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October 23, 2023
Open submission calls for writers: October 2023
This monthly blog post always comes around so fast! Here are the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found recently.
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Best of British Science Fiction
This reprint anthology, edited by Donna Scott and published by NewCon Press, is very important to me – not only because my own stories have featured in several volumes in the past, but because the annual anthol...
September 12, 2023
Open submission calls for writers: September 2023
It seems that editors have spent the summer months preparing their next projects! Here are 16 of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found.
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Language Evolves
This contest supported by Cardiff University has a really exciting prompt relating to the field of language evolution. As its website states, this could include ‘imagining situations in the past...
August 10, 2023
Open submission calls for writers: August 2023
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July 21, 2023
Open submission calls: July 2023
Here are the most interesting open submissions calls for SFF writers I’ve found this month – and there are some very exciting ones included. If you’d like advance notice of calls for submissions, sign up for my monthly email newsletter.
Image from The Off-Season submissions pageThe Off-Season
Oh, this sounds good. Editor Marissa Van Uden is seeking ‘new weird’ stories featuring ‘ocean-loving cults, crumbling seaside mansions, empty resort towns’ and more. I don’t think I’ll have a chance to...
July 4, 2023
Favourite albums of the second quarter of 2023
While there were some terrific albums put out in the first quarter of 2023 (see here for my list), the period between April and June has seen a ton of amazing stuff released! Here goes.
Colin Stetson – When we were that what wept for the sea It’s such a relief to hear another proper album from saxophone experimentalist Colin Stetson, after a run of high-profile but oddly muted film soundtracks. This album is rammed with Stetson’s trademark button-clicks, intakes of breath and th...
Favourite albums of the second quarter of 2023
While there were some terrific albums put out in the first quarter of 2023 (see here for my list), the period between April and June has seen a ton of amazing stuff released! Here goes.
Colin Stetson – When we were that what wept for the sea It’s such a relief to hear another proper album from saxophone experimentalist Colin Stetson, after a run of high-profile but oddly muted film soundtracks. This album is rammed with Stetson’s trademark button-clicks, intakes of breath and th...
June 23, 2023
Appearance on the Tiny Bookcase podcast
When I was invited to be a guest on the Tiny Bookcase podcast I realised I’d never done a podcast recording before, so I was pretty nervous. I needn’t have been! The hosts, Ben and Nico, were really welcoming, and it was a particular help that it was a conversation with a clear agenda. The premise is that I and both hosts read out and discussed short stories we’d each written based on the same prompt: ‘The Horizon’.
The first part is available to listen to now via your preferred podcas...
Open submission calls: June 2023
Take a look at the most interesting open submissions calls for SFF writers I’ve found this month. Good luck if you have a go at any of these opportunities!
Learning to Be Human
This new anthology from established publisher of high-quality anthologies Flame Tree Press will focus on ‘the interplay between automation, humankind, and what it is to be human’. As you can imagine, I’m pretty excited about this call for submissions myself…
Word count: Around 2000–4000 words
Payment: 8 cents per word...
June 4, 2023
Open submission calls: May 2023
Here are the most interesting open submissions calls for SFF writers I’ve found this month. Good luck!
Qualia Nous
The first volume of this anthology series contained high-profile names and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology. This new volume looks set to be a bit deal, too. The editor interprets the slightly opaque title as referring to ‘subjective, conscious experience; the internal and subjective component of sense perceptions arising from st...
Open submission calls: June 2023
Here are the most interesting open submissions calls for SFF writers I’ve found this month. Good luck!
Qualia Nous
The first volume of this anthology series contained high-profile names and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology. This new volume looks set to be a bit deal, too. The editor interprets the slightly opaque title as referring to ‘subjective, conscious experience; the internal and subjective component of sense perceptions arising from st...
