Taking Submissions: Fanatical Issue 6
Fanatical MagazineDeadline: December 28th, 2024 Payment: £20 Theme: Unpublished sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories of between 2,000 and 6,000 words based on tabletop games We are looking for unpublished sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories of between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Please only submit one story at a time and don't submit if it's already submitted somewhere else. All stories should be self-contained, no "to be continued". Recurring characters across multiple stories will be considered, as long as each story is a solid read in its own right. If you've already been published in an issue of Fanatical you are free to submit again, but we may hold your submission over so as not to publish the same author in back to back issues. Fanatical will pay £20 per accepted story, paid upon publication. We pay via Paypal. Upon acceptance, authors retain rights to the story but we ask they don't publish/submit it anywhere else before it is published in Fanatical. These stories should be inspired by/based on tabletop games - roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames. Though Fanatical may take it's name from the concept of fan fiction, we're not looking to get sued here. A story about an adventuring party consisting of a dwarf, an elf, a human and a halfling going into a dungeon to fight a dragon is fine. A story specifically set in a copyright protected world of Dungeons & Dragons, with reference to its locations and characters is not. A story about a genetically engineered super-soldier in power armour fighting aliens in the far future is fine. A story about a Space Marine fighting Xenos in the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000 is not. Rest assured the editors at Fanatical will work with you to ensure your stories meet our criteria in this regard. Authors should be able to clearly point to the editors which...
Taking Submissions: Horror Novellas
RDG Books PressSubmission Window: October 5th - December 30th, 2024 Payment: $50 and royalties Theme: Horror WE WILL ACCEPT ONLY THREE SO MAKE YOUR STORY THE VERY BEST IT CAN BE! Max. word count: 50,000 We ask for 1st publication rights to new stories only. We accept ONE submission per author, so send us your best! Contract with all details will be provided to accepted authors. Submissions will Close on DEC 30th USE OUR SITE CONTACT FORM We will provide an email address to send your story to. Payment: $50 + Great Royalties. See our Royalties page for details. SEND US A FRIGHTENING TALE! When I refer to 'Other Publisher' I am estimating based on my experience thus far. These numbers should be quite accurate. BASED ON $1,000 IN SALES OTHER PUBLISHER An average royalty is about 20% of net sales. Publisher covers Editing costs, Cover Art, Formatting, other related costs. If there is anything left; here, let's say $100 The author gets their 20% - $20 RDG BOOKS PRESS The author gets paid first! 10% of gross sales, $100.00 Publisher covers Editing costs, Cover Art, Formatting, other related costs - Out of our share, not yours! he RDG BOOKS PRESS process You Submit Your Story An author may submit ONE story to any open category. Currently, Horror Short Story, and Horror Novella. You can submit one story to either or both. Simultaneous submissions are fine. We have no commitment until contract is signed. Once we sign a contract, you have committed to publishing your story as stated in contract. All submitted stories must be in Word, Times New Roman, 12, Double Spaced. Your Story Got Accepted! What happens next? First, you will be offered a contract. Once we are signed, we go to work! Novella or Novel: You will be assigned a...
Taking Submissions: Untitled Horror Anthology
RDG Books PressSubmission Window: October 5th - December 30th, 2024 Payment: $20 Theme: Horror of all types There will be ten short stories accepted. Word count: 3,000-5,000 We ask for 1st publication rights to new stories only. We accept ONE submission per author, so send us your best! Contract with all details will be provided to accepted authors. Submissions will Close on DEC 30th USE OUR SITE CONTACT FORM (Link will be available on site starting October 5th) We will provide an email address to send your story to. Payment: $20 SEND US A FRIGHTENING TALE! The RDG BOOKS PRESS process You Submit Your Story An author may submit ONE story to any open category. Currently, Horror Short Story, and Horror Novella. You can submit one story to either or both. Simultaneous submissions are fine. We have no commitment until contract is signed. Once we sign a contract, you have committed to publishing your story as stated in contract. All submitted stories must be in Word, Times New Roman, 12, Double Spaced. Your Story Got Accepted! What happens next? First, you will be offered a contract. Once we are signed, we go to work! Novella or Novel: You will be assigned a RDG BOOKS Full-Service Editor free of charge. Must successfully complete the editing process to move on. This is to make sure your story is the very best it can be. Then, on to production. Short Stories: A RDG BOOKS editor will perform a Line edit on the work, to be sure it is clean, then on to production. Production When editing is done, production department takes over. We will format the interior of the book to optimize appearance. Novella or Novel: RDG BOOKS artists will provide three completely different cover concepts - author will choose one. We will make any...
