Writing Contests and Anthologies

[ChimeraCreative]

Adam and I keep tabs on contests and anthologies on another site but I can post some of particular interest here. ^_^

Queer Dimensions - Due Feb 28, 2009
Psycho Boy/Psycho Girl - March 31, 2009
Devils Food - April 1, 2009
2012AD - April 15, 2009
PARSEC Writing Contest - April 15, 2009
Destination: Future - June 30, 2009
SHINE Anthology - June 30, 2009
All About Eve - August 31, 2009
Side Show 2 - unknown

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: Queer Dimensions
Theme: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
Genre: Science Fiction
Fee: None
Deadline: February 28, 2009
Word Count: 4000 - 10, 000
Payment: 50% royalty split of eBook sales between contributors

Guidelines - http://www.queeredfiction.com/queer_sfanth.htm

Exotic queer (gay, lesbian, bisexual) futures unfolding before alien eyes, queer cyborgs and androids in love and at war, augmented queer humans seeding the far flung stars … hard science fiction or realms of lighter pseudo-sciences where queer flowers bloom on strange new worlds; even if that world is our own.

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: Devils Food
Theme: (see guidelines)
Genre: Horror
Fee: None
Deadline: April 1, 2009
Word Count: 3000 - 7500
Payment: $25 + copy

Guidelines: http://themonstersnextdoor.com/DFguidelines.html

Stories should be centered on humans as food for some type of monster. Stories should have a supernatural element. Classic monsters (vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc…) are okay, as well as new, creative and original monsters. The focus of the story should be the threat of being eaten; this should dominate the tone of the story. Gore, sex, and violence are fine as long as it is used to enhance the story and not merely for the gross out or the smut.

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: 2012AD
Theme: Apocalypse
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy (see guidelines)
Fee: None
Deadline: April 15, 2009
Word Count: 2000 - 8000
Payment: $0.01/word + copy

Guidelines: http://www.severedpress.com/submissions.html#anthologies

Severed Press seeks short stories for its new Apocalypse anthology, 2012AD. Stories should be based around the Ancient Mayan prediction of the world ending on December 21st 2012. Stories can be Horror, Dark humor, Monsters, Zombies, Sci-Fi, Biblical (Antichrist, four horseman ETC) Evil from other dimensions in fact anything goes.

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: SHINE Anthology
Theme: Optimistic near future SF
Genre: Science Fiction
Fee: None
Deadline: June 30, 2009
Word Count: Up to 10, 000
Payment: $0.05/word

Guidelines: http://shineanthology.wordpress.com/category/guidelines/

SHINE is an anthology of optimistic near-future SF, edited by Jetse de Vries, published by Solaris Books, and is planned for an early 2010 release.

Convincing and optimistic: Imagine that we are the biggest skeptics on the planet, then show us how things can change for the better, and persuade us.

Near-future: from now until 50 years later.

SF: we’re not going to define it. Write what you think is SF, and convince us with the story.

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: Psycho Boy/Psycho Girl
Theme: Worst (real) date you've ever had
Genre: Non Fiction
Fee: None
Deadline: March 31, 2009 (or when filled)
Word Count: 1500 - 4000
Payment: $15 + copy

Guidelines: http://www.rapierpress.com/

True stories of dates gone bad. Everything from the time you and your date ended up in jail to the time you found yourselves tied to a motel bed in Nicaragua. The crazier the story, the more chance it has of being accepted. We’re really looking for funny, exciting, and benignly nightmarish stuff. We are striving for an equal number of stories from both sexes.

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: Destination: Future
Theme: Science Fiction
Genre: Science Fiction
Fee: None
Deadline: June 30, 2009
Word Count: 3000 - 6000
Payment: $0.03/word

Guidelines: http://www.hadleyrillebooks.com/DestinationFutureSubs.html

We are looking for science fiction stories, particularly Hard SF, Space Operas, Alien Worlds, Alien Encounter, Exploration, and Quest Stories. (We prefer not to receive alternate and historical fiction, fantasy, steampunk, or horror for this anthology, but other than that it's pretty open.)

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: All About Eve
Theme: First women (Eve, Pandora, Lilith)
Genre: Fantasy preferred
Fee: None
Deadline: August 31, 2009
Word Count: 3000 - 5000
Payment: $5 + equal share of 50% of royalties

Guidelines: http://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/AllAboutEve.html

WolfSinger Publications is looking for stories about the first woman created by the gods. Be imaginative
and draw on more than just the traditional Christian and Greek stories. Let her tell her side of the story -
whether she was manipulated and tricked into her actions or whether she acted willfully and in full
knowledge of what her actions might bring. Or maybe - just maybe she acted out of spite for some wrong
done to her.

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: PARSEC Writing Contest
Theme: 'DARK GLASS'
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Fee: None
Deadline: April 15, 2009
Word Count: Up to 3500
Payment: First Place - $200 + published in Confluence program book

Guidelines: http://www.parsec-sff.org/contest/contest09.html

The contest is open to non-professional writers (those who have not met membership requirements for SFWA or equivalent). Previous multiple winners and current contest coordinators are also ineligible. The best story which relates to and features the contest theme will be published in the Confluence 2009 program book, and the author awarded the first prize of $200. At the discretion of the judges a second and third prize in the amounts of $100 and $50 may be awarded, with possible publication in a PARSEC INK publication. Submission to the contest implies consent for publication, but all rights revert immediately to the authors upon publication. The coordinators will screen the entries, and the best submissions will go on to our panel of three Judges. Decisions of the judges and coordinators in all these matters are final. There is NO entry fee.

[Fasheem]

Payment: First Place - $200 + published in Confluence program book


So if you win you have to give them 200 bucks? Unfair!

;)

[ChimeraCreative]

lmao ^_^

[ChimeraCreative]

Title: Side Show 2: Tales of the Big Top and the Bizarre
Theme: Sideshows, freak shows, traveling circus, carnivals, fairs
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Fee: None
Deadline: Whenever anthology is full
Word Count: 1500 - 5000
Payment: $12 for original stories, $7 for reprints + copy

Guidelines: http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/sideshow2gl.htm

Side Show 2 is a trade paperback anthology of entertaining stories designed to awaken the thrills, chills, and spills, and memories of time spent on the midway and beyond. We want unique stories about side shows, freak shows, travelling shows, carnivals, circuses, and fairs. Stories may fall into one or more of three genres: horror, fantasy, and science fiction (although typically we do not expect many science fiction stories). Although we are looking for original stories, we will consider reprints, but probably will accept no more than two--we really want original work.