January 2020 Submission Challenge update
I’ve sourced the 31 SF markets already.
SF LIST
01 – F&SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm
02 – Clarkesworld http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
03 – Daily Science Fiction https://dailysciencefiction.com/submit
04 – Sirius Science Fiction https://siriussciencefiction.blogspot.com/
05 – Anotherealm http://anotherealm.com/faq/submit.php
06 – Strange Constellations http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?page_id=8
07 – AGNI https://agnionline.bu.edu/submit
08 – Visions https://www.readvisions.com/submission-guidelines
09 – The Overcast http://theovercast.libsyn.com/submissions-guidelines
10 – Telltale Press https://www.telltalepress.net/submissions
11 – Constellary Tales http://constellary.com/story-submissions/
12 – Interzone http://ttapress.com/interzone/guidelines/
13 – Strange Horizons (after 4pm BST) OR Every Day Fiction http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/
14 – Strange Horizons (before 4pm BST) OR Every Day Fiction https://everydayfiction.com/submit-story/
15 – Strange Fictions http://strangefictionszine.com/submissions/
16 – NewMyths https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions/sub-2
17 – Chrome Baby http://robindunn.com/chrome-submit.html
18 – Flash Fiction Online http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/
19 – Syntax & Salt https://syntaxandsalt.com/submit/
20 – Mithila Review https://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/
21 – Space & Time https://www.spaceandtimemagazine.net/submissions.html
22 – Asimovs https://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
23 – Beneath Ceaseless Skies http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/submissions/
24 – Electric Spec https://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
25 – Three-Lobed Burning Eye https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
26 – Analog https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
27 – The Weird And Whatnot https://www.theweirdandwhatnot.com/submit
28 – Liquid Imagination http://liquidimagination.silverpen.org/submissions/
29 – Not One Of Us https://not-one-of-us.pub/about/guidelines/
30 – Augur http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/
31 – Timeworn Literary Journal https://www.timewornlit.com/submit
Be aware, once F&SF or Interzone send rejections, you can resub there right away. Clarkesworld have a 7 day cool-off period after rejections but those are all markets you can sub to more than once during the month.
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This year I am also offering horror writers the chance to take part. I’ve sourced 24 different markets, as below. I’ve checked them all, they either take horror or speculative fiction covering the horror genre. The same rules as above apply here, you can sub to Black Static as soon as you get rejection, likewise F&SF. Unless I’ve stated to get in quickly or put an early deadline, any of these markets can be passed over and moved down to the bottom of the list on favour of a market with a fast turnaround like Black Static or F&SF. I’ve spoken to Charlie Finlay, editor of F&SF and he’s fine taking horror stories.
HORROR LIST
01 – Dark Moon Digest https://darkmoondigest.submittable.com/submit (close after 300 subs, get in quickly!)
02 – Coppice and Brake (dark speculative fiction), deadline January 6, 2020.
03 – Clarkesworld http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
04 – Black Static http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/guidelines/
05 – F&SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm (will take horror!)
06 – The Dark Magazine http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/
07 – No Sleep Podcast https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/submissions (short & regular fiction ONLY)
08 – Anotherealm http://anotherealm.com/faq/submit.php [PAYING & OPEN IN JAN]
09 – HYPNOS MAGAZINE Radium Town Press Guidelines – http://radiumtownpress.com/guidelines.html
10 – Black Static http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/guidelines/
11 – F&SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm (will take horror!)
12 – Tell-tale Press https://www.telltalepress.net/submissions
13 – Metaphorosis – https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/guidelines/
14 – Tell-tale Press https://www.telltalepress.net/submissions
15 – Bards & Sages Quarterly https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines
16 – F&SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm (will take horror!)
17 – Black Static http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/guidelines/
18 – Three-Lobed Burning Eye Guidelines – https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
19 – The Weird And Whatnot https://www.theweirdandwhatnot.com/submit
20 – The Overcast http://theovercast.libsyn.com/submissions-guidelines
21 – Stories We Tell After Midnight (horror), deadline June 1, 2020.
22 – Three Crows Magazine http://threecrowsmagazine.com/submissions/
23 – Tell-tale Press https://www.telltalepress.net/submissions
24 – Electric Spec https://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
25 – Liquid Imagination http://liquidimagination.silverpen.org/submissions/
26 – Not One Of Us https://not-one-of-us.pub/about/guidelines/
27 – Every Day Fiction https://everydayfiction.com/submit-story/
28 – NewMyths https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions/sub-2
29 – Syntax & Salt https://syntaxandsalt.com/submit/ (take speculative fic)
30 – Mithila Review https://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/
31 – &SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm (will take horror!)
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It’s your job to read the guidelines & work out what kind of story to send each market. I’ve given you the links. Make sure stories are proofed & audioproofed. If you don’t want to sub every day, you don’t have to. If there’s a market you don’t want to sub to, then don’t. I’m not forcing you to do anything here, it’s just an opportunity to get your work in front of people who might buy it.
This is the 2nd time I’ll be running the challenge, I can already report we generated sales in the previous one. People don’t submit for lots of reasons. I’ve removed a lot of those reasons by giving you paying markets checked as open during the challenge.
The rest is up to you, take the chance.
