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Last Updated: 26 July 2010

This page contains anthologies that are CLOSED. The deadlines have passed. Information on this page is for archive purposes only. Any E-subs links (like E-subs: ONLY) do not work. Do not submit to any of these markets!

  • ABACULUS - annual print (Leucrota Press); sf/f/h (fic). Pay: EdPick=$100 +5 copies, others=1 copy. Words: 2½-8k. RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: NONE. .
    Deadline: 30 June 2008PubDate: December 2008
     
  • THE AETHER AGE - 1-time print/PDF/eAntho (M-Brane SF/Hadley Rille Books); sf (fic). Pay: royalty. Words: 2-8k. RT: 30 days <DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 15 February 2010PubDate: June 2010 (estimated)
  • THE AGE OF BLOOD & SNOW - 1-time print (Morrigan Books); h/df/slipstrm/dark rom (fic/flash). Pay: $20 +copy. Words: 100-5000. RT: after DL. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 1 June 2008PubDate: Late 2008
  • AIM FOR THE HEAD - annual (publisher TBA); zombie, h/sf (fic). Michael C. Heffernan, Editor.
    Deadline was: when filled (on 09Jul05) Publication Date: Early 2006
  • ALL ABOUT EVE - 1-time POD/eAntho (WolfSinger Publications); f (fic). Pay: $5 +shared royalty. Words: 3-5k. RT: 1 month after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 1 August 2009PubDate: Winter 2009
  • ALL HALLOWS: Tales For the Darkest Night of the Year - was to be hardcover/trade paperback antho from Flesh & Blood Press for Oct. 2003; df/supernatural, themed. William P. Simmons, Editor.
  • ALL-STAR ZEPPELIN ADVENTURE STORIES - print antho; most genres (fic), theme: zeppelins. Pay: 5¢/word ($400 max.). Words: no limit (prefers 2-8k). RT: by 18 April 2004. Reprints: no. E-subs: NO. David Moles, Editor.
            Deadline: 16 February 2004
  • AN ALTERNATIVE TIME - 1-time POD (Altair Australia Books); sf/f (fic). Pay: Aus$75-100/story. Words: 3-7k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: e-pubs only. E-subs: no. Robert N Stephenson, Editor.
    Deadline: 2 February 2005 Publication Date: June 2005
  • AMAZING ALTERNITY STORIES - 1-time POD (Pulpwork Press); sf/f/h/mys/adv, classic pulp (fic). Pay: shared royalty. Words: 5-12k. Outlines RT: after 31Aug09. Reprints: query. E-subs: 2-3 PAGE OUTLINES ONLY. .
    Outlines Deadline: 31 August 2009PubDate: Late Spring 2010
  • AMAZING HEROES - e-antho; sf/f/h pulp fun/adventure (fic). Pay: equal share of 50% royalties. Words: 2-5k (not firm). RT: 2 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline: when full
  • AMAZING HEROES II - CyberPulp series e-antho; fun/adventure (fic). Pay: 50% net royalty split. Words: 2-5k max. RT: 2 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas, Editor.
            Deadline: 31 October 2004, or when filled
  • AMITYVILLE HOUSE OF PANCAKES OMNIBUS, VOL. 1 - 1st annual e-antho; humourous SpecFic (fic). Pay: 20% of net take. Words: 15-40k. RT: ?. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Pete S. Allen, Editor.
            Deadline: 31 March 2004 Publishing Date: May/June 2004        
  • AMITYVILLE HOUSE OF PANCAKES OMNIBUS, VOL. 2 - 2nd annual e- & trade paperback antho (Creative Guy Publishing); SpecFic humor (fic). Pay: 20% of net take. Words: 15-40k. RT: ?. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Pete S. Allen, Editor.
    Deadline: 30 April 2005 Publishing Date: July/August 2005
  • AMITYVILLE HOUSE OF PANCAKES 3 - annual print/e-antho (Creative Guy Pub.); SpecFic humor (fic). Pay: 20% net per author. Words: 15-40k. RT: 1-3 months. Reprints: if >1 year. E-subs: RTF only. Pete S. Allen, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 March 2006 Publishing Date: September 2006

  • ANIMAL MAGNETISM - 1-time PDF/POD (Publisher TBA), charity for Katrina victims; most genres w/ animal theme (fic/poem/art). Pay: $0 (Charity). Words: <7k. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. S.A. Parham and W. Olivia Race, Editors.
    Deadline: 15 November 2005 PubDate: December 2005
  • ANOMALOUS APPETITES - annual print (Preshrunk Press); all SpecFic genres (poem/art). Pay: $10 per poet (not poem); $10 per 2 illos. Words: poem=2 column/page; art=full page. RT: initial=fast; final=aprox. 12 weeks. Reprints: ok with credits. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: your midnight, Sunday, 5 October 2008PubDate: August 2009
  • THE ANTHOLOGY FROM HELL - print antho; f, w/ humor (fic). Pay: 3-5¢/word. Words: 2-5k. Reprints: yes (1-2¢/word). E-subs: no. Julia S. Mandala, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 December 2003
     
  • AN ANTHOLOGY OF STEAMPUNK STORIES - 1-time print/eAntho (Sonar4 Publications); steampunk (fic). Pay: 1 copy. Words: 1k-5k. RT: <DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 14 July 2010PubDate: Fall 2010
  • APPALLING LIMERICKS - 1-time chapbook (Sam's Dot Publishing); sf/f/h (limerick poems). Pay: $2 +copy. Lines: 5. RT: 4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. S. C. Virtes, lead editor.
    Deadline: 31 August 2006 PubDate: around October 2006

  • APOCRYPHAL TALES: Parables of Old - one-time print (+ PDF, possible); df/h/satire (fic). Pay: TBA. Words: 2½-7k. RT: 6 weeks after DL max. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Stephen M. Wilson, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 April 2004 Publisher: TBA
  • ARCANE DISTORTIONS - annual DVD (Crossing Chaos); irreal/exp/mixed genre (fic/art/photo/animation/readings/film/video). Pay: shared 20% gross. Words: 3-5k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 15 December 2008PubDate: Mid 2009
  • ARKHAM TALES - print antho (Chaosium, Inc.); h, Chaosium RPG setting (fic). Pay: 2 copies. Words: 5k max. RT: 20 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Wiliam Jones, Editor.
    Deadline: when filled Publication Date: Oct/Nov 2005
  • ART FROM ART - 1-time print (Modernist Press); (all genres) litfic/mys (fic). Pay: $100-$200 (based on author credits). Words: 3k-5k. RT: <2 weeks after DL. Reprints: yes. E-subs: NONE!. .
    Deadline: 31 July 2009PubDate: 1 October 2009
  • ART OF HORROR - annual Cyber-Pulp e-antho; scary/h/dark (fic/nonfic/poem). Pay: shared 50% royalty. Words: 1½-5k (not firm). RT: 2 weeks or longer. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 January 2004, or until filled
  • ASSASSIN'S CREED - 1-time POD/eAntho (Utility Fog Press); any genre (fic/art). Pay: 1 copy. Words: ½-5k. RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 28 February 2009PubDate: August 2009
  • THE ASYLUM, VOL. 3 - trade paperback antho; h, theme (fic). Pay: 10% royalty split + copy. Words: 2½-5k. RT: query after 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Victor Heck, Editor.
    Deadline: 15 June 2003
  • THE ASYLUM, VOL. 4 - trade paperback series antho; h, theme (fic). Pay: 10% split royalty +copy. Words: 2½-5k. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Victor Heck , Editor .
    Deadline: 1 July 2004 Publication Date: August 2004
  • AVANT-GARDE FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM - 1-time print (Raw Dog Screaming Press); Avant-Garde/exp/surreal (fic/poem). Pay: shared royalty +copy. Words: 1-5k (<5 poems). RT: about 1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline: when filledPubDate: early 2009

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  • BACKROOM PUBLICATIONS - 1-time print/e-book (Backroom Publications); dark sf/f/cross-genre (fic/poem). Pay: adv/royalty 10%. Words: 20-50k (collection or novella). RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Carmilla Stewart, Editor.
    Deadline: 30 April 2007 PubDate: Fall & Winter 2007
     
  • BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE: More Horror in Rural America - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); h (fic). Pay: exposure. Words: 2k-5k. RT: <2 weeks <RT. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. , or (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2010PubDate: September 2010
  • BADASS HORROR - 1-time print/e-antho (Dybbuk Press); df/h with crime theme (fic). Pay: $50 adv. on royalty +2 copies. Words: 3-5k. RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: query first. Christopher J. Hall/Michael Stone, Co-editors.
    Deadline: when filled Publication Date: TBA
  • BASH DOWN THE DOOR & SLICE OPEN THE BADGUY: Humorous Tales of Swords & Sorcery - 1-time print (Fantasist Enterprises); S&S humor (fic). Pay: 4-6¢/word advance on 35% net royalty. Words: <10k. RT: by 5Sep05. Reprints: no. E-subs: no, queries only. William H. Horner III, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 August 2005 Publication Date: April 2006
  • THE BEAST WITHIN 2: The Beast Unleashed - 1-time print (Graveside Tales); h (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 2k-5k. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 31 December 2009, or until filledPubDate: 2nd quarter 2010
  • BEAT THE BLACKENED WING: An Anthology of Crows - print antho; folklore/myth, theme: crows (fic/nonfic/poem). Pay: TBA + copy for 100-1500 words. Reprints: yes. E-subs: no. Matthew W. Schmeer, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 March 2003 Final Decisions: 1 September 2003
  • BEAUTIFUL WORLDS - trade paperback antho from Eraserhead Press for late 2002; "weird" fiction. Pays royalty + copy & discounts for 6-18k words. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: maybe. E-subs: yes. Carlton Mellick III, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 September 2002, or when full
  • BEGINNINGS: A Novel (or Ten) - 1-time print (Teton River Productions); all genres, no rom/erotica (fic). Pay: royalty, varies per piece. Words: <10k. RT: 4-5 months after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline: 30 November 2008PubDate: 1 June 2009
  • BELONG/A place called home - 1-time, 2-vol print (Ticonderoga Publications); all sf genres (fic). Pay: 1½AU¢/word (<AU$105). Words: 1-7k (readings end 15Feb08). RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Russell B. Farr, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 September 2007 PubDate: July 2008
  • BELONG/A place called home - 1-time print (Ticonderoga Publications); all speculative (fic). Pay: AU1½¢/word (AU$105 max). Words: <7k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 31 May 2009PubDate: late 2009
  • BE MINE - print/CD/e-antho; df/h, twisted love (fic). Pay: 50% royalty share. Words: ½-6k (not firm). RT: 1-3 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. L. Marie Wood, Editor.
    Deadline: 19 December 2003 or when filled
  • BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR - annual print (Night Shade Books); "Best of" (fic) & "The Year in Horror" (nonfic) for works published in 2009. Pay: ?. Words: no limits. RT: January 2009. Reprints: only. E-subs: no. Ellen Datlow, Editor. No e-mail.
    Story Deadline: 15 December 2008"The Year in Horror" Pieces Deadline: 15 January 2010
  • BEST NEW PARANORMAL ROMANCE 4 - annual print (Juno Books); sf/f/supernat h w/ romance or romance w/ sf/f/sh (fic), works published in 2008 only. Pay: 1¢/word + shared standard royalty. Words: <40k. RT: only if accepted. Reprints: only. E-subs: ONLY. Paula Guran, Editor.
    Deadline: ASAP (readings close 1 December 2008)PubDate: Spring 2008
  • BEST NEW TALES OF THE APOCALYPSE - annual reprint POD (Permuted Press); all genres, apocalyptic theme (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: <25k. RT: final by Sep '08. Reprints: only. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline: 1 June 2008PubDate: Spring 2009
     
  • BEST NEW VAMPIRE TALES (Vol. 1) - 1-time print (Books of the Dead Press); h/vampire (fic (reprints). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: <10k. RT: about 3 months. Reprints: ONLY. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 11:59 pm, 30 April 2010PubDate: late 2010/early 2011
     
  • BEST NEW ZOMBIE TALES, Vol. 1 - 1-time print (Books of the Dead Press); h/zombie (fic), reprints. Pay: 1¢/word. Words: <10k. RT: <10 weeks. Reprints: only. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 11:59 pm, 31 January 2010PubDate: Summer 2010
  • THE BEST OF MEMPHIS ANTHOLOGY CONTEST - print antho; most genres (fic/poem). Fee: $5 (poem $2). Pay: 50% reading fee shared (see detail listing) + 2 copies. Words: to 10k (60 lines). RT: by 15Oct03. Reprints: yes. E-subs: no. Jeff Crook, Editor.
    Deadline: 8 August 2003
  • BEST OF MEMPHIS 2004 - annual POD (WordArts, Inc.), strong Memphis theme for non-Memphis residents; any genre (fic/poem/art). Pay: shared royalty + 3X $200 to "best" winners. Words: 18k (poem: 6 pages) max. RT: by 1Jan05. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Jeff Crook, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 December 2004 Publication Date: around May 2005
  • BEST OF THE REST 3 - yearly print antho; SF & F. Pays 3¢/word for ½-10k words. Small press/webzine reprints only. Brian Youmans, Editor.
    Deadline: 15 January 2002
  • BEST OF THE REST 4 - reprint antho (Suddenly Press); sf/f/df (fic/poem). Pay: 2¢/word ($50 min.). Words: <10k. RT: early 2006. Reprints: 2005 only. E-subs: basically no (see GLs). Brian Youmans, Editor.
    Deadline: 15 January 2006 Publication Date: April 2006
  • THE BEST SF & FANTASY OF THE YEAR: VOL. 2 - annual print (Night Shade Books); sf/f (fic). Pay: TBD, but not less than 1¢/word. Words: <40k. RT: unknown. Reprints: only. E-subs: no. Jonathan Strahan, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 October 2007 PubDate: March 2008
  • THE BEST SF & FANTASY OF THE YEAR: VOL. 3 - annual print (Night Shade Books); sf/f (fic). Pay: 2¢/word. Words: no limits. RT: unknown. Reprints: only. E-subs: NONE. Jonathan Strahan, Editor (no e-mail).
    Deadline: 1 October 2008 PubDate: March 2009
    (NOTE: subs MUST adhere to the Romance genre format)
  • BEYOND THE DARKENED MIRROR: Tales of Dark Romance - 1-time (no publisher yet); dark Romance (no horror), any genre (fic). Pay: shared royalty. Words: 3½-9k (firm!). RT: 2-8 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Glenda Woodrum, Editor.
    Deadline: 20 March 2005 Publication Date: TBA when publisher set
  • BEYOND THE DUST: Ghost Stories for the New Millennium - print antho; modern ghost. Pays 1¢/word for up to 6k words (up to 8k accepted). RT: varies from 1 week to deadline. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. G. Durant Haire, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 February 2003
  • BEYOND THE LAST STAR - pro print antho; SF,F, H. Pays 5-10¢/word, no word limits. Sherwood Smith, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 March 2002
  • BEYOND THE MUNDANE: Vampires & Werewolves & Monsters, Oh My! - trade paperback/e-book (Mundania Press LLC); f/sf/h/rom/mys/humor (fic). Pay: shared royalties - 15%/print, 50%/e-book. Words: 10k (not firm). RT: 120 days max. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Daniel J. Reitz, Sr., Editor.
    Deadline: 31 December 2004 Publication Date: Summer 2005
  • JACK MACKENZIE'S THE BIG BLACK - 1-time POD/e-antho (RAGE machine Books); sf adventure (fic). Pay: equal split. Words: 3-10k (pref. 5-8k). RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (doc/rtf). G. W. Thomas/Jack Mackenzie, Editors.
    Deadline: until full PubDate: Fall 2006
  • JACK MACKENZIE'S THE BIG BLACK 2 - POD/e-antho (RAGE machine Books); sf adventure (fic). Pay: equal split. Words: 3-10k (pref. 5-8k). RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (doc/rtf). G. W. Thomas/Jack Mackenzie, Editors.
    Deadline: until full PubDate: 1 August 2006
     
  • THE BITTER END: Tales of Nautical Terror - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); h/sus/df/supernat/sf (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: ½k-5k. RT: 2-4 weeks after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline: 31 October 2009PubDate: April 2010
  • BLACK DAYS - e-antho; dark H. Pays 10% of book sale each quarter for 7½k words. RT: 1-2 weeks. Danielle Naibert, Editor.
    Deadline: when full
  • BLACK BOX - 1-time charity e-antho/CD-Rom (Brimstone Press); h (fic). Pay: e-copy. Words: <120. RT: <3 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 May 2007 PubDate: January 2008
  • THE BLACKNESS WITHIN - 1-time print (Apex Book Company); h/df/near-future sf (fic). Pay: £15. Words: 3-7k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 1 June 2009PubDate: late 2009/early 2010
  • BLADE RED DARK PAGES ANTHOLOGY - 1-time POD/eAntho (Blade Red Press); SpecFic with a dark & gritty vibe (fic). Pay: AU$25 (via PayPal). Words: <7½k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 30 November 2009PubDate: Early 2010
  • BLINK - print antho; flash H. Pays % of royalties & copy for 1200 words. RT: 1 month max. David Sparks & J. Newman, Editors. E-mail
  • BLOOD & DEVOTION: Epic Tales of Fantasy - 1-time print (Fantasist Enterprises); f (fic/art). Pay: 5¢/word adv. on shared 35% net. Words: 7-20k. RT: by 05Apr06. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. William H. Horner III, Editor.
    Deadline for Submissions: 1 March 2006Reading Period: 10-28 March 2005PubDate: TBA
  • BLOOD, GUTS, & PSYCHOPATHS - 1-time print/POD (Maniac Press); h (fic). Pay: shared profits. Words: 2-8k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Steven Walsh, Editor.
    Deadline: 30 June 2006 PubDate: late 2006
  • BLOOD LUST: Gay Vampire Stories - Alyson Books print antho; erotic, gay male h/df (fic). Pay: $100. Words: 3-7k. RT: ?. Reprints: yes ($50). E-subs: no. M. Christian & Todd Gregory, Editors.
    Deadline: 1 November 2003
  • BLOODTYPE: A Hardcore Horror Anthology - new CD-ROM antho; Extreme H. Pays equal profit share royalties + copy for 1½-8k words (firm). RT: varies. Lone Wolf Publications for Summer 2001. Michael Laimo, Editor.
  • BLOWING KISSES - pro print antho; erotic, most genres; theme (fic). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: up to 10k (prefers 2-6k). Reprints: at 3¢/word. E-subs: preferred. Mary Anne Mohanraj, Editor.
    Deadline: 15 September 2003 Projected publication date: Spring 2004
  • BOLDLY GO... - proposed print antho; Star Trek sf (fic). Pay to be negotiated with publisher for up to 40k words. RT: ?. Reprints: no. E-subs: no, queries only. Scott C. Carr, Chief Editor.
    Deadline: 15 May 2003 (likely to be extended)
  • BONDAGE - 1-time print (Sam's Dot); sf/f (fic/poem/art). Pay: $15 (poem: $6). Words: 4-8k (poem: no limits). RT: 6 months max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Tyree Campbell & L. A. Story Houry, Editors.
    Deadline: 31 July 2005 Publication Date: October 2005
  • BONE BALLET - 1-time print (Iguana Publications); crime/h (fic). Pay: $10 + 2 copies. Words: ½-2k. RT: by October 2005. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. John Weagly, Editor.
    Deadline: 6 June 2005 Publication Date: September 2005
  • THE BOOK OF ALL FLESH - print antho; zombie fiction for June '01 by Eden Studios. Pays 3-5¢/word for 3-7k words (flexible). James Lowder, Editor.
    Deadline was: Wednesday, 3 January 2001
  • THE BOOK OF EXODI - 1-time POD (Eposic Diversions LLC); all SpecFic (fic), theme: mass exodus. Pay: 1-3¢/word, &/or 40% shared royalty (see terms). Words: <20k. RT: <30 days. Reprints: yes, if on theme. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 14 November 2008Late Deadline: 20 November 2008
    If you query by 14Nov08    		PubDate: Spring 2009
  • THE BOOK OF MORE FLESH - print antho; zombie fiction. Pays 3-5¢/word for 3-7k words. RT: no - 30 days; yes - longer. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. James Lowder, Editor.
    Deadline: 16 August 2002
  • THE BOOK OF TENTACLES - 1-time print (Sam's Dot Publishing); sf/f/h (fic/poem). Pay: ½¢/word (poem=$5). Words: 2-7k (poem=<100 lines). RT: <2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: until filledPubDate: April 2009
  • THE BOOK OF VOICES - 1-time print antho (Flame Books); most genres (fic/query for art). Pay: copy. Words: 7k max. RT: not known. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes (.doc/rtf). Michael Butscher, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 October 2004 Publication Date: March 2005
  • BOOKS GONE BAD: Secret Lives & Evil Times of Diabolical Books - 1-time print (Dead Letter Press); df/h (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 4-12k (<4k/>12k query). RT: 6-8 weeks (or more!). Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Tom English, Editor.
    Deadline: 30 September 2007, or until filled PubDate: November 2007 (earliest) to Spring 2008
  • BORDERLANDS 5 - annual print; darkly imaginative (fic). Pays 5-7¢/word for up to 5k words. RT: ?. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Elizabeth E. & dF. Monteleone, Editor.
    Deadline: 15 June 2003 Target Publishing Date: November 2003
  • BORDERLANDS 6 - annual print; darkly imaginative, non-traditional (fic). Pay: 5-7¢/word. Words: 5k max. RT: as long as it takes. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Elizabeth E. & Thomas F. Monteleone, Editors.
    Deadline: when filled Target Publication Date: January 2005
  • BOUND IS THE BEWITCHING LILITH - 1-time TPB/e-book (Popcorn Press); all genres w/ Lilith myth (fic). Pay: shared 25%. Words: 4-6k. RT: by 31Aug07. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Elaine Cunningham, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 August 2007 PubDate: Winter 2007
  • BRAINBOX II - e-antho; horror story/nonfic mix. Pays 2-4% royalties of total sales & a copy for 2½-10k words. RT: "quick." Steve Eller, Editor.
    Reading Period: 1 March 2001 to 31 July 2001, or until filled (Subs received before or after will be deleted!)
  • BUTCHER KNIVES & BODY COUNTS: Essays on the Formula, Frights, & Fun of the Slasher Film - 1-time print (Dark Scribe Press, LLC); h (nonfic). Pay: 5¢/word (reprints=2¢/word). Words: 1.2-1.5k. RT: 30-60 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. . BLOG
    Deadline: 15 June 2009PubDate: April 2010
  • BUTCHER SHOP QUARTET - annual print (Cutting Block Press); h/f/spec/slipstrm (fic). Pay: ½¢/word adv. on 10% royalty. Words: 10-30k. RT: 3 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Frank Hutton/Boyd E. Harris, Editors.
    Deadline: until filled PubDate: 2006
  • BUTCHER SHOP QUARTET, VOL. 2 - annual print (Cutting Block Press); all dark genres & sub genres (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 10-30k (not firm). RT: <3 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. Frank J. Hutton, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 November, or until filled PubDate: early 2007

