The Submission Pit Substack

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The Submission Pit is a speculative fiction publication offering a monthly prize for the best submitted short story.

Response time info: ~15 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at thesubmissionpit.substack.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorCloses Nov 30Pays: One winning story receives $100, plus 50% of paid subscriber revenue for that month.

Monthly submissions are due by the end of the month, with the winner announced on the 15th. Accepts speculative fiction—science fiction, fantasy, and horror—of 6 to 10,000 words. Reprints and simultaneous submissions are allowed. One story per author per reading period.

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