Deadline: October 1st, 2021
Payment: Royalties
Theme: Slasher stories!
Note: Reprints accepted
Note: Open to anyone who identifies as a woman

SLASH-HER open call for submissions 

 

With Volume 3 of our Women of Horror series doing well and Volume 4 currently in editing, we are delighted to announce our next project – Slash-Her.

Slash-Her is a Women of Horror slasher anthology which is a mixture of invite and submissions. The foreword, cover and TOC so far will all be revealed in time, but we can tell you that everyone involved is very excited about this.

I (Janine) will be editing in the main on this project but for anyone choking on their coffee at the thought of that, Jill will be holding my hand throughout the entire process. 

We would like to see varied interpretations of this genre. Of course, we (Janine!) are hoping to see some splatterpunk submissions but this anthology will be filled to the brim with nuance. Wow us with your quiet horror, surprise us with your humour. You want an axe wielding soccer mom who has had enough of the other yummy mummies with their lattes, do your worst! Show us what you believe women can bring to the slasher sub-genre.

We also want this to be as diverse as possible and are looking for own voices to bring a unique twist to their narrative. 

 Open to anyone who identifies as a woman and we encourage all writers, whether you have pages of previous publications or still looking for your first acceptance.

This book will be published March 2022.

DETAILS:

Theme: Slashers

Deadline: October 1st, 2021

Word Count: 3000-5000 Words (we won’t bite much if you go over by a little)

Restrictions: No rape, child abuse, homophobia, transphobia, racism or animal abuse! And please, absolutely no toilet humour (Jill hates it, lol – we know it can be a thing in extreme horror but not for this call please.) If you have any questions in relation to this, please feel free to ask, there is room for individual judgement calls on subject matter if you are an own voice writer.

Multiple Submissions: Accepted

Reprints: Accepted as long as you have the rights to republish

Payment: Royalties through Paypal. Final percentage depends on how many authors are in the book. Each author will receive one copy in .mobi, .epub and .pdf formats.

Please be patient while we read all the stories, and whilst we will reply to every acceptance or rejection, we *may* be unable to give you a detailed reason for our decision if we receive a lot of submissions. We hope you understand.  

Formatting: Standard 12pt font, please no large or coloured fonts. Standard margins. Please make sure to put your name, address and email address on the top of the first page. Also include your bio and social links.

Submission email/Questions: [email protected].

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. Please feel free to ask any questions.

We hope to hear from you soon – Janine and Jill