There are nearly three dozen calls for submissions in October. As always, anything you can think of is wanted — flash fiction, speculative fiction and poetry, horror, creative nonfiction along with several themed issues and anthologies.All of these literary magazines pay, and none charge submission fees. Make sure to follow submission requirements carefully. (Editors get cranky when writers don’t follow their submission rules.)
If you want to get a jump on next month’s calls for submissions, check the page Calls for Submissions, which is where I post new calls as they come up.
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American Psychos. Genre: Dark crime, thriller, brutal horror. (This series is about serial killers.) Length: 3500–5500 words. (Word count is somewhat flexible). Payment: $100. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
The Blue Route. Restrictions: Only the work of current undergraduate writers will be considered. Genres: Fiction, or creative nonfiction totaling no more than 3000 words. Payment: $25. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
Blood Bound Books: Crash Code. Genre: Speculative fiction. “This anthology is going to focus on just how far human kind is willing to fall in pursuit of the next innovation, whether it’s paying for bionic sex in bitcoins, five-year-olds browsing the Dark Web, bar code tattoos, mainstream holographic snuff films, or corrupted neural implants driving their users mad.” Payment: $0.03/word. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
The Last Line. Genre: Short stories. All stories must end with the last line “I will visit again if I am ever back this way.” Length: 300–5,000 words. Payment: $20-$40. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
Cherry Tree. Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and literary shade. Payment: $20. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
Griffith Review: The New Disruptors. Genre: Essays, reportage, creative non-fiction or non-fiction on the “upheavals that have come with our increasingly technological world.” Payment: Negotiated. Deadline: October 2, 2018.
Helios Magazine. Theme: “Songs of Yesteryear.” Genres: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art. Payment: $0.03 USD per word for the first 1,500 words and $0.01 USD after for short stories, and $0.25 USD a line for poetry. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook. Genre: “The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook, the latest in Belt’s series of idiosyncratic city guides (after Cleveland and Detroit), aims to explore community history and identity in a global city through essays articulating the lived experience of its residents.” Payment: Not specified. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
SunLit Story Time November Podcasts. Genre: Short story. Length: Minimum of 1250 words. Maximum of 2500 words. Payment: $100. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
American Chordata. Genre: Short works of original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Rattle. Genre: Persona Poems. (A persona poem is one where the speaker of the poem is a dramatic character other than the poet.) Payment: $100. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Aqueduct Press: Ursula K. Le Guin Tribute Poetry Anthology. Genre: Poetry that pays tribute to Ursula Le Guin. Payment: $20/poem. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Shifters United: Urban Fantasy. Genre: Urban fantasy novellas featuring shape shifters. Length: 20,000 to 50,000 words. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Vol IV. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: AUD$75. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Gordon Square Review. Genre: Poetry, short stories, personal essays, and hybrid prose works. Payment: $25 for prose, $10 for poetry. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Subprimal Poetry Art. Genres: Flash fiction and poetry. “We’re looking for work that enables the reader / listener to experience something that they might not otherwise in their regular life and causes them to think. We like pieces that use language in new ways. We have a special fondness for prose poems. Voices outside of the status quo keep us awake at night.” Payment: $20. Reprints $10. Deadline: October 16, 2018.
Star Maps & Planets’ Paths: An Anthology of Astrology & Celestial Myths. Genre: Poetry and fiction. Payment: Revenue sharing. Deadline: October 19, 2018.
Nonbinary Review. Genre: Fiction, CNF, poetry, and art on the theme of “Dante’s Inferno. Payment: 1 cent per word for fiction and nonfiction, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry (singular poems or a suite) and $25 per piece of visual art. Deadline: October 24, 2018.
Gorse. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, translation. Payment: Small. Deadline: October 28, 2018.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: “Life Lessons from my Cat”. Genre: True stories about cats. “We are working on another wonderful and entertaining collection of stories about cats the lessons that we have learned from our feline family members. We know that our cats can teach us things about life and we know that you have many great stories to share with us. Those stories can be serious or humorous… or both. If you submitted a story for a previous Cat book title and we DID NOT publish it, please do submit it again if you think it will fit in this title.” Payment: $200. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Pseudopod. Genre: Horror. Audio format. Payment: 6 cents per word. Deadline: October 31, 2018. Reprints accepted.
