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- Award-winning author, KC Grifant, on how to write a weird west story
- Submissions open through July 15 for our Weird West flash fiction contest
- Markets and contests with submissions open or opening soon
- School's out for the summer!
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from KC Grifant's Weird West blog, WeirdWestFiction.com
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KC Grifant is an award-winning Southern Californian author who writes speculative stories in the horror, fantasy, sci-fi and weird west genres. She authored the award-winning supernatural western Monster Gunslinger series and Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny.
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She is editor of Women of the Weird West, and co-editor of Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales and Of Terrors and Tombstones, as well as creator of Weird West Fiction, a website that showcases diverse weird west authors.
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In addition, she is a published short story writer, with dozens of tales appearing in podcasts, magazines and Stoker-nominated anthologies, including: PseudoPod, Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, Unnerving Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Dark Matter Magazine, Sley House Presents, the British SF Association’s Fission Magazine, Tales to Terrify, the Lovecraft eZine; Musings of the Muse; Dancing in the Shadows—A Tribute to Anne Rice; the Stoker-nominated Chromophobia; the Stoker-nominated Fright Mare: Women Write Horror, and many others.
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Enter the Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest
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Submissions are currently open for Weird West Quick Draw, our very own Weird West Flash Fiction contest. You have through July 15 to enter. See https://reachyourapex.com/WWQD for details.
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Markets and Contests
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Many thanks to Scribophile for sponsoring this week's open submissions. Scribophile is a free welcoming community of writers where you're guaranteed to get solid critiques on your work. You can also get 20% off your first purchase using coupon code APEX20.
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- ðĨ Mania Magazine is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them up to 4,000 words of prose writing or poems of up to 40 lines before July 15th. No submissions fee!
- ðĨ Slugger is open to submissions of horror stories between 1,000 and 4,000 words until July 15th. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ð ïļ The Forge Literary Magazine is open to submissions of short stories and creative nonfiction of up to 5,000 words. At the start of each month they allow a limited number of free submission slots, then charge for submissions once those places are used up. To avoid fees, submit at the start of a new month if you can. ð°Paying market!ð°
- ðŠĶ Memento Mori Ink Magazine is open to submissions of personal essays and articles about gothic culture, mortality, and the human psyche. Send them a proposal and writing sample. Note that you’ll need to scroll down to the bottom of the page to view the submission guidelines. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ð Cast of Wonders is a podcast of speculative YA fiction. They’re currently open to submissions of flash of up to 1,500 words until July 14th. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ð§âïļ The Dark Magazine is looking for short fiction of dark fantasy and horror. Send them stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ðŋ Braided Way is a journal of creative spiritual awareness. They’re open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them short stories or essays of up to 2,500 words, or up to five poems. No submissions fee!
- ðš Tall Tale TV is open to submissions of sci-fi and fantasy short stories to be adapted for audio. Send them stories between 1,000 and 5,000 words (with under 4,000 preferred). No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ðž Psaltery & Lyre is open to submissions of short fiction, poetry, and personal essays that “expand the borders of sacred and secular.” Send them up to 7,000 words of prose writing or up to six pages of poetry before July 15th. No submissions fee!
- ðĐðžðū Reach Your Apex is holding a “weird west” flash fiction contest for stories up to 1,000 words! It’s free to enter, and the first place winner receives a cool $100. Submit before the closing date of *July 15th. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ðŠ Severed Press is open to submissions of sci-fi and horror novels and novellas. They have a few specific topics on their wishlist, including sea monsters, dinosaurs, and LitRPG. Send them a query letter, synopsis, and full manuscript. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- âïļ Storm Publishing is open to submissions of full-length novels in a range of genres, including literary fiction, romance, speculative fiction, crime fiction, and more. They only ask for a full manuscript. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
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School's Out For The Summer
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Hold summer in your hand, pour summer in a glass, a tiny glass of course, the smallest tingling sip, for children; change the season in your veins by raising glass to lip and tilting summer in.
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We have no workshops scheduled for July. The beatings - er - workshops will resume in August. Stay tuned to the newsletter for the schedule. And enjoy your summer as best you can!
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