There are at least 9 deadlines coming up on 7/31-8/2, so feel free to jump to the updated deadlines listed below. I started including a few more details, such as poetry, multiple subs, simultaneous subs. You should also check the conferences. Willamette Writers Conference is coming up very soon; you should register by Monday and jump into Eric Witchey's class. Highly recommended.
It's going fairly strong with my writing; I've written a few new short pieces and done some revision. Submitted a bunch. Now if I could just fit in some work on a novel. I've probably been holding back enough and need to wrap up and consider how to publish, perhaps starting with those agents I met at the conference years back...
The writing sprints went well this week, and I've just about finished the story for the Third Flatiron story call. I like how it loosely linked to another flash I sent into a contest earlier this month. Now to just sort out that ending and polish it up to send in for a few critiques, so I can get to other matters.
Thankfully, more members from the Super Secrets challenge group joined my shared critique folder, and we have been exchanging emails. I find this was one of the major changes that helped me after joining the Super Secrets challenge group: more exchanges with other motivated writers. Writing together with others who are just as motivated, exchanging critiques or brainstorming or discussing ideas, is incredibly inspirational.
It's going fairly strong with my writing; I've written a few new short pieces and done some revision. Submitted a bunch. Now if I could just fit in some work on a novel. I've probably been holding back enough and need to wrap up and consider how to publish, perhaps starting with those agents I met at the conference years back...
Current Stats for Personal Goal of 100 Rejections in 2020
Rejections: 40 (25 short, 14 flash, 1 poem)
Pending: 19 (10 short, 5 flash, 1 poem)
Total 2020 Submissions: 59
The writing sprints went well this week, and I've just about finished the story for the Third Flatiron story call. I like how it loosely linked to another flash I sent into a contest earlier this month. Now to just sort out that ending and polish it up to send in for a few critiques, so I can get to other matters.
Thankfully, more members from the Super Secrets challenge group joined my shared critique folder, and we have been exchanging emails. I find this was one of the major changes that helped me after joining the Super Secrets challenge group: more exchanges with other motivated writers. Writing together with others who are just as motivated, exchanging critiques or brainstorming or discussing ideas, is incredibly inspirational.
Good news that I noticed: Apex Magazine is open for submissions, and their already successful Kickstarter is still going. Amazing Stories successfully funded their Kickstarter.
Missed: I just missed the submission window for Addition Magazine (1000-5000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: general, SF), so submit right away next time it opens.
Lists below. Do let me know if you have anything else I should add.
Conferences, Conventions, and Workshops to Sign Up For
Willamette Writers Conference 2020, July 30 - August 2, 7 AM - 8 PM Pacific Time, Online, $299/$349, Note: I wish I could go but work won't allow me to make time for this, definitely take a class from Eric Witchey if you can (it's called Character Fluency, and is 5-7 PM PST on 7/27/. 7/28. 7/29). There's still time to sign up! In fact, I may be able to fit Witchey's class in between work obligations.
Fyrelite: Fall Edition, Oct. 3, workshops available (Forrest Wolverton, Amy White, Scott E. Tarbet) of 4 or 8 hours ($75/$145 includes Fyrecon registeration),Wulf Moon's workshop on a good plot also available
Submission Deadlines Coming Up in July, August, and September
7/30, Augur, ~5000, 8¢/word, Multiple OK (~2 stories & ~10 pages of poems), Simultaneous OK, Poetry (~5 pages, $60CAD/poem), Genre: dreamy realism/slipstream/fabulism/magical realism/literary spec/afrofuturism/soft SF/SF-fabulism/SF-fantasy/indigenous futurity/hopepunk/dystopia/utopia/post-apoc/solarpunk/SF-realism/Canadian-SF/ecofic/hopeful futures, Theme: Multiplicity of Futures, interested in both trauma/oppression and hope/better futures
7/30, Augur, ~5000, 8¢/word, Multiple OK (~2 stories & ~10 pages of poems), Simultaneous OK, Poetry (~5 pages, $60CAD/poem), Genre: dreamy realism/slipstream/fabulism/magical realism/literary spec/afrofuturism/soft SF/SF-fabulism/SF-fantasy/indigenous futurity/hopepunk/dystopia/utopia/post-apoc/solarpunk/SF-realism/Canadian-SF/ecofic/hopeful futures, Theme: Multiplicity of Futures, interested in both trauma/oppression and hope/better futures
7/31, If There's Anyone Left, ~1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any SF or speculative, Note: only for LGBTQ, POC, disabled, or marginalized gender
8/1, Cemetery Gates Media Untitled Anthology, 3000-6000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: Horror, Theme: local lore or location-based oddities, Simultaneous OK
8/24-8/28, Fireside Summer 2021 Issue, ~3000 words, 12.5¢/word, Genre: Any (English or Spanish)
Submission Deadlines and Windows in September and Beyond
10/15-11/2, PseudoPod (General Submissions), 1500-6000 words (4500 best), 8¢/word, Genre: any horror, Reprints OK
9/15-11/15, Lamplight Magazine, ~7000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: Dark/Literary
11/30-12/4, Fireside (Autumn 2021 Issue), ~3000 words, 12.5¢/word, Genre: Any (English or Spanish)
7/1/2020-2/28/2021, Upon a Once Time, 1000-3000 words, 8¢/word, Theme: Mashup of two fairytales, Genre: SF/Fantasy/Grimdark/New Weird/Dying Earth/genre-bending
7/1/2020-2/28/2021, The Wild Hunt: Stories of the Chase, 1000-3000 words, 8¢/word, Theme: Wild Hunt (folklore, myths, drama), Genre: SF/Fantasy/Grimdark/New Weird/Dying Earth/genre-bending8/10/2021-8/31/2021, PseudoPod (Flash Fiction Contest), ~1500 words (500-1000 best), 8¢/word, Genre: any horror, Reprints OK, Simultaneous Sub OK (if not an Escape Artists podcast)
Publications Open for Submission (No Specified Deadline; Pay 5-10 Cents/Word)
TEMP CLOSED: Addition Magazine, 1000-5000 words, 8¢/word, Theme: Rebuild, Genre: General/SF, Note: if no response in 14 days assume they rejected the story
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, ~20,000 (8-10 cents/word), 40k-80k serials (6 cents/word), poetry ($1/line), 4000-word fact articles (9 cents/word), Genre: SF, Multiple Yes
Apex Magazine, ~7500 words, 8 cents/word, Genre: F/SF/Horror
Focus on the Family Clubhouse, 500-2000 words, 15¢/word, Genre: SF/Fantasy/Humor/General, Age/Theme: 8-12 year old and Christian values
Hybrid Fiction, 500-5000 words (or serialized novellas), 6¢/word, Genre: speculative hybrid/cross-genre (blend of 2+ genres, such as dark fantasy, steampunk western, historical fantasy, weird western, crime fantasy, etc.)
Pulp Literature, ~40000 (~5000 best), 5-8¢/word (up to 7000 words), Seeking: any genre or between-genre, poetry, comics, illustration, and open to novel queries in Jan/July
Publications Open for Submission (No Specified Deadline; Pay 1-4 Cents/Word)
Star Ship Sofa (District of Wonders), 3000-9000, 1¢/word (less if 7500-9000 words), Genre: SF, Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Note: buying audio rights only
Dark Moon Digest, opens on the 1st every month and closes when full 1500-7000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: Horror (complex, creepy, like Twilight Zone or Black Mirror, Simultaneous OK
Dark Moon Digest, opens on the 1st every month and closes when full 1500-7000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: Horror (complex, creepy, like Twilight Zone or Black Mirror, Simultaneous OK
