Welcome back for March’s Submission Roundup! This month, there are a ton of great submission calls, so if you’ve got a story seeking home, then maybe one of these markets will be perfect for you!
But first, a regular disclaimer: I’m not a representative for any of these markets, so please direct your questions to the respective editors. And with that, onward with this month’s Submission Roundup!
Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives
Payment: $50 plus percentage from Kickstarter profits
Length: Final stories will be 5,000 to 10,000 words; must pitch editor first
Deadline: March 15th, 2019 for pitches
What They Want: The awesome John Linwood Grant is seeking pitches for his anthology that will feature supernatural Sherlock Holmes stories.
Find the details here.
Flame Tree Press’s Gothic Fantasy series
Payment: .06/word
Length: 2,000 to 4,000 words
Deadline: March 24th, 2019
What They Want: The themes for the next two anthologies in the Gothic Fantasy series are Detective Mysteries and Epic Fantasy.
Find the details here.
Wickedly Abled
Payment: $10/flat
Length: 1,500 to 5,500 words
Deadline: March 31st, 2019
What They Want: Fantastic editor Sumiko Saulson is seeking horror and dark fantasy stories written by disabled authors that featured disabled protagonists.
Find the details here.
Letters from the Grave: A Collection of Epistolary Horror
Payment: .05/word
Length: up to 10,000 words
Deadline: March 31st, 2019
What They Want: Open to horror stories told in an epistolary format.
Find the details here.
The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg
Payment: .01/word
Length: 2,000 to 5,000 words, with approximately 3,000 words being the ideal length
Deadline: March 31st, 2019
What They Want: The editors at Weirdpunk Books are seeking stories that take inspiration from the work of filmmaker David Cronenberg.
Find the details here.
Hinnom Magazine’s Weird Tales
Payment: .06/word for fiction; $65/flat for poetry
Length: 1,000 to 6,000 words for fiction; no length restrictions
Deadline: April 15th, 2019
What They Want: Seeking weird fiction and cosmic horror in the style of Weird Tales written by female authors.
Find the details here.
Happy submitting!