September 2022 Submission Challenge
Here is the market list. Any bracketed notes are relevant to the preceeding market. If it’s open all Sept, if it can’t be bumped, if it can’t currently be confirmed as open.
This list may be subject to change from now until August 31st. I’ll try not to change it too much but I will perform a 2nd check in about 2 weeks just to ensure everywhere is open.
Basic Rules
Submit 1 story to a paying market every day for a month. You don’t have to do this. If you don’t want to sub to a market for ANY reason, don’t. The every day rule is for me, unless you want the full experience.
Every market has been checked (and unless otherwise stated) and will be open on the day I’ve listed it.
As markets can and do close at short notice, I try to provide alternates. That’s not always possible for every day of the month so I’ve noted which markets can potentially be used any day.
There is the additional market list under the main one, these are there in case you want to sub somewhere else, but I don’t guarentee these as open, merely paying.
Basic Advice
Read the guidelines ahead of time. Ideally have all your stories ready before Sept 1st, all formatted & ready to submit. The reason I post the list early is to give you the time to select the right story for each market. You’ve got 3 weeks. Plenty of time.
Basic Expectations
Failure, and nothing. Expect a lot of rejections, that’s part of what this challenge is for, get you used to subbing, having to do stuff at short notice and dealing with failure on a regular basis. There are no sure things. While we’ve had sales (which include at least 1 pro sale), like life, nothing is certain.
I’ve removed the hard part of submissions, finding the markets. Merely select a story, and sub it.
And of course, good luck!
If you feel moved to blog your experience during or after the fact, do drop a link in the comment below, I always enjoy reading about other people’s experiences of the challenge.
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01 – Split Lip https://splitlipthemag.com/submit OR Orion’s Belt https://www.orions-belt.net/submissions
02 – Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
03 – Clarkesworld http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
04 – Andromeda Spaceways https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/#fiction [open all Sept]
05 – Taco Bell Quarterly https://tacobellquarterly.org/submission-guidelines/ OR Interzone https://interzone.press/submissions/
06 – Daily Science Fiction https://dailysciencefiction.com/submit OR Interzone Digital https://interzone.digital/submissions/
07 – Asimov’s https://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/ OR Tiny Tales Podcast https://www.tinytalespodcast.com/submissions [DO NOT BUMP]
08 – Analog https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
09 – Starship Sofa http://www.starshipsofa.com/submissions/ OR Tales From The Radiator https://strongbranchproductions.com/tales-from-the-radiator/ [Open all Sept]
10 – Neon Mag (Machines Theme) https://www.neonmagazine.co.uk/guidelines/ [Open all Sept] OR Archive Of The Odd https://archiveoftheodd.wordpress.com/submissions/ [Not confirmed open]
11 – Shoreline Of Infinity http://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/ OR Whetstone https://whetstonemag.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html [Can’t be bumped]
12 – World Unknown Review https://lsengler.wordpress.com/submissions/
13 – Electric Spec https://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
14 – Penumbric https://www.penumbric.com/subs.html [Don’t bump beyond 15th]
15 – Riddlebird https://www.riddlebird.com/submission-guidelines
16 – Flash Fiction Online http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/
17 – Cutleaf Journal https://cutleafjournal.com/submit/
18 – Pyre Magazine https://www.pyremagazine.com/submissions [Don’t bump!] OR Dream Of Shadows https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/submission-guidelines
19 – Three-Lobed Burning Eye https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html OR Escape Pod https://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/ [Open ALL Sept]
20 – Nightmare Magazine https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/nightmare/guidelines [Not confirmed open]
21 – F&SF https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm
22 – Translunar Travelers Lounge https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/ [Open here for rest of month] OR Dreamforge https://dreamforgemagazine.com/call-for-submissions/ [Not confirmed open]
23 – Mythulu (Symbiosis) https://mythulu.submittable.com/submit OR Crack In The Code (Mocha Memoirs) https://mochamemoirspress.com/write-for-us/
24 – Bump In The Night (Timber Ghost Press) https://www.timberghostpress.com/submissions.html
25 – The Future Fire http://futurefire.net/guidelines/fiction.html
26 – Kaleidotrope https://kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/ [Open ALL Sept] OR Seize The Press [Open ALL Sept] https://www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
27 – Weird Horror Magazine https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine [Open ALL Sept] OR tdotSpec (SF Tarot) http://tdotspec.com/submissions/
28 – Radon Journal https://www.radonjournal.com/submit [Open ALL YEAR]
29 – Andromeda Spaceways https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/#fiction [Open ALL Sept]
30 – Planet Scumm https://www.planetscumm.space/submit [Open ALL Sept] OR Chestnut Review FLASH ONLY https://chestnutreview.com/submissions/ OR NewMyths (but not for me) https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions/sub-2
NOT CONFIRMED OPEN. MERELY ALTERNATE MARKETS WHICH MAY BE OPEN & DO PAY.
34 Orchard https://34orchard.com/guidelines/
Allegory https://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions
Amazing Stories https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/guidelines/
Anotherealm http://anotherealm.com/faq/submit.php
Apex Magazine https://apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
Apparition Lit https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
Bards & Sages Quarterly https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_us/fiction_submission_guidelines
Centropic Oracle http://www.centropicoracle.com/mainpages/subguide.php
Chrome Baby http://robindunn.com/chrome-submit.html
Compelling Science Fiction http://compellingsciencefiction.com/guidelines.html
Cosmic Horror Monthly https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/submissions/
Cossmass Infinities https://www.cossmass.com/submit/
Dark Recesses https://darkrecessespress.com/?page_id=29
Dark Void Mag https://darkvoidmagazine.com/submissionguidelines
Dose Of Dread 1k flash, horror https://dreadstonepress.com/submissions/#dose-jump
Etherea Mag https://ethereamagazine.com/submissions/
Flash Frog https://flash-frog.com/submit/
Flash Point SF https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/
Fractured Lit (Flash/Micro) https://fracturedlit.com/submit/
Giganotosaurus http://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/
Hexagon Magazine https://hexagonmagazine.ca/submit/
Infinite Worlds https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions
Metaphorosis https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/guidelines/
Mithila Review https://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/
Mythaxis https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html
Mythic Magazine https://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html
Not One Of Us https://not-one-of-us.pub/about/guidelines/
No Sleep Podcast https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/submissions
One Story https://www.one-story.com/index.php?page=submit
Penumbric https://www.penumbric.com/subs.html
Sci Phi Journal https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/
Strange Horizons http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/
Tales from the Moonlit Path http://talesmoonlitpath.com/submissions/
The Arcanist https://thearcanist.io/tag/submission-guidelines/
The Dark City http://www.thedarkcitymysterymagazine.com/submissions.html
The Dark Magazine http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/
The Dread Machine https://www.thedreadmachine.com/submit/
The Mesozoic Reader https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/mesozoic-reader/
The No Sleep Podcast https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/submissions
The Other Stories https://theotherstories.net/submissions
The Periodical, Forlorn https://www.periodicalforlorn.com/submission-guidelines
The Weird And Whatnot https://www.theweirdandwhatnot.com/submit
Translunar Travelers Lounge https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
Tree And Stone https://www.tree-and-stone.com/submissions
Underland Arcana https://www.underlandarcana.com/submissions/
Unnerving Magazine https://www.unnervingbooks.com/submissions
