This page will be updated as regularly as time permits with current deadlines, reading periods, and other news pertaining to writing and publishing speculative poetry and fiction.
bold = recently added
italics = recently updated or changed
Market news
- Apex Magazine: slush reader changes; now accepts simultaneous subs
- JayHenge Publishing: on indefinite (temporary) haitus
- Pyre Magazine: taking a temporary hiatus; expects to reopen Spring 2025
- The Deeps: on indefinite hiatus as of Feb 2024 (Spindle House)
Current submission deadlines
- 4/27/24: Literary Nasties Award
- 4/30/24: Against the Wall, Under the Armor anthology (Nat 1 Publishing) (deadline extended)
- 4/30/24: Baen Fantasy Adventure Award
- 4/30/24: Cast of Wonders (Escape Artists)
- 4/30/24: Cold Open Stories
- 4/30/24: Eccentric Orbits annual anthology (Dimensionfold Publishing)
- 4/30/24: Fairy Rites anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 4/30/24: FIYAHº (theme: disabilities)
- 4/30/24: Gothic horror anthology (Egaeus Press)
- 4/30/24: Inner Worlds Zine
- 4/30/24 (or later): Novella Call - Ruth Ann Evans Horror
- 4/30/24: PodCastleº (Escape Artists)
- 4/30/24: Psychopomp (novellas)
- 4/30/24: Silver Blade Magazine
- 4/30/24: Soul Ink Volume 2 anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 4/30/24: Tasavvurº (for Historical Fantasy issue)
- 4/30/24: The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award (The Ghost Story)
- 4/30/24: Troopers (Shacklebound Books)
- 5/1/24: Grumpy Old Sherwood anthology (Stormdance Publications)
- 5/1/24: HWA Poetry Showcaseº (thanks @Pedro__Iniguez)
- 5/1/24: Inanimate Things: Volume Two anthology (Burial Books)
- 5/1/24: The Last Girls Club (theme: "Fire Season") (thanks Chill Subs)
- 5/1/24: Vault of Shadows: Issue 1 (for adaptation into a horror comic book) (Hungry Shadow Press)
- 5/15/24: 100-Foot Crow
- 5/15/24: Crimson Quill Quarterly
- 5/15/24: khōréōº
- 5/15/24: Luna Station Quarterlyº
- 5/15/24: The Lorelei Signal
- 5/27/24: Dream Foundry Contest for Emerging Writersº
- 5/30/24: Book of Choices anthology (Wolf Grove Media)
- 5/31/24: Apocalypse anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/24: Audience Askew (theme: "Halloween/horror/autumn") (Nat 1 Publishing)
- 5/31/24: Cold Signal (theme: "Pygmalion & Galatea")
- 5/31/24: Drabble Harvest Contest (theme: "Interstellar Archives") (Hiraeth Publishing)
- 5/31/24: Escape Pod (Escape Artists)
- 5/31/24: Skin anthology (Bag of Bones Press)
- 5/31/24: Skull & Laurel (Tenebrous Press)
- 5/31/24: Tasavvurº (general subs)
- 5/31/24: The Fear Doctor anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/24: Tumbleweed anthology (Black Hare Press)
- 6/1/24: Anthology of Horror (HellBound Books)
- 6/1/24: Burial Books (for novellas)
- 6/1/24: Darkest Shadow, Brightest Light anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 6/1/24: Max Blood's Mausoleum
- 6/1/24: Scream and Cream anthology (PsychoToxin X)
- 6/1/24: The Fires of Retribution anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 6/14/24: Shush Booksº (Shaherazad Shelves)
- 6/15/24: Eye to the Telescope (theme: "Strange Mixology")
- 6/23/24: Circe anthology (Flame Tree Press - Myths, Gods & Immortals series)
- 6/30/24: BFS Short Story Competition
- 6/30/24: freeze frame fiction
- 6/30/24: Malice anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 7/1/24: It Came from the Trailer Park Volume 4 (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 7/30/24: Roses and Wildflowers (theme: "Walking Away")
- 7/31/24: Beautiful Darkness 3 (BD3) anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 7/31/24: Erie Talesº: (theme: "Sweet Sixteen") (GLAHW)