Wolfpack Press. Genre: Short stories. “We crave the wild, weird, wonderful, and witty.” Length: Fiction, up to 6000 words, nonfiction up to 5,000 words, also accepts poetry (up to 3 poems per submission). Payment: $15. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Tech Horror: Kill Switch. Genre: Horror. Length: 2,000–7,000 words. Payment: $10 + digital contributor copy. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Robbed of Sleep. Genre: Horror. Length: 100–4,000 words. Payment: $10 short story, $5 flash fiction. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: “Life Lessons from my Dog”. Genre: True stories about dog. “We are working on another wonderful and entertaining collection of stories about dogs the lessons that we have learned from our canine family members. We know that our dogs can teach us things about life and we know that you have many great stories to share with us. Those stories can be serious or humorous… or both. If you submitted a story for a previous Dog book title and we DID NOT publish it, please do submit it again if you think it will fit in this title.” Payment: $200. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
The Realm of British Folklore. Genre: Stories and poems for a new anthology that involves British Folklore. Payment: One penny Sterling per word, with a minimum payment of £10 Sterling for poems and very, very short stories. For illustrations, £30 for ‘header’ illustrations to a story, £100 for full page illustrations and £200 for the cover illustration. Deadline: October 31, 2018. Reprints accepted.
Barking Sycamores is a literary journal entirely edited and operated by queer, neurodivergent people of color. Genres: Creative nonfiction. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Write Naked. Genre: Blog posts about writing. Payment: $50. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Spectre Press: The Realm of British Folklore. Genre: Stories that evoke British folklore. Payment: £0.01/word. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Horror Addicts. Genre: Horror. Your story must involve technology in some way. Payment: $10. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Ellipsis. Genre: Poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, drama, and art. Payment: $10 per poem and page of visual art, and $3 per page of prose (sometimes more, depending on our budget), plus two free copies of the issue. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Our Loss Anthology. Genre: Stories, poetry on theme of Loss/Pain. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
If you want to get a jump on next month’s calls for submissions, check the page Calls for Submissions, which is where I post new calls as they come up.
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American Psychos. Genre: Dark crime, thriller, brutal horror. (This series is about serial killers.) Length: 3500–5500 words. (Word count is somewhat flexible). Payment: $100. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
The Blue Route. Restrictions: Only the work of current undergraduate writers will be considered. Genres: Fiction, or creative nonfiction totaling no more than 3000 words. Payment: $25. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
Blood Bound Books: Crash Code. Genre: Speculative fiction. “This anthology is going to focus on just how far human kind is willing to fall in pursuit of the next innovation, whether it’s paying for bionic sex in bitcoins, five-year-olds browsing the Dark Web, bar code tattoos, mainstream holographic snuff films, or corrupted neural implants driving their users mad.” Payment: $0.03/word. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
The Last Line. Genre: Short stories. All stories must end with the last line “I will visit again if I am ever back this way.” Length: 300–5,000 words. Payment: $20-$40. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
Cherry Tree. Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and literary shade. Payment: $20. Deadline: October 1, 2018.
Griffith Review: The New Disruptors. Genre: Essays, reportage, creative non-fiction or non-fiction on the “upheavals that have come with our increasingly technological world.” Payment: Negotiated. Deadline: October 2, 2018.