  • BUTCHER SHOP QUARTET 2 - annual or biannual print (Cutting Block Press); h (fic). Pay: 1½¢/word to pro rates (for pros). Words: 15-40k. RT: initial=<120 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Frank J. Hutton, Editor.
    Deadline: 30 April 2008 PubDate: 1st half of 2008
  • THE BUTTERFLY AFFECTS - 1-time eAntho (Susurrus Press); sf (fic/flash/poem). Pay: fic=$30; flash/poem=$15. Words: fic=1k-10k; flash=<1k; poem=<100 lines. RT: <2 months after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 31 May 2009PubDate: 31 August 2009
     
  • BY MIND AND METAL: A Fantasy Anthology - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press); f (fic). Pay: exposure. Words: ½k-5k. RT: 2 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2010PubDate: mid-2010
  • BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE - 1-time print (Wolfmont Publishing); crime/mys/sus (fic). Pay: 1 copy. Words: 1½-3½. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Tony Burton, Editor.
    Deadline: 15 September 2006, or when filled PubDate: 31 October 2006
    By the Chimney With Care is a charitable anthology; proceeds go to the USMC Toys for Tots campaign.

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

     
  • CALL OF LOVECRAFT - 1-time POD/eAntho (Papercut Books); h/df/sf (fic). Pay: $20 (5¢/word negotiated individually) +copies at cost. Words: 2k-5k. RT: 3-6 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2010PubDate: October 2010
  • CALMECAC - 1-time print (Crass Dandy Publications); sf/Urban f/MagReal/f/h/TimeTrav (fic/poem/art) theme: Hispanic life/culture. Pay: $20. Words: <15k. RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. Jay Crasdan & Judith Morel, Editors.
    Deadline: 1 June 2008PubDate: January 2009
  • CARNIFEX PRESS ANTHOLOGY #1 - Clash Of Steel: Reluctant Hero - chapbook (Carnifex Press); h (fic); 4-6 stories. Pay: 3¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Armand Rosamilia, Editor
    .
              Deadline: 1 January 2005, or until filled
  • CARNIFEX PRESS ANTHOLOGY ~ Clash Of Steel: Book Two: Assassin - chapbook; epic f (fic); 4-6 stories. Pay: 3¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Armand Rosamilia, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 March 2005, or until filled
  • CARNIFEX PRESS ANTHOLOGY #4 ~ Florida Horror: Tales From Florida - chapbook; h (fic); 4-6 stories. Pay: 3¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Armand Rosamilia, Editor.
             Deadline: 1 July 2005
  • CARNIFEX PRESS #5 - print; sf (fic). Pay: 3¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: 2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Boone Dryden, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 October 2005 PubDate: Summer 2006
  • CARNIVAL - signed limited-edition CD antho for April 2002; carny horror. Pays equal share royalty + 1 copy for 2-8k words. RT: ?. Jean Rabe, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 October 2001
  • CARNIVAL OF HORROR - print/CD/e-antho; carnival h (fic). Pay: 50% royalty share. Words: ½-6k (not firm). RT: 1-3 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. L. Marie Wood, Editor.
    Deadline: 10 January 2004 or when filled
  • CASCADIA (working title) - one-time print (Windstorm Creative); speculative (fic/poem). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: 4-10k (query for poems/short-shorts/novelettes). RT: a few months after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: no. Cris DiMarco, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 November 2004 Publication Date: 1 September 2005 (Cascadia Con)
  • CATASTROPHIA - 1-time print (PS Publishing); sf/h (fic), theme: catastrophes/disasters/post-apocalyptic. Pay: 3p/word (6¢/word), max. £100/$200. Words: prefers 2-6k (query if longer). RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: NONE. .
    Deadline: 31 May 2009, or when fullPubDate: Summer 2010
  • CATSCURIOUS PRESS ANTHO (Title TBA) - 1-time print (CatsCurious Press); SpecFic, gothic-style (prefers 60s Gothic Romance) (fic). Pay: $250 +$50 to top story +2 copies. Words: 7½-17½k. RT: <2 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. Sonya M. Shannon, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 July 2007 PubDate: October 2007
  • CATSCURIOUS PRESS ANTHOLOGY - 1-time print (CatsCurious Press); humorous fairy tale from protagonist's POV (fic). Pay: 5¢/word ($500 max). Words: 5-10k. RT: unknown. Reprints: no. E-subs: TBA. Sonya M. Shannon, Editor.
    Deadline: midnight, 31 March 2008PubDate: TBA
     
  • CATS EYE NEW BELLA - 1-time POD/eAntho (Dark Wine); SpecFic (fic/poem/art). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 50-5k. RT: <3 weeks. Reprints: yes, if informed. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 25 June 2010, or until filledPubDate: September 2010
  • CHEER UP, UNIVERSE - 1-time print (Publisher: TBD); sf/f (fic). Pay: 1¢/word ($15 max.). Words: no limits. RT: <1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 30 June 2009PubDate: October 2009
  • CHICAGO OVERCOAT - 1-time print/possible audio (Susurrus Press); crime/slipstrm/surreal/MagReal (fic/flash). Pay: <$25. Words: <15k. RT: 2 months after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 1 August 2008PubDate: December 2008 (tentative)
  • CHIMERAWORLD - Cyber-Pulp e-antho/trade paperback for Summer 2004; boundary breakers (fic). Pay: equal royalty share. Words: 2-4k (firm!). RT: early Nov03. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Hertzan Chimera, Editor.
    Deadline: End October 2003, or when filled
  • CHIMERA WORLD #2 - CyberPulp print/POD/e-book antho; horror or dark fantasy (fic). Pay: equal share of royalty. Words: 1-4k (strict!). RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Mike Philbin, Editor.
    Deadline: 30 September 2004 Publication Date: 1st Quarter, 2005
  • CHIMERAWORLD #3 - annual POD/e-antho (Chimericana Books); dark/weird/h/sf/adult (fic). Pay: 50% shared royalty. Words: <3k. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Mike Philbin, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 October 2005 PubDate: Summer 2006
  • CHIMERAWORLD #4 - annual print/POD (Chimericana Books); break all genres (fic). Pay: $10 adv. on 50% shared royalty. Words: 2-4k (strict). RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Mike Philbin, Editor.
    Deadline: 30 September 2006 PubDate: Xmas 2006
  • CHIMERAWORLD #5 - annual print TP (Chimericana Books); genrelectic (fic). Pay: £10 (approx $20). Words: 2-4k. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 1 May 2008 PubDate: late 2008
  • CHIMERAWORLD #6 (New World Disorder) - annual POD (Chimericana Books); genreclectic (fic). Pay: £10. Words: 2-4k (strict!). RT: <1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: when filledPubDate: during 2009
  • THE CHRONICLES OF SARINA - 1-time POD (Altair Australia Books); urban f only (fic), with strict character guidelines. Pay: AU$100. Words: 5-7k. RT: <12 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 31 August 2009, or until filledPubDate: December 2009
  • CIRCUS - CD antho for 2003; circus horror, humor OK. Pays equal share royalty for 5-8k words. RT: sometime after deadline. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Jean Rabe, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 October 2002
  • CITY SHADOWS - 1-time print/POD/e-book (Cohort Press); sf/h/f/mys/thrill (fic/art). Pay: $20 +copy. Edmond Rektor, Editor.
    Deadline: when filled PubDate: Spring 2007

  • CLASH OF STEEL BOOK 3: DEMON - 1-time print (Carnifex Press); f (fic). Pay: 3¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Armand Rosamilia/Boone Dryden, Editors.
    Deadline: 1 December 2005 PubDate: 2006
     
  • CLASSIC UNIVERSAL MONSTERS - 1-time POD/eAntho (Dark Wine); SpecFic (fic/poem/art). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 50-5k. RT: <3 weeks. Reprints: yes, if informed. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 25 July 2010, or until filledPubDate: September 2010
  • CLASS IN SESSION: A Student's Guide to Old School Horror - 1-time POD (Lake Fossil Press); modern gothic h/dark lit. -- to be distributed to schools, PG-13 (fic), writers must be 18 or older. Pay: PDF copy. Words: 4-8k (top firm!). RT: <a few days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: yes. Nickolaus Pacione, Editor.
    Deadline: when filled PubDate: December 2007
  • CLASS OF 1994 - 1-time POD antho; most genres/mainstrm, NO EROTICA OR ROMANCE. (fic/nonfic). Pay: $9 (top story $60) + e-copy. Words: 3.4-7.6k. RT: instantly. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (.rtf/.doc). Nickolaus A. Pacione, Editor.
    Deadline: until filled PubDate: when filled
  • CLOAKED IN SHADOW - print antho; df (cross genre) w/ elves (fic). William H. Horner, Editor.
            Deadline Has Passed - DO NOT SUBMIT!
  • CLOCKWORK PHOENIX: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness - annual print (Norilana Books); sf/f/h/slipstrm (fic). Pay: 2¢/word adv. +shared royalty. Words: <10k. RT: <2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Mike Allen, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 February 2008 PubDate: Spring 2008
  • CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 2: more tales of beauty and strangeness - annual POD (Norilana Books); sf/f/h/surreal/cross-genre/unclassifiable (fic). Pay: 2¢/word adv. on shared royalty +copy. Words: <10k (firm!). RT: <60 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 16 November 2008PubDate: July 2009
     
  • CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 3 - annual POD (Norilana Books); sf/f/h/cross-genre/unclassifiable (fic). Pay: 2¢/word, shared royalty, copy. Words: <10k (firm!). RT: <30 days after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 15 November 2009PubDate: Summer 2010
  • COACH'S MIDNIGHT DINER: 2nd Edition - annual print/eAntho (ccPublishing, NFP); most weird genres, Christian worldview (fic). Pay: 3 X $100 +copy, others=copy. Words: <10k. RT: 1-4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLINE FORM ONLY. .
    Deadline: 31 May 2008PubDate: October 2008
  • COCK-roach-SUCKERS - print antho; vampire/cockroach theme. Pays share of royalties donated to charity for 1-5k words (query if longer). RT: ?. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. David Niall Wilson, Editor.
    Deadline: 28 February 2003
  • COHORT PRESS ANTHOLOGY - (title TBA) 1-time print (Cohort Press); f/h (fic). Pay: $50. Words: 2-4k. RT: <45 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Edmond Rektor, Editor.
    Deadline: 15 July 2006 PubDate: December 2006

  • COLD FLESH - Hellbound Books print antho; gory, violent zombie h (fic). Pay: shared 50% royalty. Words: up to 7k. RT: 2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Paul Fry, Editor
    Deadline: when filled Tentative Publishing Date: Dec04-Jan05
  • COLD GLASS PAIN - one-time POD; h/dark/strange (fic). Pay: 1 copy. Words: ½-5k max. RT: 6 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Chris Cudbertson, Editor.
    Deadline: 30 September 2004, or when filled Publication Date: Halloween 2004
  • COMET PRESS EXTREME HORROR ANTHOLOGY - 1-time print (Comet Press); h (fic/art). Pay: ¼¢/word. Words: 3-10k. RT: 3-4 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 28 February 2009PubDate: June 2009
  • COMET PRESS ANTHOLOGY (untitled) - 1-time print (Comet Press); dark crime/h (fic). Pay: ¼¢/word. Words: 3-10k. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 15 September 2009PubDate: November 2009
  • CONE ZERO: Scriptus Innominatus (Nemonymous 8) - annual print TP (Megazanthus Press); f/h/sf-lit (fic), theme (preferably entitled): Cone Zero. Pay: £65. Words: 2½-12k. RT: varies. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. DF Lewis, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 March 2008PubDate: May 2008
  • CORPSE BLOSSOMS - 1-time print (Creeping Hemlock Press); h/df/sus (fic). Pay: 8-10¢/word. Words: 5k max (query if longer). RT: 2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. R.J. Sevin & Julia Sevin, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 December 2004 Publication Date: 2005/2006
  • CORROSION ANTHO / AWARD - annual print antho; underground H. Pays equal share of 5-10% royalties + copy & discount for 1½-15k words + "Best Extreme, Underground Story of the Year Award." RT: about 3 months. Shane Ryan Staley & Robert F. Strauss, Editors.
    Deadline: 15 July 2002
  • COSCOM ENTERTAINMENT ANNUAL NO.1: Elements of the Fantastic - print & e-antho; any genre (fic). Pay: $10 + tp copy. Words: 3-9k. RT: 02Nov04-31Dec04. Reprints: no. E-subs: only (.doc/.rtf). A.P. Fuchs, Editor.
    Deadline for Subs: 01Nov04Deadline: 31Dec04 Publication: March 2005
  • COURTING MORPHEUS - 1-time print/e-book (Apex Publications); h/mild-sf/df (fic). Pay: $15 +copy. Words: 3-8k. RT: 1st cut=2-4 weeks, final=31Dec07. Reprints: no. E-subs: e-mail only. Jodi Lee, Editor or this Alternate E-address ..
    Deadline: Midnight CST, 1 September 2007 PubDate: Spring/Summer 2008
  • THE CRANKY DILDO - antho chapbook from Eraserhead Press; all genres with humorous/bazarre slant. Pays copies for 0.1-4k words. Carlton Mellick III, Fiction Editor.
  • CRIME SPREE - small press antho; crime. Pays ¼¢/word for 1½-5k words. RT: 1st Cut: 2-4 wks; Final: shortly after deadline. Sandra DeLuca & Trey R. Barker, Editors.
    Deadline: 1 July 2001
  • CROSS-GENRE CTHULHU - 1-time POD (Permuted Press); Lovecraftian/Cthulhu Mythos horror (fic). Pay: $25 +copy. Words: 3-8k. RT: 6 weeks+. Reprints: yes ($15). E-subs: e-mail only. John Sunseri, Editor.
    Deadline: 15 August 2007, or until filled PubDate: 2008
  • THE CROSSROADS THEATER - 1-time POD (Dead Jester Press); h/f/steampunk/surreal (fic). Pay: shared royalty. Words: <7k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 29 July 2008PubDate: Late 2008
  • CROWN OF BONES - 1-time PDF antho (Yellow Bat Press); dark/eerie/strange/surreal/unusual (flash). Pay: $10. Words: 1k max. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Craig Sernotti, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 December 2004 Publication Date: January 2005
  • CTHULHU EXPRESS - 1-time POD/e-antho (RAGE machine Books); all genres, Mythos (fic). Pay: equal split. Words: 3-10k (pref 5-8k). RT: <30 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (doc/rtf). G. W. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline: when filled, probably January 2006 PubDate: October 2006
  • CWW PRESENTS: RAW MEAT - 1-time print (100-150 short run); h (fic). Pay: $5 +book at cost. Words: 1-4k (query if longer). RT: 1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Tom Moran & Laurel Starling, Editors.
    Deadline: 1 December 2005 PubDate: Summer 2006
  • CYBER-PULP FREE HALLOWEEN ANTHOLOGY - 2nd annual e-antho; h/df (fic). Bob Gunner, Editor. E-mail
    Deadline was to be: 15 September 2003
  • CYBER-PULP'S HALLOWEEN ANTHOLOGY 3.0 - annual POD & e-antho (50% to charity); h/df (fic/art). Pay: perks. Words: ½k & up. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: attached (.doc/.rtf). Bob Gunner, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 September 2004 Publication Date: 15 September 2004
  • CYBER-PULP'S HALLOWEEN ANTHOLOGY 4.0 - annual PDF antho (50% to charity); Halloween theme (fic/art). Pay: perks/e-copy. Words: ½k & up. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: attached (.doc). Bob Gunner, Editor.
    Deadline: 29 July 2005, or until filled Publication Date: 15 September 2005

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • DAIKAIJU - print antho; most genres w/ giant monsters (fic/comic strip). Pays AUS$30 min. + copy for up to 12k words (not firm). RT: 1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: query. Robert Hood & Robin Pen, Editors.
    Deadline: 30 November 2004 Publication Date: mid 2005
     
  • DAILY BITES OF FLESH 2011: 365 Days of Flash Fiction - annual POD (Pill Hill Press); h (flash). Pay: exposure. Words: <½k. RT: <30 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: E-MAIL or ONLINE FORM. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: until filled (FILLED & CLOSED 28Jun10)PubDate: December 2010
  • DAMNED IN DIXIE: Southern Horror - 1-time POD/e-antho (Tenoka Press); df/h (fic). Pay: shared royalty. Words: 2½-7k. RT: by 15Jan07. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Ron Shiflet, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 December 2006, or when filled PubDate: March 2007
  • DAMNED NATION - print antho (Hellbound Books); most genres, Hellish (fic). Pay: 3¢/word. Words: 2-5k max. RT: 01Apr05-31Jul05. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. David Wilbanks & Robert N. Lee, Editors.
    Deadline: 31 March 2005 Publication Date: January 2006
  • DARK ANIMUS 10/11 - 1-time print (Dark Animus); sf/f/h (fic/poem/comics). Pay: fic=¼AU¢/word +copy. Words: no limit. RT: <8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. James R.Cain, Stephen Clark & Sally Finlay, Editors.
    Deadline: 30 September 2006, or when full PubDate: November 2006

