{"id":3679,"date":"2018-07-30T17:15:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=3679"},"modified":"2018-07-30T17:15:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:15:20","slug":"subs-in-the-summertime-submission-roundup-for-july-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/subs-in-the-summertime-submission-roundup-for-july-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Subs in the Summertime: Submission Roundup for July 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! First off, yes, the month is indeed almost over, but July&#8217;s post is here, in just under the wire! Some of these deadlines are coming up quickly, while others are still a couple months away, so please check the guidelines, and plan accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>A perennial reminder: I am not a representative for any of these publications, so if you&#8217;ve got questions about anything, please direct them to the respective editors.<\/p>\n<p>With that out of the way, 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\" \/><em><strong>FIYAH<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: $150\/flat for short stories; $300\/flat for novelettes; $50\/flat for poetry<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 7,000 words for short stories; up to 15,000 words for novelettes<br \/>\nDeadline: July 31st, 2018<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to speculative fiction from authors from the African continent and\u00a0diaspora. The upcoming issue\u2019s theme is Pilgrimage.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiyahlitmag.com\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sorry We&#8217;re Closed<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: $15\/flat<br \/>\nLength: Up to 10,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: August 13th, 2018<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to horror stories about dark, abandoned places and what lurks within.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amurderofstorytellers.com\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tor.com<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: Advance plus royalties<br \/>\nLength: 20,000 to 40,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: August 13th, 2018<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to speculative fiction novellas.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2018\/06\/25\/tor-com-publishing-opening-to-novella-submissions-on-july-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A Punk Rock Future<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: 350 to 500 words for flash; up to 6,000 words for short fiction<br \/>\nDeadline: August 15th, 2018<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to futuristic speculative fiction that incorporates aspects of punk music.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/zsenonpublishing.com\/submission-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twelfth Planet Press<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $300 advance plus 40% royalties<br \/>\nLength: 17,000 to 40,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Open from August 1st to August 31st, 2018<br \/>\nWhat They Want: The editors are seeking festive-themed novellas with a positive, joyful spin. Open to speculative fiction as well as romance, contemporary fiction, and crime.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/twelfthplanetpress.moksha.io\/publication\/twelfth-planet-press\/guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>American Psychos: A Serial Killer Anthology<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: $100\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 3,500 to 5,500 words<br \/>\nDeadline: October 1st, 2018<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to horror fiction about serial killers.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redroompress.com\/submission-guidelines\/american-psychos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy submitting!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! First off, yes, the month is indeed almost over, but July&#8217;s post is here, in just under the wire! Some of these deadlines are coming up quickly, while others are still a couple months away, so please check the guidelines, and plan accordingly. A perennial reminder: I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3679","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\/3679","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=3679"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3710,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions\/3710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}