Taking Submissions: RDG Books Press Untitled Horror Anthology
RDG Books PressDeadline: December 30th, 2024 Payment: $20 or a contributors copy Theme: All horror SUBMIT: HORROR ANTHOLOGY There will be ten short stories accepted. Word count: 3,000-5,000 We ask for 1st publication rights to new stories only. We accept ONE submission per author, so send us your best! Contract with all details will be provided to accepted authors. Submissions will Close on DEC 30th USE OUR SITE CONTACT FORM We will provide an email address to send your story to. Acceptance Letters Will Go Out By Jan 28, 2025 Payment: Author may choose $20 or a Paperback copy of the book. All authors will receive a epub copy. SEND US A FRIGHTENING TALE! (Please Note: We do not accept AI stories) The RDG BOOKS PRESS process You Submit Your Story An author may submit ONE story to any open category. Currently, Horror Short Story, and Horror Novella. You can submit one story to either or both. Simultaneous submissions are fine. We have no commitment until contract is signed. Once we sign a contract, you have committed to publishing your story as stated in contract. (Please Note: We do not accept AI stories) All submitted stories must be in Word, Times New Roman, 12, Double Spaced. Your Story Got Accepted! What happens next? First, you will be offered a contract. Once we are signed, we go to work! Novella or Novel: You will be assigned a RDG BOOKS Full-Service Editor free of charge. Must successfully complete the editing process to move on. This is to make sure your story is the very best it can be. Then, on to production. Short Stories: A RDG BOOKS editor will perform a Line edit on the work, to be sure it is clean, then on to production. Production When editing is done, production department takes over....
Taking Submissions: Holly and Broom
Iron Faerie PublishingDeadline: December 31st 2024 Payment: $5-15USD depending on word count. Theme: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, and Horror Short Stories We are seeking FANTASY, SPECULATIVE FICTION and HORROR short stories. Holly and Broom (Hawthorn & Ash Vol 6, 2024) Past volumes are: Hawthorn & Ash 2019, Rowan & Oak 2020, Alder & Ebony 2021, Ivy & Sage 2022, Willow & Rose 2023) Word count : Between 100 and 500 words, excluding title (Maximum of 1 500 word story and 5 drabbles per author) Reprints : No Simultaneous Submissions : No Multiple Submissions : Yes. Each story must be in a separate attachment. Publication : Print and digital formats for publication in an anthology. Online via our blog. Submission Window : January 15th 2024 – December 31st 2024 Author Compensation : $5-15USD depending on word count. The Fine Print : We ask for non-exclusive rights on these pieces so that we can: Keep them online indefinitely Publish them in a ebook and print anthology to help fund the site How to Submit : See our submission guidelines for further formatting details. Send your story as a .doc or .docx format to : [email protected] Your email title should read: Hawthorn & Ash – – Please include a short (100 word) bio in third person and up to THREE links. Via: Iron Faerie Publishing.