  • DARK DISTORTIONS - biannual or annual print (Scotopia Press); most genres (fic/nonfic). Pay: <2¢/word (based on net profit) +copy. Words: 50-20,000. RT: <60 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 30 June 2008 unless extendedPubDate: April 2009
  • DARK DOORWAYS - 1-time POD (The Prufrock Press); h/df/slipstrm (fic). Pay: 50% split royalty +copy. Words: 3-5k. RT: 1 week/2nd round=<3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes (IBoE only!). James Cooper, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 January 2006 PubDate: February/March, 2006
  • DARK ELATION VOL. 1 - semi-annual print (Lighthouse Media One); h/sf/humor/Slip-Stream/f (fic). Pay: £5. Words: 3-10k. RT: 7 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. Paul Calvin Wilson, Editor.
    Deadline: 29 February 2004 Publication Date: Mid May
  • DARKER INK: Tales of Suspence & Horror From African American & Latino Writers - possible print antho; H, Vampire. Pays if able, for 12-15 single-spaced pages. B.L. Jacobs, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 Oct 2001
  • DARKER THAN TIN, BRIGHTER THAN SIN - one-time themed print/e-? antho; specfic (fic/poem). Pay: 2 copies. Words: up to 3k (60 lines). RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Rabe Phillips, Editor.
    Deadline: 1 December 2003 Publication Date: February 2004
     
  • DARK EYE GLANCES - 1-time print/POD/PDF (Von Buchholz Books); sf/f/h (poem/lyrics). Pay: copy. Lines/Words: no limits. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline: 1 March 2010, or when filledPubDate: TBA
  • DARKFIRE IV: THE BONES OF THE WORLD - new antho from SFF.Net; SF. Pays 5-10¢/word for 5k words (flexible). Bruce Holland Rogers, Editor.
    Deadline was: 1 March 2001, or until filled (it is!).
  • DARK HIGHWAYS - Cyber-Pulp e-antho; h/sf/f (fic/poem). Pay: equal split of 50% of profit after costs. Words: up to 12k (query if longer). RT: 3 months max. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. David Bain, Editor.
            Deadline: 7 April 2005
  • DARK JESTERS: An Anthology of Humorous Horror - 1-time print (Novello Publishers); h with humorous edge (fic), no zombie stories. Pay: $40 +copy. Words: 1½-2k. RT: <1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline: 30 November 2008TOC Announced: early December 2008PubDate: Fall 2009
  • DARK LURKERS - paperback antho; h/dark terror (fic). Pays even split of royalties +copy for 2-5k words (not firm). RT: 1-90 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: yes. Paul Melniczek, Editor.
    Deadline: filled & closed on 25 July 2003
  • DARK MATTER II: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora - print antho from Warner Aspect for 2002. Pay $250 & up for 1½-8½k words (flexible). Sheree R. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline: Monday, 30 April 2001 (prefers early submissions, when slots are available & there's time for revisions)
  • DARKNESS RISING - annual antho from Prime Books; supernatural. Pay: copy. Words: any length. RT: 2 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: preferred. Mick Sims
    & Len Maynard, Editors.
            Deadline: 28 February 2004
  • DARK STREETS AFTER HOURS - Cyber-Pulp e-antho; crime/mys/detective (fic). Pay: shared 50% royalty. Words: up to 12k. RT: 1 month or more. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Thomas Deja, Editor.
    Deadline: 31 August 2003
  • DARK TERRORS 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror - annual print antho; H & DF. Pays pro rates, no word limits. RT: varies. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, Editors.
    Deadline: 31 October 2001
  • DARK TESTAMENT - new antho; Biblical H. Pays ¼¢/word, no word limit given. RT: 1-13 weeks. Shane Ryan Staley, Editor/Publisher.
    Reading Period: 1 January - 1 March 2001
  • DARKWAYS OF THE WIZARD - PDF antho; f/df/h, theme. Pays equal share of profits + 2 copies for 1-25k/words (prefers 2-8k). RT: 3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr., Editor.
    Deadline: when filled
  • DASTARDLY DEEDS - 1-time POD (Simian Publishing); any h genre (fic). Pay: $25. Words: 4-10k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes ($5). E-subs: only. .
    Deadline: 31 December 2007, or when filled PubDate: Spring 2008
     
  • THE DAWNING OF DISASTERS - 1-time print (Library of SF & F Press); sf/f, disaster/apocalyptic (fic). Pay: 1cent;/word +1 copy. Words: 6k-10k. RT: TBA. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2010PubDate: TBA
  • DEAD BAIT - 1-time print (Severed Press); h/sf (fic/poem/art). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: <8k. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 23 March 2009, or when filledPubDate: mid 2009
     
  • DEAD BAIT 2 - 1-time POD (Severed Press); h/sf/bizarro (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 2k-8k. RT: after 01Jul10. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   (DLS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 July 2010PubDate: October 2010
  • DEAD BUT DREAMING: New Excursions into the Lovecraftian Universe ~ PAST DEADLINE & CLOSED ~
    Keith Herber & Kevin Ross, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 20 August 2001
     
  • DEADCORE - 1-time print (Comet Press); extreme zombie h (fic). Pay: ½¢/word. Words: 15k-30k. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   (DLS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 July 2010, or when filledPubDate: August 2010
  • THE DEAD INN - biannual print, hardcore H. Pays 1/4¢/word + copies for 2-5k words. RT: 3 months. Shane Ryan Staley, Editor/Publisher.
  • DEAD SCIENCE - 1-time print/eBook (Coscom Entertaiment); zombie h (fic). Pay: 1¢/word (based on final edited word count). Words: 3-6k. RT: early October 2008. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2008PubDate: late 2008/early 2009
  • DEAD WINTER - Cyber-Pulp e-antho; h, in winter (fic). Pay: equal share of 50% royalties. Words: up to 9k. RT: 1 month or more. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Thomas Deja, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 October 2003, or when filled
  • DEATHGRIP: EXIT LAUGHING - print antho, Hellbound books; most genres (fic). Pay: 3¢/word + copy. Words: 2-5k. RT: 1Jan05-15Apr05. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Walt Hicks, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: to 31 December 2004
    		 Target Publishing Date: Sep/Oct 2005
  • DEATHGRIP: LEGACY OF TERROR - print antho; sus/h/df/mys/mix (fic); theme: old horrors. Pays equal split of 50% royalties for 3-6k words. RT: 3 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Walt Hicks, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 May 2003 Publication Dates: e-book: Jul03 - paperback: Oct03
  • DEATHGRIP 3: It Came From the Cinema - print & e-antho; h, theme (fic). Pay: equal split + copy. Words: 2-10k. RT: reading period or after. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Terry "Horns" Erwin & Walt Hicks, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2003 Reading Period: 1 January to 31 March 2004
  • THE DECAY WITHIN - print antho; h, "rot" themed. Pays 5¢/word for 3-6k words. RT: after 1Apr03. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Elizabeth R. Peake, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2003
  • DELTA BLUES - 1-time POD/PDF/other (TBA), charity for Katrina victims; all genres, proud people dealing w/ tragedy theme (fic/nonfic/art/photo). Pay: $0 (charity). Words: 1½-7k. RT: 7-30 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. R.M.Thompson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: until full PubDate: TBA
  • DEMONS: A Clash of Steel - series (Rogue Blades Presents) print/POD/eAntho/Other (Rogue Blades Entertainment); S&S & subgenres (fic). Pay: $30 +1e-/1print copy. Words: 2½-5k. RT: receipt=1 day; cut=3 days; final=<90 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 June 2009, or when filledPubDate: 15 August 2009, or earlier
  • DEMONS & SHADOWS 2 - annual POD antho; hardcore h (fic). Pay: shared 50% royalty. Words: up to 6k. RT: about 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. Walter Anderson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: until filled Release Date: 2004
  • DENIZENS OF THE DARK - print antho; H/DF. Pays % of royalties for 3-6k words. RT: 2 weeks. Everette Bell, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 September 2001
  • DESCANT - Speculative Literature Issue, Autumn 2003, print quarterly; SF, F, H, Magical Realism. Pays Can$100 for up to 6k words (prefers under 3k). Karen Mulhallen, Editor; Peter Darbyshire & Brian Panhuyzen, issue Co-editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2002
  • DESOLATE PLACES - 1-time print, tp &/or POD (Hadley Rille Books); sf (fic). Pay: $25-30 adv. +royalties & 1 copy. Words: 1-7k (prefers 2-6k). RT: <2 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Eric T. Reynolds & Adam Nakama, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2007 PubDate: late 2007 or early 2008
  • DESTINATION: FUTURE - 1-time print (Hadley Rille Books); sf (fic). Pay: 3¢/word +shared royalty. Words: 3-6k. RT: 3-4 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2009PubDate: Early 2010
  • THE DEVIL'S FOOD - 1-time print (The Monsters Next Door); h (fic). Pay: $25 +1 copy. Words: 3-7½k. RT: by 01Jun09. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 April 2009PubDate: July 2009
  • DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (tentative) - 1-time print (Elektrik Milk Bath Press); f/h/MagReal (fic). Pay: $25 +copy. Words: 2-5k. RT: <60 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2008PubDate: end 2008/beginning 2009
  • A DICK & JANE PRIMER FOR ADULTS - pro print chapbook; all genres (flash/art). Pay: £10 advance/shared 50% royalty. Words: 500-1000. RT: after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Lavie Tidhar, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 14 July 2004 Publication Date: September 2004
  • DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE SCARED - in Memory of Warren Zevon e-antho; most genres; themed (fic). Pay: shared 50% royalty. Words: up to 9k. RT: 1 month or more. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Thomas Deja, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: until filled
     
  • DISTANT REALMS - 1-time POD (Library of Science Fition & Fantasy Press); f (fic). Pay: $100. Words: 20k-30k. RT: reject/hold=<4 weeks; final=after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2010PubDate: late 2010
  • DISTANT WORLDS - 1-time POD (Library of Science Fiction & Fantasy Press); sf (fic). Pay: $100. Words: 20k-30k. RT: reject/hold=<2 weeks, final=after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2010PubDate: Spring 2010
     
  • D.O.A. - 1-time POD (Blood Bound Books); (genres) (fic/nonfic/poem/art). Pay: $5. Words: ¾k-5k. RT: <4 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 August 2010, or when filled (FILLED & CLOSED 28Jun10)PubDate: TBA
     
  • DON'T TREAD ON ME: Tales of Revenge and Retribution - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press); mainstrm/mys/sf/f/supernat/h (fic/poem). Pay: exposure. Words: <5k. RT: <2 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 April 2010PubDate: mid 2010
  • DREAM GOBLIN - 1-time print/POD (Dream Goblin Press); h (fic). Pay: 10% profits. Words: 1½-4½k (firm). RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Alan Peters, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 11 April 2006 PubDate: fall 2006
  • DREAMING OF ANGELS - print antho; all genres. Rewarded charitible contributers with 1 copy for up to 6k words (fic, poems). RT: 6 weeks. Gord Rollo, Editor.
    Deadline was: 1 August 2001
  • DREAMS AND SCREAMS - 1-time print (Liquid Imagination Publishing); sf/f/h (fic/poem). Pay: $10. Words: <5k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 January 2010PubDate: mid-2010 (probably sooner)
  • DREAM THE DARK MAJESTIC - one-time POD/e-antho (Cyber Pulp); df/dark (fic/poem). Pay: shared 50% net. Words: 1-7k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (attach .doc/.rtf). Nancy Jackson, Editor .
    Deadline WAS: 15 November 2004, or when filled Publication Date: 2005
  • DRILL PRESS ANTHOLOGY - 1-time print (The Drill Press LLC); mainstream/lit. genre by females only & f POV, humor OK (fic/nonfic). Pay: royalty or lump sum, TBA. Words: short stories & memoirs, not padded. RT: 1 week or more. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Jim Chaffee, Publisher/Senior Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: hope for end of 2006
  • DUST DEVIL - print antho, Oct02; dark poetry. Pays 1 copy for up to 50 lines. RT: 1 month max. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Cindy Main, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 August 2002

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • EARWIG FLESH FACTORY - annual print antho; dark surrealism & bizarre horror. Pay, length, & rights info not known -- waiting for new GLs early in 2001. Carlton Mellick III, Publisher; William B, Simmons, Editor.
  • ECHOES OF TERROR - 1-time print/POD/e-antho (Lachesis Publishing); h (fic). Pay: shared royalty, print=10%, elec.=20%. Words: <15k. RT: <60 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Giovanna Lagana, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: until filled PubDate: Spring 2007
  • ECLIPSE TWO - annual print (Night Shade Books); sf/f (fic). Pay: 6¢/word. Words: 2½-10k (prefers around 7½k). RT: 60 days . Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 29 February 2008Readings: 1 March 2008 - 30 April 2008PubDate: October 2008
  • ECOTASTROPHE - 1-time print (Sam's Dot); sf/f (fic/poem/art). Pay: ½¢/word (poem: $6). Words: 4-10k (poem: no limit). RT: 6 months max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. J. Alan Erwine, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2005 Publication Date: by January 2006
  • 8 DAYS - CyberPulp e-antho/novel; horror (fic). Pay: shared 50% royalties + e-copy. Words: 6-8k. RT: various (see GLs). Reprints: no. E-subs: only. L. Marie Wood, Editor
            Deadlines: various (see GLs) for each of 8 chapters
  • THE ELASTIC BOOK OF NUMBERS - one-time print antho (Elastic Press); any genre (fic). Pay: 1 copy. Words: 5k max. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Allen Ashley, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled Publication Date: late 2004 or early 2005
  • ELECTRIC WINE POETRY ANTHOLOGY - chapbook & handmade art book; SF, F, H. Pays $5 per poem + copy for up to 500 words (1¢/word after 1st 500). Diana L. Sharples & James E.M. Rasmussen, Editors.
    Deadline was: 1 March 2001
  • ELEMENTS OF HORROR - 1-time POD (Elements of Horror Press); h (flash). Pay: exposure. Words: <½k. RT: <1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 February 2010, or when filledPubDate: April 2010
  • EMBARK TO MADNESS - NYTEMARE ANTHOLOGY - print/e-antho (LuLu or publisher); h (fic/art); For members of Embark to Madness JOIN HERE before 1 Aug. Pay: shared royalty. Words: 3½-7k max. RT: 2 months max. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. C. Dennis Moore & Richard Lee, Editors.
    Reading Period Opens: 15 Aug. 2004 Deadline WAS: when filled Publication Date: Dec. 2004, or early 2005
    Note: this listing will be removed on 1 August 2004 as only members of the group at that time will be eligble to submit (details at the group web site).
  • erotic FANTASY: Tales of the Paranormal - print antho; most genres (fic/poem). Pay: $25 (poem: $10). Words: up to 7½k. RT: 1-2 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: yes. Justus Roux, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: 30 January 2004
  • ESCAPE CLAUSE - annual print (Ink Oink Art, Inc.); sf/f (fic/poem). Pay: CA$200 (poem=CA$50). Words: 2-5k. RT: <2 months. Reprints: n0. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 March 2009PubDate: May 2009
  • EVERYTHING I HAVE IS BLUE - gay men's print antho; mainstr/slipstr/exp on working-class life (fic). No erotica. Pay: $50-100. Words: 2½-8k (not firm). RT: by 1Dec03. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Wendell Ricketts, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 September 2003
  • EXTREMES 5: FANTASY & HORROR FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - CD-Rom antho; DF & H. Pays equal share of all profit, no word limit. RT: 4-6 weeks. Brian A. Hopkins, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 April 2002
  • EXTENDED PLAY: The Elastic Book of Music - 1-time print (Elastic Press); any genre (fic). Pay: 1 copy, more possible. Words: 8-15k. RT: 1 month. Reprints: query if non-English. E-subs: no. Gary Couzens, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2006 PubDate: late 2006/early 2007

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • FABLED TOWERS - 1-time POD/e-antho (Zumaya Publications); sf/f, theme: King Arthur (no formula romance or violence) (fic); proceeds to charity. Pay: 2 copies/discount. Words: 5-10k. RT: 6 months after DL max. Reprints: yes (query). E-subs: yes. Astrid Cooper, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2006 PubDate: 2008
  • FANTASQUE 2004 - annual print; f/sf/h (blends OK) (fic). Pay: ¼¢/word. Words: 2½k max. RT: 2-4 weeks after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: prefers. Pam Chillemi-Yeager, John Davies, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 20 March 2004 Publication Date: May/June, 2004
  • FAR FAR AWAY - 1-time print (Susurrus Press); slipstrm/cross-genre/adv/sf/f, etc. (fic/flash). Pay: <$50. Words: 100-15k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. Adicus R. Garton & Rev. Brian Worley, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 29 February 2008PubDate: April 2008 (tentative)
  • FAST SHIPS, BLACK SAILS - 1-time print (Night Shade Books); all genres, with pirates (fic). Pay: 5¢/word +royalty & 2 copies. Words: 3-10k. RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 4 March 2007 PubDate: tentatively October 2007
  • FEAR OF THE DARK - print; violent h (fic). Pay: $10 advance/shared 20% royalty/copy. Words: up to 5k (not firm). RT: 1-4 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Matt Dinniman, Senior Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2003 Publishing Date: 1 March 2004
     
  • FEAR OF THE DARK - 1-time print/eAntho (Horror Bound Magazine Publications); h (fic). CA1¢/word. Words: 1½k-5½k. RT: only reponds to accepts. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   (DLS)   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2010PubDate: Early 2011
     
  • FEAROLOGY: Terrifying Tales of Phobias - 1-time print (Library of the Living Dead Press); h (fic), theme: phobia. Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 4k-9k. RT: TBA. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 26 April 2010PubDate: TBA
  • FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN - charity e-antho from"The Harrow"; df/h (fic), theme. Pay: satisfaction. Words: up to 3-6k. RT: 1Sep03. Reprints: no. E-subs: pasted only. Kfir Luzzatto & Monica O'Rourke, Fiction Editors.
    Deadlines: 30 September 2003
  • FEDERATIONS - 1-time print (Prime Books); sf (fic). Pay: 5¢/word ($250 max) + shared royalty & copy. Words: prefers <5k. RT: some quickly, some held until 31Jan09. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 January 2009PubDate: May 2009
  • A FIELD GUIDE TO SURREAL BOTANY - 1-time print (2 Cranes Press); sf/f/h (fic). Pay: 1¢/word (<$5). Words: <1k (pref ½k). RT: <1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: online form. Janet Chui/Jason Erik Lundberg, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2006 PubDate: late 2006/early 2007

  • FIRE & ICE: Short Gasps of Romantic Suspense - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); romantic sus (fic). Pay: 1¢/word ($60 max) +copy. Words: 1½k-15k. RT: within 2 weeks of DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2010PubDate: January 2011
     
