Proper Manuscript Format - Classic

 

1. Courier or Times New Roman font.
2. 12 point font.
   
3. Black text.
   
4. No colours.
5. No decorations.
6. 1 inch margins on all sides.
7. Contact Info goes in top left corner of first page.
8. Contact Info should include legal name, address, phone number, and email.
9. Word count goes on top right corner of first page. If it is a longer piece round to the nearest 100.
10. Title should be one third or one half down the first page and centered.
11. Byline: Your name or Pseudonym below the title, also centered.
12. Double spaced between Title and Byline
13. Another double spacing after the Byline, then the story.
14. Set the line spacing for the story to Double-Spaced
15. Each paragraph should be indented one half of an inch.
16. Text should be left-aligned.
17. Do NOT use full justification.
18. Header at the top-right of each page should include: Surname of the author from the Byline, the title, page number.
19. Header should begin on the 2nd page, not the 1st page.
20. Scene breaks should be marked with a # instead of * * *.
21. If you are submitting to a magazine or publisher that has specific guidelines you should follow then you SHOULD follow them.
    

Tree and Stone, Flash Fiction

https://www.tree-and-stone.com/general-submissions

Tree and Stone is seeking Flash Fiction (less than 1000 words) and pays 2 cents per word.

They sometimes will buy 1000 to 6000 word short stories, but only pay an honorarium of $20 for such pieces.

Simultaneous Submissions = OK

While all writers are welcomed, they prefer to publish work by QTPOC and BIPOC writers. Especially with queer characters/romance, and queer fantasy/science fiction.

Etherea Magazine, Australia Fantasy and Science Fiction

Looking for fantasy and sci fi, but not horror or grimdark. Dark Fantasy is OK, but nothing too dark or grim.

Accepts at least 25% Australian writers, up to 75% international writers. So don't worry about being Canadian.

https://ethereamagazine.com/submissions/

2 months response time.

Pays a flat rate of $100 AUD (roughly $87 CDN or $65 USD) for short stories that are 2000 to 5000 words. Sweet spot is approximately 3500 words.

Original unpublished stories only!

Also accepts flash fiction that is 500 to 1000 words, but only pays $25 AUD for each. Will sometimes accept supernatural horror for the flash fiction stories.

Also accepts reprints at a rate of $25 AUD, short stories that are 2000 to 5000 words as per above.

Open to printing completed serials.

Woods Reader

https://woodsreader.com/submissions

Accepts 500 to 1000 words flash fiction at 2 cents per word.

Must be thematically about the woods/trees/forests, but can be fantasy or other genres.

Especially likes history, woodcrafting and how-to DIY topics, in nonfiction or fiction format.