Black Orchid Novella Award: Stories to 15K-20K
wds. First prize: $1000 plus publication in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.
"No overt sex or violence, emphasizes the
deductive skills of the sleuth...no characters from the original series."
http://www.nerowolfe.org. Entries
must be postmarked by 5/31/07.
Innovative Fiction Contest: Diagram Magazine
contest, wants "groundbreaking fiction" from 5 wds to 10K wds. Entry fee: $5; DL 3/26/07. Winning stories will
be chosen by Michael Martone. Prize: $1000. http://thediagram.com.
On the Premises: Contest to be held
three times/year. Stories to 5000 wds. Prizes, $130, $90, $50 and $20. No entry fee.
http://www.onthepremises.com/index.html
Writers' Journal Write To Win Contest: $5 entry fee. Wants stories to 1500
wds. First prize $150. Honorable mentions,
subscription. For story starters, see http://www.writersjournal.com/WritetoWinContest.htm
5678 Dance Magazine: Quarterly, wants features (humor, technique,
interviews, events, stories on dance). Pmt: $35-100. http://www.5678magazine.com/writer.htm
5th Story Review: Ezine, doesn't pay for stories, but has a $100 prize for
"best" story in the issue. Sub to stories(at)5thstoryreview.com.
http://www.5thstoryreview.com/writers.html
Ancient Paths: Christian literary mag, wants poetry and prose. Pmt: $6/story; $2/poem. Sub to
Skylar H. Burris, Editor, Ancient Paths, P.O. Box
7505, Fairfax Station, VA 22039. Reading period begins again in March '07.
The Antioch Review: Literary mag for Antioch College, wants fiction, nonfiction
(5000-8000 wds) and poetry. Pmt: $15/printed page. P.O. Box 148, Yellow
Springs, OH 45387. GL at http://review.antioch.edu/wg.html
Ballista: "Paranormal,
horror, Gothick, psychological, occult & macabre
- even SF, dark fantasy or just the downright bizarre will be considered,"
to 3500 wds. Flash fiction considered. Pmt: £5 via Paypal.
http://www.mucusart.co.uk/ballista.htm
Barnwood Magazine: Poetry (no expressions of prejudice such as
racism or sexism). Pmt: $25. Reads Sept. 1-May 31. Sub
1-3 poems to Tom Koontz, barnwoodpress(at)earthlink.net.
Barnwood
Press, P.O. Box 146, Selma IN 47383. http://www.barnwoodpress.org
Between Kisses: “The official
newsletter/magazine of Sam’s Dot Publishing, wants sci-fi, fantasy, and horror
short stories that “are well-plotted and have memorable characters.” Also poetry. Pmt: amount not listed. www.samsdotpublishing.com/betweenkisses/main.htm
Blazing Adventures: Pulp fiction ezine, wants stories to 5000 wds. Also flash fiction and
serialized fiction. Pmt: $5/piece. "Hard-boiled, Detective, noir,
adventure/action, sports, mysteries, science fiction and spicy pulp." http://www.blazingadventuresmagazine.com/BlazingAdventuresMagazineHomePage.htm
Contrary: Commentary,
fiction, poetry, and, "especially, works that challenge those
categories," to 6000 wds (prefers <1000 wds.) Pmt: $20 for each byline
regardless of the length, page count, or nature of the submission. $40 more for featured work.
http://www.contrarymagazine.com/.
Culture Star Reader: Wants work that is
"brash, ribald, hilarious, evocative and unconventional." Sub two
stories (to 3000 wds) or three poems. Pmt: $10/story, $5/poem. Email to submissions(at)culturestarreader.com
or mail to Culture Star Reader Magazine, 45 Hudson Ave. Suite 743, Albany, New York
12207. http://www.culturestarreader.com/submission_guidelines.html
Dark Energy Speculative Fiction: Fiction 1000-50K
wds. “No pure horror, flash fiction, Star Trek or Star Wars-type stories. Not
keen on space opera, either.” Pmt: $10. Email subs only to editor(at)darkenergysf.com. http://www.darkenergysf.com.
