{"id":3967,"date":"2018-12-14T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T16:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2019-02-03T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T03:25:25","slug":"end-of-year-fiction-submission-roundup-for-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/end-of-year-fiction-submission-roundup-for-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Year Fiction: Submission Roundup for December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! 2018 is almost in the rearview mirror, but we&#8217;ve still got one final Submission Roundup for the year! Lots of very cool calls, so if you&#8217;ve got a story looking for a home, then consider sending it the way of one of these markets.<\/p>\n<p>A quick reminder first: As always, I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets, so if you have any questions, please send them to the respective editors!<\/p>\n<p>And now 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>Curse the Darkness<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $75\/flat (GBD)<br \/>\nLength: 3,000 to 10,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to short fiction that explores the theme of darkness.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlitpress.com\/open-call-for-submissions-curse-the-darkness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vex Me No More<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .02\/word for original fiction; $25\/flat for reprints<br \/>\nLength:\u00a0 up to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: The editor is seeking horror fiction about witches.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehorrorqueen.com\/submissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Year&#8217;s Best Hardcore Horror<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .01\/word ($60\/max)<br \/>\nLength: up to 6,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Reprints of stories with hardcore or extreme horror that were published in 2018.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redroompress.com\/submission-guidelines\/years-best-hardcore-horror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allegory<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $15\/flat<br \/>\nLength: No exact word count, but between 500 to 5,000 words preferred<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories as well as quirky fiction.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allegoryezine.com\/submissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy submitting! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! 2018 is almost in the rearview mirror, but we&#8217;ve still got one final Submission Roundup for the year! Lots of very cool calls, so if you&#8217;ve got a story looking for a home, then consider sending it the way of one of these markets. A quick reminder first: As always, I&#8217;m not a [&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-3967","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\/3967","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=3967"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4080,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967\/revisions\/4080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}