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Deadline: June 10th, 2020 Payment: Royalties Theme: Cosmic Horror Title of anthology: FORBIDDEN DREAMS THEME: Cosmic Horror Submit to [email protected] Subject line: DREAMS SUBMISSION: insert title Please include a short author bio Word count minimum/ 2000 words Word count Maximum/ 5000 words What we are looking for: stories of horror of the unknown, stories beyond our understanding, the insignificance of humanity, anything that credits to love craft is a plus. Payment plan: this is a shared anthology where royalties will be split. authors will get 70% of net pay divided evenly to all participants and the remaining 30% goes to publisher. We look forward to seeing your submissions! Via: Emerald Bay's Facebook Page.

Deadline: June 15th, 2020 Payment: AU$5.00 for stories under 2500 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 2500 words Theme: Treasure Colp is our 'anything goes' anthology collection. Expect to see a little bit of this and a little bit of that within each issue, so feel free to submit stories from any genre. Current theme: TREASURE Treasure. As soon as you hear the word, you know that there is some sort of story hidden away there waiting to be dug up. For me, it is gold and silver in a rusty chest, buried somewhere beneath a cross on a desert island. For this collection, we would like your stories that feature a treasure, whether they be buried treasure, cultural treasures or any other interpretation of the word. Colp is for everyone and therefore we are willing to read stories that fall into any genre. So, no matter whether your story is a horror, adventure, romance, sci-fi or historical fiction piece, please send it on through. Be original. We also encourage new and unpublished writers to take the leap and get in touch. Please ensure that you read through the general guidelines below and format your submission accordingly. If you have any specific questions please contact us using the form on the home page or via the listed social media accounts. To help make sure that your submission gets to the correct place, please include the following in the subject line of your email: Colp - Treasure - Story Title. Word count: 1000 - 5500 words Deadline: June 15 2020 Payment:  AU$5.00 for stories under 2500 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 2500 words General guidelines: Please no extreme erotica or stories that feature excessive violence or vulgarity (unless otherwise specified). All stories should be formatted appropriately. Please see here for more details. Ensure that your name, address, and email contact and word...

Deadline: June 15th, 2020 Payment: $20 Theme: Speculative fiction with non-human protagonists Stories take us beyond the bounds of our own lives—into new worlds and new situations. Perhaps most importantly, they invite us into new minds. Through the eyes of the characters we temporarily become, we not only live other lives, but discover new ways of looking at our own. Speculative fiction takes us a step farther—beyond the bounds of humanity, itself. Through Other Eyes is an anthology of tales featuring non-human protagonists. Become someone—and something—else. Submissions are now open! We're eager for monsters, androids, vampires, elves, and aliens, but we're especially excited to meet species of your own design. Familiar or new. Humanoid or non. Your imagination is in charge. Submissions will be open until at least June 15th but may run longer. The expected publication date is November 2020. Open to word counts ranging from 1500 words to 5000 words. Open to all speculative genres (fantasy, sci-fi, horror, slipstream, weird fic, etc) as long as the main POV character isn't human. No reprints. Accepted stories will receive a $20 honorarium. The anthology will be roughly double the length of a standard issue of All Worlds Wayfarer and feature both physical and digital editions. All standard submission guidelines, when not in contradiction with this list, apply. Standard Submission Guidelines We love stories that take us on tours through the fantastic—whether in other dimensions or in the hidden spaces of our own world. We're looking to highlight an often unseen side of speculative fiction: we want to encounter characters so vivid that our souls slip into their bodies, themes that challenge and move us, and language that makes us swoon. Immersive world-building and twisting plots are awesome aspects of our genres, but we're looking for stories where these factors are shaped around the...

