{"id":6367,"date":"2022-03-07T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=6367"},"modified":"2022-03-07T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:35:17","slug":"lucky-fiction-submission-roundup-for-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/lucky-fiction-submission-roundup-for-march-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Fiction: Submission Roundup for March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! Plenty of amazing submission calls out there right now, so if you&#8217;ve got a story looking for a home, then perhaps one of these markets might be a great fit!<\/p>\n<p>As always, a disclaimer: I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets; please direct your questions to their respective editors. And with that, onward with this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2460\" 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><em><strong>Human Monsters <\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .08\/word<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 4,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: March 15th, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Dark Matter Magazine and Night Worms are teaming up for this new anthology, featuring stories about human monsters.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/darkmattermagazine.com\/submission-guidelines\/human-monsters-anthology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brigids Gate Press<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .08\/word for short stories; $50\/flat for drabbles and poems<br \/>\nLength: 500 to 1,500 words for short stories; 100 words for drabbles; up to 350 words for poetry<br \/>\nDeadline: March 15th, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Brigids Gate Press is seeking horror fiction and poetry inspired by Medusa.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/brigidsgatepress.com\/?page_id=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nightmare<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: Varies depending on submission type<br \/>\nLength: Varies depending on submission type<br \/>\nDeadline: March 13th, 2022 for BIPOC-only submissions; March 20th, 2022 for general submissions<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Nightmare is seeking horror nonfiction, poetry, and fiction; the first part of the submission period is open to BIPOC authors only with general submissions opening on March 13th.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/adamant.moksha.io\/publication\/nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Shredded: A Sports and Fitness Body Horror Anthology<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .03\/word<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 4,500 words<br \/>\nDeadline: March 31st, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Editor Eric Raglin is seeking body horror stories about sports and fitness.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/ericraglin.com\/2021\/12\/16\/shredded-a-sports-and-fitness-body-horror-anthology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Picnic in the Graveyard<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .07\/word<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 4,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: April 1st, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Cemetery Gates Media is currently seeking short horror fiction set in cemeteries and burial places.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/cemeterygatesmedia.com\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rewired: An Anthology of Neurodiverse Horror<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .03\/word<br \/>\nLength: 1,000 to 6,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: April 30th, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Ghost Orchid Press is seeking horror stories inspired by neurodiverse experiences.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostorchidpress.com\/submission-calls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Planet Scumm<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .05\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: May 2nd, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to a wide variety of speculative fiction.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetscumm.space\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kolchak: The Night Stalker <\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: $120\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 1,500 to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: May 15th, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: This anthology is seeking horror fiction inspired by <em>Kolchak: The Night Stalker<\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesaquilone.com\/submissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Halloween Ghost Anthology<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 4,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: May 31st, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Editor Gaby Triana is currently seeking ghost stories set on or around Halloween.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gabytriana.com\/alienheadpresssubmissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nowhere Fast<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: 3,000 to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: October 28th, 2022<br \/>\nWhat They Want: This Clash Books anthology is open to coming-of-age horror inspired by 80s and 90s movies.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clashbooks.com\/clash\/2021\/10\/29\/nowhere-fast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy submitting!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! Plenty of amazing submission calls out there right now, so if you&#8217;ve got a story looking for a home, then perhaps one of these markets might be a great fit! As always, a disclaimer: I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets; please direct your questions to [&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-6367","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\/6367","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=6367"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6374,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367\/revisions\/6374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}