As always, for more information, Google the publication's name and go to its 'How to Submit' section
Smoking Pen Press: A Kiss and a Promise (working title)
They want romance stories for this anthology. The stories can be contemporary, regency, futuristic, paranormal, historical, fantasy, humor or any other kind of romance, except erotica.
Deadline: 14 February 2018
Length: 7,000-12,000 words
Pay: $25 or copies
Darkhouse Books: Libraries and Librarians
This anthology will feature cozy to cozy-noir stories featuring libraries and librarians. They accept reprints.
Deadline: 28 February 2018
Length: 2,500-5,000 words
Pay: Royalty split
Darkhouse Books: Sanctuary
For this anthology they want poetry, flash, short fiction, and creative nonfiction reflecting the theme of sanctuary, refuge, shelter, or asylum, from the perspective of those offering, seeking, denying, or destroying it. They are leaning towards the literary but all genres are accepted. They accept reprints.
Deadline: 28 February 2018
Length: Up to five poems and/or two prose pieces
Pay: Royalty split
Starbooks: The Power of the Paw
They want authors’ dog adoption or rescue stories, along with photos. With this anthology, the editors want to bring awareness and raise funds to support the organizations who help get dogs off the street, into ‘no kill’ shelters, out of abusive situations and shut down puppy mills. This anthology will be the first in a series; next up is Cats, The Power of the Purr.
Deadline: 31 March 2018
Length: Unspecified
Pay: Unspecified
Over My Dead Body! The Mystery Magazine
They publish a wide variety of mystery-related manuscripts, from cozy to hardboiled, and everything in between. They also accept nonfiction: mystery-related author interviews/ profiles and articles. Mystery-related travel pieces will also be considered. (For example: travel article about the Reichenbach Falls of Sherlock Holmes fame.) Query first.
Deadline: Rolling
Length: Up to 500 words for nonfiction; 750-4,000 words for fiction
Pay: $0.01/word for fiction; $10-25 for nonfiction
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