June, 2018
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
At Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Nowhereville: Weird
is Other People (via Themed Magazine, EYEDOLON, from Broken Eye Books)
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 3,000–7,500 words
Deadline: July 1, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: Unknown (“as quick
as they can”)
Description: Urban weird fiction: These are modern weird
tales (give or take a few decades) that could only be told of the weirdness of
the urban experience and our interactions with one another. Think Modern
sensibilities from many different voices that show the immense and diverging
possibilities for weird fiction, fearlessly exploring the new and the strange…
Cemetery Dance
Magazine
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: July 5, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: Up to four months
(though known for going beyond this time, up to 12 months)
Description: Tales that are powerful and emotional—creepy,
chilling, disturbing, and moody. Suspense/mystery/crime tales with a horror
element are always welcome. Both supernatural and psychological stories are
fine.
Terra! Tara! Terror! anthology (Third Flatiron)
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 1,500–3,000 words
Deadline: Accepting between June 15, 2018–July 15, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: up to eight weeks
Description: (SF/Fantasy/Horror/Humor) Whether the setting is a cabin in the woods (Terra), Fae
(Tara), or spaceship Nostromo (Terror), take us there and spin your adventure.
For a bit of mood whiplash, we'd like a mixture of dark and bright stories.
Examples: Obsession with odd artifacts (like Roadside
Picnic's golden sphere?), alternate histories, paranormal romance
(no erotica, please, we're PG-13).
The Forge Literary
Magazine
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: Generally 3,000
words or less, but may be open to a bit longer. Flash is also highly
appreciated (1,000 words or less).
Deadline: Continually open
Reprints?: No
Response: 3 months or less
Description: Prose
Fiction--Open to all genres and voices, and stories with any background.
Literary excellence is our only criteria. Pieces read anonymously, so
please do not put your name anywhere in the file.
ESCAPE ARTISTS
PodCasts (4 separate markets; Different Editors, similar guidelines)
All:
Payment: 6 cents a
word/ original; $100 flat rate for reprints
Story
Length: up to 6,000 words
(preferred 4,500 words or less)
Deadline: Intermittent (each market
opens as needs)
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Up to
three months
1. PodCastle
(Fantasy Fiction Podcast)
Description: Publishes in both text and audio. Looking for fantasy stories. We’re
open to all the sub-genres of fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to
slipstream to high fantasy, and everything in between.
2. Cast of Wonders
(Y.A. Fantasy Fiction Podcast)
Description: Stories that evoke a sense of wonder and have something unreal about
them. We aim for a 12-17 age range: that means sophisticated, non-condescending
stories with wide appeal, and without explicit sex, violence or pervasive
obscene language. Think Harry Potter or The Hunger Games.
3. Escape Pod
(Science Fiction Podcast)
Description: Our mandate is fun. We are fairly flexible on what counts as “science”
(as we’ll delve into superheroes or steampunk on occasion) and are interested
in exploring the range of the genre, but we are not looking for fantasy,
magical realism, or more than a tinge of horror. If your story isn’t centered
on science, technology, future projections, alternate history, and how any or
all of these things intersect with people, we’re probably not the right market
for it.
4. Pseudopod
(Horror Fiction Podcast)
Description: Horror: dark, weird fiction. We run the spectrum from grim realism or
crime drama, to magic-realism, to blatantly supernatural dark fantasy. We
publish highly literary stories reminiscent of Poe or Lovecraft as well as
vulgar shock-value pulp fiction; strong pacing, well-defined characters,
engaging dialogue, and clear action.
***Non-PRO-Paying
Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of the Month”
Burnt Fur Anthology
(Blood Bound Books)
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 1,500–7,000
words
Deadline: September 1, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: None listed; estimate 2-3 months
Description: Stories from the dark underbelly of “Furry” life (Animal characters with
human characteristics, or a person who dresses up in costume as such a
character). All sub-genres of horror accepted—extreme, bizzaro, erotic, new
weird, splatterpunk, etc.
Non-Themed Horror
Anthology (unnamed as of yet) (Corpus
Press)
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 2,500–4,500 words
Deadline: September 1, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: By October 30,
2018
Description: Stories that can
be characterized as being within the broad category of “horror” fiction: frightening,
thought-provoking, atmospheric, humorous and/or satirical (or any combination
thereof), but MUST contain a complete tale (i.e. no vignettes).
