Poetry doesn't usually pay particularly well, but this is one area where speculative writers can make more than their mainstream counterparts. Here are some science fiction/fantasy/horror markets that pay top dollar for good poems.
- Basement Stories: Basement Stories pays $30 per science fiction or fantasy poem. The editors will accept both simultaneous submissions and reprints, as long as you let them know when you submit. There are no set reading periods; the magazine is open to submissions year-round.
- OG's Speculative Fiction: OG's will pay $10 per speculative poem. No simultaneous submissions or reprints. They buy first rights for a period of three months.
- Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: ASIM pays A$10 per poem, which is pretty close to US$10. They want light speculative poems rather than dark ones, and they don't accept simultaneous submissions. Contributors will also receive a copy of the issue containing their poem.
- ChiZine: ChiZine pays $10 per poem, with a preference for speculative poems that relate to their theme of "treatments of light and shade in words." No simultaneous submissions or reprints. The magazine is currently closed to submissions; check their guidelines page for updates.
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Stuff to read
If you're looking for stuff to read, there's plenty to choose from this month.
The May issue of Roadrunner is up now, including two new haiku by Issa, with commentary and translations.
OG's Speculative Fiction #18 just went on sale. It's a special double issue, including a story by Bruce Golden and poetry by G.O. Clark. Download it for only 99 cents, or buy the paper copy for only $6.50.
The new issue of SP Quill just went out in the mail. It's the first issue since the magazine changed format -- now it's a perfect-bound paperback, full of the same great poetry, including cinquain by Deborah P. Kolodji and J.E. Stanley.
If you were considering buying David Dunwoody's zombie novel Empire, but didn't want to pay full price, now you can get a copy for only $8.20 from Amazon (45% off). It's a great book -- you can read my review of it here.
Just as a side note, the winners of the Balticon 43 Poetry Contest were recently announced. You can see the list of winners here, but I just thought it interesting that a haiku took an Honorable Mention.
The May issue of Roadrunner is up now, including two new haiku by Issa, with commentary and translations.
OG's Speculative Fiction #18 just went on sale. It's a special double issue, including a story by Bruce Golden and poetry by G.O. Clark. Download it for only 99 cents, or buy the paper copy for only $6.50.
The new issue of SP Quill just went out in the mail. It's the first issue since the magazine changed format -- now it's a perfect-bound paperback, full of the same great poetry, including cinquain by Deborah P. Kolodji and J.E. Stanley.
If you were considering buying David Dunwoody's zombie novel Empire, but didn't want to pay full price, now you can get a copy for only $8.20 from Amazon (45% off). It's a great book -- you can read my review of it here.
Just as a side note, the winners of the Balticon 43 Poetry Contest were recently announced. You can see the list of winners here, but I just thought it interesting that a haiku took an Honorable Mention.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Two contests, a market, and a story
It seems we're right in the middle of writing contest season. Here are a poetry contest and a short story contest you might find worth entering:
2008 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Rengay - Sponsored by the Haiku Poets of Northern California, this contest pays $100 to the top poem in each of the four categories. In addition, for the haiku and rengay categories, there will be a second and third prize of $50 and $25, respectively. Entries are $5 per rengay or $1 for each entry in the other three categories. Get cracking, because the deadline for haiku, senryu, and tanka is October 31st. (November 30th for rengay.)
Oceanview Publishing's Short Story Contest - No entry fee for this one, and they're looking for stories that "might even be a little twisted." Submit unpublished stories (1000 to 5000 words) by email before the November 17th deadline. Prizes are $250 cash plus $150 in Oceanview books for the winner, and $100 plus $150 in Oceanview books for two finalists.
In market news, OG's Speculative Fiction has recently raised its pay rates: $35 for short stories and $10 for poems (on acceptance). Not bad at all.
For your reading pleasure, author Charles Gramlich has started something he calls "Halloween Horror October," and he has posted the first of what I hope will be many short horror stories on his blog, Razored Zen.
2008 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Rengay - Sponsored by the Haiku Poets of Northern California, this contest pays $100 to the top poem in each of the four categories. In addition, for the haiku and rengay categories, there will be a second and third prize of $50 and $25, respectively. Entries are $5 per rengay or $1 for each entry in the other three categories. Get cracking, because the deadline for haiku, senryu, and tanka is October 31st. (November 30th for rengay.)
Oceanview Publishing's Short Story Contest - No entry fee for this one, and they're looking for stories that "might even be a little twisted." Submit unpublished stories (1000 to 5000 words) by email before the November 17th deadline. Prizes are $250 cash plus $150 in Oceanview books for the winner, and $100 plus $150 in Oceanview books for two finalists.
In market news, OG's Speculative Fiction has recently raised its pay rates: $35 for short stories and $10 for poems (on acceptance). Not bad at all.
For your reading pleasure, author Charles Gramlich has started something he calls "Halloween Horror October," and he has posted the first of what I hope will be many short horror stories on his blog, Razored Zen.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Two new anthologies
For all you horror fans, two new anthologies have hit the streets, both of them available from Amazon. Now that everyone's got a little extra holiday money and all those gift cards, it's a perfect time to check one or both of them out.
Midnight Lullabies is The Harrow's latest project -- a collection of creepy tales and poems featuring such familiar names as Lee Clark Zumpe, Alexis Child, Kurt Newton, and Alison J. Littlewood. Be sure to read Sarah E. Wagner's spine-chilling poem, "Mirrors in Motion." All proceeds from the anthology are being donated to Doctors Without Borders.
The second new collection is Forbidden Speculation, a book of 17 stories about -- you guessed it -- forbidden speculation. The stories were gathered by Seth Crossman, esteemed editor of OG's Speculative Fiction. The cover art looks like it was ripped off an Isaac Asimov book.
Both books should provide some good after-holiday reading. If you buy one you're supporting international medical care, and if you buy the other, you're helping to support the small press. Decisions, decisions.... Why not just buy them both?
Midnight Lullabies is The Harrow's latest project -- a collection of creepy tales and poems featuring such familiar names as Lee Clark Zumpe, Alexis Child, Kurt Newton, and Alison J. Littlewood. Be sure to read Sarah E. Wagner's spine-chilling poem, "Mirrors in Motion." All proceeds from the anthology are being donated to Doctors Without Borders.
The second new collection is Forbidden Speculation, a book of 17 stories about -- you guessed it -- forbidden speculation. The stories were gathered by Seth Crossman, esteemed editor of OG's Speculative Fiction. The cover art looks like it was ripped off an Isaac Asimov book.
Both books should provide some good after-holiday reading. If you buy one you're supporting international medical care, and if you buy the other, you're helping to support the small press. Decisions, decisions.... Why not just buy them both?
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