You may have noticed last month I missed posting deadlines (or maybe you didn’t; I’m not sure anyone actually reads this thing…*taps microphone*). I have a new job and a new house and not a lot of time to write, especially things like blog posts, which are unpaid. So, I missed the deadline. Oops. I’ll try to make it up to you by having two this month: one today, and one next week about podcasts. Deal? Deal. Okay, here we come with those deadlines…

Steal the Spotlight MicroFiction Contest – October 15

Autumn Cthulhu – October 31

Crossed Genres: Betrayal – October 31

Beware the Little White Rabbit – November 15

Shock Totem – November 30

Accessing the Future – November 30

Bad Dream Entertainment – November 30

Apotheosis: Stories of Survival After the Rise of the Elder Gods – December 31

Second Contacts – January 15, 2015

The Mammoth Book of Professor Moriarty Adventures – February 15, 2015

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Tales – April 1, 2015

Nightmare Magazine – reopened

Grievous Angel – ongoing

Uncanny – ongoing

Shades of Terror – ongoing

Halloween Forevermore – ongoing

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination – ongoing

These deadlines are, as always, Submitter Beware, because I can’t vouch for any of these publishers. This is basically just a place for me to deposit short story deadlines to which I would like to submit work, so all the markets are paying (usually at least $.01 a word, although I’m getting a lot pickier about pay rates lately) and accept electronic submissions. They’re all genre markets of some kind (horror, science fiction, steampunk, fantasy).

Please be sure to check Horror Tree, Ralan, Dark Markets, and The Submission Grinder for more publications looking for submissions.  This list is by no means exhaustive. Oh, and don’t forget to check posts from previous months (they’re all categorized under Upcoming Deadlines) for publications that are still open.

If you’re an editor or publisher and you’d like me to feature your deadline here, you can email me at sarah.hans at gmail dot com with the details.

Happy Submitting!