Larry, grateful I am for the setup and for the last of the Danish Scott brought in yesterday. Yeah, it was a bit stiff but still tasty. Of course, Sarah's cookies are the candle on top of the cake
TG, it's great having you over here amongst us. Between Mendalla and Larry, ((btw, probably a good place for you to avoid) the coffee is always hot and usually drinkable while the kettle is full of the finest hot aqua in these parts..
All that talk has done gone and flung a cravin' on me. Think I'll grab some of that coffee and a handful of cookies and go sit under the Western Auto window air conditioner.
Later, y'all.
Think I'll
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It's morning out here on the desert -- do you know where your muse went? ;)
My brand-spanking new computer is back complete with a new hard drive. Now to get everything rejiggered and then learn how to muck my way through the new and/or updated programs. Don't know what I did as a child to deserve all this but it must have been very interesting.
As for being depressed, these days that's what passes for 'normal' even if you haven't had a tooth pulled out through one of your ears.
Coffee and cookies are in my immediate future. Later.
My brand-spanking new computer is back complete with a new hard drive. Now to get everything rejiggered and then learn how to muck my way through the new and/or updated programs. Don't know what I did as a child to deserve all this but it must have been very interesting.
As for being depressed, these days that's what passes for 'normal' even if you haven't had a tooth pulled out through one of your ears.
Coffee and cookies are in my immediate future. Later.
(Waves in the general direction of Australia.) Hi ya, Ms E! Got a question for you about your admonition to 'Be kind'. a fine thought, imo, but I'm wondering what sort of 'kind' you had in mind. Clarification would be 'depreciated'. ;)
Got a fresh pot of coffee and a kettle full of hot water for our tea sippers, coco-heads, and those looking to invigorate their Ramen noodles.
Sara, many thanks for the cookies.
And in the immortal words of the cartoon character 'Snagglepuss the Tiger' while exiting stage left, "TTFN" (ta-ta-for-now).
Got a fresh pot of coffee and a kettle full of hot water for our tea sippers, coco-heads, and those looking to invigorate their Ramen noodles.
Sara, many thanks for the cookies.
And in the immortal words of the cartoon character 'Snagglepuss the Tiger' while exiting stage left, "TTFN" (ta-ta-for-now).
What's with all this talk about tea? You'd think this was a road show version of 'Tea House of the August Moon' or some such.
BTW, thanks to my tireless research, I'm here to tell y'all that here on the first day in August,the moon is in a Waxing Gibbous phase and will rise about sunset around here. No charge for that lunar service.
Now that I've acted the fool, I'll grab a cup of coffee and a couple cookies and go sit in the corner. ;) Later.
BTW, thanks to my tireless research, I'm here to tell y'all that here on the first day in August,the moon is in a Waxing Gibbous phase and will rise about sunset around here. No charge for that lunar service.
Now that I've acted the fool, I'll grab a cup of coffee and a couple cookies and go sit in the corner. ;) Later.
The Rumple-unit stumbles in through the back door which was, once again, not locked, forgets, once again, to turn on the lights, weaves his way to the coffee maker, prepares it in the approved manner, sets the kettle to kettling, then grabs some of Sarah's cookies to munch on while waiting for results.)
You know, following Etaira is a bit like coming on stage after the circus has exited to thunderous applause.
Hope all who enter a full of that old time TGIF spirit. If not, well, the coffee's ready for consumption and there may be a cookie or two left. Later.
You know, following Etaira is a bit like coming on stage after the circus has exited to thunderous applause.
Hope all who enter a full of that old time TGIF spirit. If not, well, the coffee's ready for consumption and there may be a cookie or two left. Later.
Morning, Larry and greetings to all others who come stumbling in no matter the hour.
Since Sarah has the cookie situation covered and the aforementioned Survivor has gotten the coffee situation in hand, or mug as the case probably is, I'm gonna partake of both and go out and try to make of nuisance of myself. Company is welcome. ;)
HUGS to all who enter -- unless you dodge first.
Since Sarah has the cookie situation covered and the aforementioned Survivor has gotten the coffee situation in hand, or mug as the case probably is, I'm gonna partake of both and go out and try to make of nuisance of myself. Company is welcome. ;)
HUGS to all who enter -- unless you dodge first.
Ms Fielding, don't know about you, but I'm beginning to think Atairi might be a keeper, but only if she manages to crank out a bit more enthusiasm. ;)
Not sure how it happened, but there's a pot full of steaming coffee and a kettle of hot water just waiting to be of service. Me, I managed to find a few (dozen) Sarah cookies to go with my coffee, so all is jes' fine out here in the desert.
Not sure how it happened, but there's a pot full of steaming coffee and a kettle of hot water just waiting to be of service. Me, I managed to find a few (dozen) Sarah cookies to go with my coffee, so all is jes' fine out here in the desert.
Welcome and a big 'How's by you?' to all who wander in looking for caffine and cookies. Me, I'm all excited at the thought the Men-Man might install a honest-to-goodness popcorn popping machine. 
Ffor the time being, however, this is still a coffee shop and tea sippers sanctuary so I'll get the coffee pot and tea kettle up and doing their thing, then scrounge around for the extra stash of cookies Sara has tucked away for emergencies.
(slurp) Dang coffee ain't half-bad if I do say so myself. Later, agitators.
Ffor the time being, however, this is still a coffee shop and tea sippers sanctuary so I'll get the coffee pot and tea kettle up and doing their thing, then scrounge around for the extra stash of cookies Sara has tucked away for emergencies.
(slurp) Dang coffee ain't half-bad if I do say so myself. Later, agitators.
How you all are? Had some rain yesterday here in the old valley of the sun. Kept temps in the nineties which makes for a nice break from the long string of 100s.
The good news is I'm no longer trying to come to terms with my new computer and its load of upgraded an/or new software. The bad news is this relief is due to the thing crashing on me yesterday complete with the fabled 'blue screen of death'. Fortunately, my old computer was waiting in the closet to be rigged up and is now doing like some baseball relief pitcher.
There's now a full pot of fresh brewed coffee along with a tea kettle waiting to be of service in a kettle sort of way.
The cookie jars are no longer filled to overflowing with Sara's super snacks. Not saying why but y'all ignore the trail of cookie crumbs following me as I stet outside to commune with nature and whatever else might be lurking thereabouts.
Later, y'all.
The good news is I'm no longer trying to come to terms with my new computer and its load of upgraded an/or new software. The bad news is this relief is due to the thing crashing on me yesterday complete with the fabled 'blue screen of death'. Fortunately, my old computer was waiting in the closet to be rigged up and is now doing like some baseball relief pitcher.
There's now a full pot of fresh brewed coffee along with a tea kettle waiting to be of service in a kettle sort of way.
The cookie jars are no longer filled to overflowing with Sara's super snacks. Not saying why but y'all ignore the trail of cookie crumbs following me as I stet outside to commune with nature and whatever else might be lurking thereabouts.
Later, y'all.
Ms E, you've had just about more on your plate recently than a body could say grace over. For all you've had to put up with and for the classy way you've handled all that travail, here's a big cyber HUG.
Of course, that apple crumb is also a major goodness, imo. ;)
The coffee pot is full of caffinated bliss even if I did make it my own self. There's also a tea kettle full of simmering hot water for the tea sippers among us. Help yourself.
Of course, that apple crumb is also a major goodness, imo. ;)
The coffee pot is full of caffinated bliss even if I did make it my own self. There's also a tea kettle full of simmering hot water for the tea sippers among us. Help yourself.
Ah, the Sweet E has come and gone and on a day when I was otherwise occupied. 
Just more proof life can be cruel to the young and beautiful and a total bitch to the rest of us. ;)
Sarah, don't know how you hilltoppers are doing, but down here in the valley, the low temps are something like 91f which,IMO, is NOT a goodness.
Think I'll make some iced coffee, grab a few cookies and go sit in the chest-high freezer for awhile.
Y'all don't be a fool -- stay cool -- at least on this side of the equator.
Just more proof life can be cruel to the young and beautiful and a total bitch to the rest of us. ;)Sarah, don't know how you hilltoppers are doing, but down here in the valley, the low temps are something like 91f which,IMO, is NOT a goodness.
Think I'll make some iced coffee, grab a few cookies and go sit in the chest-high freezer for awhile.
Y'all don't be a fool -- stay cool -- at least on this side of the equator.
A Saturday salute to Larry, Scott, and dang near anyone else who shows up and doesn't take all the cookies. And speaking of cookies, I'm gonna follow our leader's example when it comes to picking out a few but will go with coffee instead of tea.
BTW, Scott your news about the nest of baby robins is way cool, imo. Please keep us posted.
BTW, Scott your news about the nest of baby robins is way cool, imo. Please keep us posted.
The Big E has come and gone. Hope the rascal comes back soon and remind us what cold feels like. ;)
Larry, the temp down here is supposed to be around 116f this weekend. Take my word for it, the humidity may be low but that sort of temp tends to kick thing up from dry heat to scalding HOT. hatitT.
As for C19 stats, about the only thing folks around here can be thankful for is not living in Texas, especially in or about Houston.
Think I'll concoct a batch of iced coffee, grab some of Sarah's cookies and sit under the old window A/C unit and hope it keeps working.
and gone. Hope the rascal comes back soon and remind us what cold feels like. ;)Larry, the temp down here is supposed to be around 116f this weekend. Take my word for it, the humidity may be low but that sort of temp tends to kick thing up from dry heat to scalding HOT. hatitT.
As for C19 stats, about the only thing folks around here can be thankful for is not living in Texas, especially in or about Houston.
Think I'll concoct a batch of iced coffee, grab some of Sarah's cookies and sit under the old window A/C unit and hope it keeps working.
Evening, y'all. This has been one of those days. I've tried and failed several times to post a new list on the Contests and Calls for Subs forum. I'd planned to then stop by to announce my good deed then check out the gossip while working on a few cookies. Sad to say, all my efforts were in vain until now.
But being of stout heart and big stomach, I'll grab a few of those day-old cookies plus a few of the ones to celebrate the life of old Charlie Daniels then fold my tent and slip off into the desert to eat 'em while nursing my wounds. ;)
But being of stout heart and big stomach, I'll grab a few of those day-old cookies plus a few of the ones to celebrate the life of old Charlie Daniels then fold my tent and slip off into the desert to eat 'em while nursing my wounds. ;)
These are 24 themed, paying submission calls for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in the 21 markets listed here. Some themes are: the year of the virus; alternate endings; tales of the sea; a multiplicity of futures; omens; with blood and ash (elemental magic); Isms; and tales of the Wendigo. There are also some themed contests for writers at the end, and none charge a submission fee.
THEMED SUBMISSION CALLS
Owl Hollow Press: The Year of the Virus
They want stories about viruses, real and imagined – see guidelines for details about past pandemic and virus literature. Stories can be in any genre.
Deadline: 10 July 2020
Length: Up to 7,500 words
Pay: $50
Details here.
Interstellar Flight Press: Alternate Endings
This is a call for writers of color. Their guidelines say, “For the rest of 2020, we’re asking writers to reimagine our world for the better. We’re looking for flash fiction stories from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) writers who re-envision the future.” They want stories in speculative genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, or any interpretation of these that fits the theme. Writers can submit up to three pieces. Collaborative pieces by multiple writers are welcome. In the case of multiple writers, payment will be split between collaborators. For this call, they’re accepting optional donations, which will go to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Deadline: 10 July 2020
Length: Up to 1,000 words
Pay: $80
Details here.
Cricket Media: Tales of the Sea
They want stories on ‘Tales of the Sea’ for Cricket, their flagship magazine for children ages 9-14. They want “seaworthy fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for the theme of tales of the sea. Time and tide wait for no one, so shiver your timbers and send us your best stories of pirate raids and stowaways, mythical monsters of the deep, scientific expeditions, tragic shipwrecks, and daring rescues.” Non-themed submissions are open as well. The magazine also accepts other genres, like nonfiction and poetry, and puzzles, games, and activities.
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Length: Up to 1,800 words for fiction (can serialize longer works); 1,200-1,800 words for nonfiction; generally 8-15 lines for poetry (can be shorter or longer)
Pay: Up to 0.25/word for fiction and nonfiction; $3/line for poetry; $75 for activities and recipes
Details here.
