Aswiebe's Market List 2014-09: Streeetch!
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Editor's NoteStretching yourself to try new things can be scary, but when you succeed (not if--when!), the results are gratifying. You master new skills. You gain confidence. It gives you another way of looking at things. You form new connections.
The way to start doing a new thing is pretty much the same no matter what that "new thing" is. Do some research online. Find organizations that do this thing. Participate in events and talk to people about this new thing.
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
New things! (You might have guessed.) Just this week, I've recorded two stories for Escape Artist and hashed out details for a project with a cover artist. The stories that I read for PodCastle and Pseudopod will be airing in October. The cover will be used for the published serial edition of my steampunk novel about a circus traveling through the collapse of civilization, A Circus of Brass and Bone, which resumes this Halloween at http://www.circusofbrassandbone.com/ .
Also, Odyssey Magazine just published one of my short stories! "Reconnect" is about a student who is blocked from everything but educational use of the internet. Despite this, when he studies satellite imaging, he learns something amazing that just might fix all his problems.
Excerpt
After Tyler explained, people stopped giving him the cold shoulder. It didn't help. He didn't understand their jokes, because he hadn't seen the snaps they were talking about. They talked about things he hadn't gone to that weekend, because he didn't know they were going on. By the time Tyler got home, he felt about as tall as an inchworm.
Maybe he could--what? There was nothing he could do. He couldn't fix the internet. He couldn't even go online and skim through LOLcats or play Minecraft to feel better. With his friends always only a click away, he'd never felt lonely in quite this way before.
Might as well try to find another science fair project, Tyler thought. He brought up his school's website and clicked through to their "educational resources" page. If they thought it was educational, he should be allowed to go to it.
Nothing caught his eye until he saw, "Satellites."
Odyssey Magazine published this story in their September issue, which is all about satellites and drones and other interesting things related to seeing the earth from space. Odyssey Magazine is a science magazine for 10- to 16-year-olds. If you don't already have a subscription, you can find it in a library or school near you!
If you're acquainted with a science-inclined 10- to 16-year-old, tell them!
Eventually, you will also be able to purchase this particular back issue here: https://cobblestonepub.com/?s=see+earth&post_type=product.
- Abra Staffin-Wiebe
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Featured Market
Urban Fantasy Magazine wants urban fantasy, pays $.06/word.
First of all, we at Urban Fantasy Magazine don’t believe that UF stories need to be in an “urban” setting, per se. We welcome rural fantasy, and especially stories set in unusual and under-represented locations-as long as they are here on Earth. This Earth. Stories can be set in any historical time period except medieval Europe. Let’s just leave that one for high fantasy, shall we?
All stories must contain a fantastical element. Magic, mysticism, paranormal creatures, monsters, ghosts, time travel . . . and so on and so on. For us, the key here is that the speculative elements have their roots in something non-rational, non-science. If your characters are turned invisible by some kind of device, you’ve got yourself a science fiction story. If they’re invisible because of a witch’s curse or something, send it along.
Your fantastical elements can exist alongside science fictional elements, and they can be slight-we welcome slipstream and magical realism. One thing they absolutely cannot be is “all a dream;” make sure the weird stuff that’s driving your story is really happening.
The basics: urban fantasy, pays to 4,000 words, no reprints, pays $.06/word. Guidelines at http://urbanfantasymagazine.com/submission-guidelines/ .
Market List Updates
To see all the details about these new listings and what they're looking for, as well as hundreds of other listings, go to Aswiebe's Market List and download the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Name
What they want
Pay Per Word - Fiction
Flat Pay - Fiction (Lowest)
Website
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
SF/F
$0.1500
http://www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com/submission-guidelines/
Urban Fantasy Magazine
Urban fantasy
$0.0600
http://urbanfantasymagazine.com/submission-guidelines/
Apex Steal the Spotlight Micro Fiction ONE-TIME CONTEST - DUE 10/15/2014
Themed: sea monsters, black dog/Hellhounds, banshees, science experiments gone wrong, and demons
$0.0600
http://www.apex-magazine.com/apex-magazine-presents-steal-the-spotlight-micro-fiction-contest/
Grimdark
Grim, dark SF or medieval F
$0.0600
http://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines-for-grimdark-magazine/
Accessing the Future ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/30/2014
Themed: technology changes in access
$0.0600
http://futurefire.net/guidelines/accessingfuture.html
Halloween Forevermore
Horror, especially Halloween-themed
$0.0500
http://www.halloweenforevermore.com/submission-guidelines/
Shades of Terror
Horror
$0.0500
http://shadesofterror.com/about-us/
East of the Web
SF
$0.0500
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/index.php?p=submissions/20131_1
Pantheon Magazine
All genres, themed issues
$0.0100
http://pantheonmag.com/submission-guidelines/
Flapperhouse
Surreal, shadowy, sensual or surreal
$0.0100
http://flapperhouse.com/submit/
Infinite Urban Fantasy One (Infinite Acacia) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 9/30/2014 - 12/31/2014
Urban fantasy
$0.0100
http://www.infiniteacacia.com/submission/urban-fantasy-short-story-submissions/
Blaster Books Webzine
SF, esp. military and space opera
$0.0020
http://blasterbooks.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-is-up.html?m=1
Glimmer Train
All genres, including spec-fic - literary
$700.00
http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html
Mammoth Book of Professor Moriarty Adventures, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/15/2015
Themed, all genres
$215.00
http://maximjakubowski.co.uk/calls-for-submissions/
Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Tales, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/2015
Themed, all genres, esp. mystery/crime/horror
$215.00
http://maximjakubowski.co.uk/calls-for-submissions/
Villains, Inc. (Less Than Three Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/31/2014
Villain-themed romance
$200.00
http://www.lessthanthreepress.com/anthology-submissions/
Autumn Cthulhu ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2014
Lovecraftian quiet horror, themed to autumn
$150.00
http://lovecraftzine.com/2014/09/13/now-accepting-submissions-for-autumn-cthulhu/
Pithy Pages for Erudite Readers
All genres
$75.00
http://www.pithypages.net/submissions.php
Acidic Fiction
Contemporary spec-fic
$35.00
http://acidicfiction.com/submissions/
Monster Hunter, various (Emby Press) ANTHOLOGY SERIES
Themed monster hunter anthologies
$25.00
http://embypress.com/anthologies/
Perpetual Motion Machine
Dark
$20.00
http://perpetualpublishing.com/2014/08/27/call-for-submissions-flash-fiction/
Hidden Clearing Books (incl. Sharp Road)
Literary and/or spec-fic
$15.00
http://hiddenclearingbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Spellbound - DEAD MARKET
Children's fantasy, for 8-12 yrs, themed
$0.0250
http://spellboundzine.com/guidelines-spellbound-middle-grade-fantasy-magazine/
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