Systemic Injustice in Contemporary Horror: How It’s Used and What to Take Away As a Writer Since the blockbuster success of Get Out, systemic injustice has become an increasingly prevalent theme in modern horror. And while certainly present in the ge...

Deadline: December 31st, 2021 Payment: $75 and a contributor’s copy Theme: Mystery and Crime stories to be set in Minnesota or Minnesota adjacent (Wisconsin, Iowa, Canada, the Dakotas). We are pleased to announce there will be a short story anthology...

Deadline: January 15th, 2022 Payment: £50.00 plus a contributor’s copy Theme: Reprints of science fiction published in 2021 Note: Must live in UK or be a British ex-pat Note: Reprints only Submissions for Best of British SF 2021 are now open! Series...

Pathos: a Greek word meaning both ‘suffer’ and ‘experience.’ Interestingly, one of your goals as a writer is to make your characters experience suffering. Because happy characters make for pretty dull fiction. When people say you should make your rea...

Deadline: March 1st, 2022 Payment: short story, $25; short-short piece (up to 1000 words), $10; poem, $10 Theme: To the Pond Upcoming premises (target themes) and deadlines for submission [postmarked]: To the Pond (March 1, 2022) To download a PDF fi...

Payment: 8 US cents per word to the author, and 8 US cents per word to the translator for original fiction, $100 to each for reprints, and $40 each for poetry. Theme: speculative fiction stories that are being translated to English Samovar is a trian...