The Dream Foundry

The Dream Foundry is a nonprofit organization that is “dedicated to helping new professionals in the speculative genres.” They are looking for content (how-tos, reflections/op-eds, and industry happenings) for their blog. They want “content that’s useful for craft, business, and life for everyone across the industry including writers, artists, podcasters, game creators, comics artists and authors, and more.” They pay $60 per post (about 750 words). To learn more, read their contributor guidelines.

News & Pitch Calls from The Dream Foundry

Tuesday, August 17th 2021

$1700 Speculative Fiction Contest

The Dream Foundry is a nonprofit organization that is “dedicated to helping new professionals in the speculative genres.”

They are currently hosting a contest for people who are new to writing. To join the contest, you must not have published more then 4,000 words of paid speculative fiction in English, or earned a total of more than $320 USD.

To enter the contest, submit a finalized speculative fiction story up to 10,000 words via their submission manager.

The contest has a total of $1700 in prizes, including a $1000 first place prize.

The submission manager is a bit difficult to navigate, but they are still open for submissions until October 11th, 2021.

To learn more, read their contest page here.

Sunday, May 9th 2021

The Dream Foundry is Looking for Pitches

The Dream Foundry is a nonprofit organization that is “dedicated to helping new professionals in the speculative genres.” They have tweeted, “We'd love to hear pitches for articles on business, industry, or how-tos geared toward new creatives of ALL types. Artists, podcasters, editors, translators, game designers - hit us up!” They pay $60 per article (about 750 words). Pitches should be sent to content@dreamfoundry.org. For more information, read their Tweet and contributor guidelines.