writing career with a short story written for a contest much like this. When he was discovered, agents stood in line for the chance to be his publisher.

Your story can take place in any time period, and can take place anywhere, even on on another world.

You also have the option of placing your story in the world of Farland's new masterpiece, Nightingale, using its fantastic system of magic and taking any advantage of the rich setting he has already created. (Sample chapters will be available soon.)


The basics: due 03/01/2012, no fee, max 2,500 words, prize $1,000 plus publication and novel submission opportunity.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

NameWhat they wantPay Per Word – FictionFlat Pay – Fiction (Lowest)Website
Cossmass Infinities – DEAD MARKETSF/F$32.59http://cossmass.co.uk/infinities
Realms of Fantasy – DEAD MARKETFantasy and unclassifiable$0.0600http://www.rofmag.com/contact-us/
Shanghai Steam ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/23/2012Chinese-influenced steampunk$0.0300http://www.shanghai-steam.com/?page_id=5
Earthbound FictionFantasy, sci-fi, adventure and mystery$0.0250http://www.earthboundfiction.com/submissions#!__submissions
Bibliotheca Fantastica ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/15/2011 – 03/31/2012Themed to weird, mysterious, rare etc. books$0.0200http://daganbooks.com/2011/11/14/new-anthology-bibliotheca-fantastica-opens-for-submissions-dec-15-2011/
East India Press Short Story ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 10/15/2011 – 3/01/2012Fantasy—possibly set in shared world$1,000.00http://www.nightingalenovel.com/contest.html
Spring Science Fiction – Fantasy – Horror Writer's (Zharmae Publishing) ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 05/05All spec-fic$500.00http://www.zharmae.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41&Itemid=67
King David & The Spiders From Mars ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/31/2012Biblical horror$50.00http://marlowe1.livejournal.com/1953612.html
Live Free or Never Die ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/31/2012SF, related in some way to New Hampshire$50.00http://livefreeordiediedie.wordpress.com/
Emerald Tales – DEAD MARKETALL genres – short stories of <4,000 must be themed, longer lengths not$40.00http://www.scribblersandinkspillers.com/submissions.html
First Line, TheAll genres, based on first line given$30.00http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm
Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Magazine – DEAD MARKETSF/F/H and paranormal$25.00http://www.strangeweirdandwonderful.com/
Lurid LitPulp, B-movie-type stories—horrifying and graphic$25.00http://www.luridlit.com/2011/10/lurid-writers-wanted-looking-for.html
Nasty Snips II ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/31/2012Short, sharp, and shocking$15.78http://www.pendragonpress.net/submissions/
InfectINkPrompt-based, all genres$10.00http://www.infectiveink.com/guidelines.html
Dirty Dozen (Vestal Review)12 words exactly$10.00http://www.vestalreview.net/DirtyDozen/dirtydozenMain.html
Uninvited, TheHorror and weird fiction$0.0100http://www.theuninvitedmagazine.com/submissions/
Fender StitchAll genres – the unique and unusual.$0.0500http://fenderstitch.com/submission-guidelines
Imperial Odyssey ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 11/30/2011SF set in shared world$100.00http://www.imperialodyssey.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117:show-details-imperial-odyssey-short-story-competition&catid=19:news
Substitution Cipher ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/15/2012Alternate history themed to deceit, betrayal, and deception$75.00http://www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2011/10/17/call-for-submissions-new-anthology/
Darker Minds ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/31/2012Dark fiction, themed to “the power of the mind”$15.9500http://www.darkmindspress.com/page3.htm
Stupefying StoriesAll genres$0.0100http://stupefyingstories.com/
Terminus X ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/16/2012Shared world post-apocalyptic YA SF/F.$0.1000http://www.coolwellpress.com/pages/calls
Inferno ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/17/2012Paranormal YA themed to the nine circles of Hell.$0.1000http://www.coolwellpress.com/pages/calls
Eternal Love ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/01/2011Paranormal YA themed to eternal love (immortals, vampires, etc.)$0.1000http://www.coolwellpress.com/pages/calls
Campfire Tales ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/17/2012YA themed to campfire tales.$0.1000http://www.coolwellpress.com/pages/calls
Classical Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 05/30/2012Horror featuring classical music$0.0157http://classicalhorror.wordpress.com/
Panverse – DEAD MARKETNovellas - SF & F$60.00http://www.panversepublishing.com/subs.htm
Bronies ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/30/2011Themed to the love of ponies.$10.00http://kazkapress.wordpress.com/submissions/
Kazka Press Flash Fiction MONTHLY CONTEST – DUE 20thThemed.$7.13http://kazkapress.wordpress.com/flash-fiction-contest/
Untold Tales of the Past ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/2011All genres, themed per title.$6.00http://hallbrosentertainment.com/submissionguidelines.html
Outshine – DEAD MARKETOptimistic near-future SF prose-poems that fit within Twitter 140-character limits.$5.00http://shineanthology.wordpress.com/outshine-submission-guidelines/
Enchanted Conversation, The – DEAD MARKETInspired by themed fairytales$0.1000http://www.fairytalemagazine.com/p/submissions.html
Pedestal MagazineAll genres, especially cross-genre$0.0500http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submitguidelines.php
Short-Story.me!F/H/SF and mystery$0.0100http://www.short-story.me/submission-guidelines.html
Sorcery and the Far FrontierAll spec-fic$0.0100http://sorceryandthefarfrontier.com/submissions.html
Not One of UsAbout outsiders, misfits, all genres$0.0025http://not-one-of-us.com/guidelines.php
Quantum Kiss – DEAD MARKETRomantic Speculative Fiction$15.00http://www.quantumkiss.com/
Tower of Light Fantasy Magazine – DEAD MARKET (indefinite hiatus)All fantasy and blended fantasy genres$5.00http://www.tolfantasy.net/
Result JellyFantasy, SF, and adventure fiction$0.0500http://www.resultjelly.com/
Kingdoms of Desire: Erotic Tales of Fantasy ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/15/2011Erotic fantasy$50.00http://mitziszereto.com/blog/writers-call-for-short-story-submissions/
Safety Pin ReviewLiterary, all genres$1.00http://safetypinreview.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/
Daughters of Icarus ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/31/2012Feminist SF exploring gender roles in society$0.0100http://pinknarc.com/submissions.htm
Techno-Goth Cthulhu ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/2012Themed—like it says in the title$20.00http://redskiespress.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cthulhumythosincybergothic&action=display&thread=81
Chaos Theory: Tales Askew – DEAD MARKETAll spec-fic$10.00http://genspace.com/ctta/issue-12/tocframe.htm


Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
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9/15/2011 Market List Update

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Editor's Note

I was thinking of writing another serious "the importance of doing writing stuff even though time is limited" editorial. After having a baby (a son, our first child, born August 1st--8 lb, 8 oz, since that seems to be everybody's first question!), time has become *extremely* limited. Newborns do that!

But one of the other things newborns do is teach the importance of having a sense of humor. Sometimes doing market research and submitting stories (and getting them rejected) can feel pretty grim, but there's still plenty to be amused by.

