{"id":8465,"date":"2020-10-20T12:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T19:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=8465"},"modified":"2020-10-20T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T19:58:06","slug":"599-for-short-stories-10-calls-for-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/599-for-short-stories-10-calls-for-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"$599 for Short Stories \u2013 10 Calls for Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These magazines pay $50 to $599 for fiction; some accept other genres too, like non-fiction and poetry.  <strong>&#8211; S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arsenika<br><\/strong>This is a magazine of speculative flash fiction. Submissions can be in English, Spanish, or Chinese. They also accept interactive fiction, translations, poetry, and reprint art.<br>Deadline: 31 October 2020<br>Length: Up to 1,000 words; up to two flash fiction pieces and five poems<br>Pay: $60 for fiction, $30 for poetry, $100 for reprint art<br>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/arsenika.ink\/submissions\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Reinvented Heart Anthology<br><\/strong>This is a fiction submissions call for female and nonbinary writers. Their guidelines say, <em>\u201cScience fiction often thinks about the technology and science without considering the ways social structures will change as tech changes \u2014 or not. What will relationships look like in the future when we have complications like clones, uploaded intelligences, artificial brains, or body augmentation? What happens when emotions like love and friendship span vast distances \u2014 in space, in time, and in the heart? And as we acknowledge differences in gender in a way we never have before, what stories are finally given the space in which to emerge?\u201d See guidelines for the kind of stories the editor hopes to see.<br><\/em>Deadline: 31 October 2020<br>Length: 500-5,000 words<br>Pay: $0.08\/word<br>Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kittywumpus.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/21\/anthology-call-the-reinvented-heart\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sci Phi Journal<br><\/strong>They want \u201chard SF that zooms out of the personal and lifts off into the structural, the systemic, the epic. We yearn for carefully crafted philosophical speculation that puzzles over the questions of the future and alternate pasts. And we have a soft spot for stories created as \u2018artefacts\u2019 (fictional, \u2018in-universe\u2019 non-fiction).\u201d See guidelines for further details on the kind of stories they want to see. They also accept translations. Non-fiction is unpaid.<br>Deadline: 31 October 2020<br>Length: Up to 2,000 words<br>Pay: 3 (Euro) cents per word for original fiction and 1 (Euro) cent per word for translations<br>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/index.php\/submission-guidelines\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>580 Split: Push Black<br><\/strong>They want fiction, non-fiction, and poetry on Black resilience. Their guidelines say, \u201cWe look to highlight the work of Black folks from a range of experiences&#8230; . During a period of national uprising, presidential election, and global pandemic, we seek work that pushes against repressive boundaries and celebrates Black resilience across its wide-ranging manifestations.<br>Deadline: 31 October 2020<br>Length: Up to 3,000 words for prose; up to three poems<br>Pay: $50<br>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/580split.org\/about\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Constelaci\u00f3n<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Magazine: The Bonds that Unite Us<br><\/strong>This is a bilingual speculative fiction magazine. They have opened a short submission window for stories on the theme, \u2018The Bonds that Unite Us\u2019. Their guidelines say, \u201cWhat are the bonds that unite our cultures and languages around the world? How are these bonds formed, and what upholds them? How can they be broken and forged again? What unites an alien civilization to humankind? What ties the dragon to the unicorn and prevents it from making a meal out of her?<br>Sometimes these bonds are ones of blood. (Vampire tastes may vary.) Sometimes&nbsp;they\u2019re shaped by shows of courage and strength, and the common struggles we face. These bonds&nbsp;can topple walls and bring&nbsp;down civilizations, and sometimes they\u2019re the foundation for something new.\u201d The theme is open to interpretation. Submissions can be in English or Spanish, and they also ask for translation rights. They\u2019re also looking for literary translators who can do translations from English to Spanish, and vice versa. They\u2019re looking to commission art from BIPOC creators as well, and are requesting portfolios. They plan to open in mid-December for submissions on another theme (see guidelines).<br>Deadline: 1 November 2020<br>Length: Up to 6,400 words<br>Pay: $0.08\/word for fiction; $1,000 for art<br>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constelacionmagazine.com\/submissions\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Off Limits Press: Far From Home<br><\/strong>This is an anthology of adventure horror; short horror stories which strongly incorporate adventure. Their guidelines say, \u201cAdventure is intended to be interpreted broadly and may include, but is certainly not limited to, tales involving mountaineering, cave diving, the open sea, parkour, rafting, treasure hunting, arctic expedition, and caving. We are interested in and welcome most horror sub-genres, so long as the theme is strongly incorporated. Stories may include horror steeped in realism and\/or the supernatural.\u201d<br>Deadline: 1 November 2020<br>Length: 2,000-8,000 words<br>Pay: $0.01\/word<br>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.offlimitspress.com\/far-from-home\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ninth Letter: Touch<br><\/strong>They are accepting fiction, essays, and poetry on the \u2018Touch\u2019 theme for their online edition. Their guidelines say, \u201cWhen was your last? The question is particularly evocative (and provocative) at the present moment, when physical and social touch seem so restricted. With this in mind, the theme is necessarily constellatory. Consider: in touch, out of touch, touchdown, Midas touch, human touch, be in touch, lose touch, touchback, don\u2019t touch, wouldn&#8217;t touch, wouldn\u2019t touch with ten foot pole, touch a nerve, touch on, touch up, just a touch, touch and go, touch base, touch pad, lost touch, magic touch, touchy, retouched, I&#8217;m touched, truly touched, two-hand-touch, untouched, stay in touch, touchback, touch-less, finishing touch, put me in touch, lose touch, lost touch, untouched, untouched, untouched.&nbsp;\u201d (For the print edition, there are separate guidelines and mailed submissions for that are free.)<br>Deadline: 3 November 2020<br>Length: Up to 3,500 words for prose, up to 3 poems<br>Pay: $75 for a story or an essay, and $25 per poem<br>Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninthletter.com\/web-edition\/submit\">here<\/a>.<br><br><br><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deep Magic<br><\/strong>They want clean fantasy and sci-fi stories. They won\u2019t publish fiction with graphic violence, mature sexual themes, or profanity. They also accept reprints.<br>Deadline: 30 November 2020 (see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deepmagicezine?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a>)<br>Length: 1,000-40,000 words<br>Pay: $0.08\/word, capped at $599.92 for stories longer than 7,499 words<br>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/deepmagic.co\/submissions\/?fbclid=IwAR0y21s_D7_aVz6bu0AS2aWSl4Wv0F7ftxOti21QxrIMr33mAXOijss3x2Y\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOAX<br><\/strong>This magazine is back in an online form after a hiatus. Their website says, \u201cWe accept text-based work of all forms, providing they incorporate text and are intended to be shown to readers and audiences digitally. This can mean text, image, video, audio, or something more site-specific, embedded into the page or making use of its HTML.\u201d They ask contributors to read their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoaxpublication.co.uk\/p\/about.html\">background and principles<\/a> before submitting. Currently, they publish one piece weekly.<br>Deadline: Open now<br>Length: Unspecified<br>Pay: \u00a350<br>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoaxpublication.co.uk\/p\/submissions-guidelines.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Curiouser Magazine&nbsp;<br><\/strong>This is a new Australian magazine of short fiction and poetry. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/curiousermag.com\/about-2\/\">website<\/a> says the magazine \u201c&#8230;was created out of a love for intriguing short fiction that explores \u2013 by fantastical means \u2013 what it is to be human.\u201d Also, \u201cWe specialise in prose and poetry that can be defined roughly by the genre of magic realism. Whilst the official definition for magic realism states it is a form of literature that deals, in an accepting fashion, aspects of life usually represented as outside reality, we prefer to cast our nets a little bit wider.<br>We love the fantastical, the horrific, the experimental, the incantatory. We don\u2019t like morality plays, overt spiritualism, the banal, the painfully self-aware.\u201d<br>Deadline: Open now<br>Length: Up to 5,000 words; up to three poems<br>Pay: $50-125 for short prose, $25 for poetry (Australian)<br>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/curiousermag.com\/submissions\/\">here<\/a>.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong>&nbsp;S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She is the author of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2NYQBYK\">182 Short Fiction Publishers<\/a>.&nbsp;She can be reached&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:skalekar888@gmail.com\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These magazines pay $50 to $599 for fiction; some accept other genres too, like non-fiction and poetry. &#8211; S. Kalekar ArsenikaThis is a magazine of speculative flash fiction. Submissions can be in English, Spanish, or Chinese. 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