Archive for the ‘Markets’ Category

Often Inspired Magazine

THE MARKET Zine: Often Inspired Magazine Editor(s): William V. Burns Pay Rate: Individual 2000-5000 word short stories from $25 to $100 Response Time: One to two weeks after contest end or submission Reading Period: One week Description: Often Inspired is a magazine that celebrates the bond between writer and reader. We exist to encourage writers [...]

The Horror Zine

Although we are not accepting submissions again until October 1, 2010, generally The Horror Zine accepts submissions of fiction, poetry, and art from morbidly creative people. Website: http://www.thehorrorzine.com

The Harrow Day Terrors Anthology – Still Open

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“At last, Kfir and I are starting to see the (day)light at the end of the tunnel! We’ve accepted a number of excellent stories and are requesting revision on a couple more.  However, we’d like to get, oh, two or three more standout works in the 2,500-5,000 word range to finish off the anthology; see [...]

Basement Stories Magazine

THE MARKET Zine: Basement Stories Magazine Editor(s): Carol Kirkman and James Dent Pay Rate: 1¢ / word (fiction and nonfiction), $10 flat (poetry) Response Time: Hopefully less than 30 days. Query if longer. Reading Period: Reading period for Issue 2: July 1 – September 1 Description: A science fiction, fantasy, and horror ‘zine about the [...]

Medallion Press

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“It has long been legend that publishing houses are inundated by submissions on a daily basis. That situation is the primary reason there is such a long wait for a response.This is not, however, the case at Medallion. We accept only e-submissions, and our process is streamlined in order to stay current. This is obviously [...]

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“theDF_underground welcomes submissions of fiction and nonfiction by horror and dark fiction writers from all walks of life. Stop right there. This part is important: theDF_underground editors provide review and response-time preference to members of the underground_Community. No two ways about it: our goal is to build a living, breathing community around the genre as [...]

Cast Macabre

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“Cast Macabre is open to submissons for short length and flash fiction, and poetry. Stories longer than 4,000 words or so take over twenty minutes to read, which is about our limit, but if the story is good we may make an exception. Flash fiction (1000 words or less) will be read in our special [...]

Blood Bound Books – Seasons of the Abyss Anthology reopened

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“Winter [and Spring] responses have gone out and we have a few slots left to fill. We didn’t get any poor submissions just overlapping themes, so I hope anyone who missed the first cut takes another chance at this one as well as authors we didn’t hear from this time. Here are the details again: [...]

Aspen Mountain Press

THE MARKET Publisher: Aspen Mountain Press Aurora Regency/Aurora Historicals Editor(s): Celina Summers Pay Rate: 35% US download price; 40 % after 100 sales Response Time: 1 month Description: Aurora Regency and Aurora Historicals are imprints of Aspen Mountain Press, a multi-genre, royalty-paying, independent e-publisher. (More in guidelines.) Submission Guidelines: www.aspenmountainpress.com NOTE: Horror author D.L. Snell [...]

Singularity Magazine

“Singularity is a quarterly publication, interested in exploring the realms of genre fiction.  We want to create a magazine that is filled with gems of stories, served straight from the writer’s brain, into your hands.  Nuggets of other worlds and possibilities that make our readers smile, cry, and look over their shoulder (though not necessarily [...]