I want to give my fellow authors a heads up that Atticus Review and The Dark Shire are both open for submissions!
Below are their submission guidelines. However, this is just an overview. It is always wise to get your information directly from the publication’s websites and read what they have published in the past.
***While these publications seem legit, I cannot personally vouch for their validity or philosophies.***
Atticus Review
DESCRIPTION: We want stories that engage our hearts and minds. Language matters. We like lyrical. We like dark humor. Most of all, perhaps, we want stories that matter. – from Atticus Review’s website.
WORD LIMIT: Limit is 4,000 words. But they especially like fiction that is 800 words or less.
PAY RATE: $10.00
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Yes! (But as always let them know if your fiction is accepted elsewhere.)
HOW TO SUBMIT: Atticus Review’s Submittable page.
WEBSITE: https://atticusreview.org/
The Dark Shire
DESCRIPTION: The Dark Sire, a literary journal that publishes short fiction, poetry, and art, continually seeks submissions for upcoming issues (to be published quarterly). The editor will be celebrating the influential work of J.R.R. Tolkein, Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, Stephen King, and thus will accept submissions from authors and artists who delve into the mystery, psychosis, suspense, and looming darkness of the Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, and Psychological realms. Suitable subject matter may include, but is not limited to, vampires, monsters, old castles, dragons, magic, mental illness, hell, disease, or decay of society. – from The Dark Shire’s website.
WORD LIMIT: 5,000 words – fiction. 2 pages – poetry.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Yes! (But as always let them know if your fiction is accepted elsewhere.)
HOW TO SUBMIT: By e-mail, but please check their submission page as there are specific steps you will need to take.
WEBSITE: https://darksire.weebly.com/
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