1. There is a "Cosmic Crime Stories" magazine. I was going to add it to my market list, giggling as I thought of a Muppets joke to use in the description. Turns out I had put it in there months ago--with a description of "Crimes...in...SPAAAACE!" Um. Great minds...think consistently?

2. One of the fun things about doing a writing market list is getting to read the "stories we see too often" lists that some publications include with their guidelines (note to editors: please do this--it's enlightening and fun!)

This particular publication concludes with the following gem:

There is a twist ending. It in any way involves Hitler.

This is a story they've seen too often. o.O

(See also Strange Horizons' list.)

So as you're going about your writing business, remember to laugh.

And if your sense of humor is on the dark and twisted side, you might enjoy my super-short horror story, "Good Help is Hard to Find," which came out this month in Gravel Bosley's Cavalcade of Terror:  http://dreadfullittlepress.com/cavalcade/?p=812 (Warning: graphic violence)

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Persist! http://www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/the-art-of-cussed-persistence/
* World-building resources: http://hiddenway.tripod.com/world/
* A few of the greats discuss story structure:
http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/donald-maass-james-scott-bell-and-christopher-vogler-discuss-story-structure
* A hilarious explanation of the differences between genres: http://kierstenwrites.blogspot.com/2011/08/rules-of-genre.html
* How Writing a Good Hook is Like Running a Good Con: http://nataliesee.livejournal.com/176548.html
* Where agents stop reading: http://writerunboxed.com/2011/08/09/surviving-the-literary-gong-show-2/
* The article that got me to add thanking people to my publication to-do list: http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2011/07/09/gratitude-and-the-reason-you-might-never-have-realized-it%E2%80%99s-vital-for-writers/
* Four Elements of a Great Book Signing: http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2011/07/guest-post-four-elements-of-great-book.html

Featured Market
Singular Source is an intriguing contest for hard SF about the future of computer programming.

This contest is being organized by Susan Elliott Sim, a professor of Informatics at University of California, Irvine. [The editors are] co-editing an academic book on recent research on helping programmers find and reuse source code on the web.

It’s common to end academic books with a speculative chapter, and what would be more speculative than a science fiction short story?

The basics: due 11/30/2011 (register by 11/15/2011), no fee, no word limit given, reprints okay, 1st prize = $500, 2nd and 3rd prizes also given (no publication).

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Singular Source ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 11/30/2011 (register by 11/15/11) Themed: the future of computer programming and technology
$500.00 http://www.singularsource.net/
Story Quest Short Story ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 8/1 – 10/31 Speculative fiction (including YA and children's)
$100.00 http://ifwgpublishing.weebly.com/story-quest-contest.html
Science in my Fiction – DEAD MARKET (no longer publishes fiction) SF inspired by a scientific discovery or innovation
$25.00 http://crossedgenres.com/simf/submissions/
Shadow Gate – DEAD MARKET Science fiction
$25.00 http://shadowgate-shortstory-magazine.com/wordpress/?page_id=2
Linger Fiction – DEAD MARKET Fantasy, science fiction, and horror flash fiction
$20.00 http://lingerfiction.com/submission-guidelines/
Alt Hist Alternate history and historical fiction
$10.00 http://althistfiction.com/submissions/
Lacuna Historical fiction (including spec-fic)
$5.00 http://lacunajournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/submissions.html
Northwind Magazine Spec-fic and cross-genre spec-fic
$0.00 http://www.northwindmagazine.com/guidelines.html
Tales from the Bell Club ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed: horror stories told to club members—read guidelines
$25.00 http://www.knightwatchpress.info/bell.html
Night Terrors ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/2011 Creepy horror stories
$20.00 http://www.kayellepress.com/submission-guidelines/project-guidelines-night-terrors-anthology/
Tomorrow ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/1/2012 – 9/30/2012 Themed to the world after a sudden change
$20.00 http://www.kayellepress.com/submission-guidelines/project-guidelines-tomorrow-anthology/
Bugs ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed: bugs
$10.00 http://www.pillhillpress.com/bugs.html
Behind Locked Doors ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/7/2011 Horror
$5.00 https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/open-submissions
Dead Rush ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 02/28/2012 Themed: Old West horror
$5.00 https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/open-submissions
Father Grim's StoryBook ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/30/2011 Mother Goose retellings with unhappy endings.
$5.00 https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/open-submissions
Sins of the Seven ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/30/2012 Themed to the seven deadly sins
$5.00 https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/open-submissions
Witch's Brew ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/2011 Creepy, witch-themed stories
$5.00 https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/open-submissions
Conquest Through Determination ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed: steampunk
$0.00 http://www.pillhillpress.com/conquest-through-determination-steampunk.html
Attic Toys ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/31/2011 Horror, fantasy, or bizarro stories themed to attic toys. $0.0100
http://eviljesterpress.lefora.com/2011/09/01/now-open-for-submissions-attic-toys-deadline-set-h/
Dark Faith 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/1/2012 – 1/31/2012 The human condition and social order $0.0500
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/apex-books-guidelines
Mutation Nation ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/01/2011 Themed to mutation
$50.00 http://www.rainstormpress.com/p/mutation-nation-anthology-guidelines.html
Dreams of Duality ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/13/2011 Dark, mysterious fiction themed to: “other self”
$0.00 http://redskiespress.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=duality&action=display&thread=70
Michael Moorcock's New Worlds Magazine All spec fic $0.0400
https://www.facebook.com/notes/michael-moorcocks-new-worlds-magazine/fiction-submission-guidlines/188666227865507
Lisette's Tales of the Imagination Historical fiction with a genre twist
$12.00 http://www.lissettespublishing.com/submissions.html
Paramourtal 2 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/31/2011 Paranormal romance
$10.00 http://www.cliffhangerbooks.com/submit.html
Apocalypse Hope ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 09/30/2011 Themed to a future after the apocalypse
$51.00 http://fablecroft.com.au/books/apocalypse-hope/call-for-submissions-apocalypse-hope
Nil Desperandum Themed to the human condition, all genres
$50.00 http://ndstories.com/?page_id=17
After Ever After Post-apocalyptic – reprints only
$10.00 http://aftereverafter.wordpress.com/fiction/guidelines/
Fifth Di SF/F
$10.00 http://samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/guidelines.htm
Kids 'Magination Kids fiction, all genres especially fantasy, for ages 9-14
$5.00 http://kidsmagination.submishmash.com/Submit
Little Death of Crossed Genres, The – DEAD MARKET Erotic SF/F
$5.00 http://make-believable.com/submissions/
JournalStone's 2011 Short Story ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 09/16/2011 All spec-fic $0.0500
http://journalstone.com/contest/journalstones-2011-short-story-contest/
Penumbra All spec fic “culminating in something unexpected” $0.0500
http://musapublishing.blogspot.com/p/penumbra.html
White Cat All genres, especially with an element of suspense $0.0500
http://www.whitecatpublications.com/?page_id=225
Ancient New ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed to mixing ancient and new technology $0.0100
http://deepwoodpublishing.com/submission-guidelines/
Splintered Lands ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed: Splintered Lands shared-world $0.0100
http://splinteredlands.com/submission-guidelines/
Unstuck Literary fiction with elements of the futuristic or fantastic
$60.00 http://unstuckbooks.submishmash.com/Submit
Dreams of Duality ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/13/2011 Dark, mysterious fiction themed to duality and dual selves.
$0.00 http://redskiespress.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=duality&action=display&thread=70



Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
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Links
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About Aswiebe's Market List
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Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

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7/15/2011 Market List Update

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 8/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#071511

Editor's Note

For me, at least, there is always a logjam somewhere in the writing process. And now and then I have to stop, figure out where the logjam moved to, and break it up. In other words, redistribute my precious writing time. If you've been following along for a while, you will have noticed this tendency.

