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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! Please read below to ensure that your story will be a good fit, and feel free to reach out to us–via the form located on our main page or by sending an email to [email protected]–if you have any questions. What are we looking for? We are looking for WELL-EDITED stories close to 15,000-20,000 words that offer a horrific, bloody, or unique lens to view the subject of werewolves, vampires, or even a combination of the two!—If that’s where your creative journey leads you. Campfire Publishing is keeping its eye out for a wide range of chilling voices from seasoned to novice-we LOVE publishing and supporting newer writers(!)- that offer unique perspectives into the world of two of the most classic characters in horror. We want twists and turns, thrills and chills; make us want to sleep with the lights turned on at night. Show us excitement, culture, and blood-curdling screams! What are we NOT looking for? Erotica. A.I. Generated Material. General Submission Guidelines: Genre: Horror Word Count: 15,000-20,000—(If you need to go a bit over 20k, we understand.) Submission File Format: Please Label Your Files “ADV2” “last name” (example: “ADV2_Smith”) Formatting: 12-point font, Arial, Courier (New), Times New Roman File Type: .doc .docx .pdf— **Unfortunately we cannot accept .txt files. Compensation: Upon Acceptance $20/ story + 5 (minimum) Copies of Anthology + Additional Future Opportunities for...

Submission Window: June 15th - September 15th, 2025 Payment: $10 Theme: Stories that constitutes the ever-moving edge of its kind, as a place between light and dark, consciousness and un, today and tomorrow; work exhibiting the strange, the bizarre, that which is not of the world we know, but more of a twilight realm or even altogether alien place. Submission window: We are always open for submissions of art, animation, and music! We are currently closed for fiction and poetry submissions. We are open for fiction and poetry submissions from 15 June to 15 September and from 15 December to 15 March each year. Please note we have added some limits to submissions (as of 12 Dec 23)! Read on below for more info. In general ... I would love to see submissions representing not only multiple cultures but subcultures, exploring issues of race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, and many things I haven't thought of. Does this mean you have to represent everybody and everything in 1000 words? Of course not. But be aware that we are creating a magazine that overall reaches and represents the true diversity of the world we live in. In terms of genre, I am looking for work that constitutes the ever-moving edge of its kind, as a place between light and dark, consciousness and un, today and tomorrow; work exhibiting the strange, the bizarre, that which is not of the world we know, but more of a twilight realm or even altogether alien place. Not necessarily science fiction, not necessarily fantasy, not necessarily horror, and not necessarily not these things. In short, ideally edgy. Maybe even idealistically edgy. I am NOT looking for porn. Penumbric generally accepts submissions in the following categories: fiction, poetry, illustration, graphic narrative, animation, music, or combinations of these (e.g., a spoken-word version of a poem). If you...

Deadline: September 29th, 2025 Payment: 8 cents per word, 2 cents per word for reprints Theme: Action/adventure, general, fiction/narrative nonfiction, humor/comedy/satire, speculate (fantasy, sci fi, horror, magic realism, cyberpunk), memoir, western, romance, alternate history, suspense/thriller, mystery/crime, literary, and any cross/hybrid genres. Note: Reprints Welcome Submissions to our magazine run annually from February 2nd through September 29th Why submit to us? - WE PAY WRITERS FAIRLY. It’s hard work writing good stories, and you deserve to get paid. Or maybe you don’t and you’re just duping us? Regardless, we pay 8 cents a word (with a $500 cap), and 2 cents a word for reprints. - NO SUBMISSION FEES. Nobody's getting rich off $3 per submission, but paying money just for the privilege of receiving a form letter rejection is the worst. (Costs of running an E-zine aside) We’re going to go ahead and coin a phrase right here and now - ‘Write privilege’, get it? Of course, you do. - GET YOUR WORK IN FRONT OF A LARGE AND GROWING AUDIENCE. Our aim is fixed on telling good stories, period, and because of that we have built a massive readership from all over the globe. Want to get your stories out to more than just dear old nana? Then you've come to the right place. - REASONABLE TURN-AROUND TIME. If you haven't heard from us within 90 days, then your story was rejected. Rejections stink - we get it - but its better than forever waiting and wondering. - WORKABILITY. Is that the right term? Well, we're going with it. Unlike large publishers who view authors as just a number, we actually work with you to help present the story in its best possible light. We do, however, expect reciprocity; Story Unlikely is comprised of volunteers who are by nature team players. If you're an inflexible my way or the highway type - or...

