Archive | April, 2021

May Submission Challenge 2021

4 Apr

I’ve finished checking the main list, I have not checked all the spares so if you choose to use one of those, it’s your call.

As always, I provide the markets, all you need are 31 stories ready to go. I’ve managed to source several for some days so if you want to sub to more than 1 market each day, you can.

01 Kaleidotrope https://kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/ or Fantasy Mag https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/fantasy/guidelines [Flash & SHORT] or Cryptids:Emerging https://improbablepress.com/blogs/improbable-press/call-for-submissions-cryptids-anthology
02 Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/ or Flash Fiction Online (Until 21st!) https://www.flashfictiononline.com/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/what-were-looking-for-and-not/
03 Dread Stone Press (Dose Of Dread) 1k flash, horror https://dreadstonepress.com/submissions/#dose-jump or The Other Stories [Space theme] https://theotherstories.net/submissions
04 Every Day Fiction https://everydayfiction.com/submit-story/ or Chrome Baby http://robindunn.com/chrome-submit.html
05 Distant Shore Publishing http://distantshorepublishing.com/submit-a-short-story/ or Uncharted Mag https://www.uncharted-mag.com/
06 F&SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm or Beneath Ceaseless Skies http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/submissions/
07 Andromeda Spaceways https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/#fiction or Giganotosaurus http://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/
08 Clarkesworld http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
09 Nature: Futures http://blogs.nature.com/futureconditional/2015/04/19/how-to-write-for-nature-futures/ or The Lorelei Signal https://www.loreleisignal.com/Guidelines.html
10 Planet Scumm https://www.planetscumm.space/submit or Mithila Review https://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/
11 Allegory https://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions
12 Not One Of Us https://not-one-of-us.pub/about/guidelines/
13 Three-Lobed Burning Eye https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
14 Fusion Fragment http://www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/
15 Outlook Springs https://outlooksprings.submittable.com/submit or Strange Religion (TDOT SPEC) http://tdotspec.com/submissions/ or Dark Dispatch https://darkdispatch.com/submissions/identity-horror-submission-guidelines/
16 Strange Wars (TDOT SPEC) http://tdotspec.com/submissions/ or Asimov’s https://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
17 The Other Stories [post apocalypse theme] https://theotherstories.net/submissions or Typehouse https://typehousemagazine.com/submissions/ or The Common Tongue https://www.commontonguezine.com/guidelines-submissions#fiction
18 Eerie River (Horror, vampire theme) https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission
19 Apex Magazine https://apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/ or Apparition Lit https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/ (themed, Contamination)
20 Daily Science Fiction https://dailysciencefiction.com/submit or Sanitarium Magazine https://www.thesanitarium.co.uk/submissions
21 The Overcast http://theovercast.libsyn.com/submissions-guidelines
22 Bourbon Penn https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions.php
23 Metaphorosis https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/guidelines/
24 Interzone http://ttapress.com/interzone/guidelines/
25 The Future Fire http://futurefire.net/guidelines/fiction.html
26 Analog https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
27 The Periodical, Forlorn https://www.periodicalforlorn.com/submission-guidelines
28 Bards & Sages Quarterly https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines
29 The Society of Misfit Toys https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines
30 No Sleep Podcast https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/submissions
31 Darkness Blooms (Dread Machine) https://www.thedreadmachine.com/submit/submit-darkness/ or The Other Stories [mythology theme] https://theotherstories.net/submissions

SPARE MARKETS:- CAVEAT! I did a brief check to make sure all these markets still exist but I didn’t check every one. Use them if you want, but it’s up to you to ensure they are open & paying.

Liquid Imagination http://liquidimagination.silverpen.org/submissions/
The Dark Magazine http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/
Three Crows Magazine http://threecrowsmagazine.com/submissions/
Infinite Worlds https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions
Dream Of Shadows https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/submission-guidelines
Sci Phi Journal https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/
Mythic Magazine https://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html
Welkin https://welkinmag.com/submit/
Timeworn Lit https://www.timewornlit.com/submit
Departure Mirror http://departuremirror.com/guidelines/
Flash Point SF https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/
Electric Spec https://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
Compelling Science Fiction http://compellingsciencefiction.com/guidelines.html
34 Orchard https://34orchard.com/guidelines/
Hypnos magazine http://radiumtownpress.com/guidelines.html
Visions https://www.readvisions.com/submission-guidelines
Constellary Tales http://constellary.com/story-submissions/
Augur http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/
The Centropic Oracle http://www.centropicoracle.com/mainpages/subguide.php

I had to pull Strange Horizons who announced they won’t be open again until June.
Likewise pulled The Arcanist, they won’t be open either.
Also pulled NewMyths as they aren’t open again until June.
Sirius SF were removed as they are closed due to illness of their publisher.

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So this was March 2021

1 Apr

I’ve made 136 new submissions. 105 rejections. 4acceptances. 1 withdrawn, 0 not received.

SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-

Letters From The Phased Photonic Travel Company sold to Utopia Science Fiction, Jan 14th 2021.
Rescue Me sold to Hireath Publishing, Jan 31st, 2021.
Philip K. Dick Does It sold to The Angry Noodle, Feb 23rd 2021. (1st non-fiction sale!)
Exactly The Wrong Shade Of Green sold to The Lorelei Signal, Mar 7th 2021.

There are currently 61 stories out in submission:-

PUBLISHED THIS YEAR:-

Lost Souls was released at Daily Science, Fiction 27th Jan 2021.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!

Grandmothers Shoes will be released in Bards And Sages Quarterly, Apr, 2021. (DTBC)
36 Hours In The Space Force will be released in Tales From The Space Force, 2021. (DTBC)
Philip K. Dick Does It will be released at The Angry Noodle, 2021. (DTBC)
Letters From The Phased Photonic Travel Company will be released at Utopia Science Fiction, Jun 2021. (DTBC)
Exactly The Wrong Shade Of Green will be released at The Lorelei Signal, July 2021. (DTBC)
Tuck & Roll will be released in Automobilia, Aug 1st, 2021.
Stranding Room will be released at Abyss & Apex, Jan 2022. (DTBC)

When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-

Some projects are taking longer than expected, hang in there friends, releases will come eventually!