The logjam this month was submissions--or, to be more accurate, right now I have logjams all over the freaking place, but that was one that was actively keeping things that were edited and ready to go from being published.

So I made the first thing done in my "mandatory writing hour" to be getting one submission out the door. In a couple of weeks, I cleared that logjam out. I had fourteen ready-to-go stories just lurking ominously on my hard drive. From now on, the "submissions first" rule should only come into play occasionally, as I have other things ready to send out or as submissions bounce back (which they will--I figure if I don't get at least a couple of rejections on a piece before selling it, I'm not aiming high enough).

I've already heard back with an acceptance on one of those submissions, which is pretty good motivation to keep it up! I'll let you know more details when it's published.

The next thing I need to work on is getting editing done. Time allotment for that is a little more tricky, but now I've got confidence that I can get it done.

What's your logjam?

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Alternate styles of artist compensation: http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/812871.html
* Oh, burn! Your books, that is. http://flavorwire.com/188138/the-30-harshest-author-on-author-insults-in-history
* On editors’/readers’ biases and context: http://ann-leckie.livejournal.com/167498.html


Featured Market
Lore is a new pro-paying market for all spec-fic.

We will consider short stories that can be classified broadly as belonging to the Horror, Science Fiction or Fantasy genres. Expand our horizons, challenge or fine-tune convention. We love well-done genre blending and bending, too, like John W. Campbell, Jr.'s “Who Goes There?,” H.P. Lovecraft’s “At The Mountains of Madness,” Philip K. Dick’s “The King of the Elves,” and C.S. Lewis’s “Space” trilogy. Other authors whose work we enjoy include Jorge Luis Borges, Harlan Ellison, R.E. Howard, M.R. James, Brian McNaughton, Clifford D. Simak, Clark Ashton Smith, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

The basics: all spec-fic, 2,000 to 6,000 words preferred (query first for other lengths), query first for reprints, pays $.05/word for original (non-reprint) material.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
In Poe's Shadow (Bete Noir) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 07/31/2011 OR UNTIL FILLED Dark stories inspired by Poe $0.0100
http://www.betenoiremagazine.com/anthologyguidelines.htm
Uncle John's Flush Fiction ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 08/31/2011 All genres, flash fiction
$50.00 http://bathroomreader.com/flushfiction/
Exodus: A Science Fiction Anthology ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED (pub date end of 2011) Themed: humans surviving elsewhere after the end of the earth

http://www.27thdimension.com/contact.php
Lore All spec-fic $0.0500
http://www.lore-online.com/index.php/submission-guidelines
Mirror Shards: Exploring the Edges of Augmented Reality ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/08 - 07/08 Themed to augmented reality $0.0200
http://blackmoonbooks.com/2011/04/08/mirror-shards-anthology-annoucement/
Linger Fiction Fantasy, science fiction, and horror flash fiction
$20.00 http://lingerfiction.com/submission-guidelines/
Washington Pastime, The All genres, literary and genre $0.0500
http://www.washingtonpastime.com/The_Washington_Pastime/Submissions.html
Poe Little Thing - DEAD MARKET dark poetry and flash fiction – themed $0.0500
http://nakedsnakepress.net/?page_id=18
Comets and Criminals Adventure, mystery, science fiction, historical, and adventure stories. $0.0100
http://www.cometsandcriminals.com/?page_id=36
The Benevolent Apocalypse (Timid Pirate) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/31/2011 Theme: good things after the apocalypse.
$20.00 http://timidpirate.com/submissions.html
Here There Be Dragons ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/15/2011 Theme: dragons
$5.00 https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/open-submissions
Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2011 Theme: lost civilizations $0.0100
http://ericjguignard.blogspot.com/2011/06/now-accepting-submissions-new-anthology.html
BayCon Program Guide ANNUAL - 07/15 - 09/15 All spec-fic - see convention's annual theme $0.0500
http://baycon.org/guidelines.html


Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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06/15/2011 Market List Update

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 7/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#061511

Editor's Note

Feeling disorganized? Not sure when your last submissions went out or where that bit of plot in your story was?

My method is to track submissions, manuscripts, and markets in spreadsheets--as you might have guessed! Other people have different ways. The most recent episode of the MinnSpec Writers Group podcast discusses organization for writers: tools, methods, etc.

http://www.conradzero.com/audio/MinnSpec-ep4-organization-pt1.mp3
http://www.conradzero.com/audio/MinnSpec-ep4-organization-pt2.mp3

Perhaps I will have to branch out a little from my familiar spreadsheets!

The RSS feed for all the episodes (yes, this is spun off my main blog RSS feed):
http://cloudscudding.livejournal.com/data/rss?tag=minnspec podcast

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* 10 Signs of a Typical Writing Day: http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2011/05/10-signs-of-typical-writing-day.html
* Book launch promotion: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2011/05/launching-book.html


Featured Market
The James White Award is a science fiction short story contest for beginning writers not yet eligible for SFWA membership.

  • This aim of the competition is to highlight new writers. It is open to writers of any age and nationality, but it is not open to professional authors.
  • Submissions must be original – they should be the sole work of the author/s in whose name they are submitted – and should not have previously appeared in any publication – in any language or format.
  • Stories should be Science Fiction (though we will take a broad definition of what that term means).