- 8/1/24: Broken Highways anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 8/1/24: Face the Storm anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 8/30/24: Anthology of Creature Features (HellBound Books)
- 8/30/24: Anthology of Flash Fiction (HellBound Books)
- 8/30/24: Satan Rides Out Again anthology (HellBound Books)
- 8/31/24: Capes and Capers anthology (theme: "Superheroes and/or Supervillains") (Nat 1 Publishing)
- 8/31/24: Magick & Malice anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 9/1/24: Seems a Little Crazy! anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 9/30/24: Anthology of Splatterpunk 2 (HellBound Books)
- 9/30/24: Anthology of Suburban Nightmares (HellBound Books)
- 10/1/24: Cogs and Cutlasses anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 10/31/24: Dragon Legends anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 10/31/24: Erotic Horror anthology (Black Hare Press)
- 10/31/24: Lethe Press (novella/novel subs)
- 10/31/24: Steampunk Sleuths anthology (Black Beacon Books)
- 11/1/24: Wyld Magick anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 12/1/24: Tales from the Nightside anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 12/31/24: Between Realms anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 12/31/24: Hawthorn & Ash (Iron Faerie Publishing)
- 1/1/25: What If… Skunk Wurks Edition anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 2/28/25: Lured into the Deep anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 3/31/25: Sea of Monsters anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 4/30/25: Quantum Rising anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/25: Beyond the Veil anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/25: The Fear Driver anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 6/30/25: Spells & Fangs anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 7/31/25: Terror Reigns anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 8/31/25: Poisons & Potions anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 10/31/25: Curse of the Sword (Dragon Soul Press)
- 10/31/25: Fire & Ash anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 1/31/26: Elite anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 2/28/26: Splash anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 3/31/26: Pirate Cove anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 4/30/26: Survival anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/26: Slayer anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/26: The Fear Dealer anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 6/30/26: Sinister Dreams anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 7/31/26: Midnight Bites anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 8/31/26: Curses & Crystals anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
º Limited submission eligibility; see publisher's guidelines
Currently open - no posted deadline
- Aconyte Books: work-for-hire; tie-in fiction
- Aethon Books: novel-length only
- Altered Reality Magazine (general subs)
- Amazing Stories (for fiction; open year-round for poetry)
- Android Press: open to novel/novella subs until full
- Argawarga Pressº (Autonomous Press)
- Black Dawn Series (AK Press)
- Black Spot Books: agented subs only, except for anthology calls
- Book Forge Press: open to novels; closed to short fic
- Channel the Dark anthology (Temple Dark Books)
- Cloaked Press (novellas, novels, short story collections)
- Costs of Living anthology: open until full (Whisper House Press)
- Dark Dragon Publishing (for novels)
- DarkLit Press (for novellas/novels)
- Dead Detectives Society anthology series (Monstrous Books)
- Deathlehem anthology: open until full (Grinning Skull Press)
- Dragon Gems (Water Dragon Publishing)
- Eidolotry (PsychoToxin Press)
- ergot.
