{"id":6237,"date":"2021-10-04T13:29:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T13:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=6237"},"modified":"2021-10-04T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T13:29:17","slug":"spooky-submissions-submission-roundup-for-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/spooky-submissions-submission-roundup-for-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky Submissions: Submission Roundup for October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! Lots of fantastic opportunities, so if you have a story looking for a home, perhaps one of these will be the perfect fit! As always, a disclaimer: I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets; I&#8217;m merely spreading the word. Please direct your questions to their respective editors.<\/p>\n<p>And with that, onward with October&#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>Mirror, Mirror<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: October 15th, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to a wide range of speculative fiction with the theme of mirrors and reflections.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/wordfirewestern.moksha.io\/publication\/mirror-mirror\/guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Escape Pod<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .08\/word for original fiction; $100\/flat for reprints<br \/>\nLength: 1,500 to 6,000 words for original fiction; 1,500 to 18,000 words for reprints<br \/>\nDeadline: October 31st, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Escape Pod is currently open to science fiction stories with the theme of joy.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/escapepod.org\/guidelines\/short-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It Calls from the Veil<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .01\/word CAD (up to $60) for original fiction; $15\/flat for reprints<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 6,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: October 31st, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Eerie River Publishing is seeking supernatural horror fiction.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eerieriverpublishing.com\/open-submission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Negative Space 2: A Return to Survival Horror<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: $50\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 7,500 words<br \/>\nDeadline: October 31st, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Dark Peninsula Press is seeking short stories about survival horror, such as <em>Resident Evil<\/em>, <em>Silent Hill<\/em>, and <em>The Mist<\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkpeninsulapress.com\/negative-space-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Never Whistle at Night<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: $1,000\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: November 1st, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to original fiction from Indigenous horror writers who have no more than two books released.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/shanehawk.com\/submit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LampLight<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,100 words<br \/>\nDeadline: November 15th, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to horror fiction from authors who have never made a pro sale before.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/apokrupha.com\/2021\/08\/30\/lamplight-special-submission-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: 1,000 to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to women authors, this anthology from Black Spot Books is seeking stories about and inspired by Baba Yaga.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/blackspotbooks.submittable.com\/submit\/204749\/into-the-forest-a-women-in-horror-anthology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: $25\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 4,000 to 6,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: A fat-positive anthology, <em>Diet Riot<\/em> is open to horror short stories that feature and celebrate fat protagonists.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/nicole-jarrell.squarespace.com\/diet-riot-a-fatterpunk-anthology-submission-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And finally, an early warning submission call!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Stories of the Eye<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .02\/word<br \/>\nLength: 2,500 to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Open November 1st to November 30th, 2021<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Weirdpunk Books is currently seeking stories inspired by the relationships between artists and models.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weirdpunkbooks.com\/submissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy submitting!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! Lots of fantastic opportunities, so if you have a story looking for a home, perhaps one of these will be the perfect fit! As always, a disclaimer: I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets; I&#8217;m merely spreading the word. Please direct your questions to their respective [&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-6237","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\/6237","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=6237"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6250,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6237\/revisions\/6250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}