The basics: science fiction, up to 6,000 words, no reprints, winner receives £200 (about $328) and publication in Interzone.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Something Wicked Science fiction and horror $0.0100
http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/submissions/
King Paul Crushes Your Face and You Like It ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/15/2011 All spec-fic, themed to MANLY men. $0.0050
http://generic-publishing.blogspot.com/2011/06/king-paul-is-coming-to-destroy-you-all.html
Help! Wanted (Evil Jester) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Workplace horror $0.0050
http://eviljesterpress.lefora.com/2011/05/26/now-open-for-submissions-help-wanted-tales-of-on-t/
Jester World: Twisted Encounters in the Fun Park (Evil Jester) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/15/2011 Theme/amusement park horror $0.0050
http://eviljesterpress.lefora.com/2011/06/10/now-open-for-submissions-jester-world-twisted-enco/
The Trigger Reflex (Pill Hill Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed to monster-hunters $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/trigger-reflex.html
Shadowgate Science fiction
$25.00 http://shadowgate-shortstory-magazine.com/wordpress/?page_id=2
Dark Valentine - DEAD MARKET All genres as long as the story is dark
$10.00 http://darkvalentine.net/index.php/submission-guidelines/
Androids 2 Pulp-style SF, themed to androids
$25.00 http://www.androids2.com/Writers.html
Man's Story 2 Pulp-style adventure stories
$25.00 http://www.mansstory2.com/FA_Area/FA_Web_Pages/WritersGuidelinesJan2011.html
Vampires 2 Pulp-style stories themed to vampires
$25.00 http://www.vampires2.com/WritersGuidelines.html
Trust & Treachery ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/15/2011 All genres, themed to power, intrigue, violence
$20.00 http://treachery.mlcrawford.com/guidelines/
Bosley Gravel's Cavalcade of Terror Horror flash fiction
$5.00 http://dreadfullittlepress.com/cavalcade/?page_id=2
Kalkion's Short Story Contest ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 8/25/2011 SF
$140.00 http://kalkion.com/news/kalkions-short-story-contest/1182/2011
James White Award, The (Interzone) ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 1/31 SF - by non-SFWA-eligible authors only
$327.11 http://www.jameswhiteaward.com/rules
Dark Highlands: Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Fables SEMI-ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - VOL 1 DUE 9/30/2011 Dark fairy tales, folklore, and fables.
$25.00 http://www.darkhighlands.com/ftff_submission.php
Basement Stories All genres - prefers SF/F $0.0300
http://www.basementstories.org/submissions.html
Colored Lens, The All spec-fic, themed to perspective shifts.
$20.00 http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=8
Identity Crisis (Redstone) ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 6/15/2011 – 8/15/2011 Themed to self-determined identity representation. $0.0500
http://redstonesciencefiction.com/2011/06/einstein-essay-june2011/


Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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5/22/2011 Market List Update

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 6/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#052211

Editor's Note

The proliferation of online magazines seems to have accelerated their life-cycle. New magazines are born, exist for a few months or even a couple of years, start publishing less regularly, go on hiatus for a while, and eventually announce that they are closing--or they simply stop responding. Before submitting, always check the front page and/or forums to make sure the magazine is still active. And if you submitted something a while ago and haven't heard back yet, check to make sure that that publication is still active.

Oh, it's not all grim news! There are always new, interesting online magazines out there looking for good stories. Remember, fewer people submit to newer markets, simply because they haven't heard of them yet. That means less competition for your story submission.

And in other good news, lately the churn seems to be increasing the number of pro-paying online markets. Hurray!

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* The Muse we really need: http://www.sff.net/people/jchines/Pics/Muse.jpg
* Convention panel failure modes: http://alecaustin.livejournal.com/274010.html
* How to manage being a business manager, marketer, and artist: http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/756997.html
* Pricing ebooks: http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/930924.html
* A compilation of how-to publicity links: http://marketingfloozy.wordpress.com/


Featured Market
Digital Science Fiction is a new, pro-paying monthly science fiction publication.


According to Wikipedia, the source of all that is correct in the Universe (honest): “Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possibilities.  It is similar to, but differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation).” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction)

We take the “scientifically postulated laws of nature” and “imaginative speculation” ideas pretty loosely here at Digital Science Fiction, so we’re just fine with aliens, alternative realities, death rays, time travel, and exceeding 299792458 metres per second.  If forced into the debate, we would probably have to admit that we like the ‘fiction‘ just as much as the ‘science‘.
The basics: science fiction, 3,500 - 7,500 words, no reprints, pays $.05/word.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Killer-Works.com – DEAD MARKET Dark, disturbing in some way
$5.00 http://www.killer-works.com/write_guidelines.asp
Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – IDEA DUE 6/1/2011, STORY DUE 12/15/2011 Themed: an encounter with death (optionally, personified) $0.0200
http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/dansemacabre/dansemacabre.html
Nova Sci Fi – DEAD MARKET PG. Christian science fiction. $0.0050
http://www.novascifi.com/
Shadow Gate Science fiction, steampunk, cyberpunk.
$9.00 http://shadowgate-shortstory-magazine.com/wordpress/?page_id=2
Writing Shift – DEAD MARKET Speculative fiction and nonfiction on writing
$20.00 http://writingshift.com/guidelines.html
Semaphore all genres
$4.50 http://www.semaphoremagazine.com/submissions.html
Random Eye, The ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DEAD MARKET Parallel universe speculative and horror stories – themed
$10.00 http://therandomeye.atspace.com/randomsubs.html
Lightning Flash Speculative flash fiction.
$0.00 http://www.lightningflashmag.com/submit/
Dagan Books Fish-Themed ONE-TIME ANTHOLOY – DUE 6/1/2011 – 7/31/2011 Fish-themed mythic adventures and modern myth retellings. $0.0100
http://daganbooks.com/current-projects/
New Flesh, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/31/2011 OR UNTIL FILLED Bizarro and new weird fiction. $0.0100
http://newfleshmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-flesh-is-going-print.html
WiFiles, The All spec-fic
$3.00 http://thewifiles.com/
Before Plan 9: Plans 1-8 From Outer Space (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1/2011 Themed: predecessors to Plan 9 From Outer Space
$50.00 http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2011/04/04/before-plan-9-plans-1-8-from-outer-space-new-antho/
David Farland Kick Contest, The ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 7/17/2011 Spec-fic short story based on prompt.
$50.00 http://www.liquid-imagination.com/farland/contest.html
Digital Science Fiction science fiction $0.0500
http://digitalsciencefiction.com/submit/
Pill Hill Anthologies Science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/open-submissions.html
Machine of Death II ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/15/2011 Themed to a machine that tells you how you'll die.
$200.00 http://machineofdeath.net/mod2
Cast of Wonders Podcast YA science fiction and fantasy.
$8.09 http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/

Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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04/15/11 Update

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http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 5/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#041511

Editor's Note

Last month I wrote about how I was initiating a "1 hour of writing before everything else, no matter what" policy. So how's it going? Pretty darn well, actually. Despite a full day job schedule and plenty of other commitments, I've been hitting writing benchmarks that I usually only manage when working part-time (my day job has a quite variable schedule).

My per-hour writing productivity isn't as good, because that first hour is usually me easing back into the story and I'm writing at non-optimal times, when, I'm tired, etc.--but it's really adding up. And I've discovered an interesting side effect: the story is much more "alive" in my head throughout the day, even when I'm not actually writing. Spending time with it every day has really made a difference there.

A last bit of news--my non-fiction article about copyright for writers has been published at Writing-World.com. You can read it here: http://www.writing-world.com/newsletter/2011/WW11-04.shtml. Just scroll down to the feature article!

