Ongoing Submissions: Big Smoke Pulp

Payment: 1₵ CAD per word. Theme: Fun Pulp Stories from 99 to 7500 words What We’re Looking For Pulp stories are one thing above all else: Fun.We are not looking for flowery prose or character pieces without a plot.We’re looking for breakneck pacing, thrilling action and relatable characters in heaps of trouble. We’re looking for something that readers can’t put down because they can’t imagine not knowing where it ends. We’re looking for PULP.There is no limitation on genre or content. Bring us your young adult romance, hard-nosed noir or epic sci-fi.As long as it follows the guidelines laid out here, we’ll want your stories.   Story Length We’re looking for stories in three formats: Microfiction – 99-750 words Flash Fiction – 751-2000 words Short Stories – 2001-7500 wordsAnything above the short stories threshold will not be considered. We are not looking for novelettes or novellas.These thresholds are in place as we have a limited amount of slots for each story type per issue.The shorter your story, the better your odds of placement. Series or Serialization We are looking for full stories with a complete beginning, middle and end.No exceptions.A cool cliffhanger has its place, but if it leaves a story incomplete, it won’t be accepted here. A recurring character within multiple complete stories in a series format is acceptable, but we will only review one submission per author at a time.Do not send all of your stories for that character at once. This will be rejected outright. One at a time only. Reprints, Multiple or Simultaneous Submissions Reprints are not permitted.Only original and previously unpublished stories, in any format, will be accepted.Simultaneous Submissions with other publications are permitted.We know there’s no stopping you anyway. We just ask you let us know as soon as possible if your story has been accepted elsewhere. Multiple submissions...
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