Dreamforge Magazine: Hope of the Big Idea
They want positive stories demonstrating the triumph of the human spirit and the power of hope and humane values in overcoming the most daunting challenges. They want science fiction and fantasy, but no horror. Their theme is the ‘Hope of the Big Idea’ – “Which means we’d like to see stories that call upon powerful new visions of how life could be shaped for the better either through technological or social change, or both”, according to guidelines. They can include themes of rebuilding or starting fresh. Stories can be serious, lighthearted, or funny. They also publish speculative poetry.
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Length: Flash Fiction & Poetry: 100 – 1,500 words; Short Stories: 2,000 – 7,500 words; Novelettes: 7,500 – 15,000 words (want to see more flash fiction; in general, want works of 5,000 words or fewer)
Pay: $0.04-0.08/word for fiction (see guidelines); $25-100 for poems and micro-stories
Details here.
Augur Magazine: A Multiplicity of Futures
This Canadian speculative fiction magazine is reading on ‘A Multiplicity of Futures’ theme. They are especially looking for the following genres and themes: Afrofuturism, soft scifi, scifi-fabulism, scifi-fantasy, Indigenous futurity, hopepunk, dystopia, utopia, post-apoc, solarpunk, scifi-realism, Canadian scifi, ecofiction, and “hopeful futures”. Their guidelines say, “We are hoping to position stories and poetry that centre on trauma, systemic oppression and harm alongside pieces that examine hope, better futures, and quiet bildungsromans. We are also interested in pieces that tackle both sides of this coin.” Pandemic stories will receive an automatic rejection, and hard scifi will be a hard sell. They are mostly interested in deeply human and character-driven narratives – see guidelines for detailed submissions.
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 5 pages of poetry
Pay: $0.11/word for fiction, $60 for poetry (Canadian dollars)
Details here.
The Bare Life Review: The Climate Issue
They are reading work on the Climate theme. The magazine publishes work by immigrant and refugee authors – from foreign-born authors living in the US, and writers living abroad who currently hold refugee and/or asylum-seeker status. And for this issue only, they have amended the eligibility rules to include non-immigrant writers who have experienced displacement as a result of climate disaster. They accept fiction, non-fiction, and poetry – the work may, but need not, deal explicitly with issues of immigration, exile, or refuge. They welcome translations. American-born translators may submit work by eligible writers, but in such cases payment must be issued to the author.
Deadline: 15 July 2020 (extended)
Length: Fiction and non-fiction up to 8,000 words for print; 3-5 poems, up to 10 pages in total
Pay: $750 for full-length prose pieces, $300 for accepted poems or shorter prose, $100 for online nonfiction
Details here.
A Public Space
Their guidelines say, “Memory is a tricky thing. Whether it’s obsessing over our failures, surveying the tokens that trigger us, or considering our past and where we come from, our memories, collective and individual, can tell us about ourselves. Why do we hold onto certain things—failures, archival materials, family trauma—and not others? …submit prose, fiction or nonfiction, that thinks about inheritance or legacy, broadly considers memory, or incorporates archival history.”
Deadline: 20 July 2020
Length: 1,500-10,000 words
Pay: Honorarium
Details here.
ArabLit Quarterly: Cats
ArabLit is a quarterly magazine that brings together Arabic literature, essays, wordplay, art, music, and food in translation. Their Fall 2020 issue will focus on Cats. They’re looking for Cat-focused writing, however it may be interpreted. They do not take fiction and poetry originally written in English; translations only. Regular features include: #TranslateThis; Open Letter to a Late Author; Literary Playlist; Food for Reading; Judge a Book By Its Cover; Literary Map (this can be a collaboration with their Art Director). They also accept translations of: short stories, poetry, playtexts, commix, and texts that play with genres. They’re accepting pitches as well as complete works – see guidelines for the regular features, and the kind of work they publish.
Deadline: 20 July for pitches, 20 August 2020 for complete drafts
Length: 100-10,000 words for fiction; unspecified for others
Pay: $15/page
Details here.
(And see this link for details of the ArabLit Short Story Prize; the deadline is 15 July 2020.)
Antimony and Elder Lace Press: Omens; To Live Again
They are reading fiction submissions on two themes.
— Omens: Their guidelines say, “The idea of seeing the future or having warnings of what is to come is an idea that spans nearly every culture. Whether the omens are good or bad, there is the potential to affect us all.
To be considered, your story must deal with the idea of omens in some fashion.” The deadline is 25 July 2020 for this theme.
— To Live Again…: Their guidelines say, “Who doesn’t want to live again? The idea of resurrection and conquering death is something that can be seen in many myths and legends of cultures around the world. This anthology will deal with the idea of resurrection, and of course, it’s aftermath.” The deadline is 25 December 2020 for this theme.
Deadlines: See above
Length: 1,000-7,500 words
Pay: $0.01/word + Royalties
Details here.
Mysterion: Christian speculative fiction
They want speculative fiction – science fiction, fantasy, and horror – with Christian themes, characters or cosmology. Their guidelines say, “The story must engage with Christianity. We want stories with Christian characters whose faith affects their actions, with Christian themes such as grace and redemption, or with a Christian view of the supernatural. Note that we’re not saying that you must be a Christian. We are not in a position to judge your faith and won’t try, and we welcome submissions from authors of all backgrounds and perspectives. Nor does your story need to be unambiguously pro-Christian.” They also accept translations and reprints.
Deadline: 31 July 2020
Length: Up to 9,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here.
Feral Cat Publishers: Dear Leader Tales Anthology
They want fiction and poetry for their anthology, ‘Dear Leader Tales’. They want stories of a humorous or satirical bent which illustrate or lampoon an emperor’s hubris (and lack of clothing). They don’t want any real life current or past Dear Leaders named directly, but their known foibles are fair game. Examples beyond the political include CEOs who constantly quote Sun Tzu or Machiavelli incorrectly, cats plotting to overthrow their human overlords, in short anywhere clueless oppressors operate. They also accept reprints.
Deadline: 31 July 2020
Length: 1,000-5,000 words
Pay: $0.03/word for fiction, $25 for poetry
Details here.
Third Flatiron: Brain Games – Stories to Astonish
They want science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk, cyberpunk, mythology, and satire fiction for this anthology. Their guidelines say, “The left side of the brain is associated with logical and analytical characteristics, while the right brain with creativity. We’d welcome stories from both sides of the brain. Stories could feature puzzle solving and ingenuity, inverted tv tropes, inventions (clockwork, practical, or Rube Goldberg), masterful creations (like JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations), and social commentary”.
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Length: 1,500-3,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here (scroll down for theme details) and here (general guidelines).
Violent Vixens: An Homage to Grindhouse Horror
This fiction anthology will focus on Grindhouse horror films, made famous by movies such as Night of the Living Dead, Death Proof, and Suspiria. This genre encompasses different styles and mashups, but they want to focus only on Grindhouse horror stories featuring a strong female lead, who may be the protagonist or the antagonist. Submissions can focus on Giallo/Slasher, Sci-fi Horror, 80’s Splatter, Japanese Body Horror, 50’s B-Movie Creature Feature, Southern Gothic, Satanic Cult, Lost World, Lost Tribe. Other sub-genres could apply as well, but must have a strong horror connection, including: Carsploitation, Blacksploitation, Spaghetti Western, Women in Prison, Vigilante, etc. The editors tend to lean more toward fun, action-oriented stories like Army of Darkness, Planet Terror, and Blood Drive over anything too serious and brooding. They encourage genre mashups.
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Length: 2,000-8,000 words
Pay: $50
Details here.
Claw & Blossom Equinox Issue: Rise
This is a quarterly online journal of short prose and poems that touch upon the natural world. They are reading work for issue 6 (the Equinox issue), and the theme is ‘Rise’. The work must contain elements of the natural world – this need not be the main focus, but it should have a distinct and relevant narrative presence. Regarding poetry, they are partial to free verse, and aren’t keen on traditional forms.
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Length: Up to 1,000 words for prose, one poem
Pay: $25
Details here.
Cemetery Gates Media: Personal Local Lore/Oddities Anthology
This is a horror fiction anthology on your personal local lore/oddities. Their guidelines say, “Write something dark into a setting you’ve experienced — it could be a place you’ve lived, or even just somewhere you’ve visited on a vacation. Is there a landmark in your town that you can write a nightmare into? Have you ever legend tripped somewhere and thought, well, that cave, mausoleum, torture tree was neat, but I wish there was more to the story?” Also, “In our fifth year of publishing we’re looking to expand our reach into 21st Century folklore, urban legends, and the space between creepypasta and literary horror.” The submission window may close earlier than expected because they will begin accepting work before the deadline.
Deadline: 1 August 2020, or until filled
Length: 3,000-6,000 words
Pay: $0.05/word
Details here.
Lethe Press: Burly Tales
They want short stories and novellettes that adapt classic fairy tales, but populated with gay Bears – “Strapping heroes are fine as long as they are stout.” All the stories should have a measure of whimsy and/or wonder, and be romantic with a happily ever after or happy-for-now ending. Also, “Erotic content is not a necessity but our burly men should be sex-positive about their lives.” Writers are advised to check the site before sending their stories to avoid doubling up of fairy tale ideas. They also accept reprints.
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Length: 5,000-15,000 words
Pay: $0.05/word
Details here.
The First Line: Two themes
For this quarterly journal, they want a short story beginning with a pre-set first line.
— For the Fall issue, it is: ‘The Simmons public library was a melting pot of the haves and have-nots, a mixture of homeless people and the wealthy older residents of the nearby neighbourhood.’ The deadline is 1 August 2020 for this theme.
— For the Winter issue, it is: ‘Loud music filled the room, making it hard to hear anything else.’ The deadline is 1 November 2020 for this theme.
They are open to all fiction genres. They also accept poetry and nonfiction. For nonfiction, they want critical essays about your favorite first line from a literary work.
Deadlines: See above
Length: 300-5,000 words for fiction; 500-800 words for nonfiction
Pay: $25-50 for fiction, $25 for nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry
Details here.
Eerie River Publishing: With Blood and Ash; It Calls From the Sea
They are reading fiction for two anthologies.
— With Blood and Ash: They want stories of Elemental Magic – earth, wind, fire, water and spirit. Dark versus light. Their guidelines say, “We are giving a lot of leeway for story building, but magic must play an integral part in your world and there must be a dark fantasy element. Create a fantasy world for this to all play out in, or build something in ours. The choice is yours. The only requirement is that you must feature elemental magic.
Fae and other realms, magic and witches, dragons or orcs, all magical and fantastic creatures are welcome.” Stories should be 5,000-15,000 words, and the pay is CAD25. The deadline is 1 August 2020 for this theme.
— It Calls From the Sea: They want horror stories of the sea. Their guidelines say, “Bring me your shipwrecks, your lost passengers and mysterious creatures. Tantalize me with gripping tales of horror and drown me in tears of sorrow as we discover what lies within the deepest crevasses of the ocean or in the innocent creek. … Be it real or mythological creatures of lore that attacks, make our hearts race and our nightmares come alive. We also want it to be within our reality, so please keep your stories on our earth. If you are doing a future earth story, we would still like it within our relative timeline, so don’t go too far into the future.” Stories should be 2,000-8,000 words, and the pay is CAD10-20. The deadline is 15 September 2020 for this theme.
Deadlines: See above
Length: See above
Pay: See above
Details here.
Sub-Terrain Magazine: Isms
They accept fiction, creative nonfiction, commentary, social or otherwise, and poetry. For the Isms theme their guidelines say, “In a time of acute social activism, and some might say, division, issue #87 invites writers to ponder “isms.” Racism, classism, conservatism, pacifism, feminism, sexism, atheism, capitalism, dualism, fascism, neoliberalism, optimism, populism, etcetera.” Online submissions are charged, but there is no fee for mailed submissions.
Deadline: 7 August 2020
Length: Up to 3,000 words for fiction, up 4,000 words for creative non-fiction and social commentary
Pay: CAD0.10/word for prose up to CAD500, CAD50/poem
Details here.