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Word meanings shift over time. When you can still use the originals: http://www.slate.com/id/2290536/
* Best practices for Amazon ebook sales: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2011/best-practices-for-amazon-ebook-sales/
* How to Get Reviews for Self-Published Books: http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2011/03/30/HowToGetReviewsForSelfPublishedBooks.aspx?et_mid=270113&rid=2957480
* When Not to Google: http://lifehacker.com/#!5788772/when-not-to-google-searches-youre-better-off-making-elsewhere
* 10 Ways to Start Your Story Better: http://writersdigest.com/article/10-ways-to-start-your-story-better/?et_mid=245443&rid=2957480
* A great wrap-up of “how to live” advice for artists: http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/
* Modern handgun basics for writers: http://www.sff.net/people/sanders/rrdws2.html
* Business planning for your creative hours: http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/912352.html#cutid1
* Getting To Know You: http://obscurekidlitauthors.blogspot.com/2011/04/getting-to-know-you-meeting-main.html
* First, a Radiolab podcast about creative urges and other things that feel like a separate entity. Worth a listen for the reporter who talks about how Tom Waits deals with his muse:
http://feeds.wnyc.org/~r/radiolab/~5/B86iAT79Aqg/radiolab030811.mp3
* Next, the text of the article she wrote (not much on creativity, but a pretty awesome portrait of Tom Waits):
http://www.tomwaitslibrary.com/interviews/02-june-gq.html


Featured Market
Stories From the Hearth is a pro-paying anthology that wants heartwarming rural fairytales set in Appalachia.

The setting must be the Appalachian states (West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia).

        I am looking for stories with a strong Appalachian flavor. Tall tales, humorous stories, touching stories. Although I am looking for original themes, I will accept retellings of a traditional story if the author can give it a unique spin and makes it their own.

       Although this is not a horror anthology, I will look at stories that have spooky elements to them. But they shouldn’t be graphic in their descriptions.

      None of the standard, and considerably unflattering, Appalachian clichés.


The basics: rural fantasy, up to 2,000 words, no reprints, pays $.05/word. See also the sister anthology, Detours.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Leading Edge F/SF $0.0100
http://www.leadingedgemagazine.com/Submissions.html
Loki's Journal - DEAD MARKET Strange, dark, grownup fairytales, or magic realism
$5.00 http://www.lokisjournal.com/?q=guidelines
Quantum Muse Make Us Laugh ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 05/31/11 Humorous spec-fic
$100.00 http://www.quantummuse.com/Contest.php
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination YEARLY ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED All spec-fic $0.1000
http://warrenlapine.livejournal.com/35917.html
Detours ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/10/11 - 5/31/11 Spooky or weird stories based in actual West Virginia locations. $0.0500
http://www.brianjhatcher.com/DGuidelines.htm
Stories From the Hearth ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/10/11 - 05/31/11 Heartwarming rural fairytales set in Appalachian states $0.0500
http://www.brianjhatcher.com/THGuidelines.htm
Rocket Science ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/11 - 10/31/11 Space-travel themed hard SF $0.0160
http://www.mutationpress.com/rocketscience.html
Arkham Tales – DEAD MARKET Pulp adventure, weird horror, and fantastic $0.0100
http://arkhamtales.leucrotapress.com/?page_id=13
Mirror Shards: Exploring the Edges of Augmented Reality ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 04/08 - 07/08 Themed to augmented reality $0.0100
http://blackmoonbooks.com/2011/04/08/mirror-shards-anthology-annoucement/
Out of Ruins – DEAD MARKET Dark, weird $0.0025
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/submissions/
Not One of Us About outsiders, misfits, all genres $0.0025
http://not-one-of-us.com/guidelines.php
Dark Recesses Press – DEAD MARKET Horror/Dark fiction
$30.00 http://darkrecesses.com/submissions/
New Bedlam Project, The Dark, themed to a specific fictional town.
$30.00 http://www.newbedlam.com/guidelines.html
One Buck Horror Horror $0.0500
http://www.onebuckhorror.com/submissions
Appalachian Undead ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/11 Appalachian zombie-themed short stories $0.0100
http://thezombiefeed.biz/appalachian-undead-anthology-accepting-submissions/
Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, The All genres, favors speculative fiction. $0.0050
http://dunesteef.com/submission-guidelines/
Weird War ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/31/11 Historical war-themed
$50.00 http://www.warofthewordspress.com/weird-war-anthology.html
An Electric Tragedy Any spec fic
$3.00 http://www.anelectrictragedy.com/submissions.html
Zombie Feed, The Zombie-themed novellas and novels
$100.00 http://thezombiefeed.biz/submissions/
Future Lovecraft ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 05/01/2011 – 06/30/2011 Lovecraft-inspired stories set in the future. $0.0100
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=11090
In the Spaces Between ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed: science fiction mysteries $0.0050
http://www.blueberrylanebooks.com/?page_id=65
In Flux ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed: powerful abusers in a self-correcting universe. $0.0050
http://www.blueberrylanebooks.com/?page_id=65
A Rustle of Dark Leaves ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/11 – 5/31/11 Dark. Themed: forests/jungle.
$5.00 http://www.misanthrope-press.com/pages/forest-project
Children of the Moon ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/11 – 5/31/11 Themed: werewolves
$5.00 http://www.misanthrope-press.com/pages/wolves-project


Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
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Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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3/18/2011 Market List Update

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 4/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#031811

Editor's Note

Here's the thing about being a writer: there's a whole lot more stuff that goes with it than just writing. There's researching, gathering critiques, critiquing (to get others to critique *your* writing), editing, submitting, doing publicity for published works, website maintenance, building a social media presence (that's code for "totally procrastinating on Facebook"), and improving your craft through reading writing articles and attending writing conventions or workshops. In my case, you can add maintaining a market newsletter, uploading a serial story and recording the story podcast (post-apocalyptic steampunk--check it out at http://www.circusofbrassandbone.com), and mucking about with another podcast for my writing group.

The vast majority of writers must maintain a day job to pay the bills. Most writers also attempt (perhaps foolishly) to have a life. That means dishes, laundry, dinner, taking care of a pet or six, and at least some perfunctory attempt at maintaining human relationships.

The heart of it all is still the writing.

It's easy to forget that, though, to let other things (whether real life or writing-related) squeeze out that writing time until writing is somewhere on the to-do list, but not at the top. After all, you have to wax the cat today. (See http://www.frankbaron.com/writersglossary.htm for more on cat waxing.) I've started putting an hour of writing first, as the thing that I must do daily before anything else except scheduled paying work or making food (food is very important). That doesn't mean it gets done first thing in the morning, but it does mean it gets done before TV or socializing or cleaning or etc.

We'll see how it goes. It's not that I haven't been writing; it's that writing hasn't been a top priority every day. I've done word goals before, but not a time goal. I've already found one modification I need to make--that it's top priority except when I have a deadline of some sort (be it serial story or market list or writing group meeting prep) in a week. Then those should get done first!


- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Nine Ways to Give a Better Reading: http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2011/03/nine-ways-to-give-better-reading.html
* What makes science fiction work: http://aescifi.ca/index.php/non-fiction/37-editorials/425-over-the-transom-what-we-point-to-when-we-say-ae
* Character Clues: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2011/02/character-clues.html

Featured Market
Buzzy Mag is a new, pro-paying market for science fiction, fantasy, or horror. Submission involves going through a critique process with a small group of other approved writers if the magazine feels your work is promising.