Taking Submissions: Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors
Brigids Gate PressSubmission Window: December 14th - 31st, 2024 Payment: 8¢ per word for prose, $50 per poem or drabble Theme: Nostalgia Horror Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors Edited by Wendy Dalrymple and Grace R. Reynolds What We Are Seeking A pinch of poetry, a dash of drabbles, a frisson of flash fiction… mix well together in a cauldron of nostalgia and what do you get? A recipe that's dastardly, delectable, and pure poison. Welcome to Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved and Insane, an anthology like no other designed to inspire, soothe, and satisfy the dark hearts of Horror lovers everywhere. The genre stirs a sense of nostalgia for us all, through vintage television hits like Tales from the Crypt and Elvira’s Movie Macabre, to famed comics such as Adventures into Terror and Weird Tales. Give us your nightmares, your childhood frights, your sleepaway camp mysteries. Tell us how Clive Barker tricked you into a ride on The Midnight Meat Train or which episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? made you sleep with the light on. When you stare into the shadows, what do you see? What whispers and caresses your ears with shadowy tendrils? Where does your mind go as you conjure unimaginable apparitions just beyond your reach? We want to know… when did Horror take root for you? Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors is a collection of original fiction, poems, and essays where new and seasoned horror writers recount their first experiences with the genre. A mix of terror, inspiration, comfort, and reassurance, this anthology offers a powerful experience for those who seek to create and consume stories that transcend the page. Submission Window December 14, 2024 - December 31, 2024 The email address will be updated...
Taking Submissions: Our Dust Earth
Air and Nothingness PressSubmission Window: November 1st - December 31st, 2024 Payment: 8 cents per word Theme: Stories that take place within the Our Dust Earth mini-RPG We are seeking submissions for an anthology to be titled Our Dust Earth which will collect stories that take place within the Our Dust Earth mini-RPG (see the RPG section after Submission Guidelines in the linked PDF) world. This anthology is to be published in early summer of 2025 by the Air and Nothingness Press. Stories will be based upon the RPG - Our Dust Earth, which is a "Dying Earth" era game. Please see the attached RPG pages for details on the world, types of characters and classes of beings, along with a small map of cities and areas encountered by players. The RPG will be published in the anthology as well. We would prefer Science Fiction genre stories for this anthology, though if you are familiar with Jack Vance's Dying Earth, M. John Harrison's The Pastel City, or Matthew Hughes's Archonate Series, you may know there is a thin line between SF and Fantasy in those narratives. All stories are requested to be between 1000 and 3000 words in length. Submission Dates Submissions open: November 1st, 2024 Submissions close: December 31st, 2024 Reading/Review begins: January 1, 2025 Reading/Review ends: February 28th, 2025 All authors will be contacted by: April 15, 2025 Download the complete OC submission PDF here. (Some Details listed below.) General Submission Information We like to seek out new authors and book ideas ourselves rather than be contacted directly because we are a small, self-funded press, and only publish 4-5 books a year. We usually offer open call submissions on anthologies we decide to do, or we contact authors directly if we have particular needs. We pay $0.08/word for the stories we publish. Most of our books are limited editions of...
Taking Submissions: Silent Nightmares December 2024 Window
Written BackwardsCover artwork by Ben Baldwin. Submission Window: December 1st - 31st, 2024 Payment: 10 cents per word and a contributors copy Theme: Dark holiday horrors Silent Nightmares will be open for submissions the month of December, 2024. This anthology of dark holiday horrors will be co-edited by Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey, who will be eagerly sifting the slush for Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year. If you want to play along, send a submission using the guidelines below between 12:01 a.m. on December 1st (your time zone) through midnight on December 31st to be considered. Submissions sent before or after that window will go unread. A portion of the anthology will be filled by invited writers, but submissions open to the public in December. Expect nothing but the best. The list of personally invited writers is incredible, and both Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey want to showcase your work alongside them. GUIDELINES Manuscripts must include contact information on the title page, as well as author name (or pseudonym) and page numbers on subsequent pages; 12pt font, double-spaced; there are no hard guidelines for auto-rejections, but understand the basics of professional manuscript formatting. Original fiction: up to 5,000 words. Payment: $0.10 / word (ten cents per word) capped at 5,000 words, and a contributor copy of each edition published (hardcover, paperback, eBook, and potentially audiobook and a limited collector’s edition). For collaborative works, payment will be split equally between collaborators. Rights: First World Rights in English, and audio rights; all print rights revert to the writer immediately upon publication, although 12 months exclusivity is requested, except for inclusion in a personal or “best of” collection. All other rights remain with the author. Submission window: December 1st – December 31st, 2024 (31 days, ending midnight your time). This gives you from now until the end of...