Deadline: September 30th, 2025 Payment: Prose and poetry: 5$ + 1c/word over 500 (up to 5k) words + .2c/word over 5k words, Graphic Narrative Fiction: 5$/page, Reprints of any category: Half of above, Cover Illustration: $100 Theme: Stories about the future which feature non-traditional families Submissions are open for Home Constellations: A sci-fi anthology of unconventional bonds (working title) from Manawaker Studio, edited by CB Droege. Home Constellations is an anthology focused on stories about the future which feature non-traditional families. This volume will contain stories and poetry. THEME Submitted works should be of any genre, as long as the work depicts a world that is noticeably in the future. Hard and Soft Sci-fi, (Post-)apocalyptic, Solarpunk, Slipstream, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Alternate (future) History, Supernatural, Retro-futurism etc. are all fine names for genres that often take place in the future, but your story doesn’t have to fit into one of those. In fact, if it manages to miss all of those labels, we may be even more interested to see it (unless it thus falls into what we specifically don’t want (see next paragraph)). All works must also prominently feature a relationship or family structure which might be considered unconventional. The story doesn’t have to be about the relationship. The adventure or challenge of the story can be anything, but some prominent characters should be in a chosen family. We’re particularly looking for stories with healthy polyam relationships, but want to also include other queer structures. Send us a story of a stable triad struggling to raise their son in a Martian colony dome. Show us a gay couple exploring alien ruins. Tell us about the escaped assassin-bot and the genetically engineered hypercat who find a baby on their doorstep. Whatever else the story is about, we want it to show that each person gets to decide for...

Deadline: October 31st, 2025 Payment: .02¢ per word Theme: Tiny Terrors is our short fiction program for when a novel just won’t do. Just a short shocking scream to keep you awake at night … Tiny Terrors is our short fiction program for when a novel just won’t do. Just a short shocking scream to keep you awake at night … Graveside Press is again looking for submissions for our Tiny Terrors short fiction program. Open for Submissions : February 1, 2025 through October 31, 2025 Expected Publication : throughout 2026 Submissions Requirements Stories with approximately 2,000 – 12,000 words will be considered for our Tiny Terrors anthologies. Stories with approximately 5,000 – 15,000 words will be considered for our Tiny Terrors standalone stories. For stories longer than 15,000 words, please submit your manuscript to our General Call for Submissions. Pay rate: anthology stories: .02¢ per word remitted 90 business days after publication standalones: 50% royalties of net earnings paid quarterly 2025 TT submissions will be looking at a 2026 publication date. Via: Graveside Press.

Deadline: October 31st, 2025 Payment: $5 and a contributor copy if it goes to print Theme: Horror and almost all it contains! Details below What We Want: We are seeking 500 to 2000 word articles to post on our website. You can send one already completed or send us a proposal. The articles should be about something horror related including, but not limited to, such things as a horror movie review or discussion, a horror product or toy review or discussion, any musings on the horror genre you want to discuss or comment on, any nonfiction article related to the horror genre, horror flash fiction or poetry, and anything that would be considered an article in the horror genre that is entertaining. You could write an article on how bad the newest horror movie was. You could write a short history or analysis of an historical event, production, or person in the horror genre. You could write a philosophical analysis of the treatment of children, plants, or hats in horror movies. We’ll even post creepy flash fiction or poetry. You can write almost anything at all as long as it’s got an element of horror and it’s creative and fun. You can send art with the article for posting as well if you have accompanying artwork. All blogs posted on Burial Books website may be compiled into a book annually called The Blogs of Burial Books. So, you must be cool with this. What We Don’t Want: No porn. No book reviews since we don’t want to hurt any author’s feelings or give them too much praise and make them think they’re God. Absolutely no AI artwork or AI written articles, only humans can be published here. Word Count: Anything at least 500 words and not over 2500 words we...

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.

