Deadline: March 31st, 2015
Payment: 1 cent per word

We are looking for stories 500-8000 words in length about the end of the world, in whatever form it takes. These stories will be published in our anthology, Selfies from the End of the World: Historical Accounts of the Apocalypse. We will accept submissions from March 1st through March 31st. The stories must include the following elements:

• The World Must End: At the very minimum, we’re looking for a catastrophic collapse of human civilization. The end of the world can either take place in the story or, in the case of post-apocalyptic tales, it can take place before the start of your story.
• It Must Be First Person: There must be a narrator that is telling the story as though they have experienced it.

It does not need to have mad science in it at all.

Though we are not requiring it, we would also love stories that feature protagonists or settings that are outside of what we typically see in mainstream fiction. We don’t want to just publish a couple dozen stories about straight white men in the ruins of the United States. We would also like to collect stories from a wide range of authors, including authors with little to no publishing history and authors from traditionally underrepresented groups.

All our other submission guidelines still apply, particularly the request for Standard Manuscript Format. We will not be accepting reprints. Payment will be 1-cent a word.

How To Send It

You will want to send it through our submission form on Submishmash: http://madscientistjournal.submishmash.com/submit

Questions? Queries can be sent to [email protected].

Via: Mad Scientist Journal.