May 2022 Submission Challenge

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May 2022 Submission Challenge

Listed below are the current provisional markets. Those with no links haven’t been confirmed as open, so are subject to change. As always, these markets may close for any reason between now and the end of May, so you’ll need to check they are still open BEFORE submitting there. I’ve provided the main list, and a bunch of spares who are know paying genre markets but who aren’t confirmed as open during May. Use those at your own risk or discretion!

Those new to the challenge, the rules are simple. Submit at least 1 story every day to a paying market for a month. This is my challenge. You can interpret the challenge however you wish. Do the whole month, do a few dozen, do it for a week, only sub to 1. Do sub to at least 1, otherwise it’s not much of a challenge, is it?

The idea is to get you used to submitting a lot, on a regular basis. You learn how to deal with pressure, unexpected challenges and lots of rejection. Trust me, there’ll be plenty, but we have had lots of success too! I’ve made at least 1 pro sale from this event & plenty of semi-pro sales too. Pretty much everyone who ever took part has reported at least 1 sale from these markets.

All I ask is you tweet the link to these markets (or put them on other social media) crediting me as the source. I put a lot of hard work into selecting & checking these links, getting 31+ markets for a month doesn’t happen overnight!

You can keep in touch with me @RayDaleyWriter & I’d love to hear how your month goes if you decide to blog or vlog about it in the future. Feel free to drop me a link in the comments when we’re done. You can also join our private Facebook groups where I sometimes share the latest links I haven’t put here for various reasons. You too could be enjoying links the regular humans don’t have access too, hit me up!

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01 Electric Spec https://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html OR Galaxy’s Edge
02 Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/ OR Enchanted Conversation (weather theme) https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/p/submissions.html?m=1
03 Clarkesworld http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
04 Interzone http://ttapress.com/interzone/guidelines/
05 Andromeda Spaceways https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/#fiction
06 Allegory https://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions
07 Planet Scumm https://www.planetscumm.space/submit
08 The Overcast https://theovercast.libsyn.com/submissions-guidelines
09 Asimov’s https://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
10 Dark Void Mag https://darkvoidmagazine.com/submissionguidelines
11 Fairy Tale Review (Sleep/Dreams theme) https://www.fairytalereview.com/submit/
12 The Future Fire http://futurefire.net/guidelines/fiction.html OR SFS Stories OR Orion’s Belt
13 Three-lobed Burning Eye https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
14 The Arcanist https://thearcanist.io/tag/submission-guidelines/
15 The Lorelei Signal https://www.loreleisignal.com/Guidelines.html
16 Metaphorosis https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/guidelines/ OR Timeless Tales
17 Flash Point SF https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/
18 Fractured Lit (Flash/Micro) https://fracturedlit.com/submit/
19 Bourbon Penn https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
20 Flash Fiction Online http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/
21 F&SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm
22 Apex Magazine https://apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
23 Pressfuls https://pressfuls.com/about/
24 Escape Pod https://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/
25 Starship Sofa http://www.starshipsofa.com/submissions/
26 The Colored Lens http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=8/
27 Analog https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
28 Utopia SF https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit
29 Freeze Frame Fiction https://freezeframefiction.com/write/submission-guidelines-faq/
30 Bards & Sages Quarterly https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines
31 The No Sleep Podcast https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/submissions OR Chestnut Review