Submission Window: June 13th – July 31st, 2025
Payment: $15 USD per page
Theme: Horror, no specific theme, but stories should be hard hitting
We’re looking for comic scripts for DARKEST DEPTHS VOL. 1, a new horror anthology series to be published by Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Publishing.
Submission Window: June 1st – July 31st, 2025
Payment: $25 and a contributor’s copy
Theme: Stories about monsters living in a mundane setting
Announcing our latest horror/fantasy anthology, the follow-up to THE MONSTERS NEXT DOOR!
MORE MONSTERS NEXT DOOR will be accepting 20 short stories, each one focused on a monster living in a mundane setting. The Tudor house across from you may be Dracula’s summer home. That apartment down the hall may be Cthulhu’s downsizing goal. The hairy guy who just moved into the trailer court sure does make a lot of noise during the full moon.
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Deadline: July 1st, 2025
Payment: $50 for accepted story, $25 for accepted artwork
Theme: Stories/art about America’s slide toward authoritarianism – how you feel about it, what you think we can do, what form can and should resistance take, etc.
The International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM) issues a call for literary (poetry; short story and essay) and visual responses (submitted as hi-resolution jpegs) to this unique American moment – how you feel about it, what you think we can do, what form can and should resistance take, etc.
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Deadline: July 31st, 2025
Payment: 5 cents per word
Theme: Stories for lovers of the unexplored depths of our planet and universe
💥OPEN CALL: DEEP ANTHOLOGY (Title TBD) with Death’s Head Press
Anticipated Release: Late Spring 2027💥
Death’s Head Press continues its exploration of dark horizons. This time we seek the abyss.
We’re putting together an anthology for lovers of the unexplored depths of our planet and the universe. We are looking for stories between 2,500 and 10,000 words that dive into the dark.
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Submission Window: June 15th-30th, 2025
Payment: 1 cent per word
Theme: Merry and monstrous, cozy and cosmic tales about Krampus
This fall, Underland Press will explore the cosmic horror inherent in the holiday season with Kozy Krampus, a collection of stories merry and monstrous, cozy and cosmic. The gothic nightmares and horrific haunts of our forebears persist in our fever-fueled dreams. Some monsters are never vanquished; they merely find new shapes. Slip into the dark shadows behind the million flickering holiday lights. Stare down the prehistoric fruit log in which lurks something truly eldritch and batrachian. Hark to the songs sung after midnight by carolers with extra-long tongues and extra-sharp teeth. This is the holiday season with the masks ripped off.
Remember: not all gifts are good, and if you open it, you have to keep it . . .
Deadline: September 15th, 2025
Payment: $20 and 5 contributors copies
Theme: Vampire and/or Werewolf themed horror stories
The sun sets. With it, light fades as though it were a mere background character in a sinister plot as the stories within “After Dark, Volume 2” cast their shadows, and darkness comes to life.
Campfire Publishing is excited to announce that we are currently accepting submissions for, “After Dark, Volume 2”, the second volume in our collection of Vampire and Werewolf themed horror stories!
Deadline: June 22nd, 2025
Payment: £10 and each contributor will receive one free contributor copy of the book.
Theme: Triumph, Love and Becoming.
We are honoured to open submissions for our debut anthology. This anthology is the first offering from Dawn Woven Books, a publishing space devoted to soulful and authentic storytelling. Rooted in love, truth and creative expression. This collection will gather stories that explore themes of triumph, love, healing and becoming.
This project is being developed as part of the Artist Incubator Programme with the Black South West Network, supporting creatives to bring powerful, purpose driven work into the world.
As a writer, storyteller and vessel of love. I believe that every voice holds wisdom and every story, when told with heart can bring healing. This anthology is a call to Griots, truth-tellers and heart led writers to share the lived experiences that shaped them. Together, we are weaving a tapestry of voices that honour the past, illuminate the present and make space for new light to rise.
If you have a true story that speaks to the power of perseverance, ancestral memory, self-love or the beauty of becoming, we would love to read it.
Submission Window: June 1st – July 31st, 2025
Payment: $10 or a contributors copy
Theme: Speculative stories featuring a family with at least one type of supernatural family member
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