HWA L.A.: May, 2021
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Mermaids Monthly
https://mermaidsmonthly.com/submissions/
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: June 12, 2021
Reprints?: Yes (paid at 1 cent/
word)
Response: 2 weeks after close of
submissions
Description: Everything should in
some way relate to merfolk. We are loose about how you want to define that, and
we will consider other aquatic fantastical creatures to be on theme. Yes,
kelpies and selkies and kappas and nagas are all okay! We would love to see creative
interpretations of the theme. Also interested in non-fiction and comics.
http://aanpress.com/submissions.html
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,500–3,500 words
Deadline: Open between June 1–July
31, 2021
Reprints?: No
Response: est. August 30, 2021
Description: stories that drift in
alternate realities of Spirit Machine, an anthology that merges Science Fiction
with Spiritualism and/or a dash of Steampunk: A mashup of Spiritualism
(seances, Ouija/spirit boards, kirlian auras, discarnated entities, ghost
talking).
The Antihumanist
https://theantihumanists.com/fiction-submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Fiction that challenges
human centered narratives, that forces us to confront our place in the
universe, that makes us question: Who are we? Why are we here? Is there a
purpose? Historically, weird fiction has best captured this goal. However, we
are willing to accept submissions from speculative, horror, and literary
writers that meet the above criteria.
Friends Journal: Quaker Speculative
Fiction Special Issue
https://friendsjournal.submittable.com/submit/193295/november-2021-quaker-sci-fi-speculative-fiction
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 500–2,000 words
Deadline: August 23, 2021
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Speculative fiction
stories to answer the question: “How would the world and the way Quakers live
in it be different if “X” were true?” stories of Quakers and their experiences
outside of what is true of the world we inhabit today. Quakers on interstellar voyages.
Quakers in neon-lit dystopic (or utopic!) futures. Quakers in worlds with
magicians, wizards, werewolves, and things that go bump in the night. Quakers
in cities with superheroes and villains. Quakers in a past that never was. OPEN
to non-quaker authors.
Baffling Magazine (published by Neon
Hemlock)
https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: under 1,200 words
Deadline: Open between June 1–June
15, 2021
Reprints?: No
Response: 90 days
Description: Speculative stories
that explore science fiction, fantasy, and horror with a queer bent. We welcome
weird, slipstream, and interstitial writing.
https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/guidelines/
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–10,000 words
Deadline: until “late June or Late
July” (unspecified)
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Imaginative science/
speculative fiction stories. See website for Upcoming THEMED ISSUES: “Home
Sweet Solar System” (challenges of living off Earth in the Solar System) and
“Everything Computes” (living in an environment that is completely
programmable).
https://ericraglin.com/2021/03/09/antifa-splatterpunk/
Payment: $100 flat
Story Length: 2,000–4,500 words
Deadline: Open between July 1–July
31, 2021
Reprints?: No
Response: August 31, 2021
Description: Anti-fascist
splatterpunk stories. In addition to pure splatterpunk, I’m also open to
extreme horror with weird, bizarro, historical, or science fiction elements.
https://www.commontonguezine.com/guidelines-submissions/
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 600–6,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: Unknown
Description: Dark fantasy magazine
aiming to bring cultural and integral voices to fantasy and diversify the genre.
Primarily interested in Fantasy with a dark theme.