The New Gothic Review
They are now open for submissions for their second issue. They want short stories that embrace and reimagine Gothic fiction for the 21st century. They want compelling plots with a strong literary bend; eerie atmosphere is key, and stories with Weird elements are welcome. They want some terror and horror, but this is not a horror fiction outlet. They don’t want stories that contain gruesome violence, gore, or explicit sexual content, fantasy, strong science fiction, or true crime stories.
Deadline: 15 August 2020
Length: 1,500-6,500 words
Pay: $30
Details here.
Consumed: Tales of the Wendigo
They want stories of the Wendigo. The point of view could be a person becoming the Wendigo, from a Wendigo, pursued by a Wendigo, or a witness to a Wendigo-esque situation unfolding. Submissions may cover cannibalism, lust, plague, war, anxiety, greed, power, or any topic a person or animal could become obsessed with. Submissions do not have to have characters turn into a literal Wendigo, nor do writers have to use the term Wendigo. Character(s) must go through some sort of a transformation due to the “hunger.” They just ask that authors use the core concept of the Wendigo as inspiration for their story.
Deadline: 15 August 2020
Length: 3,000-12,000 words
Pay: $20 for the first 3,000 words, half a cent per word after that
Details here.
THEMED CONTESTS
The H G Wells Short Story Competition: Vision
This is a short story contest on the theme of ‘Vision’, of 1,500-5,000 words. There is no fee for those under 21 years.
Value: £1,000 for the Junior Award (under 21)
Deadline: 6 July 2020
Open for: All writers
Details here.
The 6th Singapore Poetry Contest: Singapore
This contest is for anyone who isn’t a Singapore citizen/permanent resident. Poems should contain the word ‘Singapore’ (or its variants) in some creative manner. Poems don’t have to be about Singapore; in fact, the organizers prefer that poems not be about Singapore. Submit up to three poems.
Value: SGD100, SGD50, SGD20; winners nominated for the Hawker Prize, worth SGD1,500
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Open for: Poets who are not citizens or permanent residents of Singapore
Details here.
(The page also has details of the Singapore Unbound Relief Fund for creative writers who are Singapore citizens or permanent residents, a no-strings-attached fund of $200, or SGD280).
Origami Poems Project: Kindness 2020 Contest
This is their third contest on the theme of Kindness. They want to read poems that give insight and perspective on the qualities that make us better companions to one another.
Value: $100
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Open for: All poets
Details here.
2020 ArabLit Story Prize
This is an award for the best short stories, in any genre, newly translated from Arabic into English. Translators must have rights to the work, and translations must have been previously unpublished. Stories will be judged primarily on the quality of the translated work as a thing-in-itself, although translators must also submit the Arabic original, as this must be a translation, not a loose adaptation nor a work written originally in English.
Value: $500, split between the author and translator
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Open for: All translators
Details here.
(Also see this link for the forthcoming ArabLit Quarterly issue with the Cats theme; the deadline for pitches is 20 July 2020.)
The McGraw Business Journalism Fellowship
The McGraw Fellowship provides editorial and financial support to journalists who need the time and resources to produce a significant investigative or enterprise story that provides fresh insight into an important business, financial or economic topic. They accept applications for in-depth text, video or audio pieces, and they encourage proposals that take advantage of more than one storytelling form to create a multimedia package. This is not a residency Fellowship. All Fellows work from their own offices. It is open to anyone with at least five years professional experience in journalism. Freelance journalists, as well as reporters and editors currently working at a news organization or a journalism non-profit, may apply. Applicants should submit a story proposal of no more than three pages. The applications are open twice annually.
Value: Grants of up to $15,000
Deadline: 17 July 2020 – “However, we will consider time-sensitive projects on a case-by-case basis outside of the deadline periods.”
Open for: Anyone with at least five years of experience in journalism
Details here.
Pop Up Projects: Difference
This is a short story contest for children’s fiction/poetry, for writers under 26 years. Each story will explore or touch on the theme of Difference. Stories can be inspired by the subject in any way – they might explore diversity or transformation, otherness or other worlds. They will be printed – and stories will be 10 pages long, between 750 and 3,000 words, professionally edited and art directed, and hand-printed in a special small print-run limited edition. Stories can be picture book text, prose fiction for any age up to YA, or poetry – a collection or one long poem. They will pick three winners from this public call; overall, 10 works will be published. Winners will receive a fee for their story, be matched with a published children’s illustrator, who will illustrate their story, and get time with a publishing editor and art director to perfect their story. It is unspecified whether this is writers around the globe, or for UK-based writers only.
Value: £500
Deadline: 30 July 2020
Open for: Writers under 26 years
Details here.
PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History
These grants are for literary works of non-fiction that use oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement. They are to help maintain or complete ongoing projects. Oral history must be a significant portion of the work and its research. Writers have to send in writing samples and transcripts as part of the application.
Value: Two grants of $15,000 each (increased)
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
This is for an author of children’s or young-adult fiction. The fellowship is for helping writers whose work is of high literary caliber and is designed to assist a writer at a crucial moment in his or her career to complete a book-length fiction work-in-progress. Applicants must have already published one work for children or young adults that was warmly received by literary critics, but whose work has not yet attracted a broad readership.
Value: $5,000
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Open for: Published YA/childr
THEMED SUBMISSION CALLS
Owl Hollow Press: The Year of the Virus
They want stories about viruses, real and imagined – see guidelines for details about past pandemic and virus literature. Stories can be in any genre.
Deadline: 10 July 2020
Length: Up to 7,500 words
Pay: $50
Details here.
Interstellar Flight Press: Alternate Endings
This is a call for writers of color. Their guidelines say, “For the rest of 2020, we’re asking writers to reimagine our world for the better. We’re looking for flash fiction stories from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) writers who re-envision the future.” They want stories in speculative genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, or any interpretation of these that fits the theme. Writers can submit up to three pieces. Collaborative pieces by multiple writers are welcome. In the case of multiple writers, payment will be split between collaborators. For this call, they’re accepting optional donations, which will go to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Deadline: 10 July 2020
Length: Up to 1,000 words
Pay: $80
Details here.
Cricket Media: Tales of the Sea
They want stories on ‘Tales of the Sea’ for Cricket, their flagship magazine for children ages 9-14. They want “seaworthy fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for the theme of tales of the sea. Time and tide wait for no one, so shiver your timbers and send us your best stories of pirate raids and stowaways, mythical monsters of the deep, scientific expeditions, tragic shipwrecks, and daring rescues.” Non-themed submissions are open as well. The magazine also accepts other genres, like nonfiction and poetry, and puzzles, games, and activities.
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Length: Up to 1,800 words for fiction (can serialize longer works); 1,200-1,800 words for nonfiction; generally 8-15 lines for poetry (can be shorter or longer)
Pay: Up to 0.25/word for fiction and nonfiction; $3/line for poetry; $75 for activities and recipes
Details here.
Dreamforge Magazine: Hope of the Big Idea
They want positive stories demonstrating the triumph of the human spirit and the power of hope and humane values in overcoming the most daunting challenges. They want science fiction and fantasy, but no horror. Their theme is the ‘Hope of the Big Idea’ – “Which means we’d like to see stories that call upon powerful new visions of how life could be shaped for the better either through technological or social change, or both”, according to guidelines. They can include themes of rebuilding or starting fresh. Stories can be serious, lighthearted, or funny. They also publish speculative poetry.
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Length: Flash Fiction & Poetry: 100 – 1,500 words; Short Stories: 2,000 – 7,500 words; Novelettes: 7,500 – 15,000 words (want to see more flash fiction; in general, want works of 5,000 words or fewer)
Pay: $0.04-0.08/word for fiction (see guidelines); $25-100 for poems and micro-stories
Details here.
Augur Magazine: A Multiplicity of Futures
This Canadian speculative fiction magazine is reading on ‘A Multiplicity of Futures’ theme. They are especially looking for the following genres and themes: Afrofuturism, soft scifi, scifi-fabulism, scifi-fantasy, Indigenous futurity, hopepunk, dystopia, utopia, post-apoc, solarpunk, scifi-realism, Canadian scifi, ecofiction, and “hopeful futures”. Their guidelines say, “We are hoping to position stories and poetry that centre on trauma, systemic oppression and harm alongside pieces that examine hope, better futures, and quiet bildungsromans. We are also interested in pieces that tackle both sides of this coin.” Pandemic stories will receive an automatic rejection, and hard scifi will be a hard sell. They are mostly interested in deeply human and character-driven narratives – see guidelines for detailed submissions.
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 5 pages of poetry
Pay: $0.11/word for fiction, $60 for poetry (Canadian dollars)
Details here.
The Bare Life Review: The Climate Issue
They are reading work on the Climate theme. The magazine publishes work by immigrant and refugee authors – from foreign-born authors living in the US, and writers living abroad who currently hold refugee and/or asylum-seeker status. And for this issue only, they have amended the eligibility rules to include non-immigrant writers who have experienced displacement as a result of climate disaster. They accept fiction, non-fiction, and poetry – the work may, but need not, deal explicitly with issues of immigration, exile, or refuge. They welcome translations. American-born translators may submit work by eligible writers, but in such cases payment must be issued to the author.
Deadline: 15 July 2020 (extended)
Length: Fiction and non-fiction up to 8,000 words for print; 3-5 poems, up to 10 pages in total
Pay: $750 for full-length prose pieces, $300 for accepted poems or shorter prose, $100 for online nonfiction
Details here.
A Public Space
Their guidelines say, “Memory is a tricky thing. Whether it’s obsessing over our failures, surveying the tokens that trigger us, or considering our past and where we come from, our memories, collective and individual, can tell us about ourselves. Why do we hold onto certain things—failures, archival materials, family trauma—and not others? …submit prose, fiction or nonfiction, that thinks about inheritance or legacy, broadly considers memory, or incorporates archival history.”
Deadline: 20 July 2020
Length: 1,500-10,000 words
Pay: Honorarium
Details here.
ArabLit Quarterly: Cats
ArabLit is a quarterly magazine that brings together Arabic literature, essays, wordplay, art, music, and food in translation. Their Fall 2020 issue will focus on Cats. They’re looking for Cat-focused writing, however it may be interpreted. They do not take fiction and poetry originally written in English; translations only. Regular features include: #TranslateThis; Open Letter to a Late Author; Literary Playlist; Food for Reading; Judge a Book By Its Cover; Literary Map (this can be a collaboration with their Art Director). They also accept translations of: short stories, poetry, playtexts, commix, and texts that play with genres. They’re accepting pitches as well as complete works – see guidelines for the regular features, and the kind of work they publish.
Deadline: 20 July for pitches, 20 August 2020 for complete drafts
Length: 100-10,000 words for fiction; unspecified for others
Pay: $15/page
Details here.
(And see this link for details of the ArabLit Short Story Prize; the deadline is 15 July 2020.)
Antimony and Elder Lace Press: Omens; To Live Again
They are reading fiction submissions on two themes.
— Omens: Their guidelines say, “The idea of seeing the future or having warnings of what is to come is an idea that spans nearly every culture. Whether the omens are good or bad, there is the potential to affect us all.
To be considered, your story must deal with the idea of omens in some fashion.” The deadline is 25 July 2020 for this theme.
— To Live Again…: Their guidelines say, “Who doesn’t want to live again? The idea of resurrection and conquering death is something that can be seen in many myths and legends of cultures around the world. This anthology will deal with the idea of resurrection, and of course, it’s aftermath.” The deadline is 25 December 2020 for this theme.
Deadlines: See above
Length: 1,000-7,500 words
Pay: $0.01/word + Royalties
Details here.
Mysterion: Christian speculative fiction
They want speculative fiction – science fiction, fantasy, and horror – with Christian themes, characters or cosmology. Their guidelines say, “The story must engage with Christianity. We want stories with Christian characters whose faith affects their actions, with Christian themes such as grace and redemption, or with a Christian view of the supernatural. Note that we’re not saying that you must be a Christian. We are not in a position to judge your faith and won’t try, and we welcome submissions from authors of all backgrounds and perspectives. Nor does your story need to be unambiguously pro-Christian.” They also accept translations and reprints.
Deadline: 31 July 2020
Length: Up to 9,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here.
