January 2022 Submission Challenge Market List

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January 2022 Submission Challenge Market List

If you’re new to my challenge, welcome. Otherwise, welcome back.

So what’s this all about?

3 times each year, I make a list of paying markets for short form genre fiction which covers science fiction, fantasy, horror and literary fiction.
I challenge you, as well as myself, to submit to as many of these markets as you can over the course of January 2022.
For me, the challenge is to sub to all of them. For you, it’s to sub to as many as you feel you can, or wish to see your work at.

There’s a decent mixture, pro markets, semi-pro, paying and token, but all these markets do pay something. We’ve had success before, most people who’ve previously taken part in past years have made sales, I myself made my 1st standalone pro sale from the event to Daily Science Fiction.

All you need are the stories, proofed and ready to be sent out. Of course, you need to read the guidelines for whichever markets you choose to submit your work to and format them accordingly.

So what’s this all for?

The event is about learning skills, vital to becoming a better author. Learning the submission process, handling rejection, using feedback & flexibility being able to sub to a new market with almost no notice. These are all good skills which will serve you well as a jobbing writer in the submission trenches. I’m in the exact same position as you, trying to sell my work, competing with my peers, getting rejections and making a sale here and there. The only different between you and me, I’m the one creating these lists every few months, and you’re getting all that hard work done for you.

If you want to use these markets, please do. I encourage any short fic writers to take part, the most common thing I hear on Twitter is “Where can I find places to sell my work?” What I’ve done here is answer that question for you. All I ask is for support, that you acknowledge you used this list and for you to promote the list and the challenge on social media if you think it’d interest writers you know.

If you also enjoy the process, I’d love to hear you blog about your experience after the fact.

Be aware, availability may change between now and January. The onus is on you to check they are still open. I will update this list between now & then, you can follow me on Twitter @RayDaleyWriter or get in touch with me to join our private Facebook group where we often share extra links not posted here.

So without any further ado, here is the list of markets. Confirmed open & paying by me, on this day 23rd October 2021.

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01 Fantasy Magazine (short & long form) https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/fantasy/guidelines
02 Cosmic Root & Eldritch Shores https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
03 Interzone http://ttapress.com/interzone/guidelines/
04 Clarkesworld http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
05 Dark Recesses https://darkrecessespress.com/?page_id=29
06 Three-Lobed Burning Eye https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
07 Electric Spec https://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
08 Rockets & Robots/Beware The Bugs/Paradoxical Pets http://www.jamesmaxey.net/word-balloon-book-anthologies.html
09 Sci Phi Journal or Daily Science Fiction https://dailysciencefiction.com/submit
10 Asimov’s https://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
11 Penumbric https://www.penumbric.com/subs.html
12 The Overcast https://theovercast.libsyn.com/submissions-guidelines
13 Analog https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
14 Cosmic Horror Monthly https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/submissions/
15 One Story https://www.one-story.com/index.php?page=submit
16 Mythaxis https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html
17 Anotherealm http://anotherealm.com/faq/submit.php
18 Strange Horizons (before 4pm GMT) http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/
19 Mythic Mag https://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html
20 Flash Fiction Online http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/
21 F&SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm
22 The Other Stories (Metamorphosis theme) https://theotherstories.net/submissions
23 Welkin Lit https://welkinmag.com/submit/
24 Metaphorosis https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/guidelines/
25 Bards & Sages Quarterly https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines
26 Not One Of Us https://not-one-of-us.pub/about/guidelines/
27 The Arcanist https://thearcanist.io/tag/submission-guidelines/
28 The Future Fire http://futurefire.net/guidelines/fiction.html
29 Newmyths https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions/sub-2
30 The Mesozoic Reader https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/mesozoic-reader/
31 34 Orchard https://34orchard.com/guidelines/
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