Deadline: November 1st, 2025 Payment: Short story, $25; nonfiction/essay, $25, short-short piece under 1000 words, $10; poem, $10; artwork/photography, $25 for cover, $10 for interior page display. Theme: Today's Onerous Task The premise (target theme) must be an integral part of the story, not necessarily the central theme but not merely incidental. NOTE: Stories longer than 20 double-spaced typewritten pages will not be considered. Indicate premise (target theme) on title page. Be sure to Indicate target theme in cover letter or on first page of manuscript. Include self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with each submission. Rejected manuscripts unaccompanied by an SASE will not be returned. Response time: 3 months after premise deadline. NO READER'S FEE. Theme and deadline: Today's Onerous Task (November 1, 2025) ALL SHORT STORIES, ESSAYS, POEMS, PHOTOGRAPHS and ART MUST RELATE TO ONE OF THE PREMISES SPECIFIED ABOVE. NOTE: Previously published pieces are welcome, provided that the submission fits the theme and that the author owns the copyright. Mail to: THEMA, Box 8747, Metairie, LA 70011-8747. Outside the US: email [email protected] On acceptance for publication, we will pay the following amount: short story, $25; nonfiction/essay, $25, short-short piece under 1000 words, $10; poem, $10; artwork/photography, $25 for cover, $10 for interior page display. Copyright reverts to author after publication. THEMA isn't for everyone. To find out why, click here. New to submitting manuscripts to journals? Click here to download a PDF file of a few basic guidelines. Unlike many publishers, we prefer works submitted by the authors themselves, without the involvement of an agent. Be sure to indicate premise and include SASE for each submission.  BE SURE to include a separate SASE for each premise. No handwritten manuscripts will be considered. NOTE: We do not accept e-mailed submissions EXCEPT from authors who live outside the U.S. For those living outside the U.S., submit manuscript as an email...

Deadline: November 3rd, 2025 Payment: $10 and 5 contributors copies Theme: A horror themed recipe book that pairs your short story with the perfect recipe May 19, 2025-November 3, 2025           Killer recipes to appease warm-blooded guests as well as those centuries past their prime Campfire Publishing is excited to announce that we are currently accepting submissions for, “Let the Right One Simmer, Volume 1”, the first volume in our horror-themed cookbook collection! Please read below to ensure that your story will be a good fit, and feel free to reach out to us–via the form located on our main page or by sending an email to [email protected]–if you have any questions. What are we looking for? From main course to after dinner drinks, we are on the lookout for a range of recipes served with a side of blood-curdling backstories ranging from 5,000-8,000 words. Campfire Publishing is keeping its eye out for a wide range of chilling voices accompanied by food that’s to-die for, from seasoned (pun intended!) to novice-we LOVE publishing and supporting newer writers! We want twists and turns, thrills and chills; make us want to sleep with the lights turned on at night; most important, make us hungry! What are we NOT looking for? Erotica. A.I. Generated Material. Important Information: -You CAN submit multiple recipes. We will accept up to FIVE stories with recipes per author. -We will not accept multiples of the same recipe. For example: We will NOT accept two recipes for “Brownies” but would accept a recipe for “Brownies” and a recipe for something such as “Hot Lava Brownie Cake”. -We will accept a range of recipes from Appetizers, Main Course, Side Dishes, Desserts, Punches, Cocktails -For further inspiration on the story/recipe-style we’d recommend searching up recipe blogs online. Always feel free to send an email if...

Deadline: December 1st, 2025 Payment: $50 and royalties Theme: Works inspired by Clive Barker Open Horror Call for Poetry and Short Story Submissions: LE FANTASTIQUE – A Literary Tribute to CLIVE BARKER We invite you to join us in a singular celebration of one of horror and speculative fiction’s most revolutionary voices—CLIVE BARKER. Published by Nocturnicorn Books, a boutique literary imprint. Clive Barker has long stood as a beacon in the realms of horror and fantasy—praised by none other than Stephen King as "the Future of Horror." This anthology seeks to spotlight the groundbreaking and genre-defying narratives that have lifted Barker to iconic status. We are looking for short stories, flash fiction, personal anecdotes, and experimental pieces that channel the spirit, innovation, and dark wonder of Barker’s vast body of work. Contributions that delve deeply into themes of transformation, the grotesque, and the fantastical are most welcome. * Submission Guidelines * Word Count: Poems: No longer than 3 pages. Flash Fiction: 1,000 words or less Short Stories should be between 3,000 to 8,000 words. We will NOT accept poems or stories featuring any kind of violence, mental or physical, against children or animals. We will not accept stories that feature r#pe of any kind, on anyone, of any age. As for any graphic depictions of s#x between consenting adults, we are dealing with this on a case by case basis... after all, this is a Horror Anthology. We’re NOT looking for nor accepting novellas or novelettes. * Themes: LE FANTASTIQUE seeks to be more than an anthology; it aims to become a vibrant tapestry of voices that embody the transformative power and dark enchantment of Clive Barker’s literary universe. Your participation will place you among an impressive company of creators dedicated to keeping the fires of fantastic horror burning bright....