Welcome back for this month’s Submission Roundup! Lots of great opportunities for October and beyond, so if you’ve got a story, one of these markets might be the perfect fit!
As always, a disclaimer: I am not a representative for any of these markets; I’m merely spreading the word! Please direct your questions to their respective publications.
And with that, onward with this month’s Submission Roundup!
99 Tiny Terrors
Payment: $25/flat
Length: 500 to 1,000 words
Deadline: October 31st, 2020
What They Want: Open to a wide range of horror flash fiction.
Find the details here.
UnMasked: Stories of Risk and Revelation
Payment: .06/word
Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: October 31st, 2020
What They Want: Open to speculative fiction stories about being unmasked.
Find the details here.
Arsenika
Payment: $60/flat for fiction; $30/flat for poetry
Length: up to 1,000 words
Deadline: November 1st, 2020
What They Want: Open to a wide range of fiction and poetry. Submissions can be in English, Spanish, and/or Chinese.
Find the details here.
Far From Home anthology
Payment: .01/word
Length: 2,000 to 8,000 words
Deadline: November 1st, 2020
What They Want: Off Limits Press is currently seeking adventure horror stories for their forthcoming anthology.
Find the details here.
In Darkness Delight: Fear the Future
Payment: .03/word ($150 maximum)
Length: 2,500 to 4,500 words preferred (up to 7,500 words will be considered)
Deadline: November 15th, 2020
What They Want: This Corpus Press anthology is seeking horror fiction with futuristic themes.
Find the details here.
Other Fears: An Anthology of Diverse Terrors
Payment: .10/word
Length: 1,000 to 5,000 words
Deadline: December 1st, 2020
What They Want: Open to Horror Writers Association members, this anthology edited by Rena Mason and Vince A. Liaguno is seeking stories about “otherness.”
Find the details here.
Cemetery Gates’ Campfire Macabre
Payment: .08/word
Length: 500 to 1,000 words
Deadline: December 26th, 2020
What They Want: The editors are seeking flash fiction stories on the themes of Cemetery Chillers, Spook Houses, Supernatural Slashers, Witchcraft, and Within the Woods.
Find the details here.
FIYAH
Payment: .08/word for fiction; $50/flat for poetry
Length: Short fiction from 2,000 to 7,000 words & novelettes up to 15,000 words
Deadline: December 31st, 2020
What They Want: Open to Black authors, FIYAH is currently seeking fiction and poetry for their forthcoming unthemed issue.
Find the details here.
Planet Scumm
Payment: .02/word
Length: 2,000 to 6,000 words
Deadline: January 10th, 2021
What They Want: Guest edited by Hailey Piper, this issue of the magazine is seeking speculative fiction stories specifically from cisgender women, transgender women, transgender men, non-binary people, and genderqueer people.
Find the details here.
Happy submitting, and happy Halloween!