New Edge Sword & Sorcery
They want sword & sorcery stories. Their editor’s definition of the genre is linked on their website. And, “We do not recommend genre blending, though we’ll still read such works with an open mind, and we strongly recommend against submitting works featuring standardized fantasy elements (No elves, orcs, dragons, or dwarves, please).” Please note, this project is contingent on crowdfunding (they have run successful campaigns in the past); please see their note about that, as well as payment.
Deadline: 1 September 2025
Length: 4,000-6,000 words
Pay: $0.04/word; more if crowdfunding stretch goals are met
Details here.
(Submissions are also open for Fascination, a fiction and poetry anthology from Tyche Books. They have detailed guidelines, including, “Imagine a tall figure in black robes wearing a mask that looks like a deer skull, antlers backlit by moonlight. Or perhaps it is not a mask and the shape beneath the robes something much more than human. Imagine a thatch-roofed fairy tale cottage deep in a forest, with a lake of black water for a front lawn. Imagine what creatures the cottage’s occupant keeps trapped beneath the water, waiting to be called forth to do their bidding …. I want nature-fueled magic, witches and dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads and bespelled woods. Submit them to me that I might find myself enchanted and unsettled by them in equal measure”. Pay is CAD50 for stories up to 7,500 words, CAD20 for poetry; more if Kickstarter funding permits, and the deadline is 3 September 2025 – see guidelines. Details here and here.)

Deadline: September 1st, 2025