Spring into Fiction: Submission Roundup for May 2017

Welcome back to this month’s Submission Roundup! Today’s post features some great calls for May, plus a couple early warnings for submission windows not closing until June and July!

As always, I am not a representative for any of these markets; I’m only spreading the word! That means if you have any questions, please direct them to the respective publications!

And now onward to this month’s Submission Roundup!

Submission RoundupBroad Knowledge: 35 Women Up to No Good
Payment: .06/word
Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: May 30th, 2017
What They Want: Dark speculative stories by authors who are female, non-binary, or a marginalized sex or gender identity. Stories must highlight the theme of knowledge, and also “feature female protagonists whose knowledge is integral to the plot/conflict.”
Find the details here.

Chiral Mad 4
Payment: .06/word
Length: up to 20,000 words
Deadline: May 31st, 2017
What They Want: Open to horror stories that are collaborations between two or more authors.
Find the details here.

Corporate Cthulhu
Payment: .03/word
Length: 2,000-7,000 words
Deadline:  June 1st, 2017
What They Want: Lovecraftian stories based in corporate or other large, private-sector bureaucratic worlds.
Find the details here.

Eternal Haunted Summer
Payment: $5/flat
Length: No specific limits, though stories over 5,000 words will probably be serialized
Deadline: June 1st, 2017
What They Want: Open to original stories and poetry about gods and goddesses in the pagan tradition.
Find the details here.

Welcome to Miskatonic University
Payment: .08/word
Length: up to 6,000 words
Deadline: June 30th, 2017
What They Want: Lovecraftian stories based at Miskatonic University.
Find the details here.

NonBinary Review: The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
Payment: .01/word for fiction and nonfiction; $10/flat for poetry; $25/flat for visual art
Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: July 31st, 2017
What They Want: Poetry, visual art, fiction, and nonfiction based around theme of Hans Christian Andersen’s tales. All submitted work must have a clear connection to Andersen.
Find the details here.

Happy submitting!