We’re collecting calls for submissions for LGBT sci fi, fantasy and supernatural stories here. If you know of one, let us know at scott@queerscifi.com.
These are ongoing calls. If you are looking for Calls for Submission with expiration dates, click here.
After Glows
Title: After Glows Open Calls
Genre: All Genre
Word Count: 20K+
Publisher: After Glows
Editor: Lia Davis
Contact: afterglowssubmissions@gmail.com
Payment: Royalties – 45% of net; 3 year contract
Description: Paranormal: vampires, shifters (wolves, bears, dragons, and big cats), witches, gargoyles, and more. Sci-Fi romance: Aliens in space, on earth, and anywhere in between.Gothic romance: a blend of contemporary and paranormal with mystery, suspense, and a gothic theme. Erotic romance: Romance must be the main plot and the sex molten hot. Urban fantasy: Must have a HFN ending with just enough hook to capture readers’ attention. GLBT: MM, FF, MMF, FFM
Website: https://afterglowspublishing.com/submissions/
Asymmetry
Title: Asymmetry
Genre: Speculative fiction
Word Count: Up to 3K
Publisher: Asymmetry
Editor: Alex
Contact: editor@asymmetryfiction.com
Payment: $5 Flat Fee
Description: New weekly emag publishing fantasy, sci fi, slipstream, magic realism, absurdism, experimental, weird, and bizarro fiction.
Website: http://www.asymmetryfiction.com/submission-guidelines/
Callisto – Sibling Rivalry Press
Title: Callisto
Genre: All genres
Word Count: < 4.5K
Publisher: Sibling Ribalry Press
Editor: Raymond Luczak
Contact: callistofiction@gmail.com
Payment:
Description: CALLISTO (formally JONATHAN) is a biannual print journal with a focus on fiction by queer writers. What do we want? GREAT stories by LGBT writers for our next two issues!
Website: https://siblingrivalrypress.submittable.com/submit/59712
Cool Dudes – Down in the City
Title: Down in the City line
Genre: Urban Fantasy and Paranormal
Word Count: 30-80K
Publisher: Cool Dudes Publishing
Editor: Michelle Harris
Contact: submissionseditor@cooldudespublishing.com
Payment: 40% Royalty, Paid Quarterly
Description: Skyscrapers. Wharf fronts. Shopping malls. We’re looking for some gritty urban fantasy worth sinking teeth into. Vampires, dragon shifters, wizards, fae, and more are all welcome. Submissions should be a minimum of 30,000 words and no more than 80 000 words. Whatever the story, it should contain an element of a romance, though it doesn’t have to be the primary focus.
Website: http://www.cooldudespublishing.com/publish/submission-calls/
Cool Dudes – You, Me and the Stars
Title: You, Me, and the Stars line
Genre: Sci Fi and Sub Genres Only
Word Count: 30-80K
Publisher: Cool Dudes Publishing
Editor: Michelle Harris
Contact: submissionseditor@cooldudespublishing.com
Payment: 40% Royalty, Paid Quarterly
Description: Space ships, alien worlds, galactic conquests… Cool Dudes is looking for quality science fiction with well realized worlds, exciting plots, good character development, and while there should be some romance, it doesn’t have to be the primary focus. Submissions should be at least 30,000 words in length and no more than 80 000 words.
Website: http://www.cooldudespublishing.com/publish/submission-calls/
Fireborn Publishing
Title: Fireborn
Genre: All romance, erotic romance, and erotica genres, especially SF/F/P/H subgenres
Word Count: 5-45K
Publisher: Fireborn Publishing
Editor: Brenna Lyons
Contact: sales@firebornpublishing.com
Payment: 40% net sales on first two works, 50% net on third and further works placed with us
Description: Fireborn is seeking MM and/or ménage works, especially those between 5K and 45K, to balance out our catalog. We won’t turn down a MF work or a longer work, but we’re flush with them right now, so something different would go over well. Be sure to read our author handbooks and our submission requirements.
