Deadline: October 31st, 2025
Payment: One time payment and royalties
Theme: Horror

What we Want: Good horror novels at least 60,000 words. No fantasy, or science fiction.

What we Don’t Want: We don’t want porn. No poetry. We don’t want pure romance stories, but of course you can have romance in the story (You know what we mean). If you don’t have a clue, then just send it anyway.

Payment: Authors shall receive a one time payment and a percentage of royalties from the book.

Deadline: October 31, 2025.

Rules and Guidelines: Novel submissions must be over 60,000 words or we will not read it. Also, only one submission per author. If we want more than one submission from you, we will reach out to you and ask.

How to Submit: Email submissions to [email protected] with the following: 1) Name, Word Count of Your Novel, and whether it’s been published before; 2) The first twenty (20) pages of your manuscript attached in Microsoft Word (if you send the entire manuscript we will only read the first 20 pages); and 3) A Query Letter attached in Microsoft Word (here is a link to How to Write a Query Letter) OR if no Query Letter then please include the following in the body of the email: a) 1-3 paragraphs about your book telling us at least what it’s about including a little detail about the plot (a short synopsis is fine too); and b) your Author Bio (tell us about yourself and what you’ve had published. Please include a link to your website or a social media profile). We try to reply within 4 to 6 weeks. Please put EXACTLY the following in the subject line: ATTN: HORROR NOVEL.

Via: Burial Books.