Wilted Pages
Gloomy buildings, secret societies, futuristic boarding schools, gothic yet modern aesthetics, and occult learning are among the pleasures to be found in this subgenre.
Submission Window:
March 8th - March 24th
(Extended deadline for underrepresented voices)
WORDCOUNT:
1k-4k (hard limit)
PAYMENT:
$0.05 per word
WHAT THEY'RE SEEKING:
Ai Jiang and Christi Nogle are seeking previously unpublished stories of 1,000 to 4,000 words for Shortwave Publishing’s Wilted Pages: An Anthology of Dark Academia.
Wilted Pages takes its inspirations from works such as The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas, and The Bone Weaver’s Orchard by Sarah Read. Gloomy buildings, secret societies, futuristic boarding schools, gothic yet modern aesthetics, and occult learning are among the pleasures to be found in this subgenre.
We are looking for a broad range of HORROR, DARK FANTASY, and SCIENCE FICTION HORROR concerning
Schools, colleges, universities, and/or other educational institutions
Libraries and books
Laboratories and research facilities
Teachers and students
Scholarship and scholarly life
Esoteric/occult learning
Educational technology
The future of learning
The knowledge economy
Ai's Wishlist:
Diverse casts
Mixed genres
Experimental
Character-focused
Christi's Wishlist:
A distinct sense of setting and atmosphere
Character-focused storytelling
The weird, experimental, and surprising
CONTENT WARNINGS:
We are open to reading a wide variety of content but ask that you include a content note if your piece contains the following:
Discriminatory language and ideas including but not limited to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, eugenics, classism, ageism, ableism.
Violence, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse
Depictions of self-harm and suicide
Please include your content notes on both cover letter and your submission document so that they will be available to those assigning submissions to first readers as well as to the readers themselves.
REPRINTS: [YES/NO]
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: [YES/NO]
MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: You may send up to two submissions in total (Please wait for a pass on the first submission before sending a second. If accepted, please do not send a second, as we will publish only one per author.)
EXTRA INFORMATION:
FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
[any specific formatting guidelines go here, as well as valid file types]
SUBMITTING:
Format: Double-spaced, Times New Roman, include email address and byline on the first page (*address and phone number not needed)
File: .docx or .doc
Emailed to: wiltedpagesanthology@gmail.com
Subject line: SUBMISSION: Story Title — Word Count — Author Name
Include a brief cover letter (A third-person bio — no more than 100 words)
RIGHTS REQUESTED:
First world print/digital rights with six months exclusivity.
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