Fantastic
Stories of the Imagination: Quarterly scifi/fantasy
mag. Will take mixed genres (i.e., SF mystery). Wants
stories 2000-15K wds, average 4000-5000. Pmt: 1-5¢/wd. Also poetry3-20 lines,
pmt: $1/line. Sub to Ed McFadden, P.O. Box 329, Brightwaters NY 11718.
Far Sector SFFH: Scifi and dark
imaginative fiction. “No porn, excessive gore, or vulgarity
unless it directly furthers the story (sparingly, at that). No sword and
sorcery, elves, high fantasy, cookie-cutter space opera.” Pmt: $10 plus 25%
royalties. John Cullen, Clocktower
Books, PMB 260, 6549 Mission Gorge Rd., San Diego CA 92120.
http://www.farsector.com
The Fifth Di…: Fantasy and scifi (no horror); also poetry. Pmt: not listed. Sam's Dot Publishing, P.O. Box 782, Cedar
Rapids IA 52406. Email: fifth(at)smasdotpublishing.com. http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/fifth.com
Fishnet: Wants "quality erotica" to
8000 wds (prefers 1500-4000). "We want hot fiction that goes beyond a mere
sex scene." Pmt: 4¢/wd. Sub to H. L. Shaw, fiction-editor(at)blowfish.com
or fiction-editor(at)fishnetmag.com.
Include Fiction Sub: (story title) in the subject line. http://www.fishnetmag.com/subs.html
Flash Me Magazine: Stories to 1000 wds
(firm). Pmt: $5-20 depending on editors' votes. Sub in body of email or as
attachment to submissions(at)wingedhalo.com.
http://www.wingedhalo.com/guidelines.html
Flashquake: Flash fiction, all genres (no romance), to 1000 wds;
also poetry and nonfiction. Pmt: $5-25 and CD copy of issue. Sub to Debi Orton, River Road Studios, P.O. Box 2154, Albany NY 12220
or dorton(at)flashquake.org. http://www.flashquake.org.
Full Unit Hookup: Print mag, wants "the odd piece, the unmarketable
manuscript, the quirky poem, the unclassifiable essay." Pmt: $5 for poetry
and articles, $10 for fiction stories. Email subs to FullUnitHookup(at)aol.com. http://members.aol.com/fullunithookup/
Great Mystery and Suspense: Quarterly, wants
mystery stories and nonfiction articles, prefers 1500-2500 wds but also accept
short shorts of about 750-1000. Pmt: $25-50 ($5 for poetry) and one copy.
Current deadlines are Feb. 15, May 15, Aug. 15, and Nov. 15. Sub to Great
Mystery and Suspense Magazine P. O. Box 8008, St. Joseph, MO 64508 or email
(preferred) to editor(at)greatmysteryandsuspense.com.
http://www.greatmysteryandsuspense.com/guidelines.htm.
Green Mountains
Review: 20th Anniversary Issue-Literature of the American Apocalypse: poems, stories and essays
(literature--darkly comic or dead serious that centers on American dread) for
20th anniversary double-issue. Pmt: $20/page. Sub to Green Mountains Review, Apocalypse Issue, Johnson State
College, Johnson, VT, 05656. http://greenmountainsreview.jsc.vsc.edu/AmericanApocalypse.htm
Holy Horrors: Anthology, wants
work that "spins, gestates, evolves, devolves, erupts, or otherwise
issues, in a spectacularly evil, disturbing, supernatural, horrific, weird,
insane, or otherwise grotesque way from religion," not based on hate, to
5000 wds. Pmt: 5¢/wd.
http://theteemingbrain.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines-holy-horrors-edited-by-tm-wright-matt-cardin/
Massachusetts Review: Poetry, essays and
fiction; Pmt: $50 for essays and fiction, 35¢/line for poetry. Sub to The Massachusetts Review, South College, Univ. of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. http://www.massreview.org/
Matrix: Poetry, prose and book reviews. Pmt:
$25-40 per poem or page of prose; $15/book review. Sub to Matrix Magazine, 1400
de Maisonneuve West, Suite LB-502, Montreal,
Quebec Canada H3G 1M8. Also accepts frontispieces and book reviews by email to matrix(at)alcor.concordia.ca;
http://alcor.concordia.ca/%7Ematrix/submit.html
Mouth Full of Bullets: New mystery ezine,
wants "mystery/suspense of all types." Also crime-related
poetry and nonfiction. Pmt: $5/short stories; $2.50 for flash;
$2/poetry; no pay for reprints. Doesn't read Jan., April,
July or Oct. http://www.mouthfullofbullets.com.
