WRITERS’ NEWS
http://www.writers-online.co.uk NOVEMBER 2019^85Granta literary journal,
published four times a
year, is open for fiction and
non-fiction submissions
between 13 October and
13 November. Writers
may submit one complete
story or essay. All material
submitted to Granta must
be original and unpublished. There is no
minimum or maximum length but most
submissions are between 3,000 and 6,000
words and submissions over 10,000 words
are unlikely to be read. Include a cover letter
with information about previous publications.
Submit all work through the online system.
There is a £3 fee for prose submissions.
Payment varies.
Website: https://granta.submittable.com/
Irish literary journal The
Stinging Fly will have an
open submission window
between 2 December and
16 January 2020 for work
for its summer 2020 issue.
The Stinging Fly publishes
new work by Irish and
international authors and
has a particular interest in the short story.
One prose work per author may be submitted
or up to three poems. There are no length
restrictions. Payment per accepted piece is
€25 per magazine page. Submit through the
online system, which will only go live when
the submission window opens.
Website: https://stingingfly.org/
Submissions are invited for the next issue of
New Writing Scotland from writers resident
in Scotland or otherwise Scots. All kinds of
creative writing may be submitted, including
autobiography, memoir, creative non-
fiction, fiction, essays, poetry, travel writing
and screenplays. The maximum length is
3,500 words. All work must be original and
unpublished, and may be in any of he languages
of Scotland. Accepted pieces will be published in
summer 2020 and paid at £20 per printed page.
Submit through the online submission system or
by post up to 31 October.
Website: https://writ.rs/
newwritingscotland2020The Fiction Desk has
replaced its annual ghost story
competition with a new annual
call for submission for ghost
stories. The call has two stands,
for general ghost stories and
themed ghost stories (the theme
was yet to be announced when
WM went to press). Stories may be between
1,000 and 20,000 words, and for the general
strand may be in any style of ghost story as long
as they retain an element of the supernatural.
Submissions are open from mid-October to
31 January 2020. Submit through the online
system. Accepted stories will be paid at a rate of
£20 per printed page.
Website: http://www.thefictiondesk.com/CRAFT is an
international
online platform
for new fiction
from established
and emerging
writers.
Submissions of flash (under 1,000 words)
and short (up to 6,000 words) fiction are
accepted. Submit one piece of shot fiction
or up to three pieces of flash fiction. Work
for consderation should be original and
previously unpublished, although CRAFT
may accept reprints on a non-paying basis.
Payment for accepted new work is $100
for flash fiction and $200 for short stories.
Submit online.
Website: http://www.craftliterary.comOne Story
is a literary
magazine
that
publishes a
single story
at a time.
The writer
of each
accepted
story is paid $500 and receives 25 contributor
copies. Submit original, unpublished literary
fiction between 3,000 and 8,000 words
through the online submission window. There
is currently a submission window open until
14 November. The next submission window
will open in January.
Website: http://www.one-story.comINTRODUCTIONS
Writing Magazine presents a selection of paying literary markets currently accepting
contributions. We strongly recommend that you read back issues, familiarise yourself with
their guidelines before submitting and check websites for submission details.Library Tales Publishing is a US indie specialising in ‘self-help, memoirs
and niche fiction books by qualified and talented authors’. The editorial
team is proud of their domestic and international distribution, film
rights, and sales representation throughout the world. They have a
unique way of accepting submissions. At the website there is a long and
detailed questionnaire which an author must fill in and attach when the
manuscript is submitted.
It is planned that this information ‘will help us better evaluate
your publishing potential... [and] better promote and sell your book
once published.’
Submissions are currently open. Check out their list and publications
before submitting and make sure to present a business-like, social media
savvy, presentation. Response time is reasonable and rights and royalties
are discussed with the contract.
Website: http://www.librarytalespublishing.comLibrary Tales Publishing
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