Be sure to read the full submission guidelines on publishers’ websites prior to submitting.
Need help keeping track of submissions? Check out my guide here:
Red’s Super-Sweet Guide to Submission Organization
Do you feel like there are too many amazing calls for submissions and you can’t possibly keep up with them all? That’s okay. I recommend reading Gemma Amor’s article about submission burnout here:
Submissions: Is it Time to Get Off the Carousel? by Gemma Amor
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Here are some upcoming open calls!
Cemetery Gates Society Monthly Flash Fiction Contest
August Theme: “The Perfect Drug”
Word Count: 500-1500
Pay: $50 (winning story)
Submission window open: Aug 5 – 12, 2021
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The Dead Inside: An Anthology of Horror
by Dark Dispatch
Theme: Identity Horror
Word Count: varies (poetry, flash fiction, short stories, & nonfiction)
Pay: varies ($25-50)
Deadline: Aug 2, 2021
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Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories
Presented by Gabino Iglesias and Andrew Cull
Word Count: 2 – 4k
Pay: 3c/word
Deadline: Aug 8, 2021
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Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror
by Strangehouse Books, Rooster Republic Press
Theme: COLOR (read full guidelines)
Word count: 1500 – 6k
Pay: 1c/word
Deadline: August 30, 2021
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by Sliced Up Press
Theme: Think cryptids, monsters, etc… read guidelines
Word Count: 1 – 3k
Pay: $50 ($25 poetry)
Submissions OPEN August 1, 2021. Do not submit prior.
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DarkLit Press
Theme: Beach Vacation Horror
Word Count: 5 – 8k or 1-2k flash
Pay: 1c/word short story, $5 flash
Deadline: Sep 1, 2021
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Theme: Women built by men. Women-identifying writers explore ways they are shaped by the men around them.
Word Count: 2 – 5k
Pay: 5c/word
Deadline: Sep 5, 2021
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