Website: http://www.firebornpublishing.com/Submissions.html, http://www.firebornpublishing.com/Authors.html
Forbidden Fiction Anthologies
Title: Various Anthologies from Forbidden Fiction
Genre: Various
Word Count: 2K-50K
Publisher: Forbidden Fiction
Editor: DM Atkins
Contact: submissions@forbidden-fiction.com
Payment: 30% Royalty, divided by authors
Description: Bring Out Your Dead – Erotic stories of the dead, the undead, and the living who have to deal with them. Graphic horror meets graphic erotica in stories you can sink your teeth into. (Half-way there! Shambling toward our goal.)
Winter’s Darkest Desires – Erotic stories from the dark side of the holidays. Winter brings longer nights and holiday cheer is not always enough. Dark passions? Naughty Santa? Drunken holiday party mistakes? (Half-way there! To get in for this winter, please submit as soon as possible.)
A Taste of Romance – A collection of novellas where the food is as tasty as the sex. This collection focuses on romance and food, with the bonus of a recipe (original) of one of the dishes in each story. (Nearly complete. Need only 1-2 more courses.)
Swords and Sandals – Erotic tales of the ancient Mediterranean world. Tales from Rome, Greece, Egypt, and more. We’d love to see decadent stories from behind the pages of history – Gladiators, slaves, Senators, warriors, Centurions, brothels, orgies – inspired by the stories of these ancient cultures. (Nearly complete. Maybe one more story?)
Out of Habit – Erotic tales of clergy – priests, priestesses, nuns, ministers, imams, rabbis, monks and acolytes. (Nearly complete. Maybe one more story?)
Of Passion and Steam – Erotic stories of Victorian and/or steampunk. Sex toys of brass, gears and steam? Victorian historical, science fiction or magic – all turned toward heating things up. (Nearly complete. Maybe a couple more stories?)
Breaking Gender – Erotic stories featuring transgender and/or gender non-conforming characters who take names and kick ass. Shapeshifters welcome! How about a steampunk, transwoman dom with an eyepatch? Or even the classic trope of a cabin boy who is a girl in disguise. As is always true at FF, we need strong plots and believable characters, not just sex scenes. (Nearly complete. Maybe a couple more stories?)
Southern Queer – Erotic stories of being queer (GLBT) in the American deep south. (Y’all need to get them in!)
Into the Wicked Woods – Erotic fairy tales where Ever After isn’t always so Happy, and everyone gets what’s coming to them. (Half-way there!)
Scales and Claws – Dragons: awesome, terrifying creatures of magic, fire and passion. Erotic stories featuring dragons who lust for more than hoards of gold. (Half-way there!)
Website: http://forbiddenfiction.com/specialcollectioncalls/
Iridium Zine
Title: Iridium Zine
Genre: All
Word Count: 1-15,000 words
Publisher: Iridium Zine
Contact: submissions@iridiumzine.com
Payment: 1-5K, .03/word unpublished fic; .01 up to 15k prev published
Description: Iridium accepts intersectional LGBT/QUILTBAG+ short genre fiction. We pay $0.03/word for up to 5,000 words for previously unpublished fiction or $0.01/word for reprints up to 15,000 words. We also accept art and essays at $50/work.
Website: http://www.iridiumzine.com
Mason Jar Press – Broken Metropolis
Title: Broken Metropolis: Queer Tales of a City That Never Was
Genre: Fantasy
Word Count: 1-6K
Publisher: Mason Jar Press
Contact: See website below
Payment: $25 flat fee + copy; <1K = $10
Description: A queer specfic anthology for Mason Jar Press. Looking for fantasy stories, open to other genre elements.
Website: http://www.masonjarpress.xyz/submissions/
Mischief Corner Books – A Legendary Love
Title: A Legendary Love line
Genre: Paranormal, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Sub Genres Only
Word Count: 40K+
Publisher: Mischief Corner Books
Editor: Managing Editor
Contact: submission.mischiefcornerbooks@gmail.com
Payment: Info Provided with Offer, Royalty Paying
Description: This is for all the folklore, myth, paranormal, and shifter lovers out there. We want romances featuring characters out of folklore and legends—our world with a touch of fantasy and magic. Think out of the box! Read up on your folklore & legends and give us a new twisty update or a surprise. Romance must come first but we want strong external/internal points of conflict for our characters.
- Romance first! But we want a nice genre plot too.
