Payment: $25 Theme: sci-fi or fantasy SFS Stories is a throwback to the golden age of fantasy and science fiction. Think of authors like Bradbury, Clarke, Asimov, and the sci-fantasy pulp magazines that published their delectable stories. Each issuec...

Deadline: May 31st, 2022 Payment: $500 and 25 contributors copies Theme: literary fiction Submission Periods: January 15th – May 31st | October 4th – November 14th What kinds of stories is One Story looking for? One Story is seeking literary fiction....

Overcoming Writer’s Block: Top 10 Activities to Relax and Boost Creativity When you are doing lots of writing on a daily basis, whether for work or learning purposes, it can be easy to feel like you’ve already exhausted all your ideas. Unfortunately,...

Deadline: March 31st, 2022. Payment: $5 USD per 1000 words Theme: Speculative fiction food stories! My grandpa had a drive-in diner in Rupert, Idaho in the 60s called Chuck’s In-and-Out. It was well known and all the kids went there. My aunt served t...

Deadline: April 30th, 2022 Payment: $.01 per word Theme: Any theme of horror and slashes, MUST be set in the Specimen 6 universe. Call for submissions! Perfect Ratio Productions is opening submissions for a Specimen 6-themed magazine. Unstoppable mon...

Rethinking Portrayals of Mental Illness in Horror Fiction   “We all go a little mad sometimes” is a famous line from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho, inspired by the real-life murders of serial killer Ed Gein and the novel by Robert Bloch. ...

Literary Artifacts: What Are These and How to Use Them in Your Essays Looking for ways to evoke curiosity in your readers? Communicate a specific meaning? Express your thoughts more clearly and powerfully? All of these things are possible if you use...

Deadline: February 6th, 2022 Payment: £0.04 per word, with a minimum payment of £10 per accepted piece. Theme: Original stories related to ghosts AND folklore Note: Apologies for the short window, I only stumbled across this one just now I’m delighte...