- Fifty Shades of Dead anthology: open until full (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- Flash Digest (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Forever
- GORE 4 anthology (theme: "Demons and Possessions") (Poe Boy Publishing)
- Grendel Press: open to novel subs
- HellBound Books (novels only; no novellas or single author collections)
- Hiraeth Publishing (novellas, novels, collections)
- Horrorsmith Publishing (for novellas & novels)
- House of Gamut (for poetry, reprint fiction, nonfiction)
- House of Hallowes (for poetry collections) (Vræyda Literary)
- Idle Ink
- Indie Bites: rolling deadlines
- Interstellar Flight Press (for book-length nonfiction)
- iSoldiers (Shacklebound Books)
- Katabatic Circus (Angry Gable Press)
- Little Fears (Little Ghosts Books)
- moth eaten mag: open for website subs
- Nemesis Contest: no posted deadline (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- Nightmarish Novelettes Book Series (Night Terror Novels)
- Orbit Books: open to agented subs only
- Outland Entertainment: closed to novels but open to graphic novels
- Penumbra (Hippocampus Press)
- Phoenixº (Ouida Books)
- Quill & Crow (novel subs)
- Roar anthology: open until full (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- Section 31 Productions (for novellas/novels)
- Short Fantasy Stories anthology (Shacklebound Books)
- Short Reads (Black Hare Press)
- Spindle House Press (for novelettes): will close temporarily at 50 subs
- Starward Shadows: open for flash; closed for longer fiction
- Tachyon Publications: submissions from agents only
- The Eyes of Evil anthology: deadline TBA (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- The Marrow (Broken Antler)
- The Were-Traveler: open until full (theme: "Curst & Twysted Tarot")
- The Wicked Library (theme: "Ghost Stories, Paranormal Events, & Mysterious Happenings")
- Underland Press: for novels/novellas
- V is for Voodoo anthology: open until full (Red Cape Publishing - The A-Z of Horror series)
- Vræyda Literary (novels)
- W is for Witchcraft anthology: open until full (Red Cape Publishing - The A-Z of Horror series)
- Welcome to The Splatter Club Vol. III anthologyº: open until full (Blood Bound Books)
- Wicked Taxidermy 1 anthology: open until full (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- Windmill Publishing (for novels)
- X is for X-rated anthology: open until full (theme: "erotic horror") (Red Cape Publishing - The A-Z of Horror series)
- Y is for Youths anthology: open until full (theme: "scary kids") (Red Cape Publishing - The A-Z of Horror series)
Monthly/regular contests & reading periods
- Apex Magazine Monthly Flash Fiction Contest: open 7th to last day of each month; themed
- Apparition Lit Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge: open 1st to 14th of each month (photo prompt)
- Augur Magazineº: TBA
- Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores: open 1st and 2nd day of each month
- Dark Moments Monthly Challenge: monthly contest; themed (Black Hare Press)
- Dark Tales from the Tarot Contest: open 1st to 15th every other month; themed (Spindle House Press)
- ev0ke: open 1st to 15th of each month; themed
- Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter: monthly submission windows, typically 2 weeks long; themed (Flame Tree Press)
- Flash Fiction Online: open 1st to 21st of each month (except Dec); will close if reaches 425 subs
- Galaxy's Edge: opens every Tues; closes when hits threshold
- L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest: Mar/June/Sept/Dec quarterly deadlines
- Patreon Monthly Challenge: monthly contest (Black Hare Press)
- Shallow Waters Flash Fiction Contest: monthly contest (Crystal Lake Entertainment)
- Sley House Publishing (Patreon subs): open 1st to 3rd of listed months
- Stygian Lepus: open 1st to 25th of each month (Black Hare Press)
- The Crow's Quill: closes 10th of each month for fiction, 20th for poetry; monthly themes (Quill & Crow)
- Theatre Phantasmagoria anthology: open 1st to last day of each month; themed (Night Terror Novels)
- Wired Six-Word Sci-Fi*: monthly prompts
* All submissions become property of the publisher
Upcoming contests & reading periods
- 2024 Best of Utopian Speculative Fiction Anthology: Dec 1 2024 to Jan 31 2025 (Android Press)
- 34 Orchard: Jan 1 to Jan 15 2025
- Abyss & Apex (for fiction): May 1 to May 7 2024
- Abyss & Apex (for poetry): May 1 to May 31 2024
- Aggadah Try Itº: TBA (Madness Heart Press)
- Alien Dimensions: TBA