- Must fall in the paranormal to urban fantasy & fantasy genres and sub-genres. No contemporary genre stories. Sorry, but we do have other house lines!
- We are looking for solid world-building! It needs to make sense.
- Must be a standalone story with no connection to any series or universe.
- We want emotion. Laughter, tears, and everything in between. The stories can be sweet or they can be sit-on-the edge of your pants suspense, but no angst please. You can run the gambit of light to dark, but don’t forget the HFN/HEA!
- Stories that aren’t your standard werewolf/wolf shifter story are prioritized. There are a lot of alternative creatures, ghosts, gods, and “other” out there. Give us something different and exciting.
- If you are not sure if something will fit with this line, drop us an email.
Website: http://www.mischiefcornerbooks.com/submissions.html
Mischief Corner Books – Lost in the Stars
Title: Lost in the Stars line
Genre: Sci Fi and Sub Genres Only
Word Count: 40K+
Publisher: Mischief Corner Books
Editor: Managing Editor
Contact: submission.mischiefcornerbooks@gmail.com
Payment: Info Provided with Offer, Royalty Paying
Description: Space ships. Alternative realities with faster than light travel. Time machines. Worm holes. A world thriving after a nuclear holocaust. Our Lost in the Stars line is our beacon for the future, where science fiction gives us hope and a way forward in turbulent times. Innovation. Technology. The Stars. All of them give us hope for a better tomorrow. Sometimes, though, there are those who would want to strip us of everything we fought for. Our heroes push on despite the odds and overcome the obstacles laid out before them to obtain their desires and each other.
- Romance first! But we want a nice genre plot too.
- This is for science fiction lovers. Some steampunk may apply – but we’re watching you.
- We are looking for solid world-building! It needs to make sense.
- The science needs to make as much sense as possible, otherwise it’s not science fiction. Yes, it’s romance first, but the science is important too.Must be a standalone story with no connection to any series or universe.
- We want emotion. Laughter, tears, and everything in between. The stories can be sweet or they can be sit-on-the edge of your pants suspense, but no angst please. You can run the gambit of light to dark, but don’t forget the HFN/HEA!
- If you are not sure if something will fit with this line, drop us an email.
Website: http://www.mischiefcornerbooks.com/submissions.html
Retro Future – Galileo Books
Title: Retro Future
Genre: Sci Fi
Word Count: Essays and flash fiction of approximately 250-500 words is especially welcome; longer works may be serialized
Publisher: Galileo Books
Editor: John Carimando
Contact: retrofuturesubmissions@gmail.com
Payment: If your submission is selected you will be compensated.
Description: We welcome submissions of art and writing that approaches retrofuturism through a progressive lens. Essays and flash fiction of approximately 250-500 words is especially welcome; longer works may be serialized.
Comic submissions should be 1-8 pages of finished work. Anything longer may get serialized across multiple issues. Please note that inside art should be in grayscale (please refer to art and comic templates for details.)
Galileo Books acquires first serial rights; upon publication, these rights revert back to you, the author. We ask that you acknowledge Retro Future (Galileo Books) as the venue of original publication when the work appears in your book or is otherwise collected.
If a work becomes unavailable while under our review, please contact us via email. Submitted work for specific issues may be considered for other issues if themes fit.
Art and comic templates are located here.
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Retro Future is a progressive publication. Subjects such as sexual violence, un-examined racism, and other potentially offensive material are often used as fodder for exposition in genre stories–this is not appropriate for inclusion in Retro Future.
We are looking for forward-looking and optimistic science and science-fiction. Sensitive topics can be part of a good story, but a vision of a future better than our present is the focus of Retro Future. Keep this in mind when submitting.
Website: http://www.galileogames.com/retro-future/
WhatDoYouFear
Title: WhatDoYouFear Zine
Genre: Horror
Word Count: 1.8-2K
Publisher: WhatDoYouFear
Editor: Jeff Flaster
Contact: jeffocny@gmail.com
Payment: Copy of the magazine
Description: Looking for m/m stories that focus on strong gay or transmen characters in horror, slasher, or monster/zombie settings. Characters can be human or creature or a mix of both.
Website: https://m.facebook.com/pages/Whatdoyoufear/160242020797956/