{"id":4413,"date":"2019-08-02T04:46:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T04:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=4413"},"modified":"2019-08-02T04:46:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T04:46:32","slug":"end-of-summer-stories-submission-roundup-for-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/end-of-summer-stories-submission-roundup-for-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"End-of-Summer Stories: Submission Roundup for August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! Lots of great opportunities as always, so if you&#8217;ve got a story or poem seeking a home, then perhaps one of these markets will be a perfect place to send it!<\/p>\n<p>First, a disclaimer: I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets, so please direct any questions to their respective editors. And with that, onward with August&#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: .08\/word for original stories; .06\/word for reprints<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 4,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: August 18th, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Flame Tree Publishing is seeking short story submissions on the themes of Detective Thrillers and A Dying Planet.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.flametreepublishing.com\/fantasy-gothic\/short-story-submissions-detective-thrillers-a-dying-planet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Signal Horizon<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .03\/word ($90\/max)<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: August 21st, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to horror and dark science fiction stories that will work well in an audio format. Darkly comedic elements welcome, but not required.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signalhorizon.com\/submission-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apparition Lit<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .03\/word for fiction; $15 per poem<br \/>\nLength: 1,000 to 5,000 words for fiction; up to 2 pages for poetry<br \/>\nDeadline: Open August 15th to August 31st, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Speculative fiction and poetry concerning the theme of Euphoria<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apparitionlit.com\/submission-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities, and Other Horrors<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .05\/word<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: August 31st, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to original stories about creating monsters and living with them in your mind and heart.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nettirw.com\/2019\/07\/03\/miscreations-open-call-for-submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Eighteen<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .01\/word<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: September 1st, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Underland Press is seeking horror, dark fantasy, crime, mystery, and other speculative fiction stories on the theme of liminal places and ideas as exemplified by the Moon card in the tarot deck. Be sure to see their open call for even more information about what they&#8217;re seeking for this anthology.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/firebirdcreative.net\/underland\/eighteen.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Latinx Screams<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .05\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,000 words (though up to 3,500 words preferred)<br \/>\nDeadline: September 13th, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: The fantastic V. Castro and Brian Lindenmuth are seeking horror stories from Latinx and AfroLatinx authors about protagonists facing and fighting overwhelming fears.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bronzevillebooks.com\/writers\/anthology-submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Macabre Museum<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $25\/flat for fiction; $5\/flat for poetry<br \/>\nLength: 3,000 to 7,000 words for fiction; up to 3 poems<br \/>\nDeadline: September 15th, 2019<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to literary horror fiction and poetry.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/macabre-museum.com\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy reading!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! Lots of great opportunities as always, so if you&#8217;ve got a story or poem seeking a home, then perhaps one of these markets will be a perfect place to send it! First, a disclaimer: I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets, so please direct any questions [&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-4413","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\/4413","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=4413"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4441,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413\/revisions\/4441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}