{"id":7095,"date":"2023-10-17T14:27:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/?p=7095"},"modified":"2023-10-17T14:27:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:27:32","slug":"spooky-and-strange-submission-roundup-for-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/spooky-and-strange-submission-roundup-for-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky and Strange: Submission Roundup for October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for October&#8217;s Submission Roundup! As always, lots of great submission calls this month, so if you&#8217;ve got a story looking for a home, hopefully one of these markets will be the perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>First, 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 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><strong>Gamut<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .10\/word for original fiction; .03\/word for reprint fiction; $50\/flat for original poetry; $25\/flat for reprint poetry<br \/>\nLength: 1,000 to 5,000 words for fiction and nonfiction; open for poetry<br \/>\nDeadline: Opens on November 1st, 2023 (though the submission portal fills up quickly)<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to dark speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/houseofgamut.moksha.io\/publication\/house-of-gamut\/guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interstellar Flight Press<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .08\/word (minimum $25)<br \/>\nLength: up to 1,250 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Opens November 1st to December 31st, 2023<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to speculative flash fiction.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interstellarflightpress.com\/submissions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spooky Magazine<\/strong><br \/>\nPayment: .01\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: December 31st, 2023<br \/>\nWhat They Want: Open to cozy and fun horror in the vein of Ray Bradbury and <em>The Twilight Zone<\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/spooky-magazine.com\/submission-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Map of Lost Places<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPayment: .08\/word<br \/>\nLength: up to 5,000 words<br \/>\nDeadline: Open December 1st to December 31st, 2023<br \/>\nWhat They Want: An Apex Books anthology that&#8217;s seeking stories about locales where strange things happen.<br \/>\n<strong>Find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexbookcompany.com\/blogs\/frontpage\/anthology-submissions-call-the-map-of-lost-places\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy submitting!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back for October&#8217;s Submission Roundup! As always, lots of great submission calls this month, so if you&#8217;ve got a story looking for a home, hopefully one of these markets will be the perfect fit. First, a disclaimer: I&#8217;m not a representative for any of these markets; I&#8217;m merely spreading the word. Please direct your [&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-7095","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\/7095","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=7095"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7105,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7095\/revisions\/7105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gwendolynkiste.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}