Mslexia: "We aim to
publish some new voices in every copy of the magazine." Pmt: £25/poem and
£15/1000 words of fiction. http://www.mslexia.co.uk/menu/submit.html.
Mysteryauthors.com: Now accepting flash
fiction 100-1500 wds. Pmt: $5 for lead story, others get credit only. Sub to MysteryAuthors(at)verizon.net. http://www.mysteryauthors.com/submit.html
Mythlog: "Literature of mythic proportions," wants short
fiction or graphic short (500 - 7500 words); pmt: $5; flash fiction to 500 wds;
pmt: $3; poetry, pmt: $1 and essay/review, pmt: $1. http://www.mytholog.com/guidelines.html
The Pedestal Magazine: Poetry and fiction; pmt: $30/poem, 5¢/wd for fiction to 6000 wds. Genre literary fiction is accepted. Sample online at http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com. Email: John Amen, pedmagazine(at)carolina.rr.com. Website: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com.
Poetry from the
Trenches: Chapbook
to accompany anthology "From the Trenches." Wants
speculative war poems. Pmt: $5 plus copy. Email subs to slusher.sam(at)gmail.com.
SCYWEB BEM: Audio publication
for "science fiction with a smidge of fantasy" stories to 8500 wds.
Pmt: 1¢/wd, min $10, max $50. Sub to Riamac Group, attn:
SCYWEB BEM, P.O. Box 691298, Charlotte, NC 28227
http://www.scywebbem.com/html/submissions.html
Science Fiction Trails: Scifi anthology, wants
stories to 8000 wds. Stories are "set in the Wild West, but contain some
aspect of science fiction in them. Stories must take place on earth between
1850 and 1900." Pmt: $10 plus one copy. Email subs to David Riley at trailsmag(at)yahoo.com.
http://www.ralan.com/antho/listings/sf-trails.htm
Socket Shocker Magazine: “considers writing
in every genre, but the major underlying theme…is steadfast (not radical)
environmentalism, vegetarianism, animal and human (particularly women's)
rights, organic living and natural health." Pmt: 1/2¢/wd for fiction
(1000-2500 wds), nonfiction (500-3500 wds), poetry (4-35 lines) and columns.
Sub to Jennifer Farley, SAMPLE Press, P.O. Box 471159, Fort
Worth TX 76147. www.socketshocker.com
The Southern
Review: Literary
pub. of Louisiana State Univ. Wants poetry, fiction
and creative nonfiction. Pmt: $30/printed page. Doesn't read in June, July and
Aug. Sub to Editors, Old President's House, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge
LA 70803. http://www.lsu.edu/thesouthernreview/submissions.html
Spacesuits and Sixguns:
Contemporary
pulp fiction, "simple, straightforward storytelling with an emphasis on
action." Not looking for "Lovecraft or
Howard pastiches, or stories set in the 1930s. Read a dozen pulp fiction
stories, soak it all up, then ask yourself: what if
this happened in my hometown today?" Pmt: 3¢/wd to $100. Sub to submissions(at)spacesuitsandsixguns.com
http://www.spacesuitsandsixguns.com/
Spinetingler Magazine: "...Compelling stories that capture
the reader with intriguing characters and quality writing." (mystery, thriller, suspense, supernatural, ghost story,
love, fantasy or scifi, 1500-6000 wds. Pmt:
$10/story. http://www.spinetinglermag.com/submission.htm
Storyteller
Magazine: Canadian magazine,
wants fiction of all genres (no religious, erotica, hardcore, Americana, stories
where nothing happens), 2000–6000 wds. Pmt: 1/4-1/2¢/word. Tyo Communications, 3687 Twin Falls
Place, Ottawa ON K1V 1W6 Canada. www.storytellermagazine.com
Susurrus: Bimonthly avant-garde online
magazine, wants nonfiction (essays, humor, opinion, nonsensical rants, 10-2000
wds; pmt: to $5), fiction (Erotica, experimental, fantasy, horror, humor, scifi, slice-of-life, surreal, 10-5000 wds; pmt: to $5).