Buzzy Mag is looking for original science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories up to 10,000 words. Thriller, suspense and paranormal tales that cross into traditional speculative fiction are welcome. In addition, we are interested in pieces that may be able to be developed into full length novels for publication by Buzzy Multimedia at a future date.

The basics: SF/F/H, up to 10,000 words, no reprints, pays $.05/word, snail mail submissions only.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.


Name



What they want



Pay Per Word –
Fiction



Flat Pay –
Fiction (Lowest)



Website



Kaleidotrope



All genres, especially
SF/F and the unconventional and weird.



$0.01







http://www.kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/



Icarus



Spec-fic with a gay
male protagonist







$50.00



http://www.lethepressbooks.com/guidelines.htm#About_contributions_for_Icarus



Darwin's Evolutions
REGULAR ANTHOLOGIES



Long short stories and
novellas of spec fic.







$50.00



http://darwinsevolutions.com/?page_id=3



Everyday Weirdness –
DEAD MARKET



weird







$5.42



http://everydayweirdness.com/submit/



Thaumatrope: The
Twittering ezine – DEAD MARKET



SF/F/H Flash fiction of
140 characters or less – 40 words is a generous estimate.







$1.20



http://thaumatrope.greententacles.com/submissions/



Khimairal Ink



All genres - lesbian
main char.







$5.00



http://www.bedazzledink.com/khimairal-ink/khiguidelines.html



Raleigh Review



All genres







$10.00



http://www.raleighreview.org/Submission_Guidelines.html



Buzzy Mag



All spec – SF/F/H



$0.05







http://www.buzzymag.com/submissions/



Zombiality ONE-TIME
ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/30/11



Zombie-themed with a
GLBT focus.



$0.01







http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/forum/category/library-imprints-open-for-submission/



Voluted



SF/F/H and noir



$0.01







http://volutedtales.com/voluted-tales-magazines/submission-guidelines/



Port Iris



All spec-fic –
SF/F preferred







$10.00



http://www.portiris.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=3



A Fly in Amber –
DEAD MARKET



Any genre, PG-13







$10.00



http://aflyinamber.net/?page_id=13



Extreme Undead: Undead
of Winter (Rymefire eBooks) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/11
– 5/15/11



Winter survival during
the zombie apocalypse







$3.00



http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html



State of Horror:
Georgia (Rymefir eBooks) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/15/11 –
5/31/11



Horror stories set in
Georgia







$3.00



http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html



State of Horror:
Massachusetts (Rymefir eBooks) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE
6/1/11 – 7/14/11



Horror stories set in
Massachusetts







$3.00



http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html



State of Horror:
California (Rymefir eBooks) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/15/11
– 8/31/11



Horror stories set in
California







$3.00



http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html



State of Horror: Nevada
(Rymefir eBooks) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/1/11 –
10/14/11



Horror stories set in
Nevada







$3.00



http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html



State of Horror: North
Carolina (Rymefir eBooks) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/15/11
– 11/30/11



Horror stories set in
North Carolina







$3.00



http://rymfireebooks.com/submissions.html



May December
Publications – e-Lit ebooks



Horror novelettes







$25.00



http://maydecemberpublications.com/submissions/



Four in the Hole
ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/11



Themed: zombies or
vampires







$75.00



http://maydecemberpublications.com/submissions/



Zero ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY
– DUE 6/3/11



Themed: first infected
person in a contagion.







$50.00



http://maydecemberpublications.com/submissions/



Shadow Gate



SF and steampunk







$6.00



http://shadowgate-shortstory-magazine.com/html/submissions.html



Hungur Magazine



Vampires, especially
alien vampires







$12.00



http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/HungurGL.htm



Arcane



Horror and weird
fiction



$0.01







http://www.arcanemagazine.com/submission-guidelines/



Necrotic Tissue –
DEAD MARKET



Horror, cross-genre
with horrific elements, dark humor



$0.01







http://www.necrotictissue.com/subguid_O.html



Hellology: A Devil's
Dozen ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/26/11



Themed: devil stories



$0.01







http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2011/02/12/hellology-now-open-for-submissions/



Linger Fiction



Fantasy, science
fiction, and horror







$20.00



http://lingerfiction.com/submission-guidelines/



The Binnacle, Annual
Ultra-Short Competition RECURRING CONTEST – DUE 12/1 –
3/15



All genres







$50.00



http://www.umm.maine.edu/ultra-short-competition.html



Tweet the Meat –
DEAD MARKET



140-character horror







$1.00



http://tweetthemeat.blogspot.com/2009/04/submission-guidelines.html




Aswiebe's Market List
  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
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About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

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2/15/2011 Market List Update

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The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 3/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive2.html#021511

Editor's Note

Before you even get to the submitting process, you go through the critique-gathering part of self-editing your work. Maybe you badger your family and friends into reading your writing and telling you what they liked and didn't like, but how do you find a group of other writers to badger? To find a face-to-face critique group, you can scour Meetup.com, ask in online communities for your location, read the fliers in bookshops and libraries, and attend any local conventions (where local groups will frequently hold a getting-to-know-us meeting).

If you're looking for an online workshop, there are a few good free ones that deal with F and SF:
* Critters.org - A good place for all levels of writer to get and give story feedback (which now has forums for critiquing all genres, not just SF and fantasy).
* The Baen's Bar slush - This also functions as the submission forum, but it's a good way to get that final polish from the feedback of actual editors.
* Codex - Note that membership requires at least one pro-level sale.

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

* Critique Groups as Unreliable Narrator: http://nancyfulda.livejournal.com/288940.html
* Here’s the thing: writing, compassion, perseverance http://jess-ka.livejournal.com/534541.html
* How to use Kickstarter: http://olganunes.com/2011/01/on-lamp-kickstarter-and.php

Featured Market

Here's one for all the steampunk fans! The Mammoth Book of Steampunk anthology.

Try to knock my socks off with material that is unusual or original.
Think outside the box, if you will.

The basics: steampunk, 1,000 - 20,000 words, no reprints, pays $.05/word, submissions due 04/1/11.

Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.


Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Sinister Tales – DEAD MARKET Literary horror and Gothic
$0.00 http://darknessproductions.com/guidelines.htm
The Night Land Based on “The Night Land” and shared anthology world $0.1300
http://www.thenightland.co.uk/nightficoff.html
Night Terrors II ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/1/11 – 5/31/11 Horror/dark fiction $0.0200
http://www.bloodboundbooks.net/projects.html
Alternative Coordinates – DEAD MARKET Positive human development - or cautionary tales $0.0150
http://www.ac-mag.com/submission.html
Bards and Sages Quarterly Spec-fic $0.0100
http://www.bardsandsages.com/contest.html
Best New Werewolf Tales V. 1 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/31/11 Werewolf-themed reprints. $0.0100
http://booksofthedead.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html
In Poe's Shadow ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 7/1/11 – 7/31/11 Themed: inspired by Edgar Allen Poe $0.0100
http://www.betenoiremagazine.com/anthologyguidelines.htm
Freud and Kinsey – DEAD MARKET All genres, themed to sexual politics and sexual repression (not erotica). $0.0025
http://freudandkinsey.weebly.com/submissions.html
Singularity – DEAD MARKET F/SF/H
$29.80 http://www.singularitymagazine.co.uk/
Labyrinth Inhabitant – DEAD MARKET Characters trapped in ancient, labyrinthian and/or baffling artificial environments
$10.00 http://www.labyrinthinhabitant.com/submissions.html
Dream People, The Surreal and bizarro
$5.00 http://www.dreampeople.org/
Taleoh Choose-your-own-adventure stories for 10 - 13-year-olds.
$175.00 http://taleoh.com/submit
Fiction365 All genres
$5.00 http://www.fiction365.com
Transtories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/1/11 – 3/31/11 SF/F themed to words beginning with trans-.
$16.12 http://aeonpressbooks.com/
Dark Discoveries Dark $0.0500
http://darkdiscoveries.com/blog/submission-guidelines/
Space Westerns – DEAD MARKET All manner of Western SF/F $0.0100
http://www.spacewesterns.com/submissions/
Glimmer Train All genres, including spec-fic – literary
$700.00 http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html
Mammoth Book of Steampunk, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/11 Steampunk $0.0500
http://oldcharliebrown.livejournal.com/347800.html
Strangetastic – DEAD MARKET Supernatural fiction, especially ghost and folklore stories
$25.00 http://strangetastic.com/submissions/




Aswiebe's Market List

  • Aswiebe's Market List is a searchable, sortable spreadsheet of paying fantasy, science fiction, and horror markets. This way it's easy to find, for example, only horror markets that accept reprints greater than 10,000 words. For more information on what it is and how to use it, see About Aswiebe.com's Market Spreadsheet.
  • If you find it useful, please consider donating via PayPal to help support it.
  • To help prevent these from being flagged as spam, please add this email to your contacts. Thanks!
  • If you get a story published in a market on this list, let me know and I'll add a note to the next newsletter!
  • Feel free to forward this email on to people you think might find it useful. If you're so moved, go ahead and link to Aswiebe's Market List on your blog or webpage.
  • To report a new paying market, go to my contact page.

Links
Aswiebe's Market List
About Aswiebe's Market List
Abra Staffin Wiebe's main website
Abra Staffin Wiebe's blog

Keep writing, keep submitting, and good luck!

Abra Staffin Wiebe, Compiler of Lists

If you were forwarded this email and want to subscribe, go here. To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.

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1/22/2011 Market List Update


The next update of Aswiebe's Market List will be after 2/15/2010.

Permanent link to this newsletter in the archives: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/archive.html#011511

Editor's Note

My humble apologies for the overlong hiatus between this newsletter and the last! Between travel for the holidays and two months of sickness that pretty much wiped me out, I am behind on absolutely everything. January's a traditional time for starting things over and wiping the slate clean, right?

- Abra Staffin-Wiebe

Things Shiny or Useful

Ira Glass on Storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ira+glass+on+storytelling&aq=0
* How to Improve Your Writing Style in 10 Minutes or Fewer: http://www.writersdigest.com/article/brush-up-on-your-style-in-10-minutes-or-less/?et_mid=73697&rid=2957480
* Have High Expectations of Yourself: http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2011/01/13/HaveHighExpectationsForYourself.aspx?et_mid=73697&rid=2957480
* Are These Filtering Words Weakening Your Fiction: http://writeitsideways.com/are-these-filter-words-weakening-your-fiction/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+writeitsideways+%28writeitsideways.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
* The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of Writer’s Block: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1311997/pdf/jaba00061-0143a.pdf
* How Authors Can Hold Awesome Events: http://www.conradzero.com/how-authors-can-hold-awesome-events
* A Comprehensive and Totally Universal Listing of Every Problem a Story Has Ever Had: http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/EveryProblem.htm
* Passing the hat for web fiction: http://www.novelr.com/2010/10/28/passing-the-hat
* Self-promotion and what works: http://1stturningpoint.com/?p=5036
* How to Format Your Self-Published Book in Writing-World 10:21: http://www.writing-world.com/newsletter/2010/WW10-21.shtml

Featured Market

Bride of the Golem: An Anthology of Humorous Jewish Horror is a new anthology accepting submissions until filled.

The stories can employ a new Jewish twist on a mainstream horror theme (e.g. a tale about a Hassidic vampire mohel or about the Lubbavitchers reanimating Rebbe Schneerson). Or they can reinterpret horrific elements in classical Jewish folklore like the Golem or dybbuk. Or they can venture into entirely new territory.

...The content of the story should have some connection to Jewish culture deeper than the names of the main characters. Subtle references to Talmud, the prayerbook, Midrash are very welcome, though not required. You don't have to be Jewish to submit, but it helps if you have some prior knowledge of Jewish traditions.

The basics: H, 500-10,000 words, reprints okay, pays $500.

