{"id":4690,"date":"2017-11-21T08:20:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:38:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T21:38:38","slug":"420-for-short-stories-speculative-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/420-for-short-stories-speculative-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"$420 for Short Stories (Speculative Fiction)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Holy C.O.W. <\/strong>is a forthcoming anthology of short stories from <em>Center of the World. <\/em>They want stories that are &#8220;rooted in the ancient Fertile Crescent, Levant and the Middle East, but stretch into the near and distant future. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They will pay 7 to 10 cents per word. The stories should be between 500 and 6000 words.<\/p>\n<p>They will try to respond within 30 days of submission.<\/p>\n<p>According to their submission guidelines:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We\u2019re looking for speculative stories rooted in the Fertile Crescent, Levant and the Middle East. The region should be an integral part of the story, and not simply a transplant. For ideal example think of how Mike Resnick&#8217;s story &#8220;Kirinyaga&#8221; relates to Africa culture and issues. We welcome quality flash fiction and non-traditional narratives. Authorized English translations of original stories, particularly from regional artists, are also welcomed and encouraged.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The deadline is November 30th, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, read their <a href=\"http:\/\/holycowpublishing.com\/guidelines.html\">submission guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy C.O.W. is a forthcoming anthology of short stories from Center of the World. They want stories that are &#8220;rooted in the ancient Fertile Crescent, Levant and the Middle East, but stretch into the near and distant future. &#8221; They will pay 7 to 10 cents per word. The stories should be between 500 and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4692,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions\/4692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}