Taking Submissions: Muses of Mythology: Vampire Visions
Storm Dragon PublishingDeadline: December 31st, 2024 Payment: Contributors copy Theme: Vampire Visions We are excited to announce the submissions period for the annual anthology from Storm Dragon Publishing! The title of the series is Muses of Mythology (MoMa for short). Each yearly anthology will have a specific theme. This year’s title is Vampire Visions. Historically, vampires have been portrayed as monsters. However, that perspective has shifted considerably and often in the last forty years or so. The opportunity of this anthology is to showcase vampires with an eye toward unique perspectives. Because interpretations of the blood drinking undead have been so diverse in recent years, this will be especially challenging but hopefully fun for writers. The collection will include both short stories and poetry. Below you will find the instructions for submission for both the short story and the poetry. Submission Periods This year’s MoMa collection will have an initial submissions period of October 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. If the collection selections are not yet complete, a second submission period will take place from January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025. Projected publication of Vampire Visions will be Autumn of 2025. Short Story Submissions Short story submissions should be between 1000 and 5000 words in length. Submissions should be an email attachment in Word Document format with one-inch margins, double spaced, and utilizing Times New Roman 12-point font. Pieces should be original with no previous publishing history. Submissions not following these instructions will not be considered for publication. Blended genres with unique perspectives on vampires are welcome. While scenes of intense description around topics of rape, torture, or other sensitive topics will not necessarily disqualify a piece for consideration, please keep in mind that this is a fantasy genre anthology, not horror. That’s means that vampire stories should border on...
Taking Submissions: Dracula Beyond Stoker Issue 6
Dracula Beyond Stoker PressDeadline: December 31st, 2024 Payment: 5 cents per word and a contributors copy Theme: Jonathan Harker Issue 6: Jonathan Harker(To Be Published May, 2025) What happened on the way from the castle to the hospital in Buda-Pesth? What happens after the story ends? What is his relationship with his son? Jonathan is often perceived and portrayed as impish and weak, but he might just be one of the bravest characters in the book. Submissions open November 1, 2024-December 31, 2024. Submissions received earlier will be read and considered but will not be responded to until the window opens. We like stories that feel like they could be canon, but we also enjoy fun alternate takes and pastiche. Prequels, sequels, updates, divergent timelines - unleash your creative powers of darkness and show us something exciting. As with every publication the best way to get a feel for what we like is to read what we’ve put out in the past. Stories should be 1500-5000 words. Poetry will be considered, but is not necessarily sought (We are hoping to have an all poetry issue sometime in the future). Compensation will be .05/word plus contributor’s copies. Reprints will be considered. Reprints should be at least 10 years old. Compensation is $55. Simultaneous submissions accepted, but please notify us immediately if accepted elsewhere. Some stories may be chosen for the website, but not the publication. Please adhere to the Shunn format - https://www.shunn.net/format/classic/ Please only send .doc, .docx, or .pdf Filename and email subject should be - “lastname_title_suitors or “lastname_title_jonathan” Include short 3rd person bio Email story submissions to: [email protected] Cover Art Submissions What we want Eye catching design. Think pulp paperbacks, Basil Gogos’ Famous Monsters covers, EC Horror Comics, Vintage Movie Posters. Originality. Homage is fun, plagiarism is not. Please make sure you...