Cast of Wonders

The Young Adult Speculative Fiction Podcast

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Audio Upload

This is the portal for submitting your completed narration or guest host audio files. You can use the cover letter section of the form to include any updates to an existing bio. If you are a new narrator/host, we'd also like you to submit a full bio using the author/narrator bio submission portal, where you can also upload your optional bio image. Should you wish to update your details at any time, please get in touch with the editor directly. We are not currently accepting general auditions. Please do not upload unsolicited auditions or stories to this portal, they will not be reviewed.

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Author, narrator and host bio

This portal is for authors of accepted stories, narrators and guest hosts to provide their bio text and (optional) image for our website.

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The following submission types are temporarily closed:

General Submissions

Short fiction between 1500 and 6000 words in length, and flash fiction between 100 and 1500 words in length

Closed to submissions

Opens to submissions on November 30, 2020 12:00 AM (UTC)

Halloween Submissions

Original flash fiction of 100 to 1500 words in length. Original short fiction of 1500 to 4500 words in length. Reprints up to 6000 words in length.

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Dinovember

This is the portal for submitting stories for our Dinovember event. The submission call information can be found at on our website at https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/01/announcing-the-dinovember-2020-themed-call/ We're looking for intelligent dinosaur stories of 500-6000 words in length. Stories should also meet the usual Cast of Wonders submission guidelines.

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Winter Solstice

Cast of Wonders will be open to submissions for our Winter Solstice episode from 1-10th June, midnight to midnight GMT. The theme we're looking at for this episode is 'The Longest Night'.

Closed to submissions

Opens to submissions on May 31, 2020 11:00 PM (UTC)

Banned Books Week 2020

Our theme for 2020 is Lifelines: books that help us get through periods of isolation. "Books" can be any one-way form of communication: a box of letters, a podcast, skywriting -- anything the recipient can't easily reply to. "Isolation" can be either physical or social: an astronaut alone in a spaceship; a person in a place where no one speaks their language; someone in prison. The stories don't necessarily need to have a happy ending, but they do need to end on a hopeful note. And of course they should follow all of the standard Cast of Wonders guidelines.

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Opens to submissions on June 14, 2020 11:00 PM (UTC)