- All Worlds Wayfarer: TBA
- Allegory: May 1 to June 30 2024
- Anansi anthology: TBA mid-Apr 2024 (Flame Tree Press - Myths, Gods & Immortals series)
- Anterior Skies anthology: TBA (Strange Elf Press)
- ANVIL Magazine: TBA
- Aôthen Magazine: TBA
- Apparition Lit: May 15 to May 31 2024 (theme: "anachronism")
- Archive of the Odd: TBA
- Aurealis: TBA
- Baffling Magazine: June 1 to June 15 2024 (optional theme: "monstrous") (Neon Hemlock)
- BAM Quarterly: TBA (Broken Antler)
- Black Annis Books: TBA (Pumpernickel House Publishing)
- Black Beacon Books: TBA
- Bone Parade: TBA
- Brave New Weird Award: will open in Oct 2024 (Tenebrous Press)
- BSC Publishing Group: TBA
- BSFS Poetry Contest: TBA
- CatsCast: TBA (Escape Artists)
- Chilling Pen Award: TBA; 2024
- Classdoom: Tales of Terror from Teachers anthology: TBA (trying to raise funding)
- CloisterFoxº: expected to reopen Apr 5 to May 31 2024
- Corvid Queen: TBA (Sword & Kettle Press)
- Cosmic Horror Monthly: July 1 to July 17 2024
- Crab Tales Magazine: TBA
- Creative James Media: TBA; 2024 (novels)
- Creature Publishing: TBA
- Cursed Dragon Ship Publishing: expects to reopen in early 2025
- Cursed Morsels Press: TBA
- Cursed Morsels Zine: TBA (Cursed Morsels Press)
- Daikaijuzine: July 1 to July 7 2024
- Dark Moon Digest: TBA (closes when reaches 300 subs; reopens 1st of the following month)
- Dead of Winter Horror Fiction Writing Contest: Oct 1 to Dec 1 2024 (Toasted Cheese)
- Deadly Drabble Tuesdays: reopens July 1 2024 (Hungry Shadow Press)
- Deathcap and Hemlock: TBA
- Depths of Love anthology: TBA (Cloaked Press / SFWG)
- Diabolical Plots: TBA; may open for subs in summer 2024
- Diet Milk Magazine: June 1 to July 8 2024
- Diet Milk Magazine - Diet Milk Minis: May 1 to May 15 2024 (theme: food)
- Diet Milk Magazine - In the Bleak Midwinter (micro & flash fic): Oct 1 to Oct 31 2024
- Divinations Magazine: TBA
- dogleech books: TBA
- Dracula Beyond Stoker: May 1 to June 15 2024 (DBS Press)
- Dread Imaginings: expected to reopen to subs sometime in 2023
- DreamForge: expects to reopen Summer 2024
- Eerie River Publishing: TBA
- Eidetic Quarterly: TBA (PsychoToxin Press)
- Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest: will reopen to subs in Aug 2024 (Pseudopod)
- Epic Echoes: expects to reopen May 2024
- Eternal Haunted Summer: May 1 to June 1 2024 (theme: Gardens)
- Exposed Bone Literary Magazine: will reopen in May 2024
- Fairy Tale Review: TBA
- Fall Into Fantasy anthology: TBA; 2024 (Cloaked Press)
- Fantasy & Science Fiction: TBA
- Farewell, Neverlandº: TBA (Sword & Kettle Press)
- Flash Fiction Online - Rural Fantasy special call: opens May 1 2024
- Flash Frog - ghost story issue: July 1 to July 31 2024
- Flash on the Fly Horror Writing Contest: TBA (Death Knell Press)
- Flash Point Science Fiction: May 15 to July 31 2024
- Flickers of Fear: TBA (Off Limits Press)
- Folklore Review: TBA
- From the Farther Trees: planned to reopen in Fall 2023 (Farther Trees Press)
- Gallery of Curiosities: TBA
- Ghost Orchid Press: TBA; hopes to reopen later in 2024
- Ghostlight: The Magazine of Terror: Sept 1 to Dec 1 2024
- Ghoulish Books: expects to reopen to novel/novella subs in Aug 2024
- Ghoulish Tales: June 2024 (this sub call is only for unpublished writers) (Ghoulish Books)
- Gnashing Teeth Publishing: TBA
- Grimoire: TBA
- Grindhouse Press: Aug 5 to Aug 9 2024
- Grinning Skull Press (novellas & novels): TBA
- Gwyllion Magazine: July 1 to Aug 31 2024
- Half-Light Press: TBA (Pumpernickel House Publishing)
- Hearth Stories: Sept 1 to Sept 30 2024
- Heartlines Specº: Apr 23 to 30 2024 (May 1 to May 31 2024 for all writers)
- Heathen: TBA
- Hellmouth Press: TBA
- Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: expected to reopen 1st quarter 2024
- hex: TBA; no current sub calls
- Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine: May 1 to May 7 2024
- Hometown Horror anthology: Spring 2024 (Little Ghosts Books)
- House of Gamut (for unpublished fiction): TBA
- HOWL New Irish Writingº: will reopen in early 2025
- If There's Anyone Leftº: June 1 to July 15 2024
- Improbable Press: TBA
- In Another Time Magazine: TBA
- Ink Stains: A Dark Fiction Literary Anthology: May 1 to July 31 2024
- INSPIRATUS: TBA (nonfiction, art) (Morian Press)
- Interstellar Flight Press (for flash fiction): TBA
- Iron Faerie Publishing: no current sub calls; not currently open to novel subs (thanks @DorianSinnott)
- Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award: Oct 1 2024 to Feb 1 2025?