Market List Updates

To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Name What they want Pay Per Word – Fiction Flat Pay – Fiction (Lowest) Website
Sinister Tales – DEAD MARKET Literary horror and Gothic
$0.00 http://darknessproductions.com/guidelines.htm
Zombie Zak's House of Pain: Tales of Dark Horror ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/30/11 Dark – no zombie stories. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/12/31/zombie-zaks-house-of-pain-tales-of-dark-horror-sub/
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, The (opens for submissions 05/2011) Compressed creations – flash fiction, micro fiction, art, etc.
$50.00 http://matterpress.com/journal/
Clonepod – DEAD MARKET SF/F
$25.00 http://www.clonepod.org/submission-guide-lines/
Poe Little Thing dark poetry and flash fiction – themed $0.0500
http://nakedsnakepress.net/?page_id=18
Enchanted Conversation, The Inspired by themed fairytales $0.1000
http://www.fairytalemagazine.com/p/submissions.html
Chizine Dark. $0.0700
http://www.chizine.com/submissions_fiction.htm
Strange Horizons F/SF/Spec-fic $0.0700
http://www.strangehorizons.com/guidelines/fiction.shtml
Polluto Dark counterculture, themed $0.0630
http://www.polluto.com/submit.html
Analog Science Fiction and Fact Science Fiction $0.0600
http://www.analogsf.com/information/submissions.shtml
Bull Spec F/SF $0.0500
http://bullspec.blogspot.com/search/label/guidelines
Apex Magazine SF, fantasy, and horror $0.0500
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/submissions/
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Literary adventure fantasy in secondary world settings. $0.0500
http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/page.php?p=submissions
Black Gate adventure epic fantasy $0.0300
http://www.blackgate.com/submission-guidelines/
Scheherezade's Bequest (Cabinet des Fees) fairytales $0.0100
http://www.cabinetdesfees.com/submissions/
Shadows & Tall Trees Literary genre fiction $0.0100
http://www.undertowbooks.com/submissions
Triangulation: Through the Wormhole ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/1/11 Surreal SF $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/10/20/through-the-worm-hole-submissions-open/
Fantastique Unfettered SF/F - “fantastic fiction”
$33.00 http://www.fantastique-unfettered.com/p/writer-guidelines.html
Abyss & Apex Spec-fic
$75.00 http://www.abyssapexzine.com/submissions/
Science Fiction Trails SF in the Old West
$20.00 http://www.sciencefictiontrails.com/whats_new.html
Boy's Life – DEAD MARKET Fiction subs now by assignment only. - 1/16/11
$750.00 http://www.boyslife.org/main.jsp?abo
Cosmos Magazine SF
$297.04 http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/pdf/CMag_FictionGuidelines.pdf
Unspoken Water Supernatural only—wants weird and uncanny, not regular fantasy etc.
$15.86 http://www.ian-hunter.co.uk/index.php/unspoken-water
Fiction Desk All genres.
$31.73 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/submissions/short-story-submission-guidelines.php
Demeter's Spicebox Lesser-known fairytale types set in unfamiliar cultures. Themed issues.
$10.00 http://www.cabinetdesfees.com/demeters-spicebox/ds-submission-guidelines/
Box of Delights ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 05/31/11 OR WHEN FILLED Horror, dark fantasy, and weird
$13.23 http://aeonpressbooks.com/titles/box-of-delights/
Phantom Drift New weird, slipstream, fabulism
$50.00 http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/pd/?page_id=2
Crimson Pact – RECURRING ANTHOLOGIES Shared world
$10.00 http://thecrimsonpact.com/submission.html
Bride of the Golem ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Humorous Jewish horror.
$500.00 http://mimeticdeclination.blogspot.com/2010/12/call-for-stories-bride-of-golem.html
Ocean Stories ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/31/11 Ocean-themed
$25.00 http://www.elektrikmilkbathpress.com/submissions
It Lives ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/25/11 Themed: creation, birth, rebirth
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
Spirit Legends ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/15/11 Themed: spirits, ghosts, and gods
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
Best Served Cold ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 6/15/11 Themed: justified revenge
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
Hallows Eve Vol. 1 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/20/11 Themed: Halloween
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
Holiday Spirit and Mayhem Vol. 1 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/10/11 Themed: winter holiday
$10.00 http://www.runewright.com/submissions.html
The Journal of Unlikely Entomology All genres, must pertain to bugs. $0.0100
http://www.grumpsjournal.com/
FaePublishing Fantasy and science fiction. $0.0500
http://www.faepublishing.com/blog1/?page_id=2
Damnation and Dames ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/01/11 Supernatural noir. $0.0200
http://ticonderogapublications.com/tp/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114:new-market-da
Schrodinger's Mouse SF – hard and philosophical. $0.0200
http://www.schrodingersmouse.com/Fiction_Submission_Guidelines.html
Ray Gun Revival space opera and golden age sci-fi $0.0100
http://www.raygunrevival.com/nov2010/index.html#submit
Technicolor Tentacles (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 04/20/2011 Bizarro horror $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/12/05/technicolor-tentacles-new-bizarro-horror-anthology/
These Terrible Times Zombie-themed $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/08/10/these-terrible-times-a-new-quarterly-pulp-will-beg/
Malicious Malpractices (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/31/11 Medical-themed $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/11/09/malicious-malpractices-submissions-now-open/
Zombies Without Borders (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/01/11 Zombie stories set in non-US countries. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/09/01/zombiekind-zombies-without-borders-submissions-now/
Through the Eyes of the Undead II (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 05/2011 Stories from a zombie POV. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/11/28/through-the-eyes-of-the-undead-ii-open-for-submiss/
The Reaper Virus (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Shared universe zombie apocalypse. $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/11/07/submissions-are-open-for-the-reaper-virus-antholog/
Made You Flinch—Again! (Library of Horror) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 03/21/11 Horror $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/12/07/made-you-flinch-again-submissions-now-open/
Freud and Kinsey All genres, themed to sexual politics and sexual repression (not erotica). $0.0025
http://freudandkinsey.weebly.com/submissions.html
OG's Speculative Fiction speculative fiction
$35.00 htp://theopinionguy.com/submissions
On the Premises THEMED CONTESTS Themed contests.
$180.00 http://www.onthepremises.com
Mortis Operandi ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 1/1/11 UNTIL FILLED. Supernatural crime
$50.00 http://theharrowpress.com/submissions/
parABnormal Paranormal, folklore-based—spooky okay, but no horror.
$15.00 http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/parabnormalGL.htm
Phantasmacore All spec-fic
$5.50 http://www.phantasmacore.com/submissions/
In Flux ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE ? Themed to powerful abusers in a self-correcting universe. $0.0050
http://www.blueberrylanebooks.com/?page_id=65
Leather, Denim & Silver (Pill Hill Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED Themed to monster-hunters. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/monsterhunter.html
Detective Horror (Grand Mal Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL CLOSED Detective stories with a horror slant
$25.00 http://www.grandmalpress.com/submissions.php
Frightmares ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 07/2011 Horror flash fiction.
$0.00 http://horrorwritingcontest.com/Frightmares%20Flash%20Fiction.htm
Sci-Fi Short Story SF fiction, novel excerpts, poetry, reviews
$3.00 http://scifishortstory.com/#/submissions/4545206101
Attack of the 50 Ft Book ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/1/11 Giant monster stories $0.0100
http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/2010/12/01/attack-of-the-50ft-book-a-giant-monster-antho-open/
Candle in the Attic Window ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/01/11 – 02/28/11 Gothic horror $0.0100
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=9409
Wumpus Tales All speculative. $0.0050
http://www.wumpustales.com/submissions.html
How the West Was Wicked ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/05/11 UNTIL FILLED Dark/weird fiction in an Old West setting. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/wickedwest.html
Dark Heroes ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 01/19/11 UNTIL FILLED. Something monstrous is the hero. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/darkheroes.html
A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/11 – 7/1/11 Holiday-themed extreme horror. $0.0025
http://www.pillhillpress.com/massacre.html
Fantasy World Geographic Fantasy, including flash fiction and choose-your-own-adventures
$5.00 http://skaggsworld.com/fwg/submission-guidelines/
Daikaijuzine – DEAD MARKET All genres, mostly spec-fic
$5.00 http://www.daikaijuzine.com/dkz/?page_id=40
The Epocalypse ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE UNTIL FILLED. Collaborative email-formatted post-apocalyptic communications.
$0.00 http://www.pillhillpress.com/epocaylpse.html
Zombie Kong ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 02/15/11 Stories involving a giant zombie ape. $0.0200
http://booksofthedead.blogspot.com/2010/11/zombie-kong.html
Linger Fiction Fantasy, science fiction, and horror
$10.00 http://lingerfiction.com/submission-guidelines/
Dark Highlands SEMI-ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED YEAR-ROUND Dark SF/F, Horror, and Mystery.
$25.00 http://www.darkhighlands.com/submission.php



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