  • FLASH! - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press); lit/h/f/sf (fic). Pay: exposure. Words: <1k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 15 April 2010PubDate: mid 2010
  • FLASHSPEC - annual print (Equilibrium Books); all genres (fic). Pay: ½AU¢/word (>AU$2.00, <AU$3.75) +copy. Words: 50-750. RT: <21 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Neil Cladingboel, Editor.
    Annual Reading Period Opens: 1 April Annual Deadline WAS: 31 May Annual PubDate: July or August
  • FOOTPRINTS - 1-time Trade Paperback (Hadley Rille Books); sf (fic). Pay: $40 + royalty (after book earns out). Words: 4-10k. RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 November 2008PubDate: Spring 2009
  • FORBIDDEN TEXTS - Cyber-Pulp e-antho; h/sf/f (fic/poem). Pays equal split of 50% royalties. Words: up to 10k (query if longer). RT: 3 months max. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. David Bain, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2003, or when filled
  • 42 - proposed print antho; all genres (fic), by writers whose paid debut came after age 41. Pay: $30-50. Words: up to 5k. RT: 60 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Charlie Anders, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2003
  • THE FOUR BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE - print antho; genre humor. Pays $5 +copy & split of 50% royalties for up to 9k words (prefers under 5k). TOC: July 2003. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Selina Rosen, Editor-In-Chief.
    Deadline WAS: 1 April 2003 - NO EXCEPTIONS!
  • THE FOUR HORSEMEN: An Anthology of Conquest, War, Famine & Death - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); sf/f/h/mys/sus/humor (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: ½k-5k. RT: final after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2009PubDate: June 2010
  • FREQUENCY - annual audio format antho; sf/f/mys/humor. Pays 3¢/word for up to 5k words (prefers under 2k). RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: some. E-subs: yes. Jeremy Bloom, Editor.
  • FRESH BLOOD: Unfamiliar Wounds on the Body of Horror - print antho; h. Pays 50% pro rata share of the profits royalty + copy for up to 7k words (prefers 3-5k). RT: 2-4 weeks. Marc Sanchez, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 19 May 2002
  • FRIED! FAST FOOD, SLOW DEATHS - 1-time POD/eAntho (Dead Pages Press); h (fic). Pay: exposure. Words: 1.2-4k. RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Colleen Morris, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2007, or when filled PubDate: April, 2007
  • FROM THE MINDS OF BABES: a Collection of Fantasy & Wonder by Young Writers - youth print antho (16 & under); H, F, SF. Pays ½¢/word ($5 flat for poems & art) for up to 4k words. RT: ?. Brian Knight, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: until filled
  • FROM THE TRENCHES - 1-time print (Carnifex Press); df/h/sf (fic). Pay: 3¢/word. Words: <6k (prefers <4k). RT: 6 weeks after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Joseph Paul Haines, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 10 December 2005 PubDate: 2006
  • F/SF - Cyber-Pulp e-antho; h (fic/poem). Pay: 50% royalty split. Words: up to 10k. RT: "same day, sometime after deadline." Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. David Bain, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 20 May 2003
  • FUNDAMENTALLY CHALLENGED - CD antho w/ audio; sf (fic/art). Pay: $10 (on accept), shared 50% royalty, copy. Words: 1-5k. RT: 3 months max. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Jeffrey Turner, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 11:59 p.m. on 31 December 2003, CST
  • FUN TIMES IN STRANGE LANDS - 1-time print (Publisher: TBD); sf/f (fic), for ages 10-12. Pay: 1 copy. Words: no limits. RT: <1 week. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2009PubDate: October 2009
  • FUTURE SYNDICATE - 1-time print (Nomadic Delirium Press); sf (fic/art). Pay: ½¢/word (reprints $5). Words: 2-7k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. J Erwine, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when full PubDate: when filled

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • GASTRONOMICON II - 1-time print (self-published); sf/f/slpstrm, no h (fic/poem/comix). Pay: Aus=$AU20 +copy, Non-Aus=2 copies. Words: <1k +recipe. RT: <5weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Stuart Barrow, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 13 November 2006 PubDate: April 2007
  • GEMINI NOVELLA SERIES - 1-time POD (Simian Publishing); any genre (fic). Pay: $50. Words: 20-45k. RT: 1 month or so. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: open (see GLs)PubDate: open (see GLs)
  • GENRE NOIR: Anthology of Horror & Suspense by Writers of Color -- print antho; H & SUS. Pays (maybe) ?$? for up to 7½k words. RT: 6 weeks. B.L. Jacobs, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 14 February 2002
  • GENRE NOIR - proposed print antho (no publisher yet); h/sus (fic). Pay: will try. Length: up to 15 single-spaced, letter size pages. RT: ?. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Brian Jacobs, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2003
  • GHELENDEN REVISITED - 1-time e-antho (Whortleberry Press); f (fic). Pay: $10-$15 + 40% shared royalty. Words: no limits. RT: 1-2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Jean Goldstrom & Ahmed A. Khan, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 14 November 2004 Publication Date: December 2004
  • THE GHOSTBREAKERS: NEW HORRORS - e-antho; h/ghost. Ten spots share all royaltes for 2-10k words (prefers 5-6k). Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas & Danielle Naibert, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2003
  • THE GHOSTBREAKERS: Vampire Hunters - CyberPulp series e-antho; h-mys/ghostbreaker (fic). Pay: 50% net royalty split. Words: 2-5k max. RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G.W. Thomas & Danielle Naibert, Editors.
            Deadline WAS: 31 August 2004, or when filled
  • GHOULISH GAMES - print antho; gruesome or humorous, dark games & sports. (fic). Pay: equal royalty split. Words: 2-6k. RT: 1 week max. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Diana Bennett & Richard Mohr, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2003
  • THE GHOSTBREAKERS: SINISTER SLEUTHS - e-antho; h-mys/ghostbreaker (fic). Pays equal share of 50% royalties for 2-5k words (not firm). RT: 2 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 October 2003, or when filled
  • GHOST STORIES AND UNUSUAL TALES - annual print (Tampa Marketing Company); f/paranormal/ghost (fic). Pay: $50 +4 copies. Words: <3k. RT: by 10Apr09. Reprints: no. E-subs: YES. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 March 2009PubDate: June 2009
  • GIANT CREATURES - 1-time POD (Permuted Press); h, theme: "when the tiny become the mighty" (fic). Pay: $15 +copy. Words: 3-5k. RT: 1-3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2008, or when filledPubDate: Summer 08
  • GODS AND MONSTERS - 1-time POD/e-antho (Simian Publishing); modern h/df (fic). Pay: $10 adv./50% equal royalty. Words: 3-15k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Jason Andrew/Michael Dyer, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2006 PubDate: 1 March 2006
  • GODS AND MONSTERS 2 - 1-time POD (Simian Publishing); any genre (fic). Pay: $25. Words: 4-10k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes ($5). E-subs: ONLY. Jason Andrew, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2008, or when filledPubDate: Fall 2008
  • GOODBYE, DARWIN - 1-time POD (Apodis Publishing); sf/speculative (fic). Pay: $10 (+copy for Top 3 stories). Words: 2-12k. RT: 1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Cavan Terrill/G.R.C. Lewis, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: when filled
  • GOREMET CUISINE - 1-time POD & e-antho (Cyber Pulp); h/gothic/df/f, humor OK (fic/poem). Pay: shared 50% of net. Words: 7½k max. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (.doc/.rtf). Nancy Jackson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 Jan 2005, or when filled Publication Date: 2005
  • GRANTS PASS - 1-time print (Publisher TBA); speculative (fic). Pay: copies. Words: <5k (query if longer). RT: <60. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Jennifer Brozek, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: TBA
  • GRAVE POSSESSIONS - e-antho; h (fic). Pays shared 50% royalties for up to 7k words. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Thomas Deja, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2003
  • GRAVE TAPPING 1 - annual POD (lulu.com); h (fic). Pay: shared 40% net. Words: 6k max. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. Benjamin Boulden, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2004, or when filled Publication Date: February 2005
  • ?GREAT? BRITAIN - 1-time POD/eAntho (Utility Fog Press); sf/f/h (fic/art). Pay: 1 copy. Words: ½-5k. RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2009PubDate: August 2009
  • GREYDAY PRODUCTIONS ANTHOLOGY - print antho; most genres & humor (fic/art); authors must be under 30. Pays 2 copies for 1½-20k words. RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Todd Berry, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 16 April 2003
    Final Selections: by 25 April 2003
  • GRINDERPHALLUS - 1-time print (Chainsaw Books); h (fic). Pay: $5 or copy. Words: 1½-4k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Patrick Winceton, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2006 PubDate: late 2006
     
  • GROANOLOGY: Amusing Monster Mash-Ups Unleashed - 1-time print (Library of Horror Press); h comedy (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 1.2k-3.2k. RT: confirm only. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2010PubDate: TBA
  • GUZZOLENE - 1-time POD (1018 Press); high-octane post-apocalyptic (fic). Pay: $20 or copy. Words: 1½-10k (prefers 6k). RT: varies. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Sam & Josie Hawken, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 1 November 2006 PubDate: 24 December 2006

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • HARDBOILED HORROR - 1-time POD (Notorious Press); h & mys crossovers (fic). Pay: $50. Words: 3-8k. RT: November 2007. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. James Van Pelt, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2007 PubDate: March 2008
  • HARVEST HILL - 1-time print (Graveside Tales); h (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 2-6k. RT: 4-6 weeks, longer for accepts. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 May 2008, or until filledPubDate: September/October 2008
  • HAUNTED LEGENDS - 1-time print (Tor Books); "true" regional ghost stories, brilliantly retold (fic). Pay: 6¢/word. Words: <8k. RT: unknown. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2008, 11:59 p.m. EDTPubDate: TBA
  • HAUNTINGS - print/CD/e-antho; ghost stories. L. Marie Wood, Editor.
  • HASTUR PUSSYCAT KILL! KILL!- print anthology; Comedic H. Pays % of profit for 3-5k words (not firm). Michael T. Huyck, Jr., Editor; E-mail ~ URL.
    Deadline was: 15 August 2001
  • HEAVY METAL HORROR - 1-time PDF/Kindle (Rymfire eBooks); h (fic). Pay: $3 +royalty. Words: 2½-7½k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2009PubDate: 31 October 2009
  • HELL HATH NO FURY - Cyber Pulp print & e-antho; h (fic); female writers only. L. Marie Wood, Editor.
    Deadline was: 1 March 2004, or until filled Publication Date: late 2004
  • HELL IN THE HEARTLAND - 1-time print (Annihilation Press), IL authors only; h/df/crime (fic). Pay: ½¢/word +2 copies. Words: open (prefers 2-5k). RT: 1-4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Martel Sardina/Roger Dale Trexler, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2007 PubDate: Spring 2007
  • HELL'S HANGMEN: Horror in the Old West - 1-time POD/e-antho (Tenoka Press); h (fic). Pay: 70% share. Words: 2½-7½k. RT: <30 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Ron Shiflet, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 April 2006 PubDate: August 2006
  • HETERODOX DREAMS FOR THE SOMNAMBULIST - print &/or e-antho; experimental (fic /nonfic /poem /art /comics). Pay: royalty + ½-3¢/word ($100 max.). Words: no limit. RT: 1 week on queries. Reprints: query. E-subs: no, query first. Trent Walters, Editor, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: when filled
  • HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Special SF Issue - 1-time print; environmental sf (fic). Pay: 30¢/word. Words: <3½k. RT: after deadline. Reprints: query. E-subs: no. Paolo Bacigalupi, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2006 Issue Date: June 2006
  • HISTORICAL HARDBOILED - CyberPulp e-antho; historical/mys/detective (fic). Pay: shared 50% royalty. Words: up to 12k. RT: 1 month or more. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Thomas Deja, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 27 July 2003
  • HISTORY IS DEAD - 1-time print (Permuted Press); df/h, pre-1900s zombie stories (fic). Pay: $25 +copy. Words: 3-8 k (not firm). RT: 1st cut=ASAP, final=DL. Reprints: yes. E-subs: e-mail only. Kim Paffenroth, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 25 May 2007 PubDate: late 2007 / early 2008
  • HOLY HORRORS - 1-time print (Publisher TBA); religious-themed h (fic). Pay: 5¢/word (to 5k words; reprints=½ rate);. Words: <5k (not firm). RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: yes, pre-2005. E-subs: prefers. T.M. Wright, Editor & Matt Cardin, Editor (e-mail to BOTH!).
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2007 PubDate: Autumn 2007
  • HOMICIDE-COLORED MIRROR TRAIN MUSIC - 1-time chapbook (Jungle Boy Publications); surrealism/magic realism/slipstream (fic). Pay: $50. Words: 10-20k for 1-3 pieces. RT: 2-4 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Samuel Tinianow, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 February 2007 PubDate: Spring 2007
  • HONEYMOON NIGHT CONFESSIONS - print antho; factual humor. Pays royalty for ½-2k words. RT: after deadline. Jeanni Brosius & Dorothy Thompson, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2002
  • HORROR HAVEN - print antho; h. Pays $50 (or shared/split royalty) for 1½-7k words. RT: 1-3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Danielle Naibert, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 20 January 2003
  • HORROR LIBRARY, VOL. 2 - annual print (Cutting Block Press); all dark genres & sub genres (fic/nonfic?). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: <6k (if >6k query). RT: <3 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. R.J. Cavender, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 5 December 2006 PubDate: early 2007

  • HORROR LIBRARY, VOL. 3 - annual print (Cutting Block Press); h (fic). Pay: 1½¢/word. Words: 1-6k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. R.J. Cavender, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2008 PubDate: 2008
  • HORROR LIBRARY, VOL. 4 - annual print (Cutting Block Press); h (fic). Pay: from 1½¢/word to pro rates for established authors (negotiated). Words: <6k (prefers 3-4k). RT: 3-6 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).
    Deadline WAS: PAST PubDate: mid 2010
  • HORRORS BEYOND - 1-time print (Elder Signs Press); sf/h/dark (fic). Pay: negotiated royalty. Words: 10k max. RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: yes. William Jones, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2005 Publication Date: 2005

  • HORRORS BEYOND II - 1-time print (Elder Signs Press, Inc.); dark sf/h/Original Lovecraftian (fic). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: <10k. RT: <1 month after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. William Jones, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2006, or when filled PubDate: TBA

  • HORROR THROUGH THE AGES - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press/Lulu); h (fic). Pay: exposure. Words: <5k. RT: <1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2009PubDate: early to mid 2010
  • HORRORWIRE/HORRORWIRED - 1-time eBooks/eAntho, no collections (Delirium Books); h (fic). Pay: 5¢/word (& up for established authors). Words: 5k-20k (firm!). RT: <6 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. Shane Ryan Staley, Publisher.
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2009PubDate: 2010
  • HOW'D THEY DO THAT? - 1-time POD (Notorious Press); mys, cross with other genres OK (fic). Pay: $50. Words: 2-8k. RT: November 2007. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Jenifer Nightingale-Ethier, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 21 October 2007 PubDate: March 2008
     
  • HOWL: Dark Tales of the Feral and Infernal - 1-time POD (Lame Goat Press/CreateSpace); h (fic/poem). Pay: exposure. Words: <4k. RT: by 31Mar10. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2010PubDate: late 2010/early 2011

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • I AM THIS MEAT - 1-time web-antho (Susurrus Press); most (see GLs) genres (fic/flash/poem). Pay: $10 (flash/poem=$5). Words: 50-6k (1-50 lines). RT: <2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: e-mail only. James Maddox, Adicus Garton, Rev. Brian Worley, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2007, or when filled PubDate: 31 October 2007 (tentative)
    Ideomancer Unbound - dl:30Jun02; cpy/pay/roy pro, sf/f/h/slip
  • IDEOMANCER UNBOUND - e- antho, Fictionwise; sf/f/h/slipstream. Pays $20+royalty+copy for 1-5k words (firm). Chris Clarke & Mikal Trimm, Managing Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2002
  • IN BAD DREAMS, VOL. 2: Where Death Stalks - annual print (Eneit Press); h/urban supernat (fic). Pay: $20 +copy. Words: 2-5k. RT: after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2008PubDate: 2008
  • INFINITE SPACE, INFINITE GOD - proposed antho (no publisher yet); Catholic sf (fic). Pay: TBA. Words: 5-10k. RT: rej. 1 day. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Karina & Rob Fabian, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 29 February 2004 TOC Announced: 30 June 2004
  • INFINITE SPACE, INFINITE GOD II - 1-time print/eAntho (Twilight Times Books); sf with a Catholic twist only (fic). Pay: $50. Words: 3-12k. RT: by 31Jul08. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2008PubDate: TBD
  • THE INFINITY SWORDS - 1-time print (Carnivah House); f/S&S/S&Planet (fic), theme: (see GLs). Pay: $50. Words: 2-6k. RT: by 29Feb08. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Steve Goble, Gere McClellan, Tom Williams, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2008 PubDate: Late 2008
  • INFRADEAD: Tales Of Human Extinction - 1-time print (Sam's Dot); sf/f/h (fic/poem/art). Pay: $80 fic/$8 poem. Words: 18-30k. RT: <60 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Tyree Campbell & J Alan Erwine, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 1 September 2007 PubDate: January 2008
  • INFRADEAD: Tales of Human Extinction - 1-time print (Sam's Dot Publishing); sf/f/h (fic/poem). Pay: ½¢/word (poem=$6). Words: 5-10k (poem=<100 lines). RT: <2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 December 2008PubDate: April 2009
  • INNER FEARS - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press/Lulu); sf/f/h (fic/poem). Pay: exposure. Words: <5k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2010PubDate: 2010
  • INTERFICTIONS 2 - annual print (Interstitial Arts Foundation); between genres (fic/short graphic narratives). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: 4-10k. RT: after Jan09. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 2 December 2008PubDate: 2009
  • INTERZONE'S MUNDANE SF ISSUE - 1-time print (special Interzone issue); mundane sf (fic). Pay: <5¢/word. Words: prefers <5k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: online form. Geoff Ryman, Trent Walters, Julian Todd, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2007 PubDate: Spring 2008
  • INTO THE DREAM LANDS - 1-time POD (Simian Publishing); f/sf/h (fic). Pay: $10 adv./equal share +copy. Words: 3-15k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes (see GLs). E-subs: only. Jason Andrew & Michael Dyer, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 1 July 2006, or when filled PubDate: 31 August 2006

  • INTRACITIES - print antho; all genres/mixed (fic). Pay: $10 +copy. Words: 2-2½k. RT: Jul03. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Michael Jasper, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 May 2003 Published: 31 October 2003, WFC in Washington, D.C.
  • INVITATIONS - one-time print; f/sf/mild h (fic/poem); for adolescent readers. Pay: $5 (poem $2) + copy. Words: 2½k (50 lines) max. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Tyree Campbell, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2004 Publication Date: 1 September 2004
  • ISLAND DREAMS - print antho for Montreal writers; most genres & blends (fic). Pays Can$30-200 (based on length) for short-shorts & up to 18k words. RT: a few weeks (starting in Jan). Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Claude Lalumière, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2003
    Launches: at 2003 Worldcon in Toronto, 28Aug-1Sep03
  • IMAGININGS: an anthology of long short fiction - pro print antho; SF & F. Pays $950/story + 10% royalties for 8-15k words (firm!). Keith R.A. DeCandido, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 June 2002
  • IN THE OUTPOSTS OF BEYOND - print antho; sf/f/h (fic/poem/art). Pays 2/5ths of a cent/word for 2½-10k words (not firm), or 300 lines max. RT: 3 months max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Tyree Campbell, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when full -- AND IT IS!
  • IT CAME FROM PLANET MARS - 1-time PDF (SpecFicWorld); dark sf (fic). Pay: $5 +copy. Words: 1-12k. RT: 1 month after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 June 2008PubDate: 15 July 2008
  • IT CAME FROM THE BASEMENT - 1-time web antho (Your Moms Basement); all spec genres (fic). Pay: $5 ($50 to best). Words: 1-8k. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Rajan Khanna, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2007 PubDate: Winter 2007
  • I Zombie - 1-time print & POD (Book Surge Publishing); h (fic/poem). Pay: by contest ($$ & books). Words: <5k. RT: as read. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Paul Campbell, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: when filled

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • JABBERWOCKY - annual print/audio (Prime Books); any genre (fic/poem). Pay: fic=1¢/word; poem=$5. Words: fic=<4k; poem=no limits. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 February 2009PubDate: July 2009
  • JIGSAW NATION - 1-time print (publisher TBA); any genre (fic). Pay: $15 + 30% shared royalty. Words: 7½k max. RT: by 01May05. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Edward J. McFadden & E. Sedia, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 28 Feruary 2005
    - or when filled -    		 Publication Date: TBA
  • JOURNAL OF PULSE-POUNDING NARRATIVES - print antho; most genres. Pays $0 to nominal amount for up to 5k words. RT: asap. Alex Irvine & Thom Davidsohn, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 2 April 2002
  • JUPITER WORLD PRESS, themed anthos - 1-time e-antho (print?); sf/f (fic). Pay: shared 30% royalty (print TBD). Words: <15k. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Mary K. Wilson, Editor-in-chief.
             Deadlines & PubDates: see GLs
  • JUSTICE WEARS A DRESS - 1-time POD/e-antho (Rage Machine Books); any genre (fic). Pay: equal shared royalty. Words: <8k. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. C.J. Burch, Editor.
             Deadline WAS: 31 December 2005, or when filled
  • JUSTICE WEARS A DRESS II... NOIR! - series POD/e-antho (Rage Machine Books); detective, any genre (fic). Pay: equal royalty. Words: <8k. RT: 3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. C.J. Burch, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2006 or when filled PubDate: end of 2007

