If you're a short-story writer looking for anthologies where you can submit your work, I've listed a few below (note: a couple have deadlines coming up soon). Not all are specifically related to crime fiction, but many have cross-genre possibilities, most are paying markets, and there are no entry fees.
- A Whodunit Halloween. As the title indicates, this anthology centers on Halloween mysteries. The deadline for submissions is April 15 for stories up to 15,000 words. This is a project of Pill Hill Press, which has various and sundry other open anthologies on their web site.
- The Way of the Wizard. Think Harry Potter―wizards, witches, sorcerers, sorceresses, any user of magic. The limit is 5,000 words, and the deadline is March 31. For more details, check out the editor's web site.
- You Don't Have a Clue: Mystery for Teens. This is a narrow market, for Latino and Latina authors to submit mystery stories suitable for the teenager set. Stories can be up to 6,000 words, with a submission deadline of March 31st. For more details, click here.
- The Book of Villains. This is one of a series of themed anthologies published by the Main Street Rag Short Fiction Anthology. They want "your evil, your plotting, your cruel. Give us your vengeful, your jealous, your cold. Give us your villains! Not anti-heroes or flawed characters or the morally questionable―leave no question about it: we want to populate a book with the truly malicious." Provided, you can do it in 10,000 words of less. The reading period begins May 1.
For more anthology and short-story markets, check out Sandra Seamans' wonderfully informative blog, My Little Corner.
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