Submission Period: June 15, 2020 to June 19, 2020 Payment: 12.5 cents per word Theme: Fireside has two goals: to find and publish great stories regardless of genre, and to pay our writers and artists well. Fireside holds a submissions period for each upcoming issue of Fireside Quarterly. In 2020, Fireside will be open to submissions for short stories during the following periods: June 15, 2020 to June 19, 2020 Submissions period for the Spring 2021 Issue August 23, 2020 to August 27, 2020 Submissions period for the Summer 2021 Issue November 30, 2020 to December 4, 2020 Submissions period for the Autumn 2021 Issue Guidelines We welcome previously unpublished work (‘published’ includes work posted on Patreon or on a blog) in English or Spanish from all writers, and we are especially interested in seeing work from people of color, LGBTQIA people, disabled people, members of religious minorities, and people outside the United States. We strongly encourage submissions from people of those backgrounds, and all others whom traditional publishing has historically excluded. If you have any questions about how to submit please email us at: [email protected]. Accessibility We use an online form to gather submissions, but we understand that this may not be universally accessible to disabled people. If you have questions related to accessibility, please email us at [email protected] with the subject line: Accessibility Query. Accessibility Queries should only contain a request to submit by alternate means, and not be a submission. Any submissions sent via email will be deleted unread. Short Stories We accept short stories up to 3,000 words. Our budget allows us to pay for up to 7,000 words per month, which means we are always going to buy more shorter fiction than longer stories. Please submit: Stories in English or Spanish Stories that have never been published before. Short...

Deadline: June 22nd, 2020 Payment: An advance against royalties for either though novellas can be royalty only if preferred Theme: novels and novellas across the breadth of the horror genre—from the cosmic and Lovecraftian; to the beloved undead tropes of zombies, ghosts, and slashers; to the more uncanny and internal terrors of isolation, lost love, and aging. Note: My apologies for the short window, I just found this one! GAH! Nightfire Submission Guidelines Nightfire is open to submissions. Nightfire : Novellas Open Closes to submissions on June 22, 2020 4:00 AM (UTC) Nightfire : Novels Open Closes to submissions on June 22, 2020 4:00 AM (UTC) Welcome to the Nightfire submissions program. Please see our submissions guidelines to find out what we're looking for, or for more information on our program. « Back to Nightfire The following guidelines outline how to submit novels and novellas. Note: Tor/Forge Books’ submission information is here, and Tor.com’s submission information is here. To learn more about the Tor/Forge, Tor.com, and Nightfire editorial teams, check here. What We’re Looking For: The Nightfire team is looking for novels and novellas across the breadth of the horror genre—from the cosmic and Lovecraftian; to the beloved undead tropes of zombies, ghosts, and slashers; to the more uncanny and internal terrors of isolation, lost love, and aging. We are actively looking for submissions from writers from underrepresented populations. This includes, but is not limited to, writers of any race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, class, and physical or mental ability. We believe that good stories reflect the incredible diversity and potential of the human species, and want our catalog to show that. We encourage you to listen to our free audio anthology, Come Join Us By the Fire, to get a sense of our vision and tastes. Good luck—we look forward to reading your work! What We’re Not...

Deadline: July 31st, 2020 Payment: 3.0 cents per word, contributors copy, $150 advance maximum on longer stories Theme: Fiction short stories and poetry in support of an election year theme “Dear Leader Tales” (DLT) anthology. We want stories of a humorous or satirical bent which illustrate or lampoon an emperor’s hubris (and lack of clothing). Note: Reprints allowed Theme:  We’re looking for original fiction short stories and poetry in support of an election year theme “Dear Leader Tales” (DLT) anthology. We want stories of a humorous or satirical bent which illustrate or lampoon an emperor’s hubris (and lack of clothing). In that spirit, we don’t want any real life current or past Dear Leaders named directly, but their known foibles are fair game. If you’re one of the oppressed, regardless of who’s in charge, this is your chance to deploy devastating humor, satire, wit, and sarcasm to bring them down a few notches. If nothing else, we can amuse ourselves in a trying time. Examples beyond the political include CEOs who constantly quote Sun Tzu or Machiavelli incorrectly, cats plotting to overthrow their human overlords, in short anywhere clueless oppressors operate. Rules: The stories can range from 1,000 to 5,000 words. First world rights are preferred. Reprint rights will be accepted if the story is good enough. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as well, provided prompt notice is given should the story be picked up elsewhere. Stories may exceed the 5K word count limit, if it merits, however the advances are limited to a maximum of $150 per story. Schedule: Submission period is July 1, 2020 through July 31, 2020, after which no further submittals will be accepted.The email address for submissions will only be active during that period. We plan to release the anthology in mid-September 2020. Team: The evaluation team will consist...