Feral Cat Publishers: Dear Leader Tales Anthology
They want fiction and poetry for their anthology, ‘Dear Leader Tales’. They want stories of a humorous or satirical bent which illustrate or lampoon an emperor’s hubris (and lack of clothing). They don’t want any real life current or past Dear Leaders named directly, but their known foibles are fair game. Examples beyond the political include CEOs who constantly quote Sun Tzu or Machiavelli incorrectly, cats plotting to overthrow their human overlords, in short anywhere clueless oppressors operate. They also accept reprints.
Deadline: 31 July 2020
Length: 1,000-5,000 words
Pay: $0.03/word for fiction, $25 for poetry
Details here.
Third Flatiron: Brain Games – Stories to Astonish
They want science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk, cyberpunk, mythology, and satire fiction for this anthology. Their guidelines say, “The left side of the brain is associated with logical and analytical characteristics, while the right brain with creativity. We’d welcome stories from both sides of the brain. Stories could feature puzzle solving and ingenuity, inverted tv tropes, inventions (clockwork, practical, or Rube Goldberg), masterful creations (like JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations), and social commentary”.
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Length: 1,500-3,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here (scroll down for theme details) and here (general guidelines).
Violent Vixens: An Homage to Grindhouse Horror
This fiction anthology will focus on Grindhouse horror films, made famous by movies such as Night of the Living Dead, Death Proof, and Suspiria. This genre encompasses different styles and mashups, but they want to focus only on Grindhouse horror stories featuring a strong female lead, who may be the protagonist or the antagonist. Submissions can focus on Giallo/Slasher, Sci-fi Horror, 80’s Splatter, Japanese Body Horror, 50’s B-Movie Creature Feature, Southern Gothic, Satanic Cult, Lost World, Lost Tribe. Other sub-genres could apply as well, but must have a strong horror connection, including: Carsploitation, Blacksploitation, Spaghetti Western, Women in Prison, Vigilante, etc. The editors tend to lean more toward fun, action-oriented stories like Army of Darkness, Planet Terror, and Blood Drive over anything too serious and brooding. They encourage genre mashups.
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Length: 2,000-8,000 words
Pay: $50
Details here.
Claw & Blossom Equinox Issue: Rise
This is a quarterly online journal of short prose and poems that touch upon the natural world. They are reading work for issue 6 (the Equinox issue), and the theme is ‘Rise’. The work must contain elements of the natural world – this need not be the main focus, but it should have a distinct and relevant narrative presence. Regarding poetry, they are partial to free verse, and aren’t keen on traditional forms.
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Length: Up to 1,000 words for prose, one poem
Pay: $25
Details here.
Cemetery Gates Media: Personal Local Lore/Oddities Anthology
This is a horror fiction anthology on your personal local lore/oddities. Their guidelines say, “Write something dark into a setting you’ve experienced — it could be a place you’ve lived, or even just somewhere you’ve visited on a vacation. Is there a landmark in your town that you can write a nightmare into? Have you ever legend tripped somewhere and thought, well, that cave, mausoleum, torture tree was neat, but I wish there was more to the story?” Also, “In our fifth year of publishing we’re looking to expand our reach into 21st Century folklore, urban legends, and the space between creepypasta and literary horror.” The submission window may close earlier than expected because they will begin accepting work before the deadline.
Deadline: 1 August 2020, or until filled
Length: 3,000-6,000 words
Pay: $0.05/word
Details here.
Lethe Press: Burly Tales
They want short stories and novellettes that adapt classic fairy tales, but populated with gay Bears – “Strapping heroes are fine as long as they are stout.” All the stories should have a measure of whimsy and/or wonder, and be romantic with a happily ever after or happy-for-now ending. Also, “Erotic content is not a necessity but our burly men should be sex-positive about their lives.” Writers are advised to check the site before sending their stories to avoid doubling up of fairy tale ideas. They also accept reprints.
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Length: 5,000-15,000 words
Pay: $0.05/word
Details here.
The First Line: Two themes
For this quarterly journal, they want a short story beginning with a pre-set first line.
— For the Fall issue, it is: ‘The Simmons public library was a melting pot of the haves and have-nots, a mixture of homeless people and the wealthy older residents of the nearby neighbourhood.’ The deadline is 1 August 2020 for this theme.
— For the Winter issue, it is: ‘Loud music filled the room, making it hard to hear anything else.’ The deadline is 1 November 2020 for this theme.
They are open to all fiction genres. They also accept poetry and nonfiction. For nonfiction, they want critical essays about your favorite first line from a literary work.
Deadlines: See above
Length: 300-5,000 words for fiction; 500-800 words for nonfiction
Pay: $25-50 for fiction, $25 for nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry
Details here.
Eerie River Publishing: With Blood and Ash; It Calls From the Sea
They are reading fiction for two anthologies.
— With Blood and Ash: They want stories of Elemental Magic – earth, wind, fire, water and spirit. Dark versus light. Their guidelines say, “We are giving a lot of leeway for story building, but magic must play an integral part in your world and there must be a dark fantasy element. Create a fantasy world for this to all play out in, or build something in ours. The choice is yours. The only requirement is that you must feature elemental magic.
Fae and other realms, magic and witches, dragons or orcs, all magical and fantastic creatures are welcome.” Stories should be 5,000-15,000 words, and the pay is CAD25. The deadline is 1 August 2020 for this theme.
— It Calls From the Sea: They want horror stories of the sea. Their guidelines say, “Bring me your shipwrecks, your lost passengers and mysterious creatures. Tantalize me with gripping tales of horror and drown me in tears of sorrow as we discover what lies within the deepest crevasses of the ocean or in the innocent creek. … Be it real or mythological creatures of lore that attacks, make our hearts race and our nightmares come alive. We also want it to be within our reality, so please keep your stories on our earth. If you are doing a future earth story, we would still like it within our relative timeline, so don’t go too far into the future.” Stories should be 2,000-8,000 words, and the pay is CAD10-20. The deadline is 15 September 2020 for this theme.
Deadlines: See above
Length: See above
Pay: See above
Details here.
Sub-Terrain Magazine: Isms
They accept fiction, creative nonfiction, commentary, social or otherwise, and poetry. For the Isms theme their guidelines say, “In a time of acute social activism, and some might say, division, issue #87 invites writers to ponder “isms.” Racism, classism, conservatism, pacifism, feminism, sexism, atheism, capitalism, dualism, fascism, neoliberalism, optimism, populism, etcetera.” Online submissions are charged, but there is no fee for mailed submissions.
Deadline: 7 August 2020
Length: Up to 3,000 words for fiction, up 4,000 words for creative non-fiction and social commentary
Pay: CAD0.10/word for prose up to CAD500, CAD50/poem
Details here.
The New Gothic Review
They are now open for submissions for their second issue. They want short stories that embrace and reimagine Gothic fiction for the 21st century. They want compelling plots with a strong literary bend; eerie atmosphere is key, and stories with Weird elements are welcome. They want some terror and horror, but this is not a horror fiction outlet. They don’t want stories that contain gruesome violence, gore, or explicit sexual content, fantasy, strong science fiction, or true crime stories.
Deadline: 15 August 2020
Length: 1,500-6,500 words
Pay: $30
Details here.
Consumed: Tales of the Wendigo
They want stories of the Wendigo. The point of view could be a person becoming the Wendigo, from a Wendigo, pursued by a Wendigo, or a witness to a Wendigo-esque situation unfolding. Submissions may cover cannibalism, lust, plague, war, anxiety, greed, power, or any topic a person or animal could become obsessed with. Submissions do not have to have characters turn into a literal Wendigo, nor do writers have to use the term Wendigo. Character(s) must go through some sort of a transformation due to the “hunger.” They just ask that authors use the core concept of the Wendigo as inspiration for their story.
Deadline: 15 August 2020
Length: 3,000-12,000 words
Pay: $20 for the first 3,000 words, half a cent per word after that
Details here.
THEMED CONTESTS
The H G Wells Short Story Competition: Vision
This is a short story contest on the theme of ‘Vision’, of 1,500-5,000 words. There is no fee for those under 21 years.
Value: £1,000 for the Junior Award (under 21)
Deadline: 6 July 2020
Open for: All writers
Details here.
The 6th Singapore Poetry Contest: Singapore
This contest is for anyone who isn’t a Singapore citizen/permanent resident. Poems should contain the word ‘Singapore’ (or its variants) in some creative manner. Poems don’t have to be about Singapore; in fact, the organizers prefer that poems not be about Singapore. Submit up to three poems.
Value: SGD100, SGD50, SGD20; winners nominated for the Hawker Prize, worth SGD1,500
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Open for: Poets who are not citizens or permanent residents of Singapore
Details here.
(The page also has details of the Singapore Unbound Relief Fund for creative writers who are Singapore citizens or permanent residents, a no-strings-attached fund of $200, or SGD280).
Origami Poems Project: Kindness 2020 Contest
This is their third contest on the theme of Kindness. They want to read poems that give insight and perspective on the qualities that make us better companions to one another.
Value: $100
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Open for: All poets
Details here.
2020 ArabLit Story Prize
This is an award for the best short stories, in any genre, newly translated from Arabic into English. Translators must have rights to the work, and translations must have been previously unpublished. Stories will be judged primarily on the quality of the translated work as a thing-in-itself, although translators must also submit the Arabic original, as this must be a translation, not a loose adaptation nor a work written originally in English.
Value: $500, split between the author and translator
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Open for: All translators
Details here.
(Also see this link for the forthcoming ArabLit Quarterly issue with the Cats theme; the deadline for pitches is 20 July 2020.)
The McGraw Business Journalism Fellowship
The McGraw Fellowship provides editorial and financial support to journalists who need the time and resources to produce a significant investigative or enterprise story that provides fresh insight into an important business, financial or economic topic. They accept applications for in-depth text, video or audio pieces, and they encourage proposals that take advantage of more than one storytelling form to create a multimedia package. This is not a residency Fellowship. All Fellows work from their own offices. It is open to anyone with at least five years professional experience in journalism. Freelance journalists, as well as reporters and editors currently working at a news organization or a journalism non-profit, may apply. Applicants should submit a story proposal of no more than three pages. The applications are open twice annually.
Value: Grants of up to $15,000
Deadline: 17 July 2020 – “However, we will consider time-sensitive projects on a case-by-case basis outside of the deadline periods.”
Open for: Anyone with at least five years of experience in journalism
Details here.
Pop Up Projects: Difference
This is a short story contest for children’s fiction/poetry, for writers under 26 years. Each story will explore or touch on the theme of Difference. Stories can be inspired by the subject in any way – they might explore diversity or transformation, otherness or other worlds. They will be printed – and stories will be 10 pages long, between 750 and 3,000 words, professionally edited and art directed, and hand-printed in a special small print-run limited edition. Stories can be picture book text, prose fiction for any age up to YA, or poetry – a collection or one long poem. They will pick three winners from this public call; overall, 10 works will be published. Winners will receive a fee for their story, be matched with a published children’s illustrator, who will illustrate their story, and get time with a publishing editor and art director to perfect their story. It is unspecified whether this is writers around the globe, or for UK-based writers only.
Value: £500
Deadline: 30 July 2020
Open for: Writers under 26 years
Details here.
PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History
These grants are for literary works of non-fiction that use oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement. They are to help maintain or complete ongoing projects. Oral history must be a significant portion of the work and its research. Writers have to send in writing samples and transcripts as part of the application.
Value: Two grants of $15,000 each (increased)
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
This is for an author of children’s or young-adult fiction. The fellowship is for helping writers whose work is of high literary caliber and is designed to assist a writer at a crucial moment in his or her career to complete a book-length fiction work-in-progress. Applicants must have already published one work for children or young adults that was warmly received by literary critics, but whose work has not yet attracted a broad readership.
Value: $5,000
Deadline: 1 August 2020
Open for: Published YA/childr
How's by you, Larry? I've been locked down here in the Valley of the Sun for sooooo long, it's hard not to envy Gill for her week on the beach. At least it is until the old and little used brain recalls just some of the trials not to mention tribulations she's had in the recent past. You go, Gill.
Thanks to Larry for the coffee and to Sarah for the cookies. There are a lot of things I can bitch about these days but those two items ain't on the list. ;)
Thanks to Larry for the coffee and to Sarah for the cookies. There are a lot of things I can bitch about these days but those two items ain't on the list. ;)
Great news from our Survivor. Of course his reward is to dancing with Ms Elizabeth while I try to train Vic to be my seeing eye guide dog.
