February 2016 Editor’s Choice Review, Science Fiction

The Editors’ Choices are chosen from the submissions from the previous month that show the most potential or otherwise earn the admiration of our Resident Editors. Submissions in four categories — science fiction chapters, fantasy chapters, horror, and short stories — receive a detailed review, meant to be educational for others as well as the […]

Publication News

Elad Haber sold a reprint of his story “Do What You Desire”  to Strange Constellations. Watch for it in May 2016. Aimee Odgen’s story “The Goblin Knight” appeared in the January 2016 issue of Spaceports and Spidersilk.

Reviewer Honor Roll

The Reviewer Honor Roll is a great way to pay back a reviewer for a really useful review. When you nominate a reviewer, we list the reviewer’s name, the submission/author reviewed, and your explanation of what made the review so useful. The nomination appears in the Honor Roll area of OWW the month after you […]

Grapevine

As of January 2016, PodCastle publishes in both text and audio. They pay 6 cents a word for original fiction 6000 words or less, $100 flat rate for reprints over 2000 words, and $20 flat rate for flash fiction reprints (stories below 2000 words). Payment is for both text and audio rights. Full details here.  

February 2016 Editor’s Choice Review, Short Story

The Editors’ Choices are chosen from the submissions from the previous month that show the most potential or otherwise earn the admiration of our Resident Editors. Submissions in four categories — science fiction chapters, fantasy chapters, horror, and short stories — receive a detailed review, meant to be educational for others as well as the […]

Publication News

Rae Carson’s next book, a sequel to Walk On Earth A Stranger, now has a title and a release date. Watch for Like A River Glorious in September 2016. Cover images coming soon. Angraecus Daniels wants us all to know: “The editor at Misque Press found one of my short stories on my workshop shelf […]

Spotlight on Marsheilla Rockwell and Jeffrey J. Mariotte

        Most writers work alone, spending months inside their own heads while writing their novels. Collaboration is a skill–and an opportunity–not all of us have, and when looked at from the outside appears just a little mysterious. This month partners Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell and Jeffrey J. Mariotte agreed to share a little […]

January 2016 Editor’s Choice Review, Fantasy

The Editors’ Choices are chosen from the submissions from the previous month that show the most potential or otherwise earn the admiration of our Resident Editors. Submissions in four categories — science fiction chapters, fantasy chapters, horror, and short stories — receive a detailed review, meant to be educational for others as well as the […]

January 2016 Editor’s Choice Review, Short Story

The Editors’ Choices are chosen from the submissions from the previous month that show the most potential or otherwise earn the admiration of our Resident Editors. Submissions in four categories — science fiction chapters, fantasy chapters, horror, and short stories — receive a detailed review, meant to be educational for others as well as the […]

Publication News

Kate Ellis’ story “Liarbird” was the grand prize winner of the 2015 Defenestrationism Short Fiction Contest, and her story “At the Sixes’ and the Sevens’” will appear in a forthcoming issue of Crossed Genres. Gregor Hartmann wrote with great news: “Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful” (my “uber-nerd” story), which was critiqued here last summer, has been bought […]