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Taking Submissions: Untitled Cosmic Horror Anthology

October 31

Deadline: October 31st, 2024
Payment: 2 cents per word
Theme: Cosmic Horror

Calling all cosmic horror authors!

Open for Submissions: October 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024
Expected Publication: June 2025
What is cosmic horror?

“Cosmic horror, also known as Lovecraftian horror, is a subgenre of horror that emphasizes the terror of the unknowable and incomprehensible. It favors these psychological horrors more than gore or other elements of shock and awe. … The core of all cosmic horror is the protagonist being absolutely terrified of the unknown or the future and what’s going to happen to them. … There should also be a contemplation of the human experience and the humanness of the struggle. They usually don’t have a lot of blood and gore, and instead thrive on the ideas that are scary.”

– nofilmschool.com

Submissions Requirements

Your story:

  • should be approximately 2,000 – 6,000 words in length.
  • should not contain erotica
  • can be part of an ongoing series you might be writing

We aim to have our final selections chosen no more than 30 days after the closing date of submissions.

Compensation: .02c/word

Estimated publication date for this anthology is June 2025.

Graveside Press is a new imprint focused on horror, managed by members of the publishing teams that brings you Paper Angel PressWater Dragon PublishingUnruly Voices, and Cupid’s Arrow Publishing.

We plan to bring you sleep-shattering tales of horror beginning October 2024.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

When submitting, we would greatly appreciate if you can follow the formatting guidelines below:

  • file type: *.doc or *.docx
  • Spelling: US and UK/AU-spelling and colloquialisms accepted
  • Punctuation: US (modern, e.g. single space after periods)
  • Font: Any legible serif, e.g., Times New Roman, Garamond
  • Include author information at the top of page 1 (see sample below)
  • Use formatted indents and not tabs to begin each paragraph
  • Use hard returns to start new paragraphs
  • Use page breaks to begin chapters on a new page

If you would like an example of what a properly formatted manuscript looks like or need help with any of the above, check here.

When in doubt, just remember we want your MS as clean and readable as possible!

Via: Graveside Press.

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Graveside Press
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Graveside Press
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