Author: Stuart Conover

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Taking Submissions: LE FANTASTIQUE – A Literary Tribute to CLIVE BARKER

Deadline: December 1st, 2025
Payment: $50 and royalties
Theme: Works inspired by Clive Barker

Open Horror Call for Poetry and Short Story Submissions:
LE FANTASTIQUE – A Literary Tribute to CLIVE BARKER
We invite you to join us in a singular celebration of one of horror and speculative fiction’s most revolutionary voices—CLIVE BARKER.
Published by Nocturnicorn Books, a boutique literary imprint.
Clive Barker has long stood as a beacon in the realms of horror and fantasy—praised by none other than Stephen King as “the Future of Horror.” This anthology seeks to spotlight the groundbreaking and genre-defying narratives that have lifted Barker to iconic status. We are looking for short stories, flash fiction, personal anecdotes, and experimental pieces that channel the spirit, innovation, and dark wonder of Barker’s vast body of work. Contributions that delve deeply into themes of transformation, the grotesque, and the fantastical are most welcome.

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Taking Submissions: Keyed

Deadline: August 3rd, 2025
Payment: 40% of royalties split between all authors
Theme: This is a tribute anthology honouring the legacy of actress Michelle Trachtenberg, with a spotlight on mystical girls, unchosen heroes, found families, and impossible truths

Deadline – 3rd August 2025 Midnight Perth Western

Publication – 11th October 2025

Word Count – 2,500 words to 7,000

Theme – This is a tribute anthology honouring the legacy of actress Michelle Trachtenberg, particularly her unforgettable performance in a beloved supernatural television series.

This is a tribute to the stories behind the spotlight: to mystical girls, unchosen heroes, found families, and impossible truths. Keyed celebrates those who bear the weight of the world in secret—whether they were meant to or not—and the bonds that give them strength.

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Taking Submissions: No Anesthetic III

Deadline: Extended to July 3rd, 2025
Payment: $15
Theme: Extreme/splatter-punk tales

Hello, Splatter Ink Followers!
The SIP team is lookong for your extreme/splatter-punk tales!
We’re looking for stories between 2,000 – 5,000 words (flexible on that) and they have to fall in between Extreme and Splatter-Punk horror. Please keep politics out of your stories though.
We want your stories, so send them in!
If you have any questions, shoot the curators a message or email us at that email below!
[email protected]
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Deadline is still being decided, but we are aimingfor a summer release.
*EDIT*
We are currently not accepting reprints. But we could make an exception down the line.

Via: Splatter Ink Publishing.

Events / Flat Amount / Novel / Novella / Royalties

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Timber Ghost Press Is Open For Novella And Novel Submissions

Submission Window: Jun 16-30, 2025. Extended Period for authors who are BIPOC, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other marginalized communities, Jul 1-15
Payment: $50 advance on novellas, $75 advance on novels, 50% net royalties on all eBooks and 30% net royalties on paperback books
Theme: Horror

Novels and Novellas
Submission are Open Jun 16-30, 2025
Extended Period for authors who are BIPOC, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other marginalized communities, Jul 1-15
What We Want

Timber Ghost Press is looking to publish high-quality ​horror fiction to include cosmic horror, weird horror, sci-fi/horror, gothic, and contemporary. We especially love cosmic horror, wilderness horror, stories that fill you with creeping dread.
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Taking Submissions: Mmeory

Submission Window: July 7th – August 15th, 2025
Payment: 8 cents per word
Theme: Memory manipulation – Examples include magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone horribly wrong.

We are seeking stories for an anthology to be titled Mmeory which will collect stories of memory manipulation. To be published in late autumn of 2025 by the Air and Nothingness Press. All stories requested to be 2000 words or less.

Theme: Memory manipulation – Examples include magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone horribly wrong.

We are open to all genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Alternate History, Steampunk, Hopepunk, Solarpunk, and beyond….

Submission Dates
Submissions open: July 7th, 2025
Submissions close: August 15th, 2025
Reading/Review begins: August 16th, 2025
Reading/Review ends: September 1st, 2025
All authors will be contacted by: September 15th, 2025

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Taking Submissions: Short Story Substack July 2025 Window

Submission Window: July 1st – 31st, 2025
Payment: $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue
Theme: Any genre, short story

Mission = Revive the art of the short story, support artists, and produce something wonderful.

Payout = Base Pay of $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check.

Wait, you mean if this substack gets thousands of subscribers, the winner would get thousands of dollars?

Yes! The New Yorker pays roughly $7,500 per story and I sincerely hope to go way past that.

What does the timeline look like?

Submit stories by the end of the month, winner to be announced on the 15th. There is ONE story that wins and receives the full payout.

Where do I send submissions?
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Under-Represented UK Horror Authors Check Out The Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers’ Prize

Deadline: July 25th, 2025
Prize: A publishing contract with Penguin Michael Joseph, with a £10,000 advance, and representation by Bell Lomax Moreton Agency.
Theme: Horror novels by under-represented UK horror authors

Penguin Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and non-fiction.

We are proud to be entering our third year of The Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers’ Prize to find new authors from underrepresented backgrounds who we can bring to the widest possible readership.

Last year, we asked for submissions in the romance genre and were thrilled to announce Brandon Purves, whose debut novel Do Not Kiss Nicholas Prince publishes Summer 2026, as our second Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers Prize winner.

This year we want something scary! If you’re an aspiring horror author, we want to hear from you. We’re looking for the best horror novels that have a strong hook and even stronger atmosphere.
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Taking Submissions: khōréō July 2025 Window

Submission Window: July 1st – 31st, 2025
Payment: 10 cents per word
Theme: Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element.
Note: You must identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. This includes, but is not limited to, first- and second-generation immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, persons who identify with one or more diaspora communities, persons who have been displaced or whose heritage has been erased due to colonialism/imperialism, and anyone whose heritage and history includes ‘here and elsewhere’.

khōréō is a quarterly publication of stories, essays, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. We’re especially interested in writing and art that explore some aspect of migration, whether explicitly (themes of immigration, colonialism, etc.), metaphorically, or with a sly nod and a wink. Most importantly, we’re a new magazine and we’re still finding our identity: therefore, please don’t self-reject because you’re not sure if your work is a good fit. We won’t know until we see it, so please give us a chance to look!

See submission requirements & how to submit at the following pages:

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