June, 2019: HWA L.A.
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
At Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Bronzeville Bee
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: up to 3,000 words
Deadline: Intermittently (usually) open
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Any genre fiction:
crime, sci fi, fantasy, horror and YA for online publication; (publisher has a
focus on diversity in author pool). Publisher also accepts NON-FICTION at pay
for articles 1500–1800 words in length of $150. 10 cents per word for articles
1499 words or less.
Longevity anthology (Third Flatiron)
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 1,500–3,000 words
Deadline: July 10, 2019–August 3, 2019
Reprints?: No
Response: by October 1, 2019
Description: (SF/Fantasy/Horror) Legends tell of people who lived a long time, like
Methuselah. Some are just lucky (Lazarus Long), some have it thrust upon them
(Lestat), some just naturally come by it (cats, bristlecone pines, megaliths),
and some rightfully earn their immortality (Shakespeare, Sophocles). Is life
extension possible via diets or genetic manipulation, and will there be side
effects? Is ageism a real thing? Give us your speculative take on longevity and
how it is achieved.
Asimov’s Science
Fiction (magazine)
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–20,000 words
Deadline: Intermittently open
Reprints?: No
Response: Five weeks
Description: Character-oriented
Science Fiction stories that is serious, thoughtful, yet accessible (occasional
humor), including borderline fantasy, slipstream, and surreal fiction (and some
poetry).
Flame Tree
Publishing (Flash Fiction Monthly Contest)
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 700–1,000 words
Deadline: June 16, 2019
Reprints?: No
Response: Presumably by the
end of the following month.
Description: Original Flash
Fiction written to the month’s theme; must be subscriber to the newsletter to
receive the monthly prompt. This month: The
Horror theme is Blood and Gore. The Sci-Fi stories theme is Aliens on Earth.
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”
Gallery of
Curiosities (fiction anthology print and podcast)—SPECIAL SESSION: WW2 THEMED
Payment: 4 cents a word
Story Length: up to 7,500 words
Deadline: June 1–30, 2019
Reprints?: Yes (paid at 1
cent a word)
Response: One week for
initial short list acceptance, then varying timeframe thereafter
Description: Dark “retropunk”
fiction: Speculative fiction stories set around the era of World War II.
Monsters in Spaaaace!:
(Dragon’s Roost Press)
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: up to 6,000 words
Deadline: July 31, 2017
Reprints?: Query first
Response: unknown
Description: Finely crafted
works of Dark Speculative fiction which feature one (or more) classic monsters.
Vampires, mummies, creatures built from dead body parts, lycanthropes, mad
scientists, and zombies—but we want to see them in space!
The Forge Literary
Magazine
Payment: flat $50
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.
Thank you so much for these!
ReplyDeleteReally helpful, Eric. Thank you!
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