{"id":2931,"date":"2017-07-03T15:25:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T15:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2017-07-03T15:25:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T15:25:46","slug":"a-summer-vacation-of-writing-submission-roundup-for-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/a-summer-vacation-of-writing-submission-roundup-for-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"A Summer Vacation of Writing: Submission Roundup for July 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! Today&#8217;s post has a ton of great opportunities for you fiction writers out there!<\/p>\n<p>As always, a quick disclaimer: I am not a representative for any of these publications. I&#8217;m simply spreading the word! Please direct any and all inquiries directly to the respective publications.<\/p>\n<p>Now onward to this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Submission-Roundup-Final-1.jpg\" alt=\"Submission Roundup\" width=\"448\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Submission-Roundup-Final-1.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Submission-Roundup-Final-1-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flame Tree Publishing<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 4,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 7th, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: For the upcoming editions of Flame Tree&#8217;s anthology series, the editors are looking for stories that fall into one of the two following categories: &#8220;Pirates and Ghosts&#8221; and &#8220;Agents and Spies.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.flametreepublishing.com\/fantasy-gothic\/short-story-submissions-pirates-ghosts-and-agents-spies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unnerving Magazine<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .01\/word<br \/>\nLength: 400-2,500 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 14th, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Original horror fiction with the theme of Halloween and\/or classic monsters.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/unnervingmagazine.submittable.com\/submit\/71419\/magazine-submissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intelligence in Fiction<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .08\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 15th, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: The Machine Intelligence Research Institute is seeking fiction about artificial intelligence. With very specific guidelines, be sure to check out all the relevant details before submitting.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.org\/intelligence-in-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Electric Spec<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $20\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 250 to 7,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 15th, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to fantasy, science fiction, and horror fiction.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricspec.com\/Submissions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharp and Sugar Tooth<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 31st, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Part of Upper Rubber Boot&#8217;s Women Up to No Good series, the editors are seeking &#8220;creepy, seductive stories about the dark side of culinary life.&#8221; Authors must be female, non-binary, or a marginalized gender identity; diverse, female protagonists are encouraged.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upperrubberboot.com\/open-call-sharp-sugar-tooth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Beauty of Death<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $100\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 4,000-5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: September 1st, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Horror stories that fit the theme of &#8220;death by water.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentlegions.com\/submissions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Retro Future<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: Not specified, but at least SFWA minimum rates (.06\/word)<br \/>\nLength: Not specified but they accept both flash fiction and short stories<br \/>\nDeadline: September 1st, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: The theme for Issue 4 is resistance to oppression, and all submissions should be in a progressive pulp style.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galileogames.com\/retro-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Happy submitting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! Today&#8217;s post has a ton of great opportunities for you fiction writers out there! As always, a quick disclaimer: I am not a representative for any of these publications. I&#8217;m simply spreading the word! Please direct any and all inquiries directly to the respective publications. Now onward to this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-submission-roundup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions\/2947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}