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Deadline: June 1st, 2025 Payment: 2 cents per word for fiction, 3 words per word for poetry Theme: The history and power of Memento Mori artifacts or relics Memento Mori Ink Magazine, in collaboration with Crystal Lake Publishing has issued an open call for submissions to our 2026 anthology. In this collection, we explore the power of Memento Mori artifacts or relics. We want ancient objects or seemingly mundane items which have the power to whisper to those who possess them. We are looking for character-driven stories with a focus on the history and source of power behind their chosen object which must be tied to the afterlife, the passage of time, or the thin veil separating the living from the dead. As these objects reveal their secrets, characters must confront their deepest fears and the inevitable reality of their own mortality. Submission Guidelines: Short Stories: 3,000–5,000 words Poetry: 250–1,500 words (accepting three poetry pieces for this anthology) Compensation: Short Stories: $0.02 per word Poetry: $0.03 per word Important Details: •Deadline: June 1, 2025 •No reprints or simultaneous submissions •Email and word count at the top of your document •Payment via PayPal or Zelle upon acceptance; please include preferred payment method and details under your email •Submit a 100-word bio and a black-and-white photo •No AI-generated content; originality is essential Acceptance letters will go out approximately September 1, 2025 but we reserve the right to move this date. Submit here: https://form.jotform.com/243066993006055 Via: Memento Mori Ink Magazine's Facebook.

Deadline: June 1st, 2025 Payment: 15GBP Theme: Eldritch (Vol 110) ELDRITCH, 1st June 2025 Peel back the curtain of reality and reveal the ultimate indifference and the horror of the infinite beyond. If you think you’ve got what it takes to terrify, scar and haunt our audience of 10,000 daily listeners, then we want your stories! If accepted, we'll get our fantastic narration team to lend their voices, our editor will sprinkle some magic pixie dust on the track, and you could have your story heard by thousands of listeners each week. *** WHEN WILL I HEAR IF MY STORY HAS BEEN ACCEPTED OR NOT? We carefully review every single submission that comes through our door. If you’ve submitted a story to us, please be patient. We WILL let you know if your submission has or hasn’t been successful. Having said that, if you haven’t heard anything up to twelve weeks after the deadline has passed, feel free to ping us an email to check in on it. Submission Guidelines • Stories must be 2,000 (10% tolerance +/-) • Save stories in a Word document - Times New Roman font, size 12 • Include a 1-2 sentence log line for your story at the end of the document • Ensure that your name and an email address are somewhere on the document • Stories must fit an upcoming theme • By submitting your story to us, you are confirming that you are the original creator of the story • We will consider entrants whose work has been entered and published elsewhere, however please ensure you state where and when your story has been used elsewhere on the document • You will be allowed to place one call-to-action for your own work at the end of the episode. Be sure to...

Deadline: June 1st, 2025 Payment: AU 1c/word Theme: What happens to a person after a major transformation Submissions open until 1st June 2025 The Morning After is an anthology about what happens after a sudden transformation. This could be an individual person transforming into something new or a mass change that effects humanity as a whole. How does this person or society react to no longer being human? As an editor, I am keen to see how people react in this unique situation. Focus on struggles and adaptation to new forms are highly encouraged. Despite the name of the anthology, the story does not need to begin with waking up in this new reality - but it should start shortly after the transformation has taken place. Submission guidelines Stories should be within 2000 words and 10,000 words. Please enquire with stories above or below this wordcount. Stories may be of any age rating including explicit 18+ stories. Stories may be of any genre so long as they include the transformation elements. As a variation to our usual guidelines, authors do NOT need to be trans, non binary, or female. Cis male authors are encouraged to submit. Payment will be AU 1c/word. Original/unpublished stories only for this anthology. how to submit Submissions should be sent to [email protected] Please use the subject format of: MORNING AFTER SUBMISSION: , by . Include the story as a .doc or .docx file attachment. Via: Transcendent Fiction Publishing.