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • THE KINGS OF THE NIGHT I - e-antho; f/action/darkmagic (fic). Pays equal share of 50% royalties for 2-5k words (not firm). RT: 2 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled
  • THE KINGS OF THE NIGHT II - e-antho; f/action/darkmagic (fic). Pays equal share of 50% royalties for 2-5k words (not firm). RT: 2 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 October 2003, or when filled
  • THE KINGS OF THE NIGHT III - CyberPulp series e-antho; f/action/darkmagic (fic). Pay: 50% net royalty split. Words: 2-5k max. RT: 2 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas, Editor.
            Deadline was: 30 September 2004, or when filled (filled & closed 5May04)
  • KINGS OF THE REALM: A Dragon Anthology - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press/Lulu); sf/f/h (fic/poem). Pay: exposure. Words: <5k. RT: <2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 November 2009PubDate: early to mid 2010

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • THE LABOR POOL: Tales of Temporary Workplace Horror - e-antho; h (fic). Pays equal share of 50% royalties for 2-5k words. RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Bob Gunner, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 April 2003
     
  • THE LADIES OF TRADE TOWN - 1-time print/eAntho (Norilana Books); sf/f & related genres (fic). Pay: 2¢/word adv./royalty/copy. Words: 3k-10k. RT: reject/hold=<2 weeks; final=15Jul10. Reprints: no. E-subs: NONE!. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 9 June 2010PubDate: April 2011
  • LAUNCHPAD #1 - POD antho; SF, F, H. Pays $20 for up to 10k words. RT: (get the newsletter for queue news). Robert A. Sloan, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2001, latest
  • THE LEAGUE OF HEROES - 1-time print/POD (Black Coat Press); sf/alt. history (fic). Pay: 8% prorated on >1k sales. Words: 10-12k. RT: immediate. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Jean-Marc Lofficier, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: Summer 2006, or when filled PubDate: end of 2006
  • LEAPS OF FAITH: a Science-Fiction Anthology - e- antho; sf. Pays % of royalties for 3-10k words. Karina & Rob Fabian, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2002
    Final Selection / Publishing Date: September 2002 / January 2003
  • LEGENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN STATE: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia - 1-time print (Woodland Press); h/ghost (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 1-2k. RT: 30-60 days. Reprints: yes (½ pay). E-subs: e-mail only. Michael Knost, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2007 PubDate: October 2007
  • LEGENDS OF THE PENDRAGON - antho for August 2001; original Arthurian. Pays 3-5¢/word for 3-7k words (flexible). James Lowder, Executive Fiction Editor.
  • LEVIATHAN 3 - print antho; magic realism, surrealism, slipstream. Pays $100/piece plus royalties for 3-10k words. RT: 5-7 weeks. Jeff VanderMeer & Forrest Aguirre, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2001
     
  • LIKE CLOCKWORK - 1-time eAntho (Circlet Press); Sherlock Holmes steampunk erotica (fic). Pay: $25. Words: 4k-7k. RT: 6-10 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2010PubDate: July 2010
  • LINGERING DEMENTIA - pro antho; surreal horror. Pays 5¢/word + share royalty for up to 5k words (query if longer). RT: 1-2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: no, queries only. Marc Sanchez, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 June 2003 Debut: at Horrorfind 2004
  • LIQUID LAUGHTER - 1-time print (RedJack); sf/f/h (fic). Pay: 15¢/book printed. Words: no limits. RT: 01Jun05. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Heidi Lampietti, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 May 2005 Publication Date: 1 October 2005
  • LODESTONE - 1-time POD (Omega Room Press); sf/f, theme: journey (fic/poem/art/comics). Pay: small royalty & copy. Words: <30 pages. RT: 2-3 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Drew Radley/J.C. Moss, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: TBA
  • LORDS OF JUSTICE 1 - annual e-antho/possible print (Pitch-Black LLC); superhero (fic). Pay: shared 40% net. Words: 8-30k. RT: 1-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Daniel E. Blackston, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 November 2006 PubDate: December 2006
  • LOST INNOCENCE (tentative title) - 1-time print (Niteblade/Lulu); sf/f/h (fic/nonfic/poem/art), inspired by illustration. Pay: $1 +copy. Words: <10k. RT: by 31Jul08. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2008PubDate: 1 September 2008
  • LOVE AND SACRIFICE - 1-time print, audio potential (Zen Films); h/sf (fic). Pay: 5¢/word +profit share. Words: <4k. RT: by 31Dec06. Reprints: no. E-subs: prefers. Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2006 PubDate: by World Horror Con, 29 March 2007
  • LOVING THE UNDEAD: an Anthology of Romance ... Sort of - 1-time print (From the Asylum); SpecFic (fic/flash). Pay: <$30. Words: <5k. RT: about 2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Katherine Sanger, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 August 2006 PubDate: 15 October 2006
  • LOW PORT - print antho; F, SF, cross-genre -- no splatterpunk. Pays 5-8¢/word for 3-10k words (not firm). RT: (no final acceptance before May 2002). Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2002
  • LYCANTHROPE: The Beast Within - POD (Graveside Tales); h/df/bizarro (fic/poem/art). Pay: <$50. Words: <20k. RT: receipt=3 days; replies=6-9 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Dale L. Murphy & Anthony Kendall, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 1 September 2007, or until filled PubDate: Winter 2007/2008

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • MACABRE - 1-time print (publisher TBA). AU writers only; h (fic). Pay: AU$50 (adv. on shared royalties). Words: <15k. RT: ASAP. Reprints: no. E-subs: prefers. Angela Challis/Marty Young, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 March, 2006 PubDate: 2006
  • THE MACABRE UNDERGROUND: Vol. 2 - annual print & e-antho (Splatter Punk Press); hardcore & extreme h/splatter punk (fic). Pay: $25. Words: 3-10k. RT: 1-4 wks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. James Riser, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 Febuary 2007 PubDate: June 2007
  • MACHINE OF DEATH - 1-time print/PDF/audio (DinoMark Prods.); all genres (fic). Pay: $45. Words: <10k. RT: by 15Jun07. Reprints: yes. E-subs: e-mail only. Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo & David Malki, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2007 PubDate: Fall 2007
  • MAELSTROM: VOL.1 - quarterly chapbook (Lighthouse Media One); h/sus/who-dunnits/thrillers (fic). Pay: £5. Words: 3-7k. RT: 7 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: prefers. Paul Calvin Wilson, Editor (?).
    Deadline WAS: 29 February 2004 Publication Date: 30 April 2004
  • MAGIC & MECHANICA - 1-time print/e-antho (Ricasso Press); f/S&S/Steampunk (fic). Pay: ½¢/word. Words: <40k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. William D. Ward & Robert J. Santa, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 1 August 2007, or until filled PubDate: Sep/Oct 2007
  • MAIDEN, MOTHER, CRONE: Three Faces Of The Goddess -1st in new e-antho series, 1 July 2001 release; F (all nuances). Pays equal shares of 40% royalties for 3-7k words. RT: within 8 weeks. William P. Simmons, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2001, or until filled
  • MALEVOLENT MUSIC: THE PIANO WIRE QUARTET - print antho; h/df/crime/noir (music theme). Pays 3¢/word ($600 max.) for 10-20k words. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Kealan-Patrick Burke, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 8 November 2002
  • MALPRACTICE: An Anthology of Bedside Terror - 1-time print (Necrotic Tissue); h/dark (fic/flash). Pay: 1¢/word +copy (100 word stories=$10 +copy). Words: 2-4k, or 100 exactly. RT: <6 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2008, or until fullPubDate: Late 2008
  • THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR #15 - print antho; h/df (fic). Pay: pro rates. Words: up to 40k. RT: after dl; yeses only; after deadline. Reprints: only. E-subs: no. Stephen Jones, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: 1 February 2004
  • MANIAC PRESS - closed down due to loss of key editor; will not publish Fast Food Frenzies; Blood, Guts, and Psychopaths; Mind Games; Haunted Hellhouses of Horror; or Terror's Embrace. Star-Spangled Zombie is available from Lulu.com. All submissions are released. Steven Walsh, Editor.
  • THE MANY FACES OF VAN HELSING - Berkley trade paperback; edgy, intense, literary h (fic). Pay: 8-10¢/word. Words: up to 8k (not firm). Reprints: query. E-subs: no. Jeanne Cavelos, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 September 2003 To Be Published In: May 2004
  • MASQUES - 1-time print (CSFG Publishing); all SpecFic genres (fic/poem); Australian authors only. Pay: <1½k=AU$10, >1½k=<AU$25. Words: <5k. RT: <2 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2008PubDate: March 2009
  • MASTERS OF TERROR 2001
    ~ PAST DEADLINE & CLOSED ~
    Andy Fairclough, Editor; E-mail ~ URL
    Deadline was: 15 August 2001
  • MicroSHOCKS - flash print antho; horrific/terrifying/dark (fic/poem). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: up to 1k (prefers ½k). RT: 1 month max. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. M.W. Anderson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 July 2003 Release Date: 2004.
  • THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE: Horror in Rural America - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); h/sus/df (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: ½k-7½k. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: 26 July 2009PubDate: early 2010
  • MIDNIGHT LULLABIES - 1-time print/e-antho (The Harrow); h (fic/poem). Pay: fic-$5, poem-$3. Words: 3-6k, 40 lines max. RT: quick. Reprints: no. E-subs: online form only. Kfir Luzzatto & Dru Pagliassotti, Fiction Editors; Jason Nolan, Poetry Editor.
    Deadline WAS: midnight EST 24 December 2006 Publication Date: 2006
  • THE MIDNIGHTER'S CLUB: Tales from the Harker Collection - antho; h, df. Paid 3¢/word for 1-10k words. RT: 3-4 wks. Ron Horsley, Editor.
    Deadline was: 14 February 2001
  • MILLENIUM GEAR: Steampunk Stories For A New Generation - 1-time POD/e-antho (Cyber-Pulp & SpecFicWorld.com); steampunk (fic). Pay: shared 50% net. Words: 2-25k. RT: on 21Sep05. Reprints: no. E-subs: only (doc/rtf). Lynne Jamneck & Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr., Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 21 August 2005, or until full PubDate: late 2006
  • MIND GAMES - 1-time print/POD (Maniac Press); h (fic). Pay: shared profits. Words: 1½-6k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Steven Walsh, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2006 PubDate: late 2006
  • MIND SCRAPS - 1-time POD/e-antho (Cyber Pulp); h/df, humor ok (fic/poem). Pay: 50% shared net. Words: 1k max. RT: prompt. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (attach: .doc or .rtf). Nancy Jackson, Editor.
    Deadline was: 1 January 2005, or until filled Publication Date: late 2005
  • MIRRORS IN FLAME - Cyber-Pulp e-antho; speculative (poem). Pay: shared 50% royalties. Words: no limits. RT: 1 week max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr., Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled
  • MODERN MAGIC - print (Fantasist Enterprises); modern dark f (fic). Pay: 2-4¢/word adv. on shared 35% net royalty. Words: 10k max. RT: 3-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: no, queries only. W. H. Horner, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 January 2005, or when filled Publication Date: Late Spring, Early Summer 2005
  • MOTA 2003: an annual anthology of fine fiction - print antho; most genres. Theme: Courage. Pays $100 for up to 10k words (prefers under 8k). Karen Joy Fowler, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 November 2002
  • MOTA 4: Integrity - print antho; most genres (fic). Pays $100. Words: up to 6k words. RT: after deadline. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Liz Cratty, Publisher.
    Deadline WAS: 1 November 2003
  • MOTHER GOOSE IS DEAD: Modern Stories of Myths, Fables and Fairy Tales - 1-time print/eAntho (Dragon Moon Press); f (fic). Pay: shared royalty. Words: 3-6k. RT: receipt=<72 hours; final=<6 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2008, or until filledPubDate: TBA
     
  • MOUNTAIN MAGIC: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia - 1-time print (Woodland Press); f/h (fic/poem). Pay: fic=5¢/word, poem=$5; +copy. Words: fic=<2½k, poem=8-34 lines. RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS). Official Blog.   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 21 June 2010PubDate: Fall 2010
     
  • MUSIC FOR ANOTHER WORLD - 1-time print/PDF/eAntho (Mutation Press); sf/f (fic). Pay: £80. Words: 2k-6k (not firm). RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 20 April 2010PubDate: June 2010 (estimate)

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • NEMONYMOUS #7 - print; literary h/df/nemo-indefinable (fic). Pays UK£50/story. Words: 1-8k. RT: end Apr07. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. D. F. Lewis, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2007 PubDate: hopefully May 2007
  • NEMONYMOUS NINE: CERN ZOO - annual print (Megazanthus Press); sf/f/h/lit (fic). Pay: £0.01/word (£100 max). Words: ½-14k. RT: varies. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. AND .
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2009PubDate: June 2009
  • NEW THEATRE DU GRAND GUIGNOL - 1-time print (TBA); h (one-act plays). Pay: copy. Words: 15 pages (play format). RT: <3 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: prefers. Adam Dwyer, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: late 2006 (tentative)
  • THE NEXT TIME: Alternate Reality/Time Travel - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press/Lulu); sf/f/h (fic/poem). Pay: exposure. Words: <5k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 January 2010, or until filledPubDate: mid-2010
  • THE NIGHT HAS TEETH - print antho; h/df/sf. Pays 5¢/word ($250 max.) for 1-10k words. RT: 3-6 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Randy Speeg, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2002
  • THE NIGHT LAND - web antho by Wildside Press; W.H. Hodgson inspired fiction. Pays £.04-.08 (5-11¢) a word + 50% pro rata royalty for 2-10k words (not firm). RT: 1 month. Andy Robertson & Nigel Brown, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2003
  • NIGHT OF THE WORKING DEAD - 1-time print (Blu Phier Publishing); h (fic). Pay: $60 +2 copies. Words: >2k. RT: <90 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. , or .
    Deadline WAS: 29 July 2008, or when filled PubDate: 31 October 2008 (tentative)
  • NIGHTS OF BLOOD II - 1-time print (23 House Publishing); h/rom/humor/etc., vampire theme (fic). Pay: 1 copy & 50% discount. Words: 3-5k. RT: receipt=immediate; final=4-6 weeks after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLINE FORM ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2008PubDate: 1st Quarter 2009
  • NITEBLADE ANTHOLOGY (untitled) - 1-time POD/PDF (Niteblade Magazine); sf/f/h (fic/poem). Pay: $10 +PDF copy. Words: <10k. RT: between 1-31 October 2009. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 October 2009PubDate: 1 December 2009
     
  • NO MORE HEROES - 1-time print (Library of Science Ficton & Fantasy); f/sf/superheros/villains (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 3k-9k. RT: confirm sent fast; final=?. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 15 June 2010PubDate: TBA
     
  • NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM: an Anthology Of Deep Space Terror - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press/CreateSpace); sf/h (fic). Pay: exposure. Words: <5k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2010PubDate: mid-2010
  • NORTHERN HAUNTS - 1-time print (Shroud Publishing LLC); h (flash fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 700-ish. RT: 2-6 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: until 100 stories are filledPubDate: 15 July 2008
  • NORTH OF INFINITY III: Parnassus Unbound - series, print (Mosaic Press); sf (f/h elements OK) (fic). Pay: 1-3 CA¢/word (CA$100 max.). Words: 1-6k (not firm). RT: 4-12 weeks (e-mail fastest). Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. Mark Leslie, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2005 Publication Date: Winter 2006/2007
     
  • NOVUS CREATURA - 1-time print (Lame Goat Press); lit/h/f (fic). Pay: exposure. Words: 2½k-5k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 April 2010PubDate: mid 2010
     
  • NEMONYMOUS TEN: Null Immortalis - annual (the last edition) print (Megazanthus Press); sf/f/h/lit (fic). Pay: £0.01/word (£100 max). Words: ½-14k. RT: cuts=ASAP; final=May 2010. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. & (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2010PubDate: July 2010

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • OCTOBERLAND - print antho; DF with Halloween theme. Pays a fair cut of royalties + 1 copy & discounts for 1-6k words. RT: 1-8 weeks. Jack Fisher, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when full
  • OCTOBER RUSH - PDF antho; spec. poetry. Pays small ad in antho; no length limits. RT: 3 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr., Editor.
    Deadline WAS: until filled
  • THE ODD COUPLE - e-antho (PDF, RTF, HTML). Erotica, most genres w/ theme (fic). Pay: $25. Words: 3-4k. RT: ASAP (Jan04 latest). Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Roy Larkin, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2003 Publishing Date: July or August 2004
  • OMG! The Book of Awesome Stuff - annual (hopefully) POD (publisher TBA); adv/sf/f/h/west/cross-genre (fic). Pay: $2.39. Words: ½-7½k. RT: 1-2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 17 February 2009PubDate: May/June 2009
  • ONCE UPON A WORLD - annual print antho (since 1988); sf & f. Pays 1 copy for up to 10k words. RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: no. Emily Alward, Editor.
            Deadline for 2003 Issue: 1 April 2004 (but always open for subs)
  • OPEN SPACE - print antho for Canadian writers; most genres & blends (fic). Pays (Can)$100-300 (based on length) for short-shorts & up to 18k words. RT: a few weeks (starting in Jan). Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Claude Lalumière, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 3 April 2003
    Launches: at 2003 Worldcon in Toronto, 28Aug-1Sep03
  • OTHERWORLDS - 1-time PDF (SpecFicWorld); dark sf/f/h (fic). Pay: $5 +copy. Words: 1-12k. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Doyle Wilmoth, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2008, or until full PubDate: 15 June 2008
  • OUR SHADOWS SOAR - 1-time POD/PDF (Steel Moon Publishing); dark sf (fic). Pay: shared profits. Words: 3-5k. RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: until filledPubDate: TBA
  • OUR SHADOWS SPEAK - 1-time POD (Lulu); h/df (fic). Pay: exposure. Words: 3-5k. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Lincoln Crisler, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: until filled PubDate: Winter 2006
  • OUR SHADOWS SPEAK VOL. 2 - 1-time POD/PDF (Steel Moon Publishing); h/df (fic). Pay: shared profits. Words: 3-5k. RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: until filledPubDate: TBA
  • THE OUTCAST - 1-time print (CSFG Publishing); all genres, theme (fic); Australia residents only! Pay: TBA +copy. Words: <5k. RT: mid-Sept. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Nicole R Murphy, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2005 Publication Date: November 2005
  • OUT OF CONTROL: Erotic Wild Rides - print antho; any genre, gay male erotic; themed (fic). Pay: $100. Words: 1½-7k. RT: ASAP after deadline. Reprints: yes ($50). E-subs: no. Greg Wharton, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: 1 March 2004

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • PAGING MR. HITCHCOCK: an anthology of dark stories inspired by the cinema - 1-time print (Gray Friar Press); dark & jibes with theme (fic). Pay: negotiated. Words: 4-7k (not firm). RT: about 8 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Gary Fry & Gary McMahon, Editors (QS - must be submitted to both!).
    Deadline WAS: 15 March 2007 PubDate: 2007
     