Congrats to Larry and keep on keeping on.
Now about cookies, while it is a goodness to have both cookie jars filled with goodies, who, I ask, who has swiped all the crumbs? ;) Thanks, Sarah. That coffee joint does sound interesting. Of course this coffee place serves a coffee that is beyond compare with anything short of C-ration instant Nescafe' coffee-like fluid. .
Think I'll grab some of those cookies and sip on that old-fashioned coffee while trying to dodge PTSD and sit outside to watch the scorpions fight.
Congrats to Larry and keep on keeping on.
Now about cookies, while it is a goodness to have both cookie jars filled with goodies, who, I ask, who has swiped all the crumbs? ;) Thanks, Sarah. That coffee joint does sound interesting. Of course this coffee place serves a coffee that is beyond compare with anything short of C-ration instant Nescafe' coffee-like fluid. .
Think I'll grab some of those cookies and sip on that old-fashioned coffee while trying to dodge PTSD and sit outside to watch the scorpions fight.
These are 31 outlets for poetry and they are open for submissions now. Many also accept other genres, like fiction and nonfiction, and about half of the outlets listed here pay writers. A few are currently accepting themed submissions. Here they are, in no particular order. Some deadlines are approaching quickly.
The Puritan
This Canadian literary magazine publishes poetry (send up to 4 poems), fiction, and nonfiction from all over the world. They read year-round, and will read until 25 June 2020 for their Summer issue. Pay is in Canadian dollars – $25 per poem (or page, capped at $80), and more for other genres. Details here.
Alegrarse
They want poetry, nonfiction essays, and close-readings. Send up to 5 poems, or up to 10 pages of poetry. They prefer exceptionally emotional poetry, with exciting language, fun or shocking enjambments; poetry that is heavily imagery-based, that is strange fantastical, and awe-inspiring. They love political poems, love poems, angry poems, profound poems, poems that startle, poems that bend, that distort the tangible, and especially wildly experimental poems. They pay $10 per poem. Details here.
The Dark Sire
This is an online literary journal for poetry (send up to 2 poems), short fiction, and art. They want work by authors and artists who delve into the mystery, psychosis, suspense, and looming darkness of the fantasy, gothic, horror, and psychological realms. Suitable subject matter may include, but is not limited to, vampires, monsters, old castles, dragons, magic, mental illness, hell, disease, or decay of society. They accept multiple submissions. Details here.
Fiyah Magazine: Joy
This speculative fiction and poetry magazine only reads work from Black writers of the African Diaspora. They also read reviews. Also, citing the traumatic circumstances of the moment, and the difficulty through which Black writers are currently writing, donors have contributed funds for the October 2020 Joy issue (see this Twitter update), and rates have now increased for this issue. Pay is $100 for poetry, and up to $1,200 for fiction for this issue. Details here.
Ashville Poetry Review
This is an annual literary journal publishes 180-220 pages of poems, interviews, translations, essays, historical perspectives and book reviews. Send 3-6 poems, of any length or style. The deadline is 15 July 2020. Details here.
The New Verse
They publish politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues. Details here.
Impossible Archetype
They want poetry by LGBTQ+ folk. All styles and forms are welcome. Send up to 4 poems; submissions should be under 10 pages. The deadline is 1 August 2020. Details here.
Meetinghouse
This is a new literary journal by Dartmouth College, and they are reading poetry (send up to 3 poems) and prose for their inaugural issue. They also accept translations. The deadline is 1 July 2020, and they pay $100 for poems, according to this tweet. Details here.
Writer Shed Press: Love and Sacrifice
This journal is open for its second issue, and the theme is Love and Sacrifice. Apart from poetry, they also accept fiction and nonfiction; submissions must be no more than 2,500 words. Contributors are paid $20 (see guidelines). The deadline is 1 July 2020. Details here.
The Fairy Tale Review: The Gold Issue
They accept work on various fairy-tale related themes. For their Gold Issue the guidelines say, “Anne Sexton published six volumes of poetry between 1960 and 1974, including the vanguard fairy tale collection Transformations (1971) in whose 50th Anniversary year The Gold Issue of Fairy Tale Review will appear. Anne Sexton’s magic takes many guises through fairy tales, feminism, and domestic sorcery. In celebration of Anne Sexton, The Gold Issue will feature poetry, fiction, and nonfiction about and inspired by Transformations.” They are accepting poetry (send up to 5 poems, totalling up to 10 pages), prose, graphic novels, comics, drama, and translations on the theme, and the deadline is 30 June 2020. Translations of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are open year-round. Details here.
Vastarien
This journal is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. They want literary horror poetry (up to 50 lines), fiction, and articles pertaining to these themes. Pay is $50/poem, and the deadline is 30 June 2020. Details here.
Magma Poetry: Dwelling
This UK-based magazine is accepting poetry (send up to 4 poems) on the theme of Dwelling, now through 31 July 2020. See their extensive guidelines for details on the theme. They also accept reviews. Details here.
Poetry Pea
This magazine is currently looking for haiku and senryu, and they also have a podcast. Send up to 10 pieces. Details here.
Elephants Never
They want poetry (up to 3 poems) in any style, including light verse, experimental, traditional verse, or prose poems. They also accept flash fiction, art, creative nonfiction, and hybrid or other work. They take submissions until the 24th of each month for publication the following month. Submissions need not include or feature a pachyderm. They love pieces that engage in wordplay and will always enjoy references to or variations on the phrase, “Elephants never forget.” They sometimes have themed calls. Details here.
Horozons: Ecology; Faith & Politics; Privilege & Power
This is a Christian magazine. It is published by Presbyterian Women, Inc. for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). They seek poems, stories, and articles on specific themes. For July/August, the theme is Ecology; for September/October, it is Faith & Politics; and for November/December 2020, it is Privilege & Power. They pay. Details here (download submission guidelines), and here (scroll down for themes).
Surreal Poetics: The Penetrating Gaze
This magazine is for the surrealist and founded on the tenets of Surrealism. For their fourth issue they are reading poems on ‘The Penetrating Gaze’. Their guidelines say, “We are interested in how and what the eye reveals to those who are endowed with supersensible vision—to see what is within and without, to see through and beyond—to see and experience, with all of the senses, that which is hidden from common perception.” Details here.
Montana Mouthful: Quarantine
They expect many variations and perspectives on the ‘Quarantine’ theme. They want up to 1,000 words of poetry (up to 3 poems), and they also publish fiction, nonfiction, and artwork. The deadline for this theme is 7 September 2020. Details here.
U.S. Kids – Humpty Dumpty
This is a magazine for children 2-6 years old. They accept poetry of 4-12 lines, and pay $25 and up for these. They also accept fiction, mini-fiction, and craft. Also see Jack and Jill, their magazine for older children. Details here.
Spoonfeed
This is a new magazine and their first issue will be out in September 2020. They want creative food writing in all its forms: poetry (up to 4 poems), short or flash fiction, creative nonfiction, creative reviews, as well as hybrid and experimental writing. The deadline is 30 June 2020. Details here.
Cough Syrup Magazine
For poetry, they are looking for free-verse, haiku, non-traditional, traditional, ecstatic/inspired writing (not religious though), experimental, long or short; send up to 5 pieces. They love work that is Weird, Mind-Bending, genre-bending, surrealism, experimentalism, literary, gonzo, beat. They also publish fiction, nonfiction, and art. Details here.
The Threepenny Review
This respected quarterly journal accepts poetry (up to 100 lines), fiction, nonfiction, and submissions for their ‘Table Talk’ column.
Pay is $200 per poem, and the deadline is 30 June 2020. Details here.
Mizmor Poetry Anthology: Spirituality
Mizmor is an annual anthology of poetry that expresses spiritual experiences with a strong emphasis on the relationship between the modern world and ancient wisdom. They favor true experiences with striking imagery, but do not accept devotional-religious poetry. This anthology is open to all writers of any background and/or affiliation. The deadline is 15 August 2020. The anthology is from Poetica Publishing Company and they also run the Poetica Magazine, which publishes poetry and prose on the Jewish experience. Details here.
Volney Road Review
They are open now for poetry (up to 3 poems, no more than 3 pages per poem), fiction, and nonfiction. They pay $10 per accepted piece. The deadline is 1 August 2020. Details here.
The Willowherb Review
The Willowherb Review aims to provide a digital platform to celebrate and bolster nature writing by writers of color, including Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) writers, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) anywhere in the world. They are reading now for their third issue. They will accept non-fiction especially, but will consider fiction and poetry (send up to 3 poems) as well. Above all, submissions should have a great sense of place and attention to the natural world. The deadline is 30 June 2020; they pay €50 for poetry. Details here.
The Elephant Ladder: Pride
They are reading work for the Summer issue and the theme is ‘Pride’; they accept work from both LGBTQ+ creatives and allies. Send poetry (any form or length), fiction, or creative nonfiction. Pay is $10, and the deadline is 1 July 2020. Details here.
Red Rover Magazine
This is a mental health focused literary magazine and they are reading work for their fist issue. Their guidelines say, “Just because we are a mental health focused magazine doesn’t mean we only accept artwork that focuses upon well-being as a product. We’re more interested in artwork that inspired well-being as a process. We ask you to submit the artwork that made you feel proud, satisfied, joyous, happy, or invoked any other state of well-being in you”. They accept poems (up to 6 pieces), fiction, and artwork. The deadline is 31 October 2020. Details here.
Hubub
They ask contributors to send them 3-6 typed poems in the mail for their annual issue. Poems selected for publishing get a small honorarium. They also have prizes chosen by external judges from entries for a previous issue: the Vern Rutsala Award of $1.000; the Vi Gale Award of $500; the Kenneth O. Hanson Award of $200; and the Stout Award of $175. Details here.
Fourteen Poems
This is a UK-based magazine and they accept work from Queer poets anywhere. They specially invite Black and other queer POC writers to submit. Send up to 5 poems. Pay is £25 per poem accepted. Details here.
Three Line Poetry
They consider all forms of three-line poems, and accept work from both established and new poets. Submit up to 3 poems. They offer token payment. Details here.
Quaranzine
This is a new online magazine from Third Estate Art (which is formed by a group of artists and activists in Chicago). They are interested in any kind of art with an underlying social justice theme, or any kind of activist work that the author would like an eclectic audience for. They accept poems, stories, essays, videos of performances, visual art, artist talks, instructional videos, comics, and anything else that they can reasonably put into this format. Payment is $20. Details here.
Palette Poetry
Submissions for their Featured Poetry category are open year round to poets at any stage of their career. Featured Poems are published online only and will spotlight a number of poems from new authors each month. They highly encourage emerging authors to submit. Send up to 5 poems (and the total submission should be no more than 10 pages). Pay is $50 per poem, up to $150. Details here.
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The Puritan
This Canadian literary magazine publishes poetry (send up to 4 poems), fiction, and nonfiction from all over the world. They read year-round, and will read until 25 June 2020 for their Summer issue. Pay is in Canadian dollars – $25 per poem (or page, capped at $80), and more for other genres. Details here.
Alegrarse
They want poetry, nonfiction essays, and close-readings. Send up to 5 poems, or up to 10 pages of poetry. They prefer exceptionally emotional poetry, with exciting language, fun or shocking enjambments; poetry that is heavily imagery-based, that is strange fantastical, and awe-inspiring. They love political poems, love poems, angry poems, profound poems, poems that startle, poems that bend, that distort the tangible, and especially wildly experimental poems. They pay $10 per poem. Details here.
The Dark Sire
This is an online literary journal for poetry (send up to 2 poems), short fiction, and art. They want work by authors and artists who delve into the mystery, psychosis, suspense, and looming darkness of the fantasy, gothic, horror, and psychological realms. Suitable subject matter may include, but is not limited to, vampires, monsters, old castles, dragons, magic, mental illness, hell, disease, or decay of society. They accept multiple submissions. Details here.
