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The Red Penguin Collection

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by Paula Gail Benson

Red Penguin Books, a small publishing company based in New York and headed by Stephanie Larkin, began an imprint to showcase new and established writers of shorter works. Its Red Penguin Collection currently has twenty-eight volumes of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, monologues, and short plays. The editor is J.K. Larkin, Stephanie’s son, who has published his own autobiography, not kidding.

The collection first drew my attention when I noticed that John Floyd had been published in one of its romance volumes, A Heart Full of Love, and two of its mystery anthologies, Behind Closed Doors, and the recently released, Pets on the Prowl.

I decided to check out submissions opportunities and was fortunate enough to have my own work included in An Empty Stage: A Collection of Monologues and Once Upon a Time, fairy tales written for adults.

I received an even bigger thrill when my “A Fairy Godmother’s Christmas” was selected for a second publication in Stand Out: The Best of the Red Penguin Collection, Volume 2, which also contains two of John Floyd’s stories.

If you write short fiction, poetry, essays, or plays, you definitely should check out the submission opportunities at this link. While many of the anthologies are non-paying, an upcoming humor short story contest offers monetary prizes for first, second, and third place.

Additionally, Red Penguin has encouraged its authors to participate in marketing efforts, join in group meetings, and learn from virtual programs. It offers an excellent chance for authors to see their work in print, have a publisher that supports them, and become part of a writing community.

Short Story Anthologies and Markets

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by
Paula Gail Benson

First,
for short story readers, here are two new anthologies:

The Great
Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffet (released
February 22, 2021, by Down & Out Books, edited by Josh Pachter) featuring
sixteen stories by

Leigh
Lundlin, Josh Pachter, Rick Ollerman, Michael Bracken, Don Bruns, Alison
McMahan, Bruce Robert Coffin, Lissa Marie, Redmond, Elaine Viets, Robert J.
Randisi, Laura Oles, Isabella Maldonado, Jeffrey Hess, Neil Plakcy, John M.
Floyd, and M.E. Browning.

Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories (released December 18, 2020, by Level Best Books, edited by Verena
Rose, Harriette Sackler, and Shawn Reilly Simmons) is the 18th
anthology containing stories set in the New England states and including the Al
Blanchard Award Winner, Mary Dutta’s “The Wonderworker”. Other featured authors
are: Shannon Brady, Marlin Bressi, Chris Chan, R.M. Chastleton, John Clark, Bruce
Robert Coffin, Sharon Love Cook, Tina deBellegarde, Brendan DuBois, Patricia
Dusenbury, Gerald Elias, John M. Floyd, Debrah H. Goldstein, Judith Green, Maurissa
Guibord, Margaret S. Hamilton, Steve Liskow, Michael Allan Mallory, Jason
Marchi, Ruth McCarty, Adam Meyer, Jen Collins Moore, Lorraine Sharma Nelson, Erica
Obey, Alan Orloff, Olive Pollak, Tonya Price, Michele Bazan Reed, Pat Remick, Harriette
Sackler, Lida Sideris, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Clea Simon, M.J. Soni, Cathi
Stoler, Anne Marie Sutton, Larry Tyler, Bev Vincent, and Cathy Wiley.


Second, for short story writers, here’s a new
publishing source:

Red Penguin Books offers a number of services
for authors: publication, editing, website construction, and marketing. In
addition, Red Penguin Books has a series of anthologies, for mysteries, non-fiction,
fantasies, histories, children’s books, poetry, plays, and paranormals.

Here’s the link to check out deadlines for
upcoming publications:

https://redpenguinbooks.com/upcoming-publications/