Someone Else’s September submissions
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Someone Else’s September is our new annual special edition issue for H2, where someone else—from the Fellowship of Foofaraw—takes the reins, pairing nicely with H1’s Mindlessly Massive March.
Guest editor (2026):
Megan Diedericks
Theme (2026):
Something has gone terribly wrong—Dinosaur Edition
We are looking for stories that feature dinosaurs in some form or fashion (fossils count), where something has gone terribly wrong. If your dinosaurs talk or you have a dinosaur theme park a la Jurassic Park, the odds won’t be in your favor. Otherwise, get funky, get ferocious, scare us, thrill us, make us laugh, or question our entire existence.
We will be publishing 3-4 flash stories (250-2500 words), 1-2 short stories (2500-7500 words), and 1-2 poems in the September issue.
Guidelines
Timeframe:
Submissions: May 1 - May 31
Publication: September 1 - September 30
Response time:
You can expect to hear back within 21 days—feel free to reach out or check the status of your submission at any time.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome.
Language:
English
Rights:
We request first serial rights, non-exclusive, indefinite archival rights, and the right to publish in a limited biannual print collection and a monthly ebook edition. Any rights not used by the publisher within twelve months will return to the author.
Requirements:
We do not accept multiple submissions from a single person at a time
We do not accept previously published works
We do not accept work created or assisted by AI
What are we looking for
Fiction
Word limit:
250-7500 words
Pay rate:
$0.02 per word; up to a max of $50 per story
Fiction genres
- Surreal
- Speculative
- Slipstream
- Strange
- Magical Realism
- Sci-Fi
- Horror
- Humor
- Satire
- LGBTQIA+
- Thriller
- Noir
Poetry
We are not looking for typical ABAB or ABCB or AABB rhyme schemes.
Pay rate:
$5 for shorter 1-2 stanza poems (haiku, tanka, etc.); $10 for longer poems
Quantity:
Up to three poems per submission
Preferred styles:
- Free verse
- Prose poetry
- Elegy
- Zuihitsu
- Haiku/Senryu
- Haibun
- Tanka
- Villanelle
- Epigram
- Glosa
- Ghazal
- Triolet