Fiyah Magazine: Joy
This speculative fiction and poetry magazine only reads work from Black writers of the African Diaspora. They also read reviews. Also, citing the traumatic circumstances of the moment, and the difficulty through which Black writers are currently writing, donors have contributed funds for the October 2020 Joy issue (see this Twitter update), and rates have now increased for this issue. Pay is $100 for poetry, and up to $1,200 for fiction for this issue. Details here.
Ashville Poetry Review
This is an annual literary journal publishes 180-220 pages of poems, interviews, translations, essays, historical perspectives and book reviews. Send 3-6 poems, of any length or style. The deadline is 15 July 2020. Details here.
The New Verse
They publish politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues. Details here.
Impossible Archetype
They want poetry by LGBTQ+ folk. All styles and forms are welcome. Send up to 4 poems; submissions should be under 10 pages. The deadline is 1 August 2020. Details here.
Meetinghouse
This is a new literary journal by Dartmouth College, and they are reading poetry (send up to 3 poems) and prose for their inaugural issue. They also accept translations. The deadline is 1 July 2020, and they pay $100 for poems, according to this tweet. Details here.
Writer Shed Press: Love and Sacrifice
This journal is open for its second issue, and the theme is Love and Sacrifice. Apart from poetry, they also accept fiction and nonfiction; submissions must be no more than 2,500 words. Contributors are paid $20 (see guidelines). The deadline is 1 July 2020. Details here.
The Fairy Tale Review: The Gold Issue
They accept work on various fairy-tale related themes. For their Gold Issue the guidelines say, “Anne Sexton published six volumes of poetry between 1960 and 1974, including the vanguard fairy tale collection Transformations (1971) in whose 50th Anniversary year The Gold Issue of Fairy Tale Review will appear. Anne Sexton’s magic takes many guises through fairy tales, feminism, and domestic sorcery. In celebration of Anne Sexton, The Gold Issue will feature poetry, fiction, and nonfiction about and inspired by Transformations.” They are accepting poetry (send up to 5 poems, totalling up to 10 pages), prose, graphic novels, comics, drama, and translations on the theme, and the deadline is 30 June 2020. Translations of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are open year-round. Details here.
Vastarien
This journal is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. They want literary horror poetry (up to 50 lines), fiction, and articles pertaining to these themes. Pay is $50/poem, and the deadline is 30 June 2020. Details here.
Magma Poetry: Dwelling
This UK-based magazine is accepting poetry (send up to 4 poems) on the theme of Dwelling, now through 31 July 2020. See their extensive guidelines for details on the theme. They also accept reviews. Details here.
Poetry Pea
This magazine is currently looking for haiku and senryu, and they also have a podcast. Send up to 10 pieces. Details here.
Elephants Never
They want poetry (up to 3 poems) in any style, including light verse, experimental, traditional verse, or prose poems. They also accept flash fiction, art, creative nonfiction, and hybrid or other work. They take submissions until the 24th of each month for publication the following month. Submissions need not include or feature a pachyderm. They love pieces that engage in wordplay and will always enjoy references to or variations on the phrase, “Elephants never forget.” They sometimes have themed calls. Details here.
Horozons: Ecology; Faith & Politics; Privilege & Power
This is a Christian magazine. It is published by Presbyterian Women, Inc. for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). They seek poems, stories, and articles on specific themes. For July/August, the theme is Ecology; for September/October, it is Faith & Politics; and for November/December 2020, it is Privilege & Power. They pay. Details here (download submission guidelines), and here (scroll down for themes).
Surreal Poetics: The Penetrating Gaze
This magazine is for the surrealist and founded on the tenets of Surrealism. For their fourth issue they are reading poems on ‘The Penetrating Gaze’. Their guidelines say, “We are interested in how and what the eye reveals to those who are endowed with supersensible vision—to see what is within and without, to see through and beyond—to see and experience, with all of the senses, that which is hidden from common perception.” Details here.
Montana Mouthful: Quarantine
They expect many variations and perspectives on the ‘Quarantine’ theme. They want up to 1,000 words of poetry (up to 3 poems), and they also publish fiction, nonfiction, and artwork. The deadline for this theme is 7 September 2020. Details here.
U.S. Kids – Humpty Dumpty
This is a magazine for children 2-6 years old. They accept poetry of 4-12 lines, and pay $25 and up for these. They also accept fiction, mini-fiction, and craft. Also see Jack and Jill, their magazine for older children. Details here.
Spoonfeed
This is a new magazine and their first issue will be out in September 2020. They want creative food writing in all its forms: poetry (up to 4 poems), short or flash fiction, creative nonfiction, creative reviews, as well as hybrid and experimental writing. The deadline is 30 June 2020. Details here.
Cough Syrup Magazine
For poetry, they are looking for free-verse, haiku, non-traditional, traditional, ecstatic/inspired writing (not religious though), experimental, long or short; send up to 5 pieces. They love work that is Weird, Mind-Bending, genre-bending, surrealism, experimentalism, literary, gonzo, beat. They also publish fiction, nonfiction, and art. Details here.
The Threepenny Review
This respected quarterly journal accepts poetry (up to 100 lines), fiction, nonfiction, and submissions for their ‘Table Talk’ column.
Pay is $200 per poem, and the deadline is 30 June 2020. Details here.
Mizmor Poetry Anthology: Spirituality
Mizmor is an annual anthology of poetry that expresses spiritual experiences with a strong emphasis on the relationship between the modern world and ancient wisdom. They favor true experiences with striking imagery, but do not accept devotional-religious poetry. This anthology is open to all writers of any background and/or affiliation. The deadline is 15 August 2020. The anthology is from Poetica Publishing Company and they also run the Poetica Magazine, which publishes poetry and prose on the Jewish experience. Details here.
Volney Road Review
They are open now for poetry (up to 3 poems, no more than 3 pages per poem), fiction, and nonfiction. They pay $10 per accepted piece. The deadline is 1 August 2020. Details here.
The Willowherb Review
The Willowherb Review aims to provide a digital platform to celebrate and bolster nature writing by writers of color, including Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) writers, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) anywhere in the world. They are reading now for their third issue. They will accept non-fiction especially, but will consider fiction and poetry (send up to 3 poems) as well. Above all, submissions should have a great sense of place and attention to the natural world. The deadline is 30 June 2020; they pay €50 for poetry. Details here.
The Elephant Ladder: Pride
They are reading work for the Summer issue and the theme is ‘Pride’; they accept work from both LGBTQ+ creatives and allies. Send poetry (any form or length), fiction, or creative nonfiction. Pay is $10, and the deadline is 1 July 2020. Details here.
Red Rover Magazine
This is a mental health focused literary magazine and they are reading work for their fist issue. Their guidelines say, “Just because we are a mental health focused magazine doesn’t mean we only accept artwork that focuses upon well-being as a product. We’re more interested in artwork that inspired well-being as a process. We ask you to submit the artwork that made you feel proud, satisfied, joyous, happy, or invoked any other state of well-being in you”. They accept poems (up to 6 pieces), fiction, and artwork. The deadline is 31 October 2020. Details here.
Hubub
They ask contributors to send them 3-6 typed poems in the mail for their annual issue. Poems selected for publishing get a small honorarium. They also have prizes chosen by external judges from entries for a previous issue: the Vern Rutsala Award of $1.000; the Vi Gale Award of $500; the Kenneth O. Hanson Award of $200; and the Stout Award of $175. Details here.
Fourteen Poems
This is a UK-based magazine and they accept work from Queer poets anywhere. They specially invite Black and other queer POC writers to submit. Send up to 5 poems. Pay is £25 per poem accepted. Details here.
Three Line Poetry
They consider all forms of three-line poems, and accept work from both established and new poets. Submit up to 3 poems. They offer token payment. Details here.
Quaranzine
This is a new online magazine from Third Estate Art (which is formed by a group of artists and activists in Chicago). They are interested in any kind of art with an underlying social justice theme, or any kind of activist work that the author would like an eclectic audience for. They accept poems, stories, essays, videos of performances, visual art, artist talks, instructional videos, comics, and anything else that they can reasonably put into this format. Payment is $20. Details here.
Palette Poetry
Submissions for their Featured Poetry category are open year round to poets at any stage of their career. Featured Poems are published online only and will spotlight a number of poems from new authors each month. They highly encourage emerging authors to submit. Send up to 5 poems (and the total submission should be no more than 10 pages). Pay is $50 per poem, up to $150. Details here.
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So how you all are? Things seem to be a tad slow in the world of Stories Space. I've been of no help recently so don't mean to come off sounding like some self-righteous busy-body. If you wanna know, I'm more the don't give a flying buffalo chip ne'er-do-well type.) Just telling it like I think it might actually be.
Think I'll crank up the coffee pot and tea kettle, then grab a few of Sarah's cookies, and sit outside to watch the Gila Monsters basking in the sun.
Think I'll crank up the coffee pot and tea kettle, then grab a few of Sarah's cookies, and sit outside to watch the Gila Monsters basking in the sun.
It's Tuesday. Do you know where your Monday went? ;)
The coffee pot has been rinsed, rubbed and then refilled with the finest water to come out of the tap in some time. At the moment it is converting a big load of dark roast coffee grounds into (what else?) dark roast coffee.
Once it's finished with that voo-do that it do so well, I'll get me a mug full of the stuff, grab a handful of Sarah' cookies and, now that the days are getting shorter, go outside and wait for the first 'blue norther' of winter.
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The coffee pot has been rinsed, rubbed and then refilled with the finest water to come out of the tap in some time. At the moment it is converting a big load of dark roast coffee grounds into (what else?) dark roast coffee.
Once it's finished with that voo-do that it do so well, I'll get me a mug full of the stuff, grab a handful of Sarah' cookies and, now that the days are getting shorter, go outside and wait for the first 'blue norther' of winter.
e Greetings to all who enter seeking Inspiration and find only perspiration. Sorry about that.
But in the 'seek and ye may find' category there is a pot full of fresh coffee, and a kettle just loaded with hot water for the tea sippers among us. Most of all, there's the contents of two cookie jars. Enjoy.
But in the 'seek and ye may find' category there is a pot full of fresh coffee, and a kettle just loaded with hot water for the tea sippers among us. Most of all, there's the contents of two cookie jars. Enjoy.
Morning, Ms C and/or H. You and Larry are, as usual, approximately 100% correct about the changes. After it dawned on me that I needed to log-in and I somehow managed to get it right the first time, I came by here to get the inside scoop on the Inspirations social scene and find out about the renovations to the main site.
After a couple mugs of coffee and cookies, I'm now ready to face whatever fate awaits me. BTW, highs down here in the 'Valley of the Sun will be in triple digits, again. Might have to stop back by this afternoon for some ice coffee or sweet iced tea.
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After a couple mugs of coffee and cookies, I'm now ready to face whatever fate awaits me. BTW, highs down here in the 'Valley of the Sun will be in triple digits, again. Might have to stop back by this afternoon for some ice coffee or sweet iced tea.
. It's Monday all over the world. Yeah, I just checked and its an hour until Tuesday in Australia. Sorry about all that.
I've gotten the coffee pot doing its thing and there's hot water simmering for the tea-sippers among us. Based on Sarah's assurance, there will be cookies when the cookie jars are opened.
Now with filled mug in one hand and cookies in the other, please pardon me or at least let me out of here on account of my good behavior, so I can sit outside and do whatever it is folks do when sitting outside.
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I've gotten the coffee pot doing its thing and there's hot water simmering for the tea-sippers among us. Based on Sarah's assurance, there will be cookies when the cookie jars are opened.
Now with filled mug in one hand and cookies in the other, please pardon me or at least let me out of here on account of my good behavior, so I can sit outside and do whatever it is folks do when sitting outside.
. It's another Monday mourning. Could be worse, I suppose. But dang if I know how. ;)
The 'Inspired' coffee pot has been rinsed out and filled with whatever coffee was in the can under the counter and a generous supply of water. At the moments, it's converting all that into a brew that should be drinkable, with luck.
Let us now contemplate the goodness of Sarah's cookies while filling our mugs to the brim with coffee or tea. Enjoy.
The 'Inspired' coffee pot has been rinsed out and filled with whatever coffee was in the can under the counter and a generous supply of water. At the moments, it's converting all that into a brew that should be drinkable, with luck.
Let us now contemplate the goodness of Sarah's cookies while filling our mugs to the brim with coffee or tea. Enjoy.