Deadline: June 1st, 2025 Payment: $5 for poetry sets (up to 5 pages), $10 for flash fiction (up to 1000 words), $25 for fiction stories up to 5000 words, +$2/1000 words for over 5000 for fictions stories up to 10,000 words Theme: Canadian authors telling stories about community: finding it, building it, maintaining it, being expelled from it. SF and F are called out as acceptable, no word on H so probably a hard sell This anthology’s theme is “It Takes a Village” – I’m looking for stories about community: finding it, building it, maintaining it, being expelled from it. How do we build our villages as adults? How do we grow connections with those around us? What do we do when we’ve lost them? We’ve heard the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child” but also “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” How do we tackle these emotions as adults? As this is a bit trickier of an anthology theme than the last one, the reading period is going to be much longer, and the final evolution of the anthology’s theme will come from what the overarching theme and tone from the submitted and accepted pieces create. What I am looking for: Poems, flash fiction, short stories, science fiction, fantasy, romance, literary, contemporary, and more. We want a wide variety of fictional stories! Works from Canadian writers/authors only, with some preference for writers from British Columbia. Special consideration/interest for writers who are Former Foster Youth or Adopted Flash Fiction up to 1000 words Short Stories up to 10000 words – very limited spots for over 5000-word stories Poetry sets of up to 5 pages Polished works – please don’t send your first draft. Make sure to...

Deadline: June 1st, 2025 Payment: $10k advance and 50% of net royalties Theme: Novel length horror written by women. (BIPOC especially encouraged to submit): haunted house, gothic, cults, social, grief, feral women, feminine rage, historical Boozhoo Books with Bindery Books has expanded and has an open call for novel length horror written by women. (BIPOC especially encouraged to submit): haunted house, gothic, cults, social, grief, feral women, feminine rage, historical Deadline: June 1. Thank you for your interest in Boozhoo Books! Boozhoo is seeking commercial fiction (YA or Adult) by Indigenous authors including horror, thriller, mystery, romance, fantasy, or dark academia that is plot focused with good characterization, well written descriptive detail, complicated plotlines, interesting character arcs, and centers Indigenous stories. **Before sending us your materials, please read our submission guidelines. Any submissions that do not follow the guidelines will be disqualified from consideration.** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:   1. Fill out all fields in the form below. We cannot accept submissions that do not include a complete manuscript as well as a pitch letter. 2. The tastemaker will be reviewing pitch letters in order to determine which manuscripts to read fully. Your pitch letter is incredibly important, so take your time with it! Pitch letters should include the following elements: The title and genre of your work and estimated word count A brief overview of your story, with a strong hook. This should read like your book's back cover copy. What leaves us wanting more? There is no need to give a full synopsis of your story. It is helpful if you can position your book in reference to any comparable titles that are similar, and call out themes the reader will encounter. Your bio and background. Since we're particularly seeking authors with diverse backgrounds, please indicate whether you identify with a marginalized group....

Deadline: June 1st, 2025 Payment: 1 cent per word or a flat $10 for reprints Theme: A story with a choice being made is central to the entire plot of the tale Note: Reprints welcome Behind the Revolving Door, an Anthology of Choices is the fifth anthology from Celestial Echo Press. The theme is the choices we make. Each of us makes a multitude of choices daily, some minor and some with major consequences. Do you or don’t you wear your lucky shirt to the sports event? What do you think the consequences would be if you didn’t wear your lucky shirt? This anthology will be a collection of stories that take the reader on a journey with the author’s protagonist as they go through a trial and are forced to take an action, to make a choice. For example, does the character find a wallet on the ground? Do they open it? Return it to the owner, or keep it? What are the consequences? Do they encounter a second choice, thus going back through the revolving door? Do they find classified information, implicating a family member in a coup? What do they do with it? Is the character hiking through the woods only to find a portal, not knowing where it will take them if they enter? What happens? Is it so bad that they try to return, hence going through the revolving door? There are many, many ways this theme can be interpreted. We believe authors can give us a great story by fleshing out the characters and plot. We’re asking for a minimum of 500 words, maximum 4,000 words. The revolving door on the cover will not be required in the story. If a door and/or a revolving door is in the story, that will be a...