  • PANDORA'S NIGHTMARE: Horror Unleashed - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); h (fic). Pay: 1 copy. Words: 1½k-5k. RT: within 1 month of DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2010PubDate: May 2010
  • PANIC - 1-time print (Sam's Dot); h/df (fic/poem/art). Pay: $10 (poem: $4). Words: 1½-5k (poem: to 100 lines). RT: 4months max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. L.A. Story Houry & Tyree Campbell, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2005 Publication Date: 1 January 2006
  • PANTECHNICON ANTHOLOGY - 1-time POD (Pantechnicon Publishing); sf/f/h (fic). Pay: shared royalty (=/>5% of profit) +copy. Words: 5-15k. RT: 8-12 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2008PubDate: July 2008
  • PANVERSE ONE - semiannual print/POD (Panverse Publishing); sf/f (no heroic f, high f, or S&S), novellas (fic). Pay: $60 +2 copies. Words: 15-40k (firm!). RT: <30 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS:30 September 2009, or when filledPubDate: December 2009
  • PANVERSE TWO - semiannual print/POD (Panverse Publishing); sf/f (no heroic f, high f, or S&S), novellas (fic). Pay: $75 +2 copies. Words: 17½k-40k (firm!). RT: <30 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: when filledPubDate: May 2010
  • PAPER BLOSSOMS, SHARPENED STEEL: Tales of Fantasy from the Far East - 1-time print (Fantasist Enterprises); Asian f (fic). Pay: 5¢/word adv./shared 35% net. Words: 3k-9k. RT: 31Jan08. Reprints: no. E-subs: none!. W. H. Horner, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2007 PubDate: Late 2008 / Early 2009
  • PATH OF THE BOLD - Silver Age Sentinels™ role-playing game antho; superhero (fic). Pay: 3-5¢/word. Words: 3-6k. RT: 30-60 days after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: no. James Lowder, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 August 2003 Release Date: January 2004
  • PATH OF THE JUST - print antho; S&S (theme). Pays 3-5¢/word for 3-7k words. RT: 3-4 weeks usual; some after deadline. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. James Lowder, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: postmarked by 1 March 2003
  • PEEP SHOW - annual print; sexual or erotic h (fic). Pays copy for up to 6k words. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Paul Fry, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: TBA
  • PERMUTATIONS - print antho; sf/f/h, set in W. Australia (fic). Pay: negotiated +2 copies. Words: 1-6k. RT: by early 2004. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Matt Chrulew & Cathy Cupitt, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2003 Launch Date: April 2004, at Swancon 29: Chronopolis
  • THE PHANTOM QUEEN AWAKES - 1-time print (Morrigan Books); df (fic/poem). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 50-6000. RT: by 01Jan09. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 December 2008PubDate: October 2009
  • POEMS OF THE DEAD - 1-time print/eAntho (Coscom Entertainment); h (poem). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: no limits. RT: <2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: until filledPubDate: 2009
  • POEMSPOTTERS - print poetry antho; most forms & genres. Pays £30-50/poem (donations accepted). Adrian Spendlow, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: early August 2002
  • POE'S PROGENY: an anthology of contemporary stories inspired by classic dark fiction - print antho (Gray Friar Press); h/sf/crime (fic). Pay: negotiated. Words: 2-10k. RT: +/- 8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Gary Fry, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 7 November 2004 Publication Date: around February 2005
  • POETIC CHAOS - 1-time print (Half-Crazed Monks Press); df/h, themed (poem). Pay: $3 + copy. Words: no limits. RT: 1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: yes. Lee Clark Zumpe, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: October 2005
  • POETRY FROM THE TRENCHES - 1-time chapbook (Carnifex Press); sf/f/h (poem). Pay: $5/poem +copy. Lines: prefers short. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Samantha Henderson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 4 October 2006 PubDate: November 2006
  • THE POETRY OF PULP & POP CULTURE - print &/or e-antho; all genres, pulp & pop (poem). Pay: Royalties + ½-3¢/word ($100 max.). Lines: no limit. RT: reasonable. Reprints: query. E-subs: no. Fee for uncollected poets: $1 per 5 poems (refunded if accepted). Trent Walters, Editor, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: when filled
  • POLYPHONY 3 - 3rd volume print antho; literary: magic realism/surrealism. Pays 6¢/word, no word limit named. RT: 15Apr03. Reprints: no. E-subs: no/query. Deborah Layne, Publisher & Fiction Editor.
    Deadline WAS: postmarked on 15 February 2003 (DO NOT SEND AFTER!)
  • POLYPHONY 4 - print antho; soft speculative, literary (fic). Pay: 6¢/word ($600 max.). Words: open (prefers 4-10k). RT: by 15Dec03. Reprints: no. E-subs: non-U.S. or query. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 October 2003
  • POLYPHONY 5 - print antho; soft speculative, literary (fic). Pay: 6¢/word ($600 max.). Words: prefers 4-10k (no higher!). RT: by 15Feb05. Reprints: no. E-subs: non-U.S. or query. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2004 Publication Date: 1 September 2005
  • POLYPHONY 6 - print antho; soft speculative, literary genre (fic). Pay: 6¢/word (<$600). Words: prefers 4-10k (not firm). RT: by 30Mar06. Reprints: no. E-subs: non-U.S. or query. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2006 Publication Date: TBA
  • POLYPHONY 7 - print; magreal/surreal/literary with a genre sensibility/hard-to-classify literary stories (fic). Pay: 4¢/word (<$400). Words: 2-10k. RT: 60 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: non-U.S., or query. Deborah Layne & Forrest Aguirre, Editors (Q & limited-S).
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2008 Reading Period: 15Jan-15Mar 2008 PubDate: 1 September 2007
  • PORTALS - print antho for younger readers; f/sf/mild h (fic/poem). Pays $1 for up to 1k words (30 lines). RT: 2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Tyree Campbell, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2003
    Publishing Date: 10 June 2003
  • POSTCARDS FROM HELL: The First Thirteen - weekly print/PDF e-mail (WordArts Inc.); h (flash). Pay: $50. Words: <600 (prefers <500). RT: <3 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Minion (Jeff Crook), Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 July 2007, or until filled PubDate: 1st postcard mails 4 August 2007
  • POTTER'S FIELD - annual print (Sam's Dot Publishing); h (fic/art). Pay: to ¼¢/word ($5 min./$20 max.). Words: 2-8k (not firm). RT: 1 week. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Cathy Buburuz & Tyree Campbell, Editors.
    Deadline was: when filled Publication Date: 1 February 2005
  • POTTER'S FIELD 2 - annual trade paperback (Sam's Dot Publishing); h/df (fic/art). Pay: $10. Words: 2-8k. RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Cathy Buburuz, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: Fall 2007, or when filled PubDate: 1 October 2007
  • POTTER'S FIELD 3 - annual trade paperback (Sam's Dot Publishing); h, 3rd person (fic/art). Pay: <$10 (art=<$12) +copy. Words: 2-8k. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: not preferred, query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2008 (est.), or when filledPubDate: May 2009
  • POW!erful TALES - 1-time POD (Peryton Publishing); superhero sf/f (fic). Pay: ¼¢/word. Words: <10k (query if higher). RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 December 2008PubDate: February 2009

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • QSPACE - 1-time POD/PDF/eAntho (M-Brane); GLBT sf (fic). Pay: $10 +shared royalty. Words: no limits. RT: 30 days after DL. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2009PubDate: October 2009
  • QUAKES AND STORMS: A Disaster Relief Anthology - POD antho (The Dark/Lulu.com) most genres (NO Erotica or Alternate Romance), theme: natural disasters (fic/true stories). Pay: $0. Words: 1.2-8.8k. RT: fast. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (.rtf, .doc). Nickolaus A. Pacione & Macey Wuesthoff, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 20 June 2005, or until filled Publication Date: TBA
  • QUANTUM GENRE ON THE PLANET OF ARTS - 1-time print (Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink); quantum (fic/nonfic/poem/art). Pay: 4¢/word. Words: <3k (query if longer). RT: <4 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: until filledPubDate: September 2009
  • QUANTUM SURGE - print themed antho for May 2003; SF & (limited) F. Pays $200 + royalties for 3-6½k words. Neil Jamieson-Williams, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 7 May 2002
     
  • QUEST FOR ATLANTIS: Legends of a Lost Continent - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); sf/f/h/humor/mys/sus (fic). Pay: 1¢/word ($50 max). Words: 1-10k. RT: within 2 weeks of DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2010PubDate: March 2010

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • RAGE OF THE BEHEMOTH - 1-time print/POD/eAntho/other electronic (Rogue Blades Entertainment); f/s&s/df/historical/swashbuckling (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 3-7k. RT: <6 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 January 2009, or when filledPubDate: 1 June 2009 (target)
  • THE RANDOM EYE - annual PDF/eBook/CD (Bloodletters Ink); sf/f/h (fic). Pay: $10 +CD copy. Words: 2-10k (firm!). RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2008, or when filledPubDate: January 2009
  • RAW TERROR - annual print (Read Raw Ltd.); h (fic). Pay: £10. Words: ½-5k. RT: by 31Mar09. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2009PubDate: 11 June 2009
  • RAZOR-EDGED ARCANUM - annual print antho (Pitch-Black, LLC.); heroic f (fic). Pay: 3-8¢/word (negotiated). Words: 3-8k. RT: 90 days max. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Daniel E. Blackston, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2005 Publication Date: spring 2005
  • READ BY DAWN - annual print (Bloody Books); h (fic/poem). Pay: equal sm. adv./15% royalty. Words: <5k. RT: by 31Jan06. Reprints: no. E-subs: prefers. Adele Hartley/Simon Petherick, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2005 PubDate: 10 April 2006
  • READ BY DAWN 2 - 3rd annual print (Bloody Books); h (fic/poem). Pay: 15% net. Words: <5k. RT: 2 weeks after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Adele Hartley, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2007 PubDate: April 2008
  • RED LIGHT DISTRICT - 1-time print (Bloodletting Press); h/f (fic). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Chesya Burke, Editor -or- Tracy (Cat) West, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2007 PubDate: 2008
  • REQUIEM OF THE RADIOACTIVE MONKEYS - 1-time print (Iguana Publications); quirky/dark crime/h (fic). Pay: $10 + 2 copies. Words: ½-2k. RT: after DL. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. John Weagly, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2005 Publication Date: April 2005
  • RETRO SPEC: Tales of Fantasy and Nostalgia - 1-time POD (Raven Electrick Ink); sf/f/h (fic/poem). Pay: 3¢/word ($25 max), poem=$5. Words: <2k. RT: <60 days. Reprints: yes: <3k words; 1¢/word ($25 max); poem=$3. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 8 December 2009PubDate: late 2010/early 2011
  • RETURN OF THE RAVEN - 1-time print (Horror Bound Magazine Publications); h (fic/poem). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 3-7k. RT: receipt=fast; final=only accepts. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2009, or until filledPubDate: Fall/Winter 2009
  • REVELATION - Cyber-Pulp print/e-antho; sf/F/h (fic). Pay: 50% split net royalty + copy. Words: 2-25k. RT: on 15Jul04. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr., Editor.
            Deadline WAS: 1 July 2004
  • REVENANT: a Horror Anthology - chapbook (Carnifex Press); h (fic); 4-6 stories. Pay: 3¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Armand Rosamilia, Editor.
              Deadline WAS: 1 January 2005, or until filled
  • REVENANT TWO: Further Tales of Horror - print chapbook (Carnifex Press); h (fic). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: never. E-subs: yes. Armand Rosamilia, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2006 PubDate: October 2006
  • REVENANT: An eBook Horror Anthology - 1-time/PDF/Kindle (Rymfire eBooks); h (fic). Pay: $3. Words: 2½k-7½k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 August 2009PubDate: 31 October 2009
  • RHODE ISLAND ROADS - special Halloween edition of mainstream monthly print; Lovecraftian horror. Only one story needed. Pays 1¢/word for ½-2k words. Paul Pence, Editor.
    Yearly Reading Period: 1 January - 1 September (until filled)
    Deadline WAS: when filled
  • ROAR OF THE CROWD: An Anthology of Heroic Adventure - series (Rogue Blades Presents) print/POD/eAntho/Other (Rogue Blades Entertainment); S&S & subgenres (fic). Pay: 1-3¢/word +1e-/1print copy. Words: 5k-15k. RT: receipt=3 days; final=by 31Jan10. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 November 2009PubDate: April 2010 (or later)
  • ROBOTS BEYOND - 1-time print (Permuted Press); any blend cross-genre (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 3-7½k. RT: receipt=1 week; final=30 days after DL. Reprints: well-known authors may query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    ForumDeadline WAS: 4 April 2008PubDate: TBA
     
  • ROCK IS DEAD - 1-time print (Blood Bound Books); dark/h (fic). Pay: ½¢/word. Words: ¾k-5k. RT: <4 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 13 July 2010PubDate: TBA
  • RUINS - 1-time print or POD (Hadley Rille Books); sf (fic). Pay: $25-30. Words: <10k. RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Eric T. Reynolds, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 April 2007 PubDate: Summer 2007
  • RUINS METROPOLIS - 1-time print, tp &/or POD (Hadley Rille Books); sf/f/mys/romance (fic). Pay: $25-30 adv. +royalties & 1 copy. Words: 2-6k. RT: <2 months. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Eric T. Reynolds, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2007 PubDate: late 2007
  • THE RYLEH BESTIARY - Cyber-Pulp e-antho; Cthulhu Mythos; monster/h (fic). Pays equal share of 50% royalties for 2-8k words (not firm). RT: 2 weeks max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. G. W. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 October 2003, or when filled

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • SAILS & SORCERY: Tales of Fantasy - 1-time print (Fantasist Ent.); Naval f (fic). Pay: 5¢/word adv. on shared 35% net royalty. Words: 3-9k. RT: by 05Jan07. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. William H. Horner III, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2006Reading Period: 15-31 December 2006 PubDate: late summer 2007
  • SALT: an anthology to benefit the Surfrider Foundation - 1-time print (Naked Snake Press); SpecFic (fic/poem/art). Pay: 1 copy. Words: <2½k; poem: 30 lines. RT: <1 month after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Donna Taylor Burgess, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 August 2006 PubDate: October 2006

  • SCATTERED, COVERED, SMOTHERED - one-time print (Two Cranes Press); most genres, no erotica (fic). Pay: $10+copy. Words: 5k max. RT: by 15Nov04. Reprints: no. E-subs: prefers. Jason Erik Lundberg, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2004 Publication Date: Christmas 2004
     
  • SCHEHERAZADE'S FACADE - 1-time print, eAntho later (Norilana Books); f (fic). Pay: 2¢/word. Words: <10k. RT: n/a. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2010PubDate: October 2010
  • SCIENCE FICTION TRAILS - 1-time print (Pirate Dog Press); sf (fic). Pay: $10 +copy. Words: <8k. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: yes. David B. Riley, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2006 PubDate: Spring 2007
  • SCIFAIKUEST SPECIAL EDITION - 1-time audio CD (Sam's Dot Publishing); sf/f/h (poem). Pay: $1 +copy. Words: n/a. RT: <2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Teri Santitoro, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2006 PubDate: 1 August 2006

  • SCRIPTURES OF THE DAMNED - e-antho; religious h (fic). Authors split 30% of profits for 3-6k words. RT: 7-30 days after deadline. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Peggy J. Shumate, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2003
  • SCRYBE PRESS - print & e-book; supernatural h/f/sf (fic). Pay: $50 on10% for <20k words; $200 on10% for :20k (gross). Words: 4½-50k. RT: about 90 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes (unpub. authors must query 1st). Nathan Barker, Editor.
    No Deadline Listed on this page, but not actually anthos (read GLs)
  • A SEARCH FOR MONSTERS - e- antho; h/f. No pay for up to 8k words. RT: fast. Reprints: query. E-subs: yes. Bob Gunner, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 22 August 2002
  • SEED FICTION SUPPLEMENT - 2nd annual print; sf, theme (fic). Pay: negotiates (past rates $500/flat to $1/word). Words: <4k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Laura McNeil, Deputy Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 March 2006 PubDate: June/July issue
  • SF RISING ANTHOLOGY - proposed print antho; sf/f/h (fic). Pay: $50. Words: 3-8k. RT: quick. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Michael Manis, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 12 July 2003
  • SHADOW BOX - 1-time PDF (TBA); h/dark f&sf/surreal (flash). Pay: 1 e-copy (all profits to charity). Words: 120 max. RT: after DL. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Angela Challis & Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2005 PubDate: Halloween 2005
  • SHADOW PLAYS - 1-time print (self published); sf/f/df (fic). Pay: Aus$10-25 (Aus$100 for best story). Words: <10k. RT: by 30Nov05. Reprints: no. E-subs: query. Elise Bunter & Ian McHugh, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 9 December 2005 PubDate: June 2006
  • SHADOW REGIONS - 1-time print (Cavern Publishing Group); sus/h (fic). Pay: 5¢/word ($200 max). Words: <4k. RT: by mid-November. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Cesar Puch, Editor.
    Submissions Deadline WAS: 31 October 2005 PubDate: target is February 2006
  • SHADOWS & LIGHT: Tales of Lost Kingdoms - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); f (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 1k-10k. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: 18 September 2009PubDate: May 2010
  • SHADOWS OF THE EMERALD CITY - 1-time POD (Northern Frights Publishing); dark, cross genre ok, in Oz (fic). Pay: $20 +copy. Words: <10k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2009, or until filledPubDate: Fall 2009
  • THE SHALLOW END OF INFINITY - was e-anthos & novels; all SpecFic genres. Paid 50-75% royalties for 4-10k word stories & 40-120k word novels. RT: 3-4 weeks. Aaron Yorgason, Editor. infinity@megacityone.com http://www.megacityone.com/infinity/index.htm
  • SHE NAILED A STAKE THROUGH HIS HEAD: Tales of Biblical Terror - 1-time POD (Dybbuk Press); h (fic). Pay: $50 adv. on shared royalty. Words: <12k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2008PubDate: December 2009
  • SHINE - 1-time print (Solaris Books); optimistic near-future sf only (fic). Pay: 5¢/word +shared royalty. Words: <10k. RT: before 01Aug09. Reprints: yes*. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2009PubDate: late 2009 or early 2010
  • SHOCKLINES - print antho for fall 2002; H. Pays 5¢/word ($250 max.) + royalties for up to 10k words. RT: 2-3 months. Matt Schwartz, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 April 2002
     
  • SICK THINGS - 1-time print (Comet Press); extreme creature h (fic). Pay: ½¢/word. Words: 3k-10k. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   (DLS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2010, or when filledPubDate: June 2010
  • SIDE SHOW: Tales of the Big Top and the Bizarre - POD antho; horror (themed) fiction/poetry. Pays one copy for ½-3k words (30-100 lines). RT: 1 week. Reprints: yes. E-subs: yes. Cathy Buburuz, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2002, or when filled
     
  • SIDE SHOW 2: Tales of the Big Top and the Bizarre - 1-time trade paperback (Sams Dot Publishing); h/df/sf (fic/art). Pay: $12 +copy (cover art $25). Words: 1½-5k. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: yes ($7, not prefered). E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: when filledPubDate: January or February 2010
  • SILLY WESTERN ANTHOLOGY - 1-time print/eAntho (Cyberwizard Productions & CyberAliens Press); west/prairie rom/steampunk (fic/poem/art/comics/etc). Pay: <$5 +copy. Words: ½-3½k. RT: <1 week. Reprints: yes, if disclosed. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 August 2009PubDate: 1 October 2009
     
  • SILVER MOON, BLOODY BULLETS: An Anthology of Werewolf Tails - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); h (fic). Pay: $10 +copy. Words: 1½k-10k. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 15 May 2010PubDate: Summer 2010
  • SINISTER ELEMENT, BEST OF - print anthology for 2001; SF, H, DF. Pays 1¢/word for up to 8.5k words. Only prints stories that have appeared in Sinister Element webzine. Alister James, Editor.
  • SIX GUNS & SHOOTOUTS - anthology series (2-4 per year), print (Western-Stories); western (sf/f/h elements OK) (fic/nonfic/photo). Pay: shared royalty +copy. Words: min=1½k, max=no limit. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .   Deadline WAS: open year-round.
  • SKANK: a book of questionable tastes - print antho; all genres, lewd. Pays $30-50 for up to 5k words. RT: ?. Billeh Nickerson & Michael V. Smith, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2002
  • SKULLS AND CROSSBONES - 1-time print/eAntho (Mindancer Press); any genre, must have female pirate (fic). Pay: $35 +copy. Words: 4-7k. RT: ASAP, latest 1Oct09. Reprints: yes (state where/when). E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 September 2009PubDate: January 2010
  • SKY SONGS II - POD antho (Skysong Press); sf/f with spiritual themes (fic), reprints only. Pay: 1¢/word for every 300 copies printed. Words: 2½-5k. RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: only. E-subs: no. Steve Stanton, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2005 Publication Date: 2006
  • A SLICE OF CHERRY PIE - 1-time print (The Private Press, UK & Half Empty/Half Full Press, US); all genres, themed (poem). Pay: copy. Words: no limits (long=exceptional). RT: instant notification; response end of Feb06. Reprints: yes. E-subs: online form only. Ivy Alvarez, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 November 2005 PubDate: Summer 2006
     
