HWA
L.A.: December, 2020
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying Rates (5 cents+ per word)
Departure Mirror Quarterly
http://departuremirror.com/guidelines/
Payment: 10 cents a word
(payment capped at 3,000 words)
Story Length: up to 20,000 words
(preferred less than 12,000)
Deadline: Open between January 2–January
31, 2021
Reprints?: No
Response Time: 3 months
Description: Original fiction and
poetry, all of which must be broadly “speculative fiction” (science fiction,
fantasy, alt-history, magical realism, slipstream, or in some other way altered
reality).
https://www.silvershamrockpublishing.com/midnight-from-beyond-the-stars-anthology
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 2,500–6,000 words
Deadline: April 30, 2021
Reprints?: No
Response Time: unknown
Description: Space Monster horror! original
alien horror stories with a The Thing/Alien/The Blob/Critters/Night of the
Creeps kind of vibe.
Diabolical Plots ezine
http://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500 or less
Deadline: Open between January 1–January 31, 2021
Reprints?: No
Response Time: One month
Description: Science fiction, fantasy, and horror (everything must have
speculative element, even horror), including mixed-genres. (This is the same
founders of the market submission tracker, ‘The Grinder’.)
Daily Science Fiction
http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: to 1,500 words (prefer less than 1,000)
Deadline: Continually open (EXCEPT during December 24, 2020–January 2, 2021)
Reprints?: No
Response Time: 1 month
Description: Speculative fiction, such as science fiction, fantasy,
slipstream, etc. Daily publications.
Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of
Insatiable Darkness (Neon Hemlock Press)
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–6,000 words
(less than 4,000 words preferred)
Deadline: January 15, 2021
Reprints?: No
Response Time: unknown
Description: Speculative stories of
witchery with queer narratives; Tales that explores the boundaries between
queer witches, the profane, and infinite darkness.
https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines
Payment: 8–10 cents a word (9
cents a word for non-fiction)
Story Length: up to 20,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: 2–3 months
Description: Science fiction stories
in which some aspect of future science or technology is so integral to the plot
that, if that aspect were removed, the story would collapse.
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J.
Guignard’s “Pick of the Month”
https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
Payment: $100 flat
Story Length: 1,000–7,500 words
Deadline: Continually open
Reprints?: No
Response Time: within 3 months
Description: Non-themed, original
speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
http://najvs.org/anthology.shtml
Payment: 2 cents a word ($30 for
reprints)
Story Length: 3,000–5,000 words
Deadline: Open between January 1–April
30, 2021 (or until filled)
Reprints?: Yes
Response Time: unknown
Description: Short stories inspired
by the writings of Jules Verne. Your story may be set in any time or place. You
may use characters from Verne’s novels (they’re all in the public domain) or
make up your own. You need not write in Verne’s style. The connection between
your story and at least one of Verne’s works must be obvious and significant.
