Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Markets, Contests, and an Interview

Pill Hill Press has announced another anthology called Fire and Ice: Short Gasps of Romantic Suspense with a December 31, 2010 deadline. http://www.pillhillpress.com/ for all the details and a long list of anthologies they're seeking submissions for.

They're also having a contest called Love Kills: My Bloody Valentine with a January 15, 2010 deadline. They're looking for scary stories written in third person with a Valentine theme. The word count is 2000 to 6000 with their sweet spot being 3000 to 5000 words. First prize is $125, second $50 and third $25. You can find all the details at http://www.pillhillpress.com/love-kills-contest.html

Northern Frights Publishing is a Canadian publisher but accepts stories from "across the border" according to their site. They're seeking submissions to a new science fiction anthology entitled "War of the Worlds: Frontlines". They want stories influenced by HG Wells classic War of the Worlds. The deadline is December 31, 2009 for stories up to 8000 words. The pay is a penny a word with a $50 cap. http://northernfrightspublishing.webs.com/guidelines.htm

There's a new flash market looking to launch in January called Eclectic Flash. This is a non-paying market with a top word count of 1000. http://www.eclecticflash.com/submit.html

Westerns Online editor, Matthew Pizzolato, has announced a change in the zines guidelines. They'll now be accepting ghosts stories set in the old west. You can check them out at http://www.thewesternonline.com/

The lovely Women of Mystery are running another contest. This time they're giving away 5 copies of Marcia Muller's new book "Locked In". All you have to do to enter is drop them a comment by midnight tomorrow. The winners will be announced on Thursday October 15. http://www.womenofmystery.net/2009/10/tuesday-twosome-free-marcia-muller.html

And last but not least, Charles Tan has an interview with fantasy short story writer, Genevieve Valentine on his fabulous blog, Bibliophile Stalker. http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-genevieve-valentine.html

2 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

Thanks, Sandra. You work hard so we don't have to. Whose logo was that?
Was it 20 Muleteam Borax?

sandra seamans said...

Scrubbing Bubbles! They're still using it. 20 Muleteam Borax still brings back memories of the Death Valley Days TV show and Rosemary DeCamp, who hosted the show for a while.