EXTENDED CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
A forgotten doorway. A forbidden library. Secrets buried for centuries beneath the shifting sands. The journal of a forgotten philosopher whose words were banned. A sleep-deprive scholar, who begins to see some very strange visions. Your ideas may be spooky, but we want to read them.
What we’re looking for…
- Stories up to 4000 words
- Creative non-fiction or essays up to 4000 words
- Poetry up to 400 words
- Human-generated artwork, photos, or imagery that fits the theme.
- Up to two submissions per author
- Writing that fits the theme of Gremlin Grimoire
- Writing that fits our overall theme of science and SciFi based speculative writing
- Submissions that fit our guidelines
- No AI submissions, please! We want writing created by humans!
Please email submissions to our editors!
- Please email all submissions in .doc or .docx format.
- Email title format: Author Full Name: “Story/Essay/Poem Title,” ### words
- Send submissions to strangequarkpress@gmail.com
- Open now, until January 31st!
All proceeds go to Reading is Fundamental – an awesome charity that promotes reading in the US! Last year we donated $150 to The Planetary Society, and in the past we have donated to Out in STEM. By submitting you confirm the work is unpublished and not created with AI tools. Upon acceptance you grant non-exclusive first publication rights, after which rights revert to the author. We are proud to announce we are also now a paying market, offering $5 per piece!