  • THE SNUFF SYNDICATE - 1-time POD/eAntho (Library of Horror Press); h/thriller, serial killer theme (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 4k-10k. RT: receipt=ASAP; final=after DL. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 July 2010PubDate: TBD
  • SONGS FROM DEAD SINGERS - print antho; H (theme). Pays $10 + copy for up to 6k words. RT: up to 8 weeks, query if longer. Michael Kelly, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2002
  • SOUTHERN COMFORT - 1-time PDF/POD (Publisher TBA), charity for Katrina victims; most genres w/ southern theme (fic/poem/art). Pay: $0 (Charity). Words: <7k. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. S.A. Parham and W. Olivia Race, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 November 2005 PubDate: December 2005
  • SOUTHERN FRIED WEIRDNESS 2007 - annual POD paperback (Lulu.com); sf/h/f/MagReal/Surreal (fic/cover art). Pay: $1 +copy. Words: 3½-7k. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. T.J. McIntyre, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 August 2007, or when filled PubDate: 1 October 2007, if filled
  • SPACE COPS - 1-time print (Science Fiction Trails Publishing); sf (fic). Pay: $15 +copy. Words: <7k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2009PubDate: Spring 2009
  • SPECULATIVE REALM - 1-time POD/e-antho (Lulu); h only, no sf/f (fic). Pay: shared royalty. Words: 3-8k. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Sasha Beattie, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2007 PubDate: when full
  • SPICY SLIPSTREAM STORIES - 1-time print/POD (Wheatland Press); spicy slipstream, all genres (fic). Pay: 4¢/word ($400 max). Words: 4-10k. RT: 3 mos (reading in Nov05). Reprints: no. E-subs: query first. Nick Mamatas & Jay Lake, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 October 2005 Publication Date: September 2006

  • SPIRITS & SLEUTHS: Anthology of Mystery & Terror - print antho; mys/h. Pays equal share royalty + copy for 1½-6k words. RT: 1 month. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. G. Durant Haire, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 November 2002
  • SPOOKS - themed antho (all ghost stories); humor OK. Pays $10-20 + copies & royalties (poetry $5+copy) for ½-13k words. Tina Jens, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 March 2003
  • SPORTY SPEC: Games of the Fantastic - 1-time POD (Raven Electrick Ink); sf/f/SuprNat h, with sports/game theme (fic/poem). Pay: 2¢/word (poem=$5). Words: <1k (poem=49 lines). RT: 75 days. Reprints: yes (1¢/word; poem=$3). E-subs: only. Karen A. Romanko, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2007 PubDate: late 2007
  • SPRING RESSURECTUS - "Dead Winter" sequel, CyberPulp e-antho; h; theme (fic). Pay: shared 50% net royalty. Words: to 9k. RT: 1 month or more. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Thomas Deja, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: 30 March 2004, or until filled.
  • STALKING SHADOWS: Book 1, Assassins & Thieves - 1-time print chapbook (Hole in the Wall Press); s&s (fic). Pay: $50 +2 copies. Words: 4-6k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Craig Roberts/Robert Haynes, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2006, or until filled PubDate: late 2006

  • STAR*LINE SPECIAL PROSE POEM/FLASH FICTION NOV-DEC 2008 ISSUE - 1-time print (SFPA); speculative (flash/prose poem). Pay: 3¢/word ($5 min.). Words: 100-500. RT: <3 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: YES. .
    Deadline WAS: until filledPubDate: Nov-Dec 2008
  • STAR*LINE SPECIAL PROSE POEM/FLASH FICTION NOV-DEC 2009 ISSUE - 1-time print (SFPA); speculative (flash/prose poem). Pay: 3¢/word ($5 min.). Words: 100-500. RT: <3 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: YES. .
    Deadline WAS: until filledPubDate: Nov-Dec 2009 Star*Line
  • THE STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE - 1-time print/POD (Maniac Press); h (fic). Pay: shared profits. Words: 1½-6k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Steven Walsh, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 June 2006 PubDate: late June
     
  • STATE OF HORROR: LOUISIANA - 1-time PDF/eAntho (Rymfire eBooks); h (fic). Pay: $3 +sliding scale future payment. Words: 2½k-7½k. RT: 10-12 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Opens: 1 January 2010
    Do Not Submit Before!    		Deadline WAS: 1 April 2010PubDate: TBA
     
  • STATE OF HORROR: NEW YORK - 1-time PDF/eAntho (Rymfire eBooks); h (fic). Pay: $3 +sliding scale future payment. Words: 2½k-7½k. RT: 10-12 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2010PubDate: TBA
     
  • STATE OF HORROR: TEXAS - 1-time PDF/eAntho (Rymfire eBooks); h (fic). Pay: $3 +sliding scale future payment. Words: 2½k-7½k. RT: 10-12 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 15 April 2010PubDate: TBA
     
  • STEAMPUNK RELOADED - 1-time print (Tachyon Publications); sf, broad steampunk (fic), reprints. Pay: 2¢/word +royalty share/copy. Words: 1½k-10k. RT: <28Feb10. Reprints: only. E-subs: YES. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 February 2010PubDate: fall 2010
  • STONES - Lone Wolf antho; gravestone H. Pays equal share of profits for 1½-8k words. RT: by 5 June 2001 (for stories). Judi Rohrig, Editor.
    Deadline was: 20 April 2001 (for stories -- photos open until 5 July)
    Fiction TOC announce: 5 June 2001
  • STORIES THAT (shoulda, woulda, coulda) WON THE HUGO - print &/or e-antho; big idea Hugo sf/f (fic); open only to Clarion/Odyssey/Gunn's Workshop grads. Pay: Royalties + ½-3¢/word ($100 max.). Words: no limits. RT: reasonable. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Trent Walters, Editor, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: when filled
  • STRANGE NEWS - Cyber-Pulp e-antho; h/df (fic). Pay: shared 50% royalties. Words: 2-5k (longer OK). Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Bob Gunner, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 September 2003, or when filled
  • STRANGE PLEASURES #4 - series POD antho (Prime Books); fantastic/offbeat (fic). Pay: shared 50% royalty. Words: no limits. RT: by end-March 2005. Reprints: likely not. E-subs: only (.rtf). John Grant, Editor.
    Reading Period Opens: 1 January 2005 Deadline WAS: mid-March 2005 Publication Date: 2005
  • STRANGE STORIES OF SAND AND SEA - 1-time POD (Fine Tooth Press); sf/f/h/dark humor (fic). Pay: $5 +copy. Words: 1½-3½k. RT: 1 week after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Esther Schrader, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2006, or when filled PubDate: 2007

  • STRANGE WAR TALES - new POD hard cover antho from Marietta Publishing (Stillwaters Journal); battle H, SFH. Pays $40-75 + per story for 1-12k words. RT: fast. Bruce Gehweiler, Editor.
    Deadline was: 15 February 2001
  • A STUDY IN LAVENDER - 1-time print (Lethe Press); most genres (fic), theme: gay men's Holmes mythos. Pay: 2¢/word +2 copies. Words: 1-8k. RT: <2 months after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: NONE. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2009PubDate: late 2009
  • SUBTLE EDENS: The Elastic Book of Slipstream - 1-time print (Elastic Press); slipstream (fic). Pay: copy. Words: <5k. RT: 7-10 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: query first. Allen Ashley, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 29 February 2008PubDate: 1 November 2008
  • SUMMER INFERNAL - CyberPulp e-antho; h; theme (fic). Pay: shared 50% net royalty. Words: to 9k. RT: 1 month or more. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Thomas Deja, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: 17 July 2004
  • SUPERLUMINAL 1 - print antho; sf (fic), Aus. writers only. Pay (Aus$): ½¢/word + copy. Words: 3-30k. RT: 3-6 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Nigel Read, Editor
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 04 Publication Date: at Swancon 2005
  • SUPERNATURAL SLEUTHS - 1-time print (Regal Crest Enterprises); supernat/df/occult (lesbian sleuth, women writers only) (fic). Pay: $100 flat fee. Words: 7-10k. RT: after Apr07. Reprints: no. E-subs: query. Lynne Jamneck, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 November 2006 PubDate: Halloween 2007 (tentative)
  • SURREAL IMAGININGS - semiannual chapbook (Baysgarth Publications); f/h (fic). Pay: shared royalty +copy. Words: 3-8k. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: e-mail only. Christopher J. Hall, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 21 January 2007, or when full PubDate: February 2007
  • SWORD & SORCERESS 22 - 1-time TP (Norilana Books); S&S, strong female protag (fic). Pay: 5¢/word adv. against royalties. Words: <9k. RT: 1st cut=1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Elisabeth Waters, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 20 April 2007 PubDate: November 2007
  • SWORD & SORCERESS 23 - trade paperback (Norilana Books); S&S, strong female protag (fic). Pay: 5¢/word adv. against royalties. Words: <9k (prefers shorter). RT: 1st cut=1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 16 May 2008PubDate: (later this year)
  • SWORD & SORCERESS 24 - trade paperback (Norilana Books); S&S, strong female protag (fic). Pay: 5¢/word adv. against royalties. Words: <9k (prefers shorter). RT: 1st cut=1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 May 2009PubDate: (later this year)
     
  • SWORD & SORCERESS 25 - trade paperback (Norilana Books); S&S, strong female protag (fic). Pay: 5¢/word adv. against shared royalties. Words: <9k (prefers shorter). RT: 1st cut=1 week. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 14 May 2010PubDate: November 2010

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • TABLOID PURPOSES II - 1-time POD antho (Lulu.com, Lake Fossil Press); sf/h/crime noir - NO EROTICA OR ALT. ROMANCE! (fic). Pay: $16 ($30 for 2), or copies (pending on where stories are sent from). Words: 1.8-13k. RT: before deadline. Reprints: maybe. E-subs: only. Nickolaus A. Pacione, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 20 October 2005, or when filled Publication Date: TBA
  • TABLOID PURPOSES III - annual POD/PDF/Hardcover (Lake Fossil Press); sf/dark lit/h - NO EROTICA or alt. romance! (fic/nonfic). Pay: $45 for lead story/e-copies for others. Words: 2.3-8.8k & two 15k novellas. RT: instant. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Nickolaus A. Pacione, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: September 2006
  • TABLOID PURPOSES IV - annual POD/hardcover (Lake Fossil Press); h/modern sf (fic/nonfic). Pay: "discuss at publication". Words: 4.4-8.8k. RT: instant. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Nickolaus Pacione, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: when filled
  • TABLOID PURPOSES V - annual POD (Lake Fossil Press); cyberpunk with supernatural elements (fic), PG-13. Pay: $10 min. Words: 2.4-8.8k. RT: 1-2 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: when filledPubDate: when 270 pages filled, or 3 August 2008
  • TABLOID PURPOSES 6:66 - annual POD (Lake Fossil Press); genreclectic/h/litfic w/ dark elements, no erotica, NC-17 (fic). Pay: $8-$18. Words: 2-8k. RT: instant. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: when filledPubDate: TBD
  • TAINTED: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural - 1-time POD (Strange Publications); h/slipstream (fic). Pay: $25. Words: 2-10k. RT: ASAP after 15Jul08. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2008PubDate: October 2008
  • TANGLE - 1-time print (Blind Eye Books); sf/f/paranormal romance w/ gay/lesbian protagonist (fic). Pay: short=$10; novella=<$50. Words: 1-40k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: non-U.S. only, e-query 1st. Nicole Kimberling, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 June 2007 PubDate: TBA
  • THE TANGLED BANK: an anthology of speculative evolution - 1-time eAntho/other (Tangled Bank Press); sf/f/h/magreal/open (fic/poem/art/comics). Pay: fic=AU3¢/word, poem=AU$15, art=AU$15-100 advance; +copy & 40% shared e-royalty. Words: 1-7½k (poem=3-42 lines). RT: 90 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. , , . Chris Lynch, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 September 2009, or until filledPubDate: Late 2009
  • TEDDY BEAR CANNIBAL MASSACRE - 1-time print; h/humor/exp./mainstrm/f (fic/nonfic/poem). Pay: 1% royalty. Words: 7k (100 lines min.). RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Michael Froimowitz, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 13 February 2004, or until filled Publication Date: December 2004
  • TEL : Stories - POD antho; any genre told in stylistic excess (fic). Pay: $15 + 3 copies. Words: no limits. RT: 30Jun04. Reprints: no. E-subs: if non-US. Jay Lake, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 May 2004 Publication Date: December 2004
  • TEN PLAGUES - 1-time POD/PDF (Saltboy Bookmakers); any genre, themed (fic). Pay: $10. Words: 5-20k. RT: by 15Oct06. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Ian Donnell Arbuckle, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2006Reading Period: 1 September to 1 October 2006 PubDate: 31 October 2006

     
  • TERMINAL EARTH - 1-time print (Pound Lit Press); sf/slipstrm (fic). Pay: best=$50 +pb copy; next 2=$20 +pb copy; the rest=$5 +pdf copy (via PayPal). Words: 3k-6k. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 March 2010PubDate: late spring/early summer 2010
  • TERRIBLE BEAUTY, FEARFUL SYMMETRY - 1-time print (DarkHart Press); sf/df/h/historical (fic), themed. Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 1-7k. RT: by 31Jan08. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Lisa Mannetti, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2007 PubDate: May 2008
  • TERROR TALES FROM CRIB TO CRYPT - 1-time eAntho; h (fic). Words: 20-25k. Pay: shared royalty. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. Contact: .
    Deadline WAS: 1 December 2009Results: 31 January 2010PubDate: October 2010
  • TESSERACTS9 - Canadians (& expats) only, print; SpecFic (fic/poem). Pay: to Can$100. Words: prefers to 7½k. RT: 15-20 weeks after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: yes with mss/SASE follow-up. Geoff Ryman & Nalo Hopkinson, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2003
  • TESSERACTS10 - annual print, Canadians Only; SpecFic (fic/poem). Pay: Can$20-100. Words: to 7½k (not firm). RT: 15-20 weeks after DL. Reprints: query. Editors TBA. E-mail. Info/Queries Only.
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2005 Publication Date: 2006
  • TESSERACTS ELEVEN - annual print, Canadians Only; most genres (fic/poem). Pay: CA$20-100. Words: <7½k (prefers <5½). RT: 15-20 weeks >DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: a must + hard copy. Cory Doctorow & Holly Phillips, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2006 Publication Date: 2007
  • TESSERACTS TWELVE - annual print, Canadians only; all sf/f (fic). Pay: <CA$300. Words: 10-20k (firm!). RT: (initial) <30 days. Reprints: hard sell. E-subs: only. Claude Lalumière, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 February 2008, 6 a.m. Eastern time Publication Date: autumn 2008
  • TESSERACTS THIRTEEN: Chilling Tales of the Great White North - annual print, Canadians only, English or French; df/h (fic/poem). Pay: <1½=CA$50; 1½-5k;=<CA$100; poems=CA$20. Words: <5k (query if 5-7½k). RT: (initial) <30 days. Reprints: hard sell. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: postmarked by/on 31 October 2008 Publication Date: fall 2009
  • TESSERACTS FOURTEEN - annual print (Hades Publications/EDGE), Canadians only, English or French; all imaginative genres (fic/flash/poem). Pay: <1½k=CA$50 rising to CA$100 for >5k; poems=CA$20. Words: <5k (longer if exceptional). RT: by 31Dec09. Reprints: hard sell. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 November 2009 Publication Date: September 2010
  • TESTOSTERONE - one-time print/CD/e-antho (CyberPulp); horror (w/ humor OK) (fic). Pay: 50% split royalty after cost. Words: 4-9k. RT: 1 month after DL max. Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. R.M. Thompson, Editor (0).
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2004 Publication Date: Late 2004
  • THAT MYSTERIOUS DOOR: Maine Tales of Fantasy & Speculation - 1-time print (Down East Books); sf/f/slpstrm/df (fic). Pay: 3-5¢/word. Words: <7½k (not firm). RT: <3 months (none in Jan). Reprints: yes (pay negotiated). E-subs: no. Noreen Doyle, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 16 June 2007 PubDate: spring 2008
  • THINGS AREN'T WHAT THEY SEEM - 1-time print (From the Asylum Books & Press); sf/f/h, Alien-based SpecFic, humor a plus, not too bloody/gory (fic). Pay: flash=$15; fic=$30. Words: flash=<1k; fic=1001-5000. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: YES. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2008PubDate: February 2009
  • THIS AIN'T NO RODEO - 1-time POD (Lulu.com); all genres, no erotica (fic/poem). Pay: $10. Words: <7½k. RT: 1 month after DL. Reprints: yes, if 1 year has passed. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2008PubDate: Late Oct/Early Nov 2008
  • THOUGHTCRIME EXPERIMENTS - 1-time eAntho (Publisher TBA); sf/f (fic). Pay: $200 flat. Words: 3-10k. RT: 1-2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 February 2009, or when filledPubDate: mid 2009
  • THOU SHALT NOT: Stories of Horror & Dark Crime - 1-time print (Dark Cloud Press); h/dark crime based on only 1 of the 10 Commandments (fic/flash). Pay: 5 & 6¢/word. Words: <5k. RT: by Aug05. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. Lee A. Howard, Editor (no e-mail, use post address on web site).
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2005 Publication Date: Spring or Summer 2006
  • T. N. Thomas' TIMEFLASH - was to be POD/e-antho (RAGE ma c h i n e Books); time travel/alt-hist (fic). Tim Thomas/G. W. Thomas, Editors.
  • THROUGH BLOOD AND IRON - 1-time print (Ricasso Press); f (fic/flash). Pay: ½¢/word. Words: flash to novella. RT: <1 week. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 October 2009PubDate: early 2010
  • THROUGH THE EYES OF THE UNDEAD - 1-time POD (Library of the Living Dead Press); h (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 3k-9k (not firm). RT: 1-2 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 November 2009PubDate: TBD
  • TIME FOR BEDLAM - 1-time POD/PDF (Saltboy Bookmakers/Lulu); f/h/dark f (fic/poem). Pay: copy. Words: 5-20k. RT: 2 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Ian Donnell Arbuckle, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 October 2005 PubDate: 1 November 2005

  • TIME IN A BOTTLE - 1-time print/PDF (Cyberwizard Productions); hard/soft sf/f/space west (fic), theme: time. Pay: $10 +copy. Words: 3-6½k. RT: <1 week. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2009PubDate: 1 October 2009
     
  • TIMELINES: Stories Inspired by HG Wells's The Time Machine - 1-time POD (Northern Frights Publishing); sf/h/cross genre/action/df (fic). Pay: 1¢/word ($50 max). Words: <8k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2009PubDate: early 2010
  • THE TIME OF ROBOTS - 1-time POD (Altair Australia Books); sf only (fic). Pay: Aus$75-100/story. Words: 3-7k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: e-pubs only. E-subs: no. Robert N Stephenson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 2 February 2005 Publication Date: June 2005
  • TIME'S EDGE - 1-time POD/eAntho (Utility Fog Press); sf/f/h (fic/art). Pay: 1 copy. Words: ½-5k. RT: 2-3 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2009PubDate: August 2009
     
  • TIMES OF TROUBLE - 1-time print/POD/eAntho (Permuted Press); sf (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 3k-7½k. RT: <90 days after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   (DLS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 4 July 2010PubDate: TBD
  • TIME WELL BENT: Queer Alternate History - 1-time print (Haworth Press, Positronic Div.); alt. hist. (fic). Pay: $100. Words: 3-8k. RT: 1st=2 weeks; final=30Jul07. Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. Sacchi Green, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2007 PubDate: 2008
  • TO DIE FOR: New Voices in SF & F - print antho; sf & f. Pays 2 copies, tea & chocolate for flash to novella length tales. RT: fast. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Carol Burrell, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 23 August 2002 preferred; 1 September 2002 latest
     
  • TRAFFICKING IN MAGIC/MAGICKING IN TRAFFIC - 1-time eAntho (Drollerie Press); all genres, focus on f/magreal/slipstrm/mythicfic/fairy tales (fic/poem, query for b-w art/comics). Pay: equitable 60% royalty. Words: <12k; poem<100 lines (query if longer). RT: <2 months after DL. Reprints: query. E-subs: YES. .
    Deadline WAS: 28 February 2010PubDate: September 2010
  • TRAPS - 1-time print (Dark Hart Press); h/df/thriller (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 1-7k. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Scott T. Goudsward, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2007, or when filled PubDate: Second Quarter 2008
  • TRAVEL A TIME HISTORIC - 1-time POD & e-antho (Cyber Pulp); h/f/sf, humor OK (fic/poem). Pay: shared 50% of net. Words: 1-7½k. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (.doc/.rtf). Nancy Jackson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 December 2004, or when filled Publication Date: late 2005
  • TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE HAUNTED MID-ATLANTIC REGION - annual POD & e-antho (Permuted Press); h (fic/poem/art). Pay: $5 + equal shared royalty. Words: ½-6k (50 lines max.). RT: 1 month max. Reprints: no. E-subs: prefers. Elizabeth Blue, Jacob Haddon, Sarah Schoenfeld: Editorial Committee.
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2005, or when filled Publication Date: mid-late 2005
  • TRIANGULATION: End of Time - annual print (PARSEC Ink); any genre, theme (fic/flash). Pay: 2¢/word. Words: <5k (soft). RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: prefers. Pete Butler, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 March 2007 PubDate: 27 July 2007
  • TRIANGULATION: Taking Flight - annual POD (PARSEC Ink); any SpecFic (fic). Pay: 2¢/word +copy. Words: <10k (prefers <5k). RT: <2 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2008PubDate: 25 July 2008
  • TRIANGULATION: Dark Glass - annual print/PDF/POD (PARSEC Ink); any speculative genre (fic). Pay: 2¢/word ($10 min). Words: <5k (not firm). RT: <2 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2009PubDate: 24 July 2009
     
