Aswiebe's Market List 2015-03: The Deep, Dark Woods
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Editor's NoteAfter I finished launching my post-apocalyptic steampunk novel, I took a couple of months off from writing to try and catch up on all the writing-related things that I was (and still am, alas!) so very far behind on. Critiques! Editing! Marketing! Transcribing! Researching! Learning!
Ahem. Sadly, I am still not actually all caught up, though I did manage to get a few more short stories that had been benched for edits into circulation. I didn't start any new writing projects, though. For the longest time that seemed to be fine. Sure, I could tell that my brain was spending a few extra creative cycles on "unlikely but horrible things to worry about," but mostly I was fine. I found this worrying. If I no longer need to write, the question becomes whether I should. That's complicated.
However! Last Saturday, it happened. I felt the need gathering in a tense ball of mustwrite-haveto-nowdamnit between my shoulder blades. I found myself zoning out in the middle of talking to people, because there was an almost gravitational force pulling my attention toward my next story project.
No need for soul-searching after all. Hurray!
What I've been up to lately, writing-wise:
New words!
Things Shiny or Useful
Archive of all shiny or useful links: http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/shiny.html
* The story grid [plotting]:http://www.storygrid.com/
* Strong female characters and plot [plotting]:http://io9.com/this-twitter-rant-might-change-how-you-think-about-fema-1686324225
Featured Market
The Deep, Dark Woods anthology for horror themed to mysterious forests.
What could possibly lurking in the woods? It’s up to you to find out! Craft the scariest, most diabolical story you can. Your tale can be a horror that is based around a central moral theme or it can be a straight up splatterpunk that is only meant to shock! We only care that your story is well crafted, original, and gives a new take on the mysterious forest trope.
The basics: themed horror, 500-8,000 words, pays $.05/word, no reprints, due by 05/31/2015. Guidelines at http://www.christinaescamilla.com/open-the-deep-dark-woods-anthology/.
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
Sick City Syndrome ONE-TIME COLLABORATION - DUE 06/01/2015
News and social media in shared world
$0.0750
http://brsbkblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/call-for-submissions.html?m=1
Best Science Fiction of the Year, The ANTHOLOGY - DUE 11/01
SF
$0.0600
http://neil-clarke.com/the-best-science-fiction-of-the-year/
Ghost in the Cogs ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/2015
Steampunk ghost stories
$0.0600
http://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-ghost-in-the-cogs/
Deep, Dark Woods, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 05/31/2015
Horror, themed
$0.0500
http://www.christinaescamilla.com/open-the-deep-dark-woods-anthology/
SNAFU: Hunters (Cohesion Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/2015 - 8/1/2015
Themed: monster hunters
$0.0230
http://cohesionpress.com/about-2/submissions/snafu-hunters/
Havok (Splickety Publishing)
Themed speculative flash fiction
$0.0200
http://splicketypubgroup.com/submission-guidelines/
Eldritch Embraces (Dragon's Roost Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/17/2015
Dark speculative fiction themed to romance and Lovecraft
$0.0100
http://thedragonsroost.net/styled-3/index.html
Lost Signals (Perpetual Motion Machine) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 10/31/2015
Horror themed to radios and similar
$0.0100
http://perpetualpublishing.com/2015/02/14/open-call-lost-signals/
Fiction Terrifica
Horror
$0.0100
http://fictionterrifica.com/submissions.html
Kitchen Sink Gothic (Parallel Universe Productions) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED (end of Mayish)
Horror/weird, themed
$0.0077
http://paralleluniversepublications.blogspot.co.uk/p/submissions.html
Weirdbook Magazine
Weird fiction
$0.0050
http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submissions/
Imagine Little Tokyo ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 1/31
Themed to Little Tokyo past present or future
$600.00
http://www.littletokyohs.org/short-story-contest-2015.html
Brewed Awakenings (Caffeinated Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/31
All genres
$100.00
http://www.caffeinated-press.com/anthology/
My Favorite Apocalypse (Tulip Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/2015
Themed, post-apocalyptic
$100.00
http://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-my-favorite-apocalypse-a-collection-of-stories/
Alien Abduction (Robot Cowgirl Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/31/2015
Themed: alien abduction
$50.00
http://robotcowgirl.com/alien-abduction/
Sword and Sorcery (Robot Cowgirl Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED
Themed: sword and sorcery stories
$50.00
http://robotcowgirl.com/sword-sorcery/
Gothic Blue Book Vol. 5 ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 08/15/2015
Gothic horror, themed
$25.00
https://burialdaybooks.submittable.com/submit
Through Clouded Eyes: A Zombie's View ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/2015
Themed: zombie POV
$25.00
https://sirenscallpublications.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/opensubmisions-throughcloudedeyes-anthology/
Frozen Fairy Tales (World Weaver Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/15/2015
Fairy tale-ish, winter themed.
$20.00
http://www.worldweaverpress.com/newsblog/frozen-fairy-tales-anthology-open-to-submissions
EGM Shorts (Evil Girlfriend Media)
All spec-fic
$20.00
http://horrortree.com/ongoing-submissions-egm-shorts/
Winter Tales (Fox Spirit) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/15/2015
Winter-themed speculative fiction
$14.74
http://www.foxspirit.co.uk/winter-tales-submission-call/
Daily Nightmare, The ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/30/2015
Nightmare-inspired, themed
$10.00
http://dailynightmare.com/anthology/
Starbound ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FILLED, AROUND MAY 15
SF themed to the stars
$10.00
http://arcadian.media/call-for-submissions-starbound-anthology/
Fey Publishing's Horror Anthology - ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/2015
Horror
$5.00
http://www.feypublishing.com/submissions.html
Battery Pack II (Neon) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/2015
Literary
$3.86
http://neonmagazine.co.uk/?page_id=3492
Odyssey DEAD MARKET (merged with Muse non-fiction magazine, see guidelines link)
Themed - Science-related, retold legends, or SF for 10-16 year-olds
$0.2000
http://www.cricketmag.com/submissions
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Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Compiler of Lists
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