Welcome to 2020 - May your pens flow freely and your keyboards clackity-clack with enthusiasm.

New Market

COSMIC ROOTS AND ELDRITCH SHORES https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/ We have a regular submissions schedule: four times a year, one week each time, midnight E.S.T. to midnight E.S.T., at the beginning of each season of the year: March 21 – 28, June 21 – 28, September 21 – 28, December 21 – 28. We are a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) qualifying site. We pay six cents per word for new fiction, two cents per word for fiction reprints, two to six cents per word for new fact-based work, one to four cents per word for reprinted fact articles. We are looking for: well written original work in science fiction, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy tales, and eldritch, in written, podcast, video, and/or graphic story form, and from around the world.

Markets

Markets to explore

Cast of Wonders - young adult short fiction, they take fantasy, sci fi, horror and other genres. Check it out here.  http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/

Issues in Earth Science - this one is interesting because it wants fiction that makes Earth Science cool for kids to read about. Here is more info - http://earthscienceissues.net/submissions

Market for sci-fi and horror
http://www.severedpress.com/submissions/

Short Story Contest for SF/Fantasy/Horror

http://parsecink.com/contest/

Ends April 14th, 2018

SFWA - Blog, Non-fiction submissions

http://www.sfwa.org/sfwa-publications/sfwa-blog-guidelines/

Flash and short story submission market -- Fireside,  https://firesidefiction.com/about/#submissions-guidelines. They have short windows for sending submissions. Here are the dates (taken from their website).
Here’s our schedule for the remainder of the year (subject to change):

• September 17-23
• November 5-11

An essay contest with a prize of $3,000 detailing the happiest moment of your life.  https://www.realsimple.com/magazine-more/inside-website/contests-sweepstakes/good-read-contest

A call for an anthology - http://motherofinvention.twelfthplanetpress.com/submission-guidelines/