Wicked Jungle
Who We Are
Wicked Jungle is an online community of Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Readers and Writers. Our mission is to promote and cultivate the creative talent in the genre by providing a place for writers to connect with readers.
What You Should Know
We are not your traditional online magazine.
Though we publish fiction of a variety of lengths, along with other relevant content such as book reviews and general news, we do not publish these works on a cyclical basis, (weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.). Instead we choose to provide content as it is created by our contributors so that readers have an ongoing supply of new material to read.
We do not have an ongoing submission process.
Whereas most short story markets solicit and purchase stories on an individual, case-by-case basis, based on the merits of the individual story, we focus our time and energy on developing new and talented authors with fresh voices. Twice a year we will have an open call for new contributors. We will invite the most talented and promising writers based on the sample of their work and to become a regular contributor and post stories on a monthly basis for Wicked Jungle. This approach is unheard of, we know. But a central component of our mission is to provide new authors in the genre with a market for short fiction (from micro-fiction to serialized novellas) and an audience who will appreciate and enjoy their work. We believe that an author’s success with their first novel is heavily dependent on three things: (1) exposure, (2) publicity, and (3) reader fan base. At Wicked Jungle, we are providing writers with an opportunity to address all of these components prior to releasing their first novel, during the early stages of their professional writing career.
Our contributors have various levels of publishing experience.
We look for talented writers in the genre of paranormal romance and urban fantasy regardless of publishing experience and encourage any interested writers to apply to be a contributor during our open selection periods. We anticipate many of our writers will be in the early stages of their professional writing career, however even if you have already sold your first or second novel, Wicked Jungle provides a unique opportunity for you to gain exposure and publish shorter works in between novel release dates. We also hope that as you progress in your career, as a former contributor of Wicked Jungle, you will continue to be involved in our community by participating on our guest blog, doing interviews, providing contest opportunities for our readers, and of course sharing any fun short stories!
Applying to be a Contributor
We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts for publishing. We only publish fiction online from our regular contributors (excluding novel excerpts). To learn more about becoming a contributor visit the submission guidelines page.
Other Roles @ Wicked Jungle
Though fiction is the primary purpose of our website, we also provide other relevant content for readers and fans of the genre including book reviews, news stories, and a guest blog with posts and contests from published authors. Please read below for additional opportunities to be a part of Wicked Jungle. At the current time these are nonpaying roles.
Book Reviewers
We are looking for experienced reviewers who are passionate about paranormal romance or urban fantasy novels to provide reviews for newly released books in the genre. Though we would love for original reviews we would also consider cross posts from other sites as long as you retain the rights of the material posted. If you are interested please email Melissa@wickedjungle.com with your name, contact info, and links to at least two online book reviews (can be your personal site/blog or another a review posted for another site.
Graphic Designers
We are looking for talented graphic designers to create artwork for featured stories. If interested please email Melissa@wickedjungle.com with your name, contact info, and a link to your design portfolio.
Guest Bloggers
We are always looking for published authors and fans of the genre to write a post or two on our guest blog. If you are interested please email Melissa@wickedjungle.com with your name, contact info, a brief bio and topic of interest. We are happy to promote new novel releases, and will gladly cross link to author sites or other personal websites as long as they are appropriate for our audience.
[1] We say “New” because it only has to be new to the site. We do accept reprints as long as the author retains the rights to publish the work online.
