Welcome back for September’s Submission Roundup! There are so many amazing writing opportunities this month, so if you’ve got a story looking for a home, hopefully one of these markets might be the perfect fit!
As always, a disclaimer: I’m not a representative for any of these markets. I’m merely spreading the word! Please direct all your questions to their respective editors.
And now onward with this month’s Submission Roundup!
Nightmare Magazine
Payment: .08/word for fiction; $40/flat for poetry
Length: 1,500 to 7,500 words for fiction
Deadline: Open to BIPOC authors starting September 7th; open to all other authors starting September 14th
What They Want: Editor Wendy N. Wagner is seeking a wide variety of horror and dark fantasy fiction and poetry.
Find the details here.
Flame Tree’s Terrifying Ghosts anthology
Payment: .08/word for original fiction; .06/word for reprints
Length: 2,000 to 4,000 words
Deadline: September 20th, 2020
What They Want: Open to original and reprint ghost stories.
Find the details here.
Flame Tree’s Black Sci-Fi Short Stories anthology
Payment: .08/word for original fiction; .06/word for reprints
Length: 2,000 to 4,000 words
Deadline: September 21st, 2020
What They Want: Open to a wide range of science fiction stories from Black authors.
Find the details here.
Angry Robot Books
Payment: Negotiable
Length: 60,000 words minimum
Deadline: September 30th, 2020
What They Want: The editors are specifically seeking science fiction/fantasy novels from Black authors who currently do not have literary agents.
Find the details here.
Neon Hemlock Press
Payment: Royalties negotiable
Length: 17,500 to 40,000 words
Deadline: October 5th, 2020
What They Want: Novella submissions now open to Black authors only. The editors are seeking all speculative genres, including but not limited to horror, science fiction, fantasy, and the Weird.
Find the details here.
UnMasked: Stories of Risk and Revelation
Payment: .06/word
Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: October 31st, 2020
What They Want: Open to speculative fiction stories about being unmasked.
Find the details here.
Far From Home anthology
Payment: .01/word
Length: 2,000 to 8,000 words
Deadline: November 1st, 2020
What They Want: Off Limits Press is currently seeking adventure horror stories for their forthcoming anthology.
Find the details here.
In Darkness Delight: Fear the Future
Payment: .03/word ($150 maximum)
Length: 2,500 to 4,500 words preferred (up to 7,500 words will be considered)
Deadline: November 15th, 2020
What They Want: This Corpus Press anthology is seeking horror fiction with futuristic themes.
Find the details here.
FIYAH
Payment: .08/word for fiction; $50/flat for poetry
Length: Short fiction from 2,000 to 7,000 words & novelettes up to 15,000 words
Deadline: December 31st, 2020
What They Want: Open to Black authors, FIYAH is currently seeking fiction and poetry for their forthcoming unthemed issue.
Find the details here.
Air and Nothingness Press
Payment: .08/word
Length: 1,000 to 3,000 words
Deadline: September 17th, 2020 for Upon a Once Time; February 28th, 2021 for The Wild Hunt
What They Want: The editors are seeking stories for two submission calls: Upon a Once Time, an anthology of mash-up fairy tales, and The Wild Hunt, an anthology of mythology.
Find the details here.
Happy reading!