Deadline: June 30th, 2020 Payment: Royalties Lethal Impact (Rated R) Deadline – June 30th, 2020 Publication – September 2020 Word Count – 5,000-15,000 Theme – In this post-apocalyptic anthology, nothing matters except survival. In a world full of humans pitted against each other, how can there be anyone left to trust? After receiving edits back, the author has two weeks to return the submission for formatting. View our blog post on the topic of how to submit to a publisher.   Rating – Check each anthologies‘ rating. Word count – Check each anthologies‘ word count requirements. E-mail address to submit to – [email protected]   NOTICE –  Failure to submit correctly will result in refusal of submission. Via: Dragon Soul Press.

Deadline June 30th,2020 Payment: 80/20 split. 80% will go to the contributing authors to be paid within 10 days of Amazon payments for the book. Are you an Edgar Alan Poe fan? Would you like to be in an Anthology dedicated to his style of writing? Stories are to be in the fashion of Poe's writing. 5k can be a little bit over. Completed stories must be edited, but not formatted. Deadline June 30,2020 Release: July 2020 No buy-in. Published by Heart's On Fire Publishing, LLC https://www.facebook.com/groups/1172927172906061/ Payment will be an 80/20 split. 80% will go to the contributing authors to be paid within 10 days of Amazon payments for the book. 20% goes to the publisher for the cost of the cover, formatting, and an extra round of edits on all stories. Each author will receive a .mobi copy of the anthology to use specifically for giveaways. Paperbacks will be able to be bought from the publisher at cost. Stories should be submitted to [email protected]. Please put Poe in the comments of the email. Thank you!!  

Deadline: June 30th, 2020 Payment: $40 and a contributors copy Theme: Silence is the theme of this anthology. From tales of what lurks in a world without sound to characters whose voice are taken or go unheard, we want them all. Open for Submissions until June 30th 2020 Sonorous silence Silence is the theme of this anthology. From tales of what lurks in a world without sound to characters whose voice are taken or go unheard, we want them all. ​ We hope to keep the theme loose to allow the author creative freedom. If you think an idea fits, let us have it. ​ The word count for short stories should be between 2k and 10k. Formatting When submitting, please format your works using the industry standard. You can find a lovely guide here. ​ Basically:        -Courier or Times New Roman (The former is preferred)        -12pt font        -Double Spaced        -Include a header with your legal name, address, and e-mail        -Give us a word count on the first page        -Subsequent pages should be numbered and labelled with the author's last name ​ ​ ​ ​ Submissions should be made to:       [email protected] ​        -In the subject line tell us the submission type and title.         (ex. "Anthology- Book Title") ​ ​ ​ ​ Pay Since we are new and will be paying for expenses out of our own pocket for the time being, pay isn't going to be as great as we'd like. In time, we hope to be able to offer our authors more. For now, rates are as follows. ​ ​ Short Stories:        A flat rate of $40 + contributor copy Via: Pavor Press.

Deadline: June 30th, 2020 Payment: Contributor's Copy Theme: How did the elves vanish? A Collection of Short Tales Zimbell House is holding open submissions for short tales about how the elves vanished. Let your imagination roam and put our readers in the middle of the action. We want complete stories that explain the last war of the elven race. Who was it between? How did it start? Where did the elves go after the war ended? What realm was the war fought on? What was life like before the war, and then show us the after-effects. Please keep foul language to a minimum-it loses its punch if over-used. Dialogue needs to be believable, and please keep dialects/slang to a bare minimum if you must use them. No head-hopping or POV changes. Pick one point of view and stick with it. Please show more of the action than just telling the reader what happens. Submissions of both short stories and novellas to this anthology are welcome, please keep in mind the minimum word count is 4,500 and the maximum word count is 19,500. This anthology is a great opportunity to showcase emerging writers and allow them to build their professional platforms. Submission Deadline: June 30, 2020, with a targeted release date of late August 2020. Submit your best work. Poorly formatted and unedited work will be turned down. Please use Americanized English spellings. We will be doing light editing as necessary to fit the standards we strive to maintain. Submission Guidelines: Any work under 4,500 words will be automatically disqualified for this anthology. The work must not have appeared in print or online anywhere before. All submissions must be in English. Each author may submit up to three (3) unique works—please submit them separately. Work must be in Microsoft Word or RTF, double-spaced, 12-point font-no headers/footers....