FIVE cookies!!!?? Sweet mother-of-pearl! Ms Elizabeth has done gone and plundered the cooky jars. (scurrrys over to double-check for any remaining crumbs and broken bits -- discovers there's more than plenty of Sara's cookies left sighs in relief, and takes ONLY three for personal consumption, honest) ;)
Now for coffee.
Larry my tech news is almost as good as yours. On Monday, Karl, my VA blind rehab outreach specialist (BROS) will stop by to install and fine-tune my new 'puter. Poor guy told me yesterday that he will, by VA command, show up in full PPE regalia. The neighbors have been warned.
Y'all keep on keeping on.
Now for coffee.
Larry my tech news is almost as good as yours. On Monday, Karl, my VA blind rehab outreach specialist (BROS) will stop by to install and fine-tune my new 'puter. Poor guy told me yesterday that he will, by VA command, show up in full PPE regalia. The neighbors have been warned.
Y'all keep on keeping on.
Glad I am to hear your 'puter has gotten back on the straight and narrow. Someday, I'll get a VA BROS (blind rehab outreach specialist) to stop by and set up my new computer which remains boxed and waiting to be assembled in a VA approved manner. This here 'Lockdown' is a drag. ;)
Good coffee, Larry. Great cookies, Sara. Y'all have a great day the, Stories Spacer, way.
Good coffee, Larry. Great cookies, Sara. Y'all have a great day the, Stories Spacer, way.
Top Publishers for New Authors
• Taken from the free online newsletter of Author’s Publish magazine (hhighly recommended)
The presses on this list were chosen because they have published a number of debut books before.
Also, the publishers on this list do not require literary agents. You can submit to these publishers directly.
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1. Chronicle Books
Chronicle is a large independent San Francisco-based publisher that publishes highly acclaimed children’s books, bestselling cookbooks, gift books, and a variety of nonfiction. Most have a strong visual element. Their books are beautifully made. To learn more, read our full review here.
2. Tor/Forge
Tor/Forge publishes science fiction and fantasy books. Run by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, Tor/Forge is an imprint of Macmillan, one of the big five publishers. Tor is one of the most established science fiction publishers. To learn more, read our full review here.
3. Shadow Mountain
Shadow Mountain is an imprint of Deseret Books. Shadow Mountain publishes primarily fiction and they have published a number of New York Times bestselling books. Many of the authors and books they publish have nothing to do with Mormonism. To learn more, read our full review here.
4. Hard Case Crime
Hard Case Crime is a well-respected and established niche publisher of hard-boiled crime novels. The publisher has been featured in a number of respected publications, including Time Magazine and The Stranger. To learn more, read our full review here.
5. DAW
DAW is an imprint of Penguin books. They publish science fiction and fantasy books, and have published authors such as Marion Zimmer Bradley and Roger Zelazny. DAW has published many bestselling books and has published Hugo Award winning books. Read the full review here.
6. Turner Books
Turner publishes books in a wide range of categories and formats—fiction and nonfiction. They publish mainly in print but have electronic options as well. They are a major independent publishing house and have a number of imprints. Read the full review here.
7. Persea Books
This is a respected publisher of literary novels and short story collections, creative nonfiction, memoir, essays, biography, literary criticism, books on contemporary issues (multicultural, feminist, LGBTQI+), young adult novels, and literary and multicultural anthologies that are assigned in secondary and university classrooms, as well as poetry. The work they publish receives good distribution, particularly in academic circles. To learn more, read our full review here.
8. SourceBooks
A large independent publisher based out of Illinois, they also have offices in Connecticut and New York. They are open to unsolicited submissions for a wide range of genres, from nonfiction to romance. Read our full review here.
9. Baen
Baen is a publisher of science fiction and fantasy novels. They have published a large number of bestsellers, and many of the most respected science fiction and fantasy novelists regularly publish with them. To learn more, read our review of Baen.
10. Seven Stories Press
They focus on producing books that have a social conscience. They have published some big names and some bestsellers. They publish literary fiction and nonfiction. To learn more, read our full review here.
11. Triangle Square
Triangle Square is an imprint of Seven Stories Press that focuses on publishing young adult novels and children’s books. They focus on publishing high quality writing that is educational, and published Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond’s first science book for children, The Third Chimpanzee for Young People. Our full review is here.
12. Coffee House Prsss
Coffee House Press (CHP) is a respected literary press with a great reputation. They are only open for short submission periods every year in March and September. These periods are capped at 300 submissions, so submit early. During the last open period, they had reached 300 submissions on the third day. Coffee House Press publishes emerging and midcareer authors. They do not focus on bestsellers, but their books are often taught in academic settings and available in libraries and independent bookstores. Read our full review here.
13. Flashlight Press
Flashlight is an award winning publisher of illustrated children’s books. They publish books aimed at 4-8-year-olds. They only publish 2-4 books every year, so they are very selective. Their books are beautifully illustrated, and also receive good distribution internationally and nationally. Read the full review here.
14. Oneworld Publishing
An independent publisher founded in 1986, they now publish around 100 works of nonfiction and literary fiction every year. They work with distributors and authors worldwide, although they are only open to unsolicited submissions of nonfiction. Read the full review here.
15. Princeton Architectural Press
Princeton Architectural Press is a small press that focuses on publishing books on architecture, design, photography, landscape, and visual culture. They also publish beautiful stationary and children’s books. They are based in New York. In 2009 they were bought by McEvoy Group. They are now a sister company to Chronicle Books. Read the full review here.
16. Black & White Publishing
Black & White Publishing was founded in 1995 and is now one of the largest Scottish publishers. They currently have over 200 books in print. They have good distributor and are starting to break into the eBook publishing world. They publish general nonfiction, biography, sport, and humor, as well as fiction — commercial women’s fiction (e.g. chick lit, saga, romance), general fiction, including historical, commercial literary and contemporary, crime and psychological thrillers, and young adult / new adult fiction. Read our full review here.
17. McSweeney’s
McSweeney’s was founded in 1998 by Dave Eggers. They publish literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They originally started out publishing a literary magazine, and now they are responsible for a number of publications, online and off, as well as podcasts, and books. They are based out of San Fransisco. Learn more here.
18. The Quarto Publishing Group
The Quarto Publishing Group is an international publishing house known for its illustrated books. They publish most of their work through a number of niche imprints, each with their own focus. All of their US imprints are distributed by Hachette. Their imprints are all nonfiction. They publish a lot of cookbooks and gift books. They also have imprints covering almost any nonfiction topic you can think of, including children’s nonfiction, parenting, vehicles and architecture. To learn more, read our full review here.
19. Holiday House
Holiday House is an established and reputable children’s book publishers. Holiday House has been around for over 75 years. They publish picture books as well as books aimed at children grades 1-3, grades 4-6, and grades 7 and up. They are based out of New York City. They have published many well known books and authors, including Kenneth Grahame. The books that they have published have won numerous respected awards and honors. To read our full review go here.
20. Penny Candy Books
Penny Candy Books is a publishing company focused on children’s picture books that was founded in 2015 by two poets who met in graduate school. It is a newer company but they seem off to a good start with interviews in various established publications. Their plan from here on out is to publish 5-8 books a year. Read our full review here.
21. Bookouture
A digital publisher that was purchased in 2017 by Hachette. They primarily publish women’s fiction, chick lit, romance, and thrillers. Learn more here.
22. Chicago Review Press
Chicago Review Press was founded over 40 years ago. They are an established independent publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction and memoir. They also publish books for children (but not picture books). They were founded by Curt Matthews and his wife, Linda Matthews. Curt was the former editor of the literary journal the Chicago Review. To learn more, read the full review here.
23. Peachtree Publishers
Peachtree Publishers is a well respected independent publisher with good distribution. They are based out of Atlanta, Georgia, and specialize in publishing children’s and young adult books. To learn more, read our full review here.
24. Gibbs Smith
Gibbs Smith is an established publisher with good distribution and a focus on cookbooks, interior design and architecture books, and board books for children. They have published a number of bestsellers, including a board book version of Pride & Prejudice. Gibbs Smith is primarily a nonfiction publisher which is just now entering the fiction market for adults and middle readers. To learn more, read our full review here.
25. Entangled Publishing
Entangled Publishing is an independent publisher of adult and young adult romantic fiction. Since its first release in July 2011, Entangled has published more than 970 titles. Some of their more famous books are The Marriage Bargain, and Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout. You can read our full review here.
26. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Founded in 1911 and located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is an independent publisher of religious books. They have a large range, including academic books and reference works in theology, biblical studies, and religious history to popular titles in spirituality, social and cultural criticism, as well as literature. Not all of their books, particularly their children’s books, are overtly religious. To learn more, read our full review here.
27. Polis Books
Polis Books is an independent publisher of fiction and nonfiction, founded in 2013. Their focus is on publishing new voices. They are a technologically driven company. They publish print and digital books. Polis Books was founded by Jason Pinter. Mr. Pinter had over a decade of experience in editorial, marketing and publicity for a variety of publishers including Random House, St. Martin’s Press, and The Mysterious Press. You can submit here.
28. Quirk Books
This Philadelphia-based press publishes just 25 books a year in a whole range of genres, from children’s books to nonfiction to science fiction. Unlike many publishers that tackle a large range of topics, Quirk Books has a clear marketing plan and to a certain degree their books have a cohesive feel, because they all are quirky. To learn more, read our full review here.
29. Albert Whitman & Company
Albert Whitman & Company has been around since 1919. Their best-known series is The Boxcar Children. Over the past few years they have started to focus on publishing a larger number of books each year. Their goal is to be publishing 150 new books a year by 2020. They publish middle-grade fiction, picture books, and young adult novels. They consider proposals and unsolicited manuscripts in all of these categories. They publish fiction and nonfiction picture books. To learn more, read our full review here.
30. Page Street Publishing
Page Street Publishing is a publisher of full color, mostly hardcover, gift books, cookbooks, and craft books, children’s books, and young adult fiction. Most of them have an important visual component. To get a good feel for what they have published in the past, you can go here. They are distributed through Macmillan in every country but Canada (where they have a different distributor). They publish around 60 titles a year. To learn more, read our full review here.
31. Parvus Press
Parvus Press is a new digital-first publisher of science fiction and fantasy novels. They have been around for over two years now. The first book they published one book sold over 4,000 copies. They have now published four books, all four have received good reviews. They offer advances up to 1,000 (USD). To learn more, read our full review here.
32. Crooked Lane
Crooked Lane was established in 2014 as a press specializing in crime books. They have an experienced staff and have managed to publish some well known authors already. They publish a range of mysteries that lean towards the cozy, and they are not opposed to publishing a series of books. To learn more, read our full review here.
33. Ripple Grove Press
Ripple Grove Press is a newer family-run children’s book publisher based out of Portland. They focus on publishing original, beautifully illustrated children’s books. Their website is clear and transparent. It lists their distributor and their literary agent for other publishers interested in translating their work. Read our full review here.
34. Square One Publishers
Square One Publishers focuses on publishing adult nonfiction books. They are looking for books by authors that are experts in their field. Their books are focused on meeting the needs of niche audiences. They are not a publisher of bestsellers, they have a specific market/markets and they cater to them. Read our full review here.
35. Storey Publishing
The mission of Storey Publishing is to provide practical information that encourages independence in a way that is harmonious with the environment. The books they publish encourage and instruct readers of all ages of ways to enrich their lives through hands-on activities and experiences. All of what they publish is nonfiction and they covered such varied topics as home reference, crafts, beer & wine, raising animals, homesteading, and mind/body/spirit. Read our full review here.
36. Versify
Versify, a new imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, is accepting submissions via email. Versify was started by the Newberry Award winning author Kwame Alexander, who you can learn more about here. The goal of Versify is to publish risky, unconventional books for children. They are looking for novels, nonfiction, picture books, and graphic novels. Read our full review here.
37. Prometheus Books
Prometheus Books is a large established publisher of what they like to call “intelligent nonfiction.” They specialize in publishing nonfiction books that fall into the following categories: popular science, philosophy, atheism, humanism, and critical thinking. They used to run two imprints but recently sold them to Start Media. Read our full review here.
