Weird Circular #44 August

The August Weird Circular

July 31, 2020

This month's Weird Circular is live with submission ideas, prompts, and more!

Welcome to the Weird Circular

Dear Fellow Weird Writers,

Umm, you may have noticed that this year has been difficult for me with keeping up appearances. Specifically, I mean this newsletter. I apologize for that, but let's be honest, everyone has had kind of a rough year. 

I am working on a novel and I've been struggling to get any writing done in 2020. But I am determined to refocus this month and try to get back on the bandwagon. All the while giving myself a break. There's a lot going on in the world right now. Sometimes, the world demands our attention. The beauty of it? Your writing will still be there, waiting for you. 

Your corporeal host,

Holly 

Submission Calls

Upcoming Submission Windows: 

  • Apex Magazine, no set deadline: Apex is open to short stories (Max 7.5k words). Pays $.08/word

  • F&SF reopens 8/1: Short fiction (max 25k words), poetry (send up to 5 poems through the fiction form!) Pays $.08-.12/word.

  • Split Lip opens 8/1: Short fiction (1k-3k words) Flash (under 1k words), Poetry (one poem), Memoir (under 2k words). 

  • Fantasy Magazine, deadline 8/7: Open the first week of each month. Fantasy short stories (1.5k-7k words) Flash Fiction (Up to 1.5k words) Pays .08/word. Poetry (Up to 6 poems) pays $40/poem.

  • Other Stories, deadline 8/14: Audio market. Theme: The Dark Web. Horror stories (About 2k words), 

  • Frozen Wavelets, deadline 8/16: Flash Fiction (up to 750 words), Poetry (up to 10 lines), Pays .08/word and $1/line for poetry. 

  • Curiosities, deadline 8/31: Audio market. Short Fiction on the theme of retropunk (Max 7.5k words). Pays $.04/word.

  • Mantid, deadline 8/31: Weird Fiction/Horror stories from women-identifying folks (2k-8k words). Pays $75/story. 

Need more submission ideas? Check the

newest markets,

, Duotrope's

,

, or Literary Mama's

.

YOU SHOULD BE WRITING

This month's prompts are video based. Click on the videos below to get inspired!

Editing tip of the month: If you feel overwhelmed by your manuscript, break it down into manageable pieces. It counts to revise by chapter too! There is no wrong way to do this. Find what works for you.

Inspiration from the Ether

News From Your Corporeal Host

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