  • TRIANGULATION: End of the Rainbow - annual print/PDF/POD (PARSEC Ink); any speculative genre (fic), theme. Pay: 2¢/word ($10 min). Words: <5k (not firm). RT: <2 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: PREFERS. (QS).
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2010PubDate: July 2010
  • TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC - PDF antho; sf & f. Pays equal share of profits + 2 copies for 1-25k/words (prefers 2-8k). RT: 3 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr., Editor. Submission Hotline ~ e-mail
    Deadline WAS: when filled
  • TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC - one-time POD/e-antho (Cyber Pulp); h/dark, humor OK (fic/poem). Pay: shared 50% net. Words: ½-5k max. RT: 1 month max?. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Nancy Jackson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 November 2004, or until filled Publication Date: 2005
  • TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE.... - e-antho; super-heros (fic). Pays shared 50% royalty for 5-10k words. RT: 1 month or more. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Thomas Deja, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled (NOTE: probably before 31Jun03)
  • TWENTY EPICS - 1-time print (All-Star Stories); any genre (fic/nonfic/poem/music/comics/audio/etc.). Pay: $20-100 (longer gets less). Words: over 10k discouraged (prefers under 5k). RT: by 23May04. Reprints: no. E-subs: foreign only, query 1st. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 21 March 2005 Publication Date: Ca. December 2005
     
  • 2012AD - 1-time print (Severed Press); h/sf (fic/poem/art). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 2-8k. RT: 2-3 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 15 April 2009, or when filledPubDate: mid 2009
  • TWILIGHT TEMPTATIONS - 1-time POD (Simian Publishing); any genre (fic). Pay: $25. Words: 4-10k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes ($5). E-subs: only. Jason Andrew, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: when filled PubDate: Winter 2007
  • TWISTED CAT TALES - 1-time print/e-antho (Oxcart Press); h/f/sf/dark humor, theme: Cats (fic). Pay: shared 40% net. Words: 1½-3½k. RT: 1 week after DL max. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Esther Schrader, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 May 2005 Publication Date: last quarter 2005 (tentative)

  • TWISTED LEGENDS: Urbanized & Unauthorized - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); h/sus (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: ½k-5k. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. .
    Deadline WAS: 2 October 2009PubDate: early 2010
  • THE TWISTED TWINS: Daily Chills Calendar - 1-time print (The Twisted Twins); dark sf/f/h/etc. (fic/nonfic/poem/art). Pay: 1-2% shared royalty. Words: <365. RT: <1 month. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. D.W. Green, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2007 PubDate: Middle 2008

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • UNDAUNTED PRESS -- print chapbook antho for Oct. 2001; Lovecraftian. Pays ¼¢/word + copy for up to 6k words. Cullen Bunn, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2001
  • THE UNDEAD - 1-time POD (Permuted Press); zombie h (fic). Pay: 1 copy. Words: 10k max. RT: soon after DL. Reprints: web pub only. E-subs: . Jacob Kier, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 January 2005 Publication Date: mid 2005
  • THE UNDEAD 2 - 1-time POD/e-antho (Permuted Press); h/sf (fic). Pay: $10 +TP copy. Words: <8k (+1 novella @15k). RT: "When we get to it." Reprints: yes. E-subs: prefers. D.L. Snell & Travis Adkins, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 July 2006, or when filled PubDate: Late 2006

  • UNDER THE BIG TOP Canadian anthology, Tammy Mackenzie, Editor.
  • UNPARALLELED JOURNEYS II - 1-time print (Journey Books); sf (fic). Pay: ½¢/word +copy. Words: 2-6k. RT: after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: prefers. Edward Knight, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 20 June 2007 PubDate: TBA
  • U-NRESTRAINED K-REATIONS: Gritty Horror From the UK - 2004 Cyber Pulp print/CD/e-antho; h (fic). Pay: 50% split royalty. Words: 2-4k. RT: 7-14 days after dl. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Diana Bennett, Editor.
            Deadline WAS: 1 April 2004
     
  • UNSPEAKABLE: A New Breed of Terror - 1-time POD (Blood Bound Books); h (fic). Pay: $5. Words: ¾k-5k. RT: <4 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2010, or when filledPubDate: TBA
  • UNSPEAKABLE HORROR: From the Shadows of the Closet - 1-time print (Dark Scribe Press), GLBT-themed; queer h (fic). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: 1-7½k. RT: query=30-60 days; sub=30-60 days. Reprints: no. E-subs: no, query 1st. Vince A. Liaguno & Chad Helder, Editors.
    Deadlines: queries: 15 May 2008; subs: 30 June 2008PubDate: 4th quarter 2008
  • UNSPEAKABLE LIMERICKS - illustrated poetrybook; f/h/sf (poem). Pays $2 + copy. RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Tyree Campbell & L. A. Story Houry, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 May 2003 Publishing Date: by 30 September 2003
  • UNSPEAKABLE SCIFAIKU - illustrated poetrybook; f/h/sf (poem/art). Pays $2 + copy. RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Teri Santitoro & L. A. Story Houry, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 April 2003 Publishing Date: by 31 July 2003
  • UNTIL SOMEBODY LOSES AN EYE: Tales of Disturbing Humor - 1-time print (Twisted Publishing); dark humor (fic). Pay: 5¢/word +copy. Words: <8k. RT: by 30Jun06. Reprints: query. E-subs: yes. Jeff Strand & John McIlveen, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 May 2006 PubDate: December 2006
  • UNTITLED ANTHOLOGY - 1-time print (TBA); sf/f, no h, must feature Islam or at least 1 positive Muslim character (fic). Pay: 1¢/word (min/max = $10/$40) +copy. Words: no limit. RT: 2-4 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2008 PubDate: April 2008, tentative
  • UNTITLED FEMALE CRIME FICTION ANTHOLOGY - proposed part-charity antho; any genre (fic). Pay: none. Words: 2½-7k (prefers 4-5k). RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: yes. E-subs: yes. Lynne Jamneck, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2003, or when filled
  • THE URBANITE: Surreal & Lively & Bizarre - print antho; dark fiction. Mark McLaughlin, Editor. (No e-address)
  • USBORNE ADVENTURE STORIES - quality print antho; adventure, most genres; age: 9-12 (fic). Pay: competitive. Words: 4-6k. RT: 1 month max. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Tony Bradman, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2003, or until filled
  • USBORNE FANTASY STORIES - quality print antho; fantasy (sf/h elements OK); age: 9-12 (fic). Pay: competitive. Words: 4-6k. RT: 1 month max. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Tony Bradman, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2003, or until filled

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • THE VAULT OF PUNK HORROR - 1-time DIY print; punk h (fic). Pay: exposure/copy. Words: <7k. RT: Feb05. Reprints: query. E-subs: prefers. David Agranoff & Gabriel LLanas, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 31 October 2005 PubDate: late 2006
  • VERMIN - 1-time print (Carnifex Press); h (fic). Pay: 5¢/word. Words: 2-5k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Armand Rosamilia, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2006 PubDate: late 2006
  • VERMIN - 1-time PDF/Kindle (Rymfire eBooks); h (fic). Pay: $3. Words: 2½k-7½k. RT: 6-8 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 July 2009PubDate: 31 October 2009
  • VERTE BRUME: THE ANTHOLOGY OF ABSINTHE - contest to select authors for hard cover print antho; h/dark mys (theme). No fee. Pays Pays 10¢/word + copy & gifts for 3-10k words. Joseph Nassise & John Turi, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 14 February 2003
    Winners announced: 1 March 2003 for August 2003 publishing
  • VICIOUS SHIVERS - trade paperback antho; h & df. Pays 1/4¢/word for 4-8k words (prefers 6k). RT: 3 months max. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Cullen Bunn, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 November 2002 (closed months too early)
  • VINTAGE MOON: Tales of Vampires & Werewolves - 1-time POD & e-antho (Cyber Pulp); h/gothic/df (fic/poem). Pay: shared 50% of net. Words: 1-8k. RT: 4-6 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (.doc/.rtf). Nancy Jackson, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 Mar. 2005, or when filled Publication Date: 2005/2006
  • VIVISECTIONS 1 - trade paperback antho; rage horror. Pays equal amount of shared royalties & copy for up to 5k words. RT: 21Jul02. William P. Simmons, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 21 July 2002
  • VIVISECTIONS 2 - trade paperback antho for Apr03; dark fiction. Pays equal shared royalties + copy for up to 7k words (query if longer). RT: after deadline. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. William P. Simmons, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 December 2002
  • VOICES - 1-time print (Morrigan Books); h/supernat (fic). Pay: $20 +copy. Words: 2-7k. RT: after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2008PubDate: 2008

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • WAR OF THE WORLDS: Frontlines - 1-time POD (Northern Frights Publishing); sf/h/dark/cross genre action (fic). Pay: 1¢/word ($50 max). Words: <8k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 December 2009PubDate: Early 2010
  • WARRIOR WISEWOMAN - annual POD/possible e-antho (Norilana Books); sf featuring powerful women (fic). Pay: 2¢/word/shared royalty/copy. Words: <10k (not firm). RT: rejects=15-30 days; accepts=by 15Feb08. Reprints: no. E-subs: only. Roby James, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2008 PubDate: June 2008
  • WARRIOR WISEWOMAN 2 - annual POD/possible e-antho (Norilana Books); sf featuring powerful women (fic). Pay: 2¢/word/shared royalty/copy. Words: <10k (not firm). RT: rejects=15-30 days; accepts=by 01Jan09. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2008PubDate: June 2009
  • WARRIOR WISEWOMAN 3 - annual TP print/e-antho (Norilana Books); sf featuring powerful women (fic). Pay: 2¢/word/shared royalty/copy. Words: <10k. RT: rejects=15-30 days; accepts=by 01Feb10. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 15 January 2010PubDate: June 2010
     
  • THE WAY OF THE WIZARD - 1-time print (Prime Books); f/sf/h about a user of magic (fic). Pay: 5¢/word +shared royalty/copy ($250 max). Words: <5k (preferred). RT: rejects=quick; finals=Apr/May 2010. Reprints: very selective. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2010PubDate: November 2010
  • WAY OUT WEST - 1-time print/POD (Fourth Horseman Press); weird western (fic). Pay: 1 copy. Words: <12k. RT: 1-3 months. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Adam Chamberlain & Brian A. Dixon, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 30 September 2006 PubDate: 4th quarter 2006
  • WEIRD TRAILS - Pays $150 for up to 5k words. Michael Szymanski, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 31 March 2001
  • WELCOME TO DEVIL'S GULCH - 1-time POD/e-book (RAGE machine Books); weird western (fic). Pay: equal split. Words: 3-15k (pref 5-9k). RT: <30 days. Reprints: query. E-subs: only (doc/rtf). G. W. Thomas, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: until full PubDate: Sep-Oct 2006
  • WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER? [and Other Puppet Plays for Libraries] - 1-time POD (Librarian's Aide, LLC); children's, all genres (puppet plays). Pay: $10 +copy. Words: <1k. RT: <4 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 9 November 2009PubDate: 5 January 2010
  • WHEN DARKNESS ANSWERS - print antho; supernatural threat, psychological horror, surrealism, slipstream. Pays royalties for 3-4k words. William P. Simmons, Editor.
    Deadline was: June, or until filled.
     
  • WHILE THE MORNING STARS SING: An Anthology of Spiritually Infused Speculative Fiction - 1-time print/POD/PDF (ResAliens Press); sf/f/supernat/spec (fic). Pay: $5. Words: 1½k-6k. RT: by 01Mar10. Reprints: query. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2010PubDate: May 2010
  • 2006 WHISPERING SPIRITS EZINE ANTHOLOGY - 1-time e-book (? print); ghost/supernat (fic). Pay: $5 +copy. Words: <5k. RT: 31Aug-15Sep 06. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Diana Cacy Hawkins, Managing Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2006 PubDate: January 2007
  • WHO DIED IN HERE? - print antho; mys/humor (fic). Pay: $25. Words: ½-2½k. RT: ?. Reprints: query. E-subs: no.
    Deadline WAS: 20 August 2003
     
  • A WHODUNIT HALLOWEEN - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); h/sus/df/humor (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 1½k-5k. RT: 2-4 weeks after DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: PREFERS. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 15 April 2010PubDate: September 2010
  • WHO KILLED THE EASTER BUNNY? - Easter theme e-antho; H, Mys, Crime, or Black Humor. No pay for up to 5k words. RT: 2 weeks max. John B. Ford, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 16 March 2002
  • WHY I HATE ALIENS - e-antho from new publisher Bay Laural Ebooks (Speculon); SF & mixed SF. Pays 50% royalties, prorated based on length, for up to 7½k words (reprints OK). RT: Rejects: 5-10 days; Accepts: around deadline. Marissa K. Lingen, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 February 2002
  • WICKED GLUTTONY - yearly print antho; h. Pays $25 + royalty & 2 copies for 12-20k words. Jon Hodges, Editor. See also Wicked Hollow.
  • WICKED LITTLE GIRLS - print antho for Jan03; theme is the title. Pays 1 copy for up to 1k words (40 lines). RT: 1-2 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: yes. Christina Sng, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 February 2003
  • WINGSEPRESS, INC. - print & eBooks; most genres (no erotica) (fic). Pay: 30% royalty. Words: to 150k. RT: 7-90 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: query w/ brief synopsis 1st. Belinda Palmer, Marketing Director. E-subs & Info
  • WOLFSONG - 1-time POD/PDF (WolfSinger Publications); sf/f (fic). Pay: $5 +shared 50% royalty. Words: 2-7½k. RT: 3-4 months after DL. Reprints: yes. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2008PubDate: Fall 2008
  • WORDHOUSE: Songs & Stories - 1-time POD/e-book/mp3/podcast (MWS Media); lit., any genre (fic). Pay: $5 + 50% share. Words: 2-10k. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: query. E-subs: only. Matthew Wayne Selznick, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2007 PubDate: June 2007
  • THE WORKERS' PARADISE - 1-time print (Ticonderoga Publications); all speculative (fic) Open to AUS writers, others query. Pay: AUS1½¢/word. Words: 1-7k. RT: <1 month. Reprints: query. E-subs: yes. Russell B. Farr & Nick Evans, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 1 August 2006 PubDate: 17 October 2006

  • THE WORLD IS DEAD - 1-time POD (Permuted Press); h (fic). Pay: 1¢/word. Words: 2-8k. RT: rejects=ASAP, 1st cut=Sep08. Reprints: yes @ ½¢/word. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 August 2008PubDate: early 2009
     
  • WYVERN PUBLICATIONS ANTHOLOGY - annual POD (Wyvern Publications), theme: mermaids & sea monsters; most genres, for teens (fic). Pay: shared royalty +copy. Words: 2k-5k. RT: 3-6 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: YES. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2010PubDate: 1 November 2010

    DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OF THESE MARKETS!

  • THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY & HORROR 16 - annual reprint antho; f & h. Pays pro rates for stories published in 2002. Reprints: only. E-subs: no. Ellen Datlow (h) & Terri Windling (f), Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2002
  • THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 17 - annual print antho; h/f (fic). Pay: pro rates. Words: no limits. RT: January 2004. Reprints: only. E-subs: no. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, & Gavin Grant, Editors.
    Deadline WAS: 15 December 2003
  • THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 19 - annual print antho; h/f (fic/nonfic). Pay: pro rates. Words: no limits. RT: January 2005. Reprints: only. E-subs: no. Ellen Datlow (h), Kelly Link, & Gavin Grant (f), Editors.
    Story Deadline WAS: 15 December 2005 "Odds and Ends" Material Deadline WAS: 30 January 2006
  • THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 21 - annual print (St. Martin's Press); odde & ends (nonfic), for works published in 2007. Words: short. E-subs: no. Ellen Datlow, Horror Editor. Kelly Link/Gavin Grant, Fantasy Editors.
    Story Deadline WAS: CLOSED "Odds & Ends" Material Deadline WAS: 30 January 2008
  • THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 22 - annual print (St. Martin's Press); "Best of" (fic) & "Odds & Ends" (nonfic), for works published in 2008. Pay: pro rates. Words: no limits. RT: January 2009. Reprints: only. E-subs: no. Ellen Datlow, Horror Editor. Kelly Link/Gavin Grant, Fantasy Editors.
    Story Deadline WAS: 15 December 2008 "Odds & Ends" Deadline WAS: 30 January 2009
  • YEAR'S BEST LESBIAN FICTION - 1-time POD (Bedazzled Ink); any genres except eortica (fic). Pay: NZ$25 +copy. Words: <12½k. RT: <Apr09, only responds to accepted stories. Reprints: only. E-subs: ONLY/ONLINE FORM. .
    Deadline WAS: 31 January 2009PubDate: June 2009

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  • ZERO GRAVITY: Adventures in Deep Space - 1-time POD (Pill Hill Press); sf (fic). Pay: $25 +copy. Words: 2½k-15k. RT: <2 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 30 June 2010PubDate: Summer 2010
     
  • ZOMBIALITY: A Queer Bent on the Undead - 1-time print (Library Of The Living Dead Press); GLBT h(zombies) & GLBT (fic), no porn or extreme erotic. Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 3k-9k. RT: <DL. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (QS).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 27 June 2010PubDate: TBA
     
  • ZOMBIDAYS: Festivities of the Flesheaters - 1-time print (Library of the Living Dead Press); h, zombie only (fic), theme (see GLs). Pay: 1¢/word +copy. Words: 4k-8k. RT: TBA. Reprints: no. E-subs: ONLY. (Q).   [Top]
    Deadline WAS: 5 April 2010PubDate: TBA
  • ZOMBIE AID - 1-time charity e-antho; h, zombie (fic). Pay: copy. Words: 1-7k. RT: 30 days. Reprints: yes. E-subs: only. Cavan Scott, Editor.
    Deadline WAS: 1 September 2005 Publication Date: November 2005
  • ZOMBIE ANTHO (Title TBA) - 1-time print/POD (Altair Australia Books); all genres, zombie theme (fic). Pay: AU$50. Words: 3-7k. RT: <5 weeks. Reprints: no. E-subs: NONE!. Robert N. Stephenson, Editor (no e-mail).
    Deadline WAS: 1 May 2007 (Strict) PubDate: October 2007
     
  • THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES: Volume One - annual print/DVD/BlueRay (Solaris Marketing); zombie h/f/humor/etc (fic/poem/art/comics/video/film). Pay: 5% of sales. Words: <10k. RT: unsure. Reprints: yes, if you have the rights. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 1 March 2010PubDate: 20 May 2010
  • ZOMBIE ZOOLOGY: A Natural History of Zombies - 1-time POD (Severed Press); h/sf (fic). Pay: 1¢/word +1 copy. Words: 2k-8k. RT: <3 months. Reprints: yes, but unlikely. E-subs: ONLY. .
    Deadline WAS: 30 January 2010PubDate: Mid 2010
  • ZOMBONAUTS: an Anthology of Zombies in Space - 1-time POD/Kindle/Audio (Library of the Living Dead Press & Library of Horror Press); h, zombie sf (fic). Pay: shorts=1¢/word +copy, novels=25% royalty +10 copies. Words: shorts=<9k, novels=<120k. RT: immediate. Reprints: query. E-subs: YES. .
    Deadline WAS: PASSEDPubDate: August 2009

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