{"id":3236,"date":"2017-12-05T17:54:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T17:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2017-12-05T18:03:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T18:03:52","slug":"fiction-for-a-winters-eve-submission-roundup-for-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/fiction-for-a-winters-eve-submission-roundup-for-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiction for a Winter&#8217;s Eve: Submission Roundup for December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for the final Submission Roundup of 2017! As usual, the end of the year brings a ton of great submission opportunities, so if you&#8217;ve got stories seeking homes, then perhaps one of these markets will be a good fit!<\/p>\n<p>As always, I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these publications, so please direct your questions to the respective editors. And onward with 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>Lackington&#8217;s<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .01\/word CAD<br \/>\nLength: 1,500-5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Ongoing, until filled<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to stylized speculative fiction. The upcoming issue&#8217;s theme is Gothics.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/lackingtons.com\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Riddled With Arrows<br \/>\n<\/strong>Payment: .03\/word (minimum $5 and maximum $25)<br \/>\nLength: up to 1,500 words for fiction; up to two pages for poetry<br \/>\nDeadline: December 10th, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: The upcoming issue&#8217;s theme is Feasts and Families. That means they&#8217;re looking for metafiction about food and family, or works that deal with writing and how it entwines with the theme.\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><br \/>\nFind the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riddledwitharrows.com\/guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Book Smugglers present Awakenings<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .08\/word (up to $800)<br \/>\nLength: 1,500 to 17,500 words<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to diverse speculative fiction stories on the theme of Awakenings, which is open to a broad range of interpretations.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/thebooksmugglers.com\/2017\/10\/book-smugglers-publishing-open-call-short-stories-submissions-2018-awakenings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shoreline of Infinity<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $10 GBP per 1,000 words<br \/>\nLength: Open to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2017<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to science fiction stories from female authors for an all-women issue.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorelineofinfinity.com\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mantid Magazine<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .01\/word<br \/>\nLength: 1,500-6,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Submissions open from December 22nd, 2017 to January 1st, 2018<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to fiction and poetry from female-identifying authors in the genres of weird fiction, dark fantasy, fairy tales, quiet horror, magic realism, dark science fiction, avant-garde, and surrealism. Diverse authors and characters welcomed and encouraged.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mantidmagazine.com\/submissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liminal Stories<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 10,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Open to submissions from December 15th, 2017 to January 15th, 2018<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to unusual and evocative fiction of any genre, though weird fiction, magic realism, soft science fiction, and stories that don&#8217;t fit easily in any category are preferred.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/liminalstoriesmag.com\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Happy submitting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for the final Submission Roundup of 2017! As usual, the end of the year brings a ton of great submission opportunities, so if you&#8217;ve got stories seeking homes, then perhaps one of these markets will be a good fit! As always, I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these publications, so please direct [&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-3236","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\/3236","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=3236"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions\/3263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}