Helios Magazine. Theme: “Songs of Yesteryear.” Genres: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art. Payment: $0.03 USD per word for the first 1,500 words and $0.01 USD after for short stories, and $0.25 USD a line for poetry. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook. Genre: “The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook, the latest in Belt’s series of idiosyncratic city guides (after Cleveland and Detroit), aims to explore community history and identity in a global city through essays articulating the lived experience of its residents.” Payment: Not specified. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
SunLit Story Time November Podcasts. Genre: Short story. Length: Minimum of 1250 words. Maximum of 2500 words. Payment: $100. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
American Chordata. Genre: Short works of original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Rattle. Genre: Persona Poems. (A persona poem is one where the speaker of the poem is a dramatic character other than the poet.) Payment: $100. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Aqueduct Press: Ursula K. Le Guin Tribute Poetry Anthology. Genre: Poetry that pays tribute to Ursula Le Guin. Payment: $20/poem. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Shifters United: Urban Fantasy. Genre: Urban fantasy novellas featuring shape shifters. Length: 20,000 to 50,000 words. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Vol IV. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: AUD$75. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Gordon Square Review. Genre: Poetry, short stories, personal essays, and hybrid prose works. Payment: $25 for prose, $10 for poetry. Deadline: October 15, 2018.
Subprimal Poetry Art. Genres: Flash fiction and poetry. “We’re looking for work that enables the reader / listener to experience something that they might not otherwise in their regular life and causes them to think. We like pieces that use language in new ways. We have a special fondness for prose poems. Voices outside of the status quo keep us awake at night.” Payment: $20. Reprints $10. Deadline: October 16, 2018.
Star Maps & Planets’ Paths: An Anthology of Astrology & Celestial Myths. Genre: Poetry and fiction. Payment: Revenue sharing. Deadline: October 19, 2018.
Nonbinary Review. Genre: Fiction, CNF, poetry, and art on the theme of “Dante’s Inferno. Payment: 1 cent per word for fiction and nonfiction, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry (singular poems or a suite) and $25 per piece of visual art. Deadline: October 24, 2018.
Gorse. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, translation. Payment: Small. Deadline: October 28, 2018.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: “Life Lessons from my Cat”. Genre: True stories about cats. “We are working on another wonderful and entertaining collection of stories about cats the lessons that we have learned from our feline family members. We know that our cats can teach us things about life and we know that you have many great stories to share with us. Those stories can be serious or humorous… or both. If you submitted a story for a previous Cat book title and we DID NOT publish it, please do submit it again if you think it will fit in this title.” Payment: $200. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Pseudopod. Genre: Horror. Audio format. Payment: 6 cents per word. Deadline: October 31, 2018. Reprints accepted.
Wolfpack Press. Genre: Short stories. “We crave the wild, weird, wonderful, and witty.” Length: Fiction, up to 6000 words, nonfiction up to 5,000 words, also accepts poetry (up to 3 poems per submission). Payment: $15. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Tech Horror: Kill Switch. Genre: Horror. Length: 2,000–7,000 words. Payment: $10 + digital contributor copy. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Robbed of Sleep. Genre: Horror. Length: 100–4,000 words. Payment: $10 short story, $5 flash fiction. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: “Life Lessons from my Dog”. Genre: True stories about dog. “We are working on another wonderful and entertaining collection of stories about dogs the lessons that we have learned from our canine family members. We know that our dogs can teach us things about life and we know that you have many great stories to share with us. Those stories can be serious or humorous… or both. If you submitted a story for a previous Dog book title and we DID NOT publish it, please do submit it again if you think it will fit in this title.” Payment: $200. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
The Realm of British Folklore. Genre: Stories and poems for a new anthology that involves British Folklore. Payment: One penny Sterling per word, with a minimum payment of £10 Sterling for poems and very, very short stories. For illustrations, £30 for ‘header’ illustrations to a story, £100 for full page illustrations and £200 for the cover illustration. Deadline: October 31, 2018. Reprints accepted.
Barking Sycamores is a literary journal entirely edited and operated by queer, neurodivergent people of color. Genres: Creative nonfiction. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Write Naked. Genre: Blog posts about writing. Payment: $50. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Spectre Press: The Realm of British Folklore. Genre: Stories that evoke British folklore. Payment: £0.01/word. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Horror Addicts. Genre: Horror. Your story must involve technology in some way. Payment: $10. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Ellipsis. Genre: Poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, drama, and art. Payment: $10 per poem and page of visual art, and $3 per page of prose (sometimes more, depending on our budget), plus two free copies of the issue. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
Our Loss Anthology. Genre: Stories, poetry on theme of Loss/Pain. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2018.
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