Sub to Susurrus Press, 535 Fourth Ave., Suite 3, Huntington WV 25701. http://www.susurrusmagazine.com
Trabuco Road: Webzine that will
publish 1-2 stories/month, wants "intelligent, literary stories that
include speculative elements" to 15K wds. No poetry or nonfiction. Pmt:
3¢/wd to $103. Sub to trabucoroad(at)gmail.com. http://www.trabucoroad.com/
Turtle: Magazine for preschoolers, wants
nonfiction, fiction and fillers with health-related theme. Pmt: 22¢/wd, to 350
wds for all rights. Sub to Turtle, Children's Better Health Institute, P.O. Box
567, Indianapolis, IN 46206.http://www.cbhi.org/cbhi/writersguidelines.shtml
ViewOnline: Game, movie, television review online magazine, wants
nonfiction (how-to, interview/profile, new product, technical), 800-1200 wds.
Pmt: $80-120. Query to editor(at)viewonline.com;
sub to J. Kevin Tumlinson, ViewOnline,
Inc., 405 E. Jackson, West Columbia TX 77486. http://www.viewonline.com
Vista: Bilingual Sunday supplement, wants
articles on health, education, "timely topics" of interest to
Hispanics. Pmt: 25-50¢/wd for all rights. Sub to Carmen Teresa Roiz, Vista Publishing Corp., 1201 Brickell
Avenue, Suite 360, Miami, FL 33131. email croiz(at)vistamagazine.com. http://www.vistamagazine.com
Crime and Suspense: Crime stories to
4500 wds; flash to 1499 wds and serials. Complete GL at http://www.crimeandsuspense.com.
Litbits.ca: Stories (fiction
and creative nonfiction) to 500 wds. Sub with story in body of email to christina(at)litbits.ca.
http://www.litbits.ca/submit/
The Rose and Thorn Literary Ezine: Fiction, 250–2000
wds, nonfiction (literary essays, articles on the craft of writing), to 2000
wds. http://www.theroseandthornezine.com
Southern Poetry
Review: Literary mag of Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.
Send 5-7 poems with SASE. Sub to Southern Poetry Review, Dept. of Languages,
Literature and Philosophy, Armstrong Atlantic State Univ., 11935 Abercorn St,
Savannah, Georgia 31419.
VerbSap: “Concise Prose. Enough Said.” Wants
nonfiction (essays, humor, creative nonfiction to 3000 wds) and fiction (no
horror, gothic, violent, or drug-related writing). Email to editor(at)verbsap.com. http://www.verbsap.com.
West/L.A. Times: Newspaper, runs unpublished
short fiction to 2500 wds. Stories must be set in California. Sub to Martin
Smith, martin.smith(at)latimes.com.
May sub to, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, 90012 but electronic
submissions preferred.
Writer's Post Journal: Stories 2500-5000
wds. Sub to writerspost(at)comcast.net
or to Writers Post Journal, 1434 Park Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15216.
http://gojake.com/lbf.html
DorothyL: Email list for readers and writers of mystery fiction.
Subscribe at the homepage at http://www.dorothyl.com
Free online writing classes from the BBC: "Improve your
writing with professional advice and exercises "
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/minicourse
Pet Peeves of
Literary Editors: What not to do when submitting to literary journals by Skylar Hamilton Burris. http://www.googobits.com/articles/350-the-top-ten-pet-peeves-of-literary-magazine-editors.html
Writing for
Anthologies: A terrific article by Tim Waggoner on writing for anthologies
can be found at http://www.timwaggoner.com/antho.htm