Climate-friendly fiction call.
Gotta a way to save the world from catastrophic global climate change in short fiction form (up to 5,000 words)? Arizona State University wants to read it. Open to all genres. One $1,000 prize and nine $100 prizes. Read up on the rules and regs and submit your tall tale here by April 15, 2020. You just may help save the world!
Eldritch & Kin
This eldritch publisher seeks eldritch and other stories of 1,000 words and up (but usually closer to 1,000 words). And they pay (check the specs for the specs). So be sure to read all the stipulations, including when the windows of opportunity are open -- then eld your ritches and submit!
Absurd emo call.
This digital and print publisher craves novellas and novels of 20,000 - 100,000 words that are darkly absurd. The stories should balance plot with character, and have a strong emo core. Pay is 50% of net revenue for digital and print. They will be open to submission from April 1 through June 30, 2020, at which time you may submit your most "balanced" emo here.
Call for absurd, surreal, weird, and so forth.
Bourbon Penn is “quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist and the surreal.” They want 2,000 - 7,500 word stories and pay 2¢ per word. Absorb their guidelines and submit your absurd and surreal stuff here. Radium Town Press / Hypnos Magazine is into original, thought-provoking, weird fiction. They want stories approaching and up to 10,000 words and pay 1¢ per word. Suck down their guidelines and submit your weirdness here.
