Taking Submissions: Cosmic Horror Monthly January 2024 Window (Early Listing)
Submission Window: January 1st – January 7th, 2024
Payment: 3 cents per word for original fiction. 5k words = $150, 20 dollars for artwork chosen as interior content. Negotiable, 100 dollars for cover art. Negotiable.
Theme: cosmic horror, Lovecraftian, and weird fiction and non-fiction essays that explore the state of horror as well as philosophies often found in cosmic horror
Cosmic Horror Monthly is a horror and weird fiction magazine edited by Charles Tyra.
Submission periods are twice yearly from January 1st – January 7th and July 1st – July 7th.
January stories accepted will appear in issues July – December
July stories accepted will appear in issues January – June
SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
We are now accepting non-fiction submissions as well as fiction. We would love to see non-fiction essays that explore the state of horror as well as philosophies often found in cosmic horror, i.e. pessimism, nihilism, existentialism, etc.
Instructions: All writing must be submitted via email to [email protected]. When submitting, include a little background information about yourself in the body and attach the story in the form of a Microsoft Word file. Please include a word count and a brief synopsis of the work.
For artwork, please put a link to the gallery/pieces in the body of the email along with any relevant background information. You may also attach example art.
Acceptable file formats for attachments are DOC and DOCX for fiction, JPG, and PNG for art.
The subject line of the email should read: “CHM Fiction Submission” for fiction, “CHM Non-Fiction Submission” for non-fiction, and “CHM Art Submission” for art.