Welcome to the May edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA.

NEW MARKETS

A Punk Rock Future

OPENING MARKETS

Apex Magazine
Arsenika
Cast of Wonders
Sword & Sorceress

TEMPORARILY CLOSING MARKETS

Abyss & Apex
Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest Series
Fireside
Story Seed Vault
Unidentified Funny Objects Anthology Series

PERMANENTLY CLOSING MARKETS

Spirit’s Tincture

UPCOMING MARKET CHANGES

Cast of Wonders’s “Banned Books: Libraries” Theme (3000 word upper limit) ends soon.
PodCastle‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Story Seed Vault‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Sword & Sorceress temporarily closes soon.
The Working Zealot’s Guide to Gaining Capital in Pre-Apocalyptic America – Fiction permanently closes soon.

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The SFWA Market Report is compiled by David Steffen, editor of Diabolical Plots and administrator and co-founder of the Submission Grinder.  In June Diabolical Plots will publish Diabolical Plots Year Three, an ebook collection of the 24 stories published in year three on the site, including “Regarding the Robot Raccoons Attached to the Hull of My Ship” by Rachael K. Jones and Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, which was selected for Neil Clarke’s Best Science Fiction of the Year anthology.  Patreon/PayPal subscribers of $5/month or more will get a free copy by email.