{"id":7030,"date":"2023-07-07T12:33:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T12:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=7030"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:19:29","slug":"sizzling-summer-stories-submission-roundup-for-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/sizzling-summer-stories-submission-roundup-for-july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Sizzling Summer Stories: Submission Roundup for July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for this month&#8217;s Submission Roundup! As always, there are plenty of great opportunities this month, so if you&#8217;ve got a story seeking a home, then one of these markets might be the perfect fit!<\/p>\n<p>First, a disclaimer as usual: I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets; please direct your questions to their respective editors. And with that, onward with July&#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>Electric Spec<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $20\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 250 to 7,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 15th, 2023<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to a wide range of speculative fiction.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricspec.com\/Submissions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It Was All a Dream, Volume 2<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .05\/word<br \/>\nLength: 1,500 to 3,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Open July 1st to July 15th for all authors; open July 1st to July 22nd for marginalized authors<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to short, weird horror fiction that reworks an old trope.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hungryshadowpress.com\/it-was-all-a-dream-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monstrous Magazine<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .06\/word<br \/>\nLength: 1,000 to 2,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 27th, 2023<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to flash fiction that focuses on monsters, pulp, and classic horror.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/monstrousbooks.com\/submissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Diabolical Plots<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .10\/word<br \/>\nLength: Up to 3,500 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Open July 17th to 31st, 2023<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to a wide range of speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabolicalplots.com\/guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NonBinary Review<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .01\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 3,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 31st, 2023<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to stories on the theme of world tour.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/nonbinaryreview.submittable.com\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cellar Door<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: $25\/flat<br \/>\nLength: 2,000 to 10,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: July 31st, 2023<br \/>\nWhat They Want: The forthcoming issue of The Cellar Door is seeking stories that explore post-apocalyptic worlds in which humans have survived.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkpeninsulapress.com\/the-cellar-door-issue-4---after-tomorrow.html\" 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! As always, there are plenty of great opportunities this month, so if you&#8217;ve got a story seeking a home, then one of these markets might be the perfect fit! First, a disclaimer as usual: 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":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-submission-roundup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030","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=7030"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7038,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030\/revisions\/7038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}