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Applications are open for the 2027 Salam Workshop, which will take place March 22-31, 2027 in Lahore, Pakistan, with award-winning authors Elizabeth Bear and Saad Z. Hossein as lead instructors. Learn more and apply by Aug. 28 at thesalamaward.com/the-salam-workshop-2027-edition.
Porter Square Books will select two writers, one writing for adults and one writing for young readers, to be Writers in Residence at Porter Square Books: Cambridge Edition in 2027. Learn more and apply by Aug. 28 at portersquarebooks.com/porter-square-books-writers-residence-program.
Uncanny Magazine is open to poetry submissions Aug. 17-31 and to short story submissions from Aug. 24 - Sept. 7. Learn more and submit at uncannymagazine.com/submissions.
The International Federation of Library Associations is hosting the Li-Sci-Fi (Library Science Fiction) short story competition. Winners will be chosen by celebrity judge, Mary Robinette Kowal. Submit short fiction about the future of libraries by Sept. 1 at ifla.org/news/li-sci-fi-ifla100-library-science-fiction-short-story-competition.
Tales to Terrify, a volunteer-run fan podcast featuring short horror, dark fantasy, and other disturbing fiction, is open to Flash Fiction submissions of less than 2,000 words. Learn more and submit at talestoterrify.com/submissions.
The Deadlands, a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that publishes death-focused stories, poetry, and nonfiction, will accept poetry submissions from Sept. 1-21 and fiction submissions from Oct. 1-31. Learn more and submit at psychopomp.com/deadlands/guidelines.
OTHERSIDE publishes speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. The Winter issue will be open to submissions of original fiction and poetry Oct. 1-7 for trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors only, and Oct. 8-21 for general submissions. Nonfiction is currently open year-round. Learn more and submit at othersidespec.com/guidelines.
Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from Aug. 20 - Oct. 15. Learn more at neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/365983/speculative-chapbook-novelette.
Kaleidotrope will be open to speculative fiction and poetry submissions from Oct. 18-24. Rates are $0.01/word (1 cent a word) for fiction and a flat rate of $5 per accepted piece of poetry. Learn more at kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/.
The Must Read Books Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (formerly the Dell Magazines Award) is open for submissions. The $500 award will go to the best unpublished and unsold science fiction or fantasy short story submitted by a full-time undergraduate college student, and the winning story will be published in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. Learn more at mustreadbooksaward.com. |