- Journal of Speculative Literature: TBA (House of Zolo)
- Kaleidoscope – A Queer Anthology: expected to reopen Jan 2024 (Cloaked Press)
- Kaleidotrope: July 1 to July 31 2024
- Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition: June 15 to Dec 15 2024 (includes short story category)
- Landing Zone Magazine: TBA (often reopens for short windows)
- Landing Zone Magazine Fiction and Poetry Contest: TBA (often reopens for short windows)
- Landing Zone Magazine Winter Flash Fiction Contest: TBA (often reopens for short windows)
- Lightspeed: TBA
- Little Ghosts Books (for horror novellas): TBA
- LONG DIVISION: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse, and Bad Manners anthology: opens May 1 2024, closes at 500 subs (Bad Hand Books)
- Lost Boys Press: TBA (for "romantasy" novels)
- Luna Eden Publishing: expects to reopen in May 2024
- Luna Press Publishing: TBA
- Madness Heart Press: TBA (for novella/novel subs)
- MetaStellar Magazine: Oct 1 to Oct 31 2024 (for paid subs; open year-round for unpaid subs)
- Midnight Echo: TBA
- Midnight Machinations: TBA (Grinning Skull Press)
- Mirror World Publishing: TBA
- Monster Ivy Publishing: will reopen to subs in June 2024
- Monster Uprising Lit Magazine: Aug 1 to Aug 14 2024 (website being revamped; editor will post submission link closer to Aug)
- Monstrous Magazine: TBA (Monstrous Books)
- More Than a Monster (Vol 2) anthology: TBA (Grendel Press)
- Mouthfeel Fiction: TBA
- Myriad: TBA (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine)
- Mysterion: July 1 to July 31 2024
- Mythaxis Magazine: Apr 23 to Apr 30 2204
- Neon Hemlock Novella Series: likely not reopening until June 2025
- Nerve-Janglers book series: TBA (Night Terror Novels)
- NESFA Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Story Contestº: TBA; 2024
- Never Shall We Die: Gothic Stories of Marauders & The Sea anthology: TBA (Quill & Crow)
- NewMyths: June 1 to July 31 2024
- Night Terrors anthology series: TBA (Scare Street)
- Nightmare: expects to reopen winter 2024/2025
- Nightmare Fuel anthology: May 1 to June 15 2024 (theme: "Body Horror") (Cloaked Press / SFWG)
- Occult Detective Magazine: TBA (greydogtales)
- Off Limits Press: TBA
- Old Moon Quarterly: TBA
- Orchid's Lantern (journal): TBA
- Orchid's Lantern (press): TBA
- Outlook Springs: TBA; no current sub calls
- parABnormal Magazine: June 1 to July 31 2024 (Hiraeth Publishing)
- ParSec: TBA
- Parsec Short Story Contest: Jan 1 to Mar 31 2025
- Part Eight: TBA
- Pastel Pastoral Magazine: TBA
- Patreon Science Fantasy Anthology: TBA (Tree and Stone Magazine LLC)
- Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag: June 15 to Sept 15 2024
- Phantom Kangaroo: expected to reopen Jan 2024
- Planet Scumm: expected to reopen in early 2024
- Planisphere Quarterly: TBA
- Polar Borealisº: TBA
- Polar Starlightº: TBA
- Potter's Grove Press: TBA
- Proton Reader: TBA
- