Here are 18 upcoming deadlines for submitting fiction, article pitches, and entering contests. All of these are paid opportunities. The deadlines are through November 30th.<\/p>\n
Most of these were previously listed in Freedom With Writing<\/a>, or Authors Publish Magazine. <\/a><\/p>\n For more opportunities, see this list of 10 Fiction Markets Paying $50 to $500 for November and December 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thanks to S. Kalekar for most of the listings in this article.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b>Prarie Fire<\/strong>, a Canadian literary journal publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They\u2019re reading on the \u2018Uncharted Territory\u2019 theme. Their guidelines say, \u201cEach person is essentially, a vast uncharted territory just waiting to be explored. Sometimes the changes we create, or are plunged into, are monumental, adventurous and exciting, at other times, they are grueling, painful, and require us to endure until we reach the other side. Deadline: November 24th, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n Cut Fruit Collective<\/strong> is a SF Bay Area-based grassroots organization creating art for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community care. They are looking for writers to help them \u201ccreate impactful content to uplift and build coalitions across AAPI communities.\u201d The content writers will create 1-3 posts a month about AAPI culture, heritage, etc. They will pay $50 per post (150 -300 words). They will pay $0.25\/word for longer works. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread<\/a> and this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n Deadline: November 24th, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n Mythulu Magazine<\/strong> wants fiction and nonfiction for their next issue, as well as graphic stories\/cartoon strips. Their guidelines say, \u201cCome debate two sides of the world’s hottest-selling genre. How spicy can relationships get without taking clothes off? On the other hand, what gives erotica purpose? Deadline: November 28th, 2021<\/p>\n The Night Shift Radio<\/strong> podcast has The Storyteller Series and they choose two stories to publish each month. One story will be chosen for the Full Cast Audiobook treatment; that author will receive $50 for audio rights and non-exclusive print rights. A second piece will be chosen for their mid-month print only piece. The author of that piece will be offered $25. They publish fiction, nonfiction, memoir \u2013 anything that reads with tension and excitement. They read work from 21st-28th during certain months. Deadline: November 28th, 2021<\/p>\n Crann\u00f3g<\/strong> publishes fiction and poetry from Ireland and around the world. It is published twice yearly. They read in November for the March issue, and in May for the September issue. They nominate work for the Pushcart and Forward prizes. Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n PodCastle<\/strong> publishes fantasy short fiction on their website, and in an audio format. They are open to all sub-genres of fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to slipstream to high fantasy. Fantastical or non-real content should be meaningful to the story. They also accept reprints. Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n <\/b>DreamForge<\/strong>, a speculative fiction magazine, is open for a short period for poetry (up to 900 words) and fiction (200-4,500 words) submissions \u2013 they accept fantasy and science fiction, and horror is not a good fit for this magazine. \u201cPositive stories demonstrating the triumph of the human spirit and the power of hope and humane values in overcoming the most daunting challenges.\u201d Pay is $25-100 for poems, and $0.06\/word for fiction.\u00a0 Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n Strange Horizons<\/strong> publishes speculative fiction, nonfiction (columns, essays, interviews, and round-tables), poetry, and art \u2013 and they are open during the month of November for fiction. Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n Dark Void<\/strong> is a new science fiction horror magazine. All stories take place off planet Earth, according to their website<\/a>. Their first issue will be launched in Spring 2022. Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n <\/b>Apparition Lit<\/strong> accepts speculative fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, horror, literary) and poetry and they are open for submissions on the \u2018Charm\u2019 theme. They have an extended reading period for BIPOC writers. (They also have a monthly themed flash fiction challenge, usually on various historical figures, which runs from the 1st<\/sup> to the 15th<\/sup> of every month, and pays $30.) Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n <\/b>Pirating Pups<\/strong> is an anthology about pirating dogs. The editor says, \u201cI am looking for adventure-loving dogs, puns, water and fun. I\u2019m looking for sailors, submariners, explorers, Vikings and more. Fun stories filled with excitement, drama, treasure-seeking, sword fights, discovering new worlds and dogs, dogs, dogs! \u2026 I\u2019m a sucker for a great setting, three-dimensional characters and high stakes, and if your story elicits real emotion from me\u2014laughter, tears or anything in between\u2014you will have increased your chances of acceptance significantly.\u201d Stories should have a strong plot and detailed characters. Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n This is a call for Smoking Pen Press\u2019s Read on the Run anthology<\/strong>, and the theme is Another Dimension.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re looking for stories about\u00a0time travel, multiverse\/parallel universes, or both.\u201d Contributors can opt for cash payment or a copy\/copies of the anthology. Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n <\/b>Submissions are open for Black Coffee & Vinyl\u2019s<\/strong> visual art and multimedia project that incorporates literature \u2013 fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, on \u2018The City\u2019 theme. \u201cWe are seeking art, words, and sounds that explore, critique, celebrate and interrogate the urban landscape, culture and environment. The city, a place, should play a central role in the work and should be a central character or focus. We are seeking a diverse range of city representation from large cities to small, from real to imagined.\u201d Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n Ask Magazine is a science and nonfiction magazine from Cricket Media, and they run other children\u2019s magazines<\/a>\u00a0as well. They welcome queries for articles, for ASK Magazine. They publish feature articles (400\u20131200 words, with sidebars); photo essays (400\u2013800 words); humor pieces (200\u2013400 words); profiles\/interviews of scientists, inventors, engineers, artists (200\u20131000 words); theme-appropriate experiments; science panel cartoons (2\u20136 pages). They have some upcoming pitch deadlines, including for: Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n Stories of the Eye<\/strong> is a fiction anthology from Weirdpunk Books. They want \u201chorror stories that explore the complex relationships between artists and models. Go beyond the male gaze. Show us the queer gaze, the disabled gaze, the un-colonialized gaze, the intergalactic gaze. Turn the model’s gaze on the artist or audience. Explore the power of images, why we bring them to life or destroy them through duplication and representation, and how the act of creating changes them and changes us. Invent a future art form or resurrect a forgotten handicraft. Define “model” as widely and surprisingly as you like\u201d. Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n ServiceScape Short Story Award: For this award, any genre or theme of short story is accepted. All applicants should submit a work of short fiction or non-fiction, 5,000 words or fewer. Read the guidelines carefully \u2013 they reserve the right to modify or terminate the contest at any time without prior notice. Also see their scholarship<\/a> for students. Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n <\/b>Dappled Things<\/strong> is a space for emerging writers to engage the literary world from a Catholic perspective. For this contest, they want stories of up to 8,000 words \u201cwith vivid characters who encounter grace in everyday settings\u2014we want to see who, in the age we live in, might have one foot in this world and one in the next.\u201d Deadline: November 30th, 2021<\/p>\n The Abbey Review<\/strong> will begin publication in January 2022, and they are reading submissions for their first issue. They want short stories (300 words to 30 pages), screenplays, and poetry. \u201cThe genre doesn\u2019t matter, only the quality of the piece.\u201d They pay $30, and the best piece of writing gets paid an additional $70. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Deadline: December 1st, 2021<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 18 upcoming deadlines for submitting fiction, article pitches, and entering contests. All of these are paid opportunities. The deadlines are through November 30th. Most of these were previously listed in Freedom With Writing, or Authors Publish Magazine. 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\nTell us about a time you (or a fictional character) either deliberately threw away the roadmap and set out on a new, uncharted course into the unfamiliar and unexpected, or a time when an external catalyst such as loss, illness, poverty, a social movement, a work of art, or a pandemic changed the way you think, or sent you in a new direction and changed the course of your life.\u201d
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words for fiction and nonfiction; up to 3 poems
\nPay: $0.10\/word for prose; $40\/poem; varies<\/a> for other formats
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nPick a side. Prove explicit moments can be both ethical and important… or demonstrate why platonic gestures demonstrate superior love.
\nOn the business\/non-fiction side, discuss how codependency impacts authors, especially the tug-of-war between personal expression and the need for acceptance. Consider the romance business, the genre’s relationship with censorship, or another related topic you’re passionate about.\u201d This will be extremely competitive, as they are looking for three stories across the spectrum \u2013 one PG-level romance, one mass-appeal romance, and one erotic story (see guidelines).
\nLength: 500 – 2,800 words for fiction; 200 – 1,200 words for nonfiction
\nPay: $0.04\/word for creative works, capped at $75; $0.08\/word for nonfiction
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLength: 7,000-10,000 words
\nPay: $25, $50 (see guidelines)
\nDetails here<\/a> (episodes) and here<\/a> (guidelines).<\/p>\n
\nDeadline: 30 November 2021
\nLength: Up to 2,000 words for fiction, up to 50 lines for poetry
\nPay: \u20ac100\/story, \u20ac60\/poem
\nDetails here<\/a>\u00a0 and here<\/a>.
\n(Berkeley Fiction Review<\/strong><\/a> is another magazine that is open for submissions now, and accepts fiction, comics, art, and visuals. Pay is $25.)<\/p>\n
\nDeadline: 30 November 2021
\nLength: Up to 6,000 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nDeadline: 30 November 2021 for fiction
\nLength: Up to 10,000 words (under 5,000 words preferred) for fiction
\nPay: $0.10\/word for fiction, $50 for poetry, varies for others
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLength: 3,000-4,000 words
\nPay: $0.05\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nDeadline: 30 November 2021 for general submissions; 1-7 December 2021 for BIPOC-only submissions
\nLength: 1,000-5,000 words for fiction, up to five poems
\nPay: $0.03\/word for prose, $30\/poem
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLength: Up to 7,500 words
\nPay: CAD50
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLength: 1,200-7,000 words
\nPay: $20
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLength: Up to 2,000 words for prose; up to 3 poems
\nPay: $50
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n— Wild in the City:<\/strong> Their guidelines say, \u201cCan wild plants and animals survive in a city?
\nWild animals adapting to urban places; what makes a survivor; problem neighbors.\u201d
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0(click on ASK).<\/p>\n
\nLength: 2,500-5,000 words
\nPay: $0.02\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nValue: $1,000
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nValue: $500, $250
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n