38. Arcade Publishing
Arcade Publishing is an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, a large independent publisher with a number of imprints. They have good distribution. They publish fiction and nonfiction. Read our full review here.
39. Text Publishing
Text Publishing in an Australian press that has published a wide variety of best sellers. They have won the small publisher of the year award three times. You can get a feel for what they publish here. One of their biggest hits in recent years is the internationally bestselling novel The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion (the first in a series of Rosie novels). 40. Microcosm
Microcosm is a Portland-based publisher that specializes in nonfiction DIY (Do-It-Yourself) goods that focus on the reader and teach self-empowerment. They are on Powell’s 24 of Our Favorite Small Presses list. The authors they publish have to have expertise and lived experience in the subject area they write about.
note: if the links don't work (very likely) just google the publishers name for more info including submission guidelines.
• Taken from the free online newsletter of Author’s Publish magazine (hhighly recommended)
The presses on this list were chosen because they have published a number of debut books before.
Also, the publishers on this list do not require literary agents. You can submit to these publishers directly.
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1. Chronicle Books
Chronicle is a large independent San Francisco-based publisher that publishes highly acclaimed children’s books, bestselling cookbooks, gift books, and a variety of nonfiction. Most have a strong visual element. Their books are beautifully made. To learn more, read our full review here.
2. Tor/Forge
Tor/Forge publishes science fiction and fantasy books. Run by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, Tor/Forge is an imprint of Macmillan, one of the big five publishers. Tor is one of the most established science fiction publishers. To learn more, read our full review here.
3. Shadow Mountain
Shadow Mountain is an imprint of Deseret Books. Shadow Mountain publishes primarily fiction and they have published a number of New York Times bestselling books. Many of the authors and books they publish have nothing to do with Mormonism. To learn more, read our full review here.
4. Hard Case Crime
Hard Case Crime is a well-respected and established niche publisher of hard-boiled crime novels. The publisher has been featured in a number of respected publications, including Time Magazine and The Stranger. To learn more, read our full review here.
5. DAW
DAW is an imprint of Penguin books. They publish science fiction and fantasy books, and have published authors such as Marion Zimmer Bradley and Roger Zelazny. DAW has published many bestselling books and has published Hugo Award winning books. Read the full review here.
6. Turner Books
Turner publishes books in a wide range of categories and formats—fiction and nonfiction. They publish mainly in print but have electronic options as well. They are a major independent publishing house and have a number of imprints. Read the full review here.
7. Persea Books
This is a respected publisher of literary novels and short story collections, creative nonfiction, memoir, essays, biography, literary criticism, books on contemporary issues (multicultural, feminist, LGBTQI+), young adult novels, and literary and multicultural anthologies that are assigned in secondary and university classrooms, as well as poetry. The work they publish receives good distribution, particularly in academic circles. To learn more, read our full review here.
8. SourceBooks
A large independent publisher based out of Illinois, they also have offices in Connecticut and New York. They are open to unsolicited submissions for a wide range of genres, from nonfiction to romance. Read our full review here.
9. Baen
Baen is a publisher of science fiction and fantasy novels. They have published a large number of bestsellers, and many of the most respected science fiction and fantasy novelists regularly publish with them. To learn more, read our review of Baen.
10. Seven Stories Press
They focus on producing books that have a social conscience. They have published some big names and some bestsellers. They publish literary fiction and nonfiction. To learn more, read our full review here.
11. Triangle Square
Triangle Square is an imprint of Seven Stories Press that focuses on publishing young adult novels and children’s books. They focus on publishing high quality writing that is educational, and published Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond’s first science book for children, The Third Chimpanzee for Young People. Our full review is here.
12. Coffee House Prsss
Coffee House Press (CHP) is a respected literary press with a great reputation. They are only open for short submission periods every year in March and September. These periods are capped at 300 submissions, so submit early. During the last open period, they had reached 300 submissions on the third day. Coffee House Press publishes emerging and midcareer authors. They do not focus on bestsellers, but their books are often taught in academic settings and available in libraries and independent bookstores. Read our full review here.
13. Flashlight Press
Flashlight is an award winning publisher of illustrated children’s books. They publish books aimed at 4-8-year-olds. They only publish 2-4 books every year, so they are very selective. Their books are beautifully illustrated, and also receive good distribution internationally and nationally. Read the full review here.
14. Oneworld Publishing
An independent publisher founded in 1986, they now publish around 100 works of nonfiction and literary fiction every year. They work with distributors and authors worldwide, although they are only open to unsolicited submissions of nonfiction. Read the full review here.
15. Princeton Architectural Press
Princeton Architectural Press is a small press that focuses on publishing books on architecture, design, photography, landscape, and visual culture. They also publish beautiful stationary and children’s books. They are based in New York. In 2009 they were bought by McEvoy Group. They are now a sister company to Chronicle Books. Read the full review here.
16. Black & White Publishing
Black & White Publishing was founded in 1995 and is now one of the largest Scottish publishers. They currently have over 200 books in print. They have good distributor and are starting to break into the eBook publishing world. They publish general nonfiction, biography, sport, and humor, as well as fiction — commercial women’s fiction (e.g. chick lit, saga, romance), general fiction, including historical, commercial literary and contemporary, crime and psychological thrillers, and young adult / new adult fiction. Read our full review here.
17. McSweeney’s
McSweeney’s was founded in 1998 by Dave Eggers. They publish literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They originally started out publishing a literary magazine, and now they are responsible for a number of publications, online and off, as well as podcasts, and books. They are based out of San Fransisco. Learn more here.
18. The Quarto Publishing Group
The Quarto Publishing Group is an international publishing house known for its illustrated books. They publish most of their work through a number of niche imprints, each with their own focus. All of their US imprints are distributed by Hachette. Their imprints are all nonfiction. They publish a lot of cookbooks and gift books. They also have imprints covering almost any nonfiction topic you can think of, including children’s nonfiction, parenting, vehicles and architecture. To learn more, read our full review here.
19. Holiday House
Holiday House is an established and reputable children’s book publishers. Holiday House has been around for over 75 years. They publish picture books as well as books aimed at children grades 1-3, grades 4-6, and grades 7 and up. They are based out of New York City. They have published many well known books and authors, including Kenneth Grahame. The books that they have published have won numerous respected awards and honors. To read our full review go here.
20. Penny Candy Books
Penny Candy Books is a publishing company focused on children’s picture books that was founded in 2015 by two poets who met in graduate school. It is a newer company but they seem off to a good start with interviews in various established publications. Their plan from here on out is to publish 5-8 books a year. Read our full review here.
21. Bookouture
A digital publisher that was purchased in 2017 by Hachette. They primarily publish women’s fiction, chick lit, romance, and thrillers. Learn more here.
22. Chicago Review Press
Chicago Review Press was founded over 40 years ago. They are an established independent publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction and memoir. They also publish books for children (but not picture books). They were founded by Curt Matthews and his wife, Linda Matthews. Curt was the former editor of the literary journal the Chicago Review. To learn more, read the full review here.
23. Peachtree Publishers
Peachtree Publishers is a well respected independent publisher with good distribution. They are based out of Atlanta, Georgia, and specialize in publishing children’s and young adult books. To learn more, read our full review here.
24. Gibbs Smith
Gibbs Smith is an established publisher with good distribution and a focus on cookbooks, interior design and architecture books, and board books for children. They have published a number of bestsellers, including a board book version of Pride & Prejudice. Gibbs Smith is primarily a nonfiction publisher which is just now entering the fiction market for adults and middle readers. To learn more, read our full review here.
25. Entangled Publishing
Entangled Publishing is an independent publisher of adult and young adult romantic fiction. Since its first release in July 2011, Entangled has published more than 970 titles. Some of their more famous books are The Marriage Bargain, and Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout. You can read our full review here.
26. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Founded in 1911 and located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is an independent publisher of religious books. They have a large range, including academic books and reference works in theology, biblical studies, and religious history to popular titles in spirituality, social and cultural criticism, as well as literature. Not all of their books, particularly their children’s books, are overtly religious. To learn more, read our full review here.
27. Polis Books
Polis Books is an independent publisher of fiction and nonfiction, founded in 2013. Their focus is on publishing new voices. They are a technologically driven company. They publish print and digital books. Polis Books was founded by Jason Pinter. Mr. Pinter had over a decade of experience in editorial, marketing and publicity for a variety of publishers including Random House, St. Martin’s Press, and The Mysterious Press. You can submit here.
28. Quirk Books
This Philadelphia-based press publishes just 25 books a year in a whole range of genres, from children’s books to nonfiction to science fiction. Unlike many publishers that tackle a large range of topics, Quirk Books has a clear marketing plan and to a certain degree their books have a cohesive feel, because they all are quirky. To learn more, read our full review here.
29. Albert Whitman & Company
Albert Whitman & Company has been around since 1919. Their best-known series is The Boxcar Children. Over the past few years they have started to focus on publishing a larger number of books each year. Their goal is to be publishing 150 new books a year by 2020. They publish middle-grade fiction, picture books, and young adult novels. They consider proposals and unsolicited manuscripts in all of these categories. They publish fiction and nonfiction picture books. To learn more, read our full review here.
30. Page Street Publishing
Page Street Publishing is a publisher of full color, mostly hardcover, gift books, cookbooks, and craft books, children’s books, and young adult fiction. Most of them have an important visual component. To get a good feel for what they have published in the past, you can go here. They are distributed through Macmillan in every country but Canada (where they have a different distributor). They publish around 60 titles a year. To learn more, read our full review here.
31. Parvus Press
Parvus Press is a new digital-first publisher of science fiction and fantasy novels. They have been around for over two years now. The first book they published one book sold over 4,000 copies. They have now published four books, all four have received good reviews. They offer advances up to 1,000 (USD). To learn more, read our full review here.
32. Crooked Lane
Crooked Lane was established in 2014 as a press specializing in crime books. They have an experienced staff and have managed to publish some well known authors already. They publish a range of mysteries that lean towards the cozy, and they are not opposed to publishing a series of books. To learn more, read our full review here.
33. Ripple Grove Press
Ripple Grove Press is a newer family-run children’s book publisher based out of Portland. They focus on publishing original, beautifully illustrated children’s books. Their website is clear and transparent. It lists their distributor and their literary agent for other publishers interested in translating their work. Read our full review here.
34. Square One Publishers
Square One Publishers focuses on publishing adult nonfiction books. They are looking for books by authors that are experts in their field. Their books are focused on meeting the needs of niche audiences. They are not a publisher of bestsellers, they have a specific market/markets and they cater to them. Read our full review here.
35. Storey Publishing
The mission of Storey Publishing is to provide practical information that encourages independence in a way that is harmonious with the environment. The books they publish encourage and instruct readers of all ages of ways to enrich their lives through hands-on activities and experiences. All of what they publish is nonfiction and they covered such varied topics as home reference, crafts, beer & wine, raising animals, homesteading, and mind/body/spirit. Read our full review here.
36. Versify
Versify, a new imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, is accepting submissions via email. Versify was started by the Newberry Award winning author Kwame Alexander, who you can learn more about here. The goal of Versify is to publish risky, unconventional books for children. They are looking for novels, nonfiction, picture books, and graphic novels. Read our full review here.
37. Prometheus Books
Prometheus Books is a large established publisher of what they like to call “intelligent nonfiction.” They specialize in publishing nonfiction books that fall into the following categories: popular science, philosophy, atheism, humanism, and critical thinking. They used to run two imprints but recently sold them to Start Media. Read our full review here.
38. Arcade Publishing
Arcade Publishing is an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, a large independent publisher with a number of imprints. They have good distribution. They publish fiction and nonfiction. Read our full review here.
39. Text Publishing
Text Publishing in an Australian press that has published a wide variety of best sellers. They have won the small publisher of the year award three times. You can get a feel for what they publish here. One of their biggest hits in recent years is the internationally bestselling novel The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion (the first in a series of Rosie novels). 40. Microcosm
Microcosm is a Portland-based publisher that specializes in nonfiction DIY (Do-It-Yourself) goods that focus on the reader and teach self-empowerment. They are on Powell’s 24 of Our Favorite Small Presses list. The authors they publish have to have expertise and lived experience in the subject area they write about.
note: if the links don't work (very likely) just google the publishers name for more info including submission guidelines.
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