{"id":5756,"date":"2018-10-23T12:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=5756"},"modified":"2018-10-24T07:34:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T14:34:45","slug":"10-calls-for-submissions-of-short-stories-50-per-short-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/10-calls-for-submissions-of-short-stories-50-per-short-story\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Calls for Submissions of Short Stories ($50 Per Short Story)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These fiction markets pay $50 for short stories, and a few pay more. Some also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. Also see this list<\/a> of markets, which pay $100-450, and this one<\/a>, of magazines paying $200. They are open now, or will open soon, and have deadlines coming up.\u00a0 — S. Kalekar<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
\nAtlantean Publishing: Two themes
\n<\/strong>They are looking for fiction and poetry for two anthologies: The Realm of British Folklore<\/strong> (about creatures found in British folklore \u2013 the guidelines list several of these), and The Children of Clarke Ashton Smith<\/strong> (stories in the vein of the fantasy writer Clarke Ashton Smith).
\nDeadline: 31 October 2018 for British Folklore, 31 January 2019 for Clarke Ashton Smith
\nLength: Very short to quite long stories
\nPay: \u00a30.01\/word for prose, minimum \u00a310 for poems and very, very short stories
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nOccult Detective Quarterly
\n<\/strong>They want fiction based on investigators who explore the weird, exotic and bizarre. \u201cThese are the people who explore the darkness, both within and beyond, often to their own peril and the expense of their very lives and sanity.\u201d Stories do not have to be set in Victorian or Edwardian London, though they can be. They want a diverse range of characters, cultures and periods. They accept reprints, articles on any aspect of occult detectives, reviews, and artwork.
\nDeadline: 31 October 2018
\nLength: 3,000-5,500 words for fiction, 3,000-5,000 words for nonfiction
\nPay: $0.01\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nRed Sun Magazine
\n<\/strong>They publish science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative, and military science fiction. They also publish interviews, articles and reviews.
\nDeadline: 1 November 2018
\nLength: 500 words and up for fiction, pay capped at 3,000 words; 1,000-2,500 words for non-fiction
\nPay: $0.03\/word for fiction, $25 for non-fiction
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nNinth Letter: Haunting
\n<\/strong>They are accepting fiction, non-fiction and poetry for a special web edition on the theme of \u2018Haunting\u2019. Their guidelines say, \u201cWe can be haunted by things, by people, by places, by moments; by what we\u2019ve done and what\u2019s been done to us. We can be haunted by the past; haunted, even, by the future. We can be haunted by what we know, and by what we never will.\u201d They are also accepting work for their print issue, with a later deadline.
\nDeadline: 4 November 2018
\nLength: Up to 3,500 words for prose, or up to three poems
\nPay: $75 per story or essay, $25 per poem
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nSpeculative City: Knowledge
\n<\/strong>The magazine publishes \u201cprovocative works that are centered within a cityscape.\u201d They want fiction, poetry and essays on the theme of \u2018Knowledge\u2019. Special consideration will be given to writers and characters underrepresented in speculative fiction.
\nDeadline: 11 November 2018
\nLength: Up to 5,500 words
\nPay: $20-75
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nCrann\u00f3g
\n<\/strong><\/em>They publish Irish and international writers. They accept fiction and poetry, and nominate their authors for the Forward and Pushcart prizes.
\nReading period: 1-30 November 2018
\nLength: Up to 2,000 words for short stories, up to three poems
\nPay: \u20ac50 per short story, \u20ac30 per poem
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nArsenika
\n<\/strong>They want speculative flash fiction and poetry. Their guidelines say that the magazine \u201clooks for gorgeous, emotional writing: poetry that shimmers with multiple layers of meaning, prose that explores and interrogates. From hard science fiction to the lightest of magical realism,\u00a0Arsenika<\/em>\u00a0is not bound by genre, though we do prefer the speculative.\u201d
\nReading period: 1 November-15 December 2018
\nLength: Up to 1,000 words
\nPay: $60 for fiction, $30 for poetry
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nStrangehouse Books: Not All Monsters
\n<\/strong>They want writers who identify as women for this horror anthology. \u201cThere are monsters in every woman\u2019s life. And while maybe not ALL monsters are so bad, I want you to tell me about the dark and twisted ones. … Show me women who save themselves. Does the hero slay the beast, or is she the monster? All types of monsters, protagonists, and antagonists are welcome here.\u201d The editor wants speculative fiction of character-driven stories that convey powerful messages, and particularly likes the beautiful grotesque, gothic elements, the macabre, and poetic prose.<\/em>
\nReading period: 1 November until filled
\nLength: 2,000-8,000 words
\nPay: $0.01\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nThe New Southern Fugitives
\n<\/strong>They seek fiction, reviews, essays, poetry and visual art. They say they offer their subscribers work that \u201cchallenges our comfortable perspective of the South.\u201d They nominate their writers for Best of the Net, Million Writers Award, and the Pushcart Prize.
\nDeadline: Unspecified
\nLength: Up to 2,000 words for fiction, 1,000 words for non-fiction, and five poems
\nPay: $60 per book review, essay or story, $25 per poem or visual art
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n
\nConstellary Tales
\n<\/strong>This is an online magazine and podcast of speculative fiction, and the name is a homage to Geoffrey Chaucer. They love science fiction stories that carry their characters from their beginning to their end.
\nDeadline: Open now
\nLength: 1,000-3,500 words
\nPay: $0.06\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n