HWA L.A.: May, 2022
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Literally
Dead (Halloween Ghost) anthology, edited by Gaby Triana)
https://www.gabytriana.com/alienheadpresssubmissions
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–4,000 words
Deadline: May 31, 2022
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Short stories of
classic paranormal, poltergeists, ghosts, spirits, haunted places and objects,
and the eerily unexplained that take place on or around Halloween. Bonus points
if they’re about families, siblings, longtime pals, or pets. Just creepy and
dark ghosts!
https://spacefantasymag.com/submission-guidelines/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,250 words
Deadline: May 30, 2022
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Space fantasy flash
fiction—Give us your living planets, stardust-peddling witches, and quantum
ghosts. We want stories that challenge our relationship with space—past,
present, and future. Show us new mythologies and undiscovered gods. Show us
what emerges from a black hole when its egg finally cracks. Show us the place
where science becomes magic.
Hidden Villains: Arise (anthology by Inkd
Pub)
https://inkdpub.com/submissions/
Payment: between 5 and 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 7,000 words
Opens From: June 1, 2022–August 31,
2022
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: old, imaginative
fantasy, horror, and sci-fi sculpted to thrill and entertain readers with the
bizarre or delve into the shadows; looking for engaging stories with
well-developed characters and deep emotion with focus on the “rising” of a
villain.
Campfire Macabre: Volume 2
https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 500–1,500 words
Opens From: June 1, 2022–August 15,
2022
Reprints?: No
Response: Unknown. Assume rejection
if no response after 90 days.
Description: Flash horror fiction.
SEE PUBLISHER WEBSITE. There are 5 specific themes to write toward!
Fiends in the Furrows III: Final
Harvest (Published by Nosetouch Press)
https://www.nosetouchpress.com/call/
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500–7,000 words
Deadline: July 31, 2022
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Folk Horror from around
the world; isolation, paranoia, depravity, loss of individuality, and rustic
madness, etc.
https://reckoning.press/submit
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 20,000 words
Deadline: September 22, 2022
Reprints?: Query first
Response: 1 to 4 months
Description: Creative writing about
environmental justice. Diverse fiction stories (and poetry) including a
speculative element: Searingly personal, visceral, idiosyncratic understanding
of the world and the people in it as it has been, as it is, as it will be, as
it could be, as a consequence of humanity’s relationship with the earth.
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of
the Month”
https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/madam-president/guidelines
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: up to 7,500 words
(with a preference below 5,000)
Deadline: June 30, 2022
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Alternate History
and/or Speculative Fiction: An anthology about leadership. How did having to
fight for staff of power affect how is wielded.
Not just from the women who fought these battles, but for the very
people engaged, one side, or another who stood for or against those principles
that made it possible for the writing on
the office door to say Madam President. Looking for: Good writing, imaginative
scenarios, and a good bit of humor in stories.
https://www.commontonguezine.com/guidelines-submissions/
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 500–7,000 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 (esp. High Fantasy) with a dark theme.
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