HWA L.A.: For November, 2024
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Out There (Sans.
Press)
https://www.sanspress.com/submissions
Payment: €200 flat (abt. $215
U.S. (*which “may” ultimately calculate to a bit less than 5 cents a word)
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: November 21, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Short stories that engage
with new ways of being, and that embrace unapologetic weirdness. Between
literary and experimental, sci-fi and speculative, that are no rules as to how
you interpret the prompt; be as metaphorical or literal as you wish – as long
as you promise to take us on an unforgettable journey.
https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 6,000 words
(preferred 1,000–4,000)
Deadline: Open between November 1,
2024 and January 15, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: up to 4 months
Description: Fantasy stories of
queer heroes forged and tempered in the fire, fighting dark stars and bright
suns, and overthrowing tyranny in all its forms. Sword and sorcery, sweat and
sandals, souls and stars. (Open to all authors.)
Small Wonders
https://smallwondersmag.com/submissions/
Payment: 10 cents a word (1
cent a word for reprints)
Story Length: up to 1,000 words (or
1,100 words for reprints)
Deadline: Intermittent
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Unspecified, but according
to online reports up to five months
Description: Non-themed short
stories relating to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
TWO SEPARATE ANTHOLOGIES from Flame Tree Publishing
Payment: 8 cents a word (6 cents/ word for reprints)
Story Length: 3,000–4,000 words (soft range)
Deadline: November 24, 2024
Reprints?: Yes
Response: within 4 months of the submission deadline
Morgana le Fay: Fiction short stories about the Greek goddess, Aphrodite.
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/aphrodite-submissions
Loki: Fiction short
stories about the Norse mythological god, Loki.
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/loki-submissions-0
Plott Hound Magazine
https://plotthoundmag.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
(preferred 3,000–4,000); or flash fiction up to 999 words
Deadline: *Upcoming: Open between
December 1 and December 15, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Unknown
Description: Stories with
anthropomorphized animals as protagonists; Animal-centric speculative fiction
(fantasy, science fiction, horror).
https://www.dbspress.com/submissions
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 1,500–5,000 words
Open From: Open between November 1,
2024–December 31, 2024
Reprints?: Yes (if older than 10
years) (and paid flat rate of $55)
Response: Unknown, but reported as
generally between 30 and 60 days.
Description: The best new fiction
based on Stoker’s characters, locations, and themes. This issue: What happened
on the way from the castle to the hospital in Buda-Pesth? What happens after
the story ends? What is his relationship with his son? Jonathan is often perceived
and portrayed as impish and weak, but he might just be one of the bravest
characters in the book.
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of
the Month”
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine
Payment: 2 cents a word
Story Length: 500–5,000 words
Deadline: Open between November 2
and November 15, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: Original (non-themed)
horror and weird fiction short stories: The strange, the macabre, the eerie,
the esoteric, the fabulist, and the gothic.
https://interzone.press/submissions/
Payment: 1.5 euros a word
Story Length: 2,000–17,500 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: usually within 5 weeks
Description: Fantastika fiction:
non-themed, general audience, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
