HWA L.A.: For September, 2023New or Reopening Market Listings/ NotesAt Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Nightmare Diaries
https://www.moonstruck-books.com/submissions
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 500–10,000 words
Deadline: December 27, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Non-themed Dark Fiction
short stories.
Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical
Familiars
https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/6
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 1
and October 15, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: By December 31, 2023
Description: Magical animal
familiars and their humans: Original feline and or familiar stories and poetry
in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, humor, and
romance, appropriate for up to a “PG-13” audience. Felines and or familiars (of
other types) must be central to the story.
Little Bastards: Too-Short Horror
Stories Nobody Wants
https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-little-bastards
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–2,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 15
and September 30, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Unthemed horror stories
(including all sub-genres, as well as fantasy and dark literary).
https://grendelpress.com/anthology-submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 2,500–7,000 words
Deadline: December 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: A tale delivered from a
character who stepped through a door and found themselves someplace unexpected.
On their journey, they will notice a book called Midnight Labyrinth. No
requirement to read or interact with it; it just needs to appear. Genre-bending
is welcome! Sci-fi, steampunk, horror, fantasy, etc.
Here There Be Dragons
https://www.hiraethsffh.com/here-there-be-dragons
Payment: 8 cents a word for
the 1st 3,00 words and 3 cents a word thereafter
Story Length: 3,000–6,000 words
Deadline: Open between October 1 and
January 1, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Two months
Description: Renderings of dragons
in writing and art that capture the essence of these fascinating creatures.
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of
the Month”
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–7,500 words
Deadline: Intermittent. Reopens
September 1, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: up to 3 months
Description: Highly imaginative
stories with a healthy dose of the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, odd
realities. We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial
to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine
Payment: 1.5 cents a word
Story Length: 500–6,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 2
and September 16, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: Original (non-themed)
horror and weird fiction short stories.
https://theunderdogpress.com/pages/submission-guidelines
All 3 anthologies:
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500–12,000 words
Reprints?: No
Response: Within 3 months
1. The Underdogs Rise Vol. 2
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Description: Science fiction or
fantasy stories about underdogs that take fantastical worlds or places but want
characters to be the focus.
2. The Way of Worlds
Deadline: December 31,
2023
Description: Stories about outer
space exploration and colonization.
3. Nightmares Before Bed
Deadline: January 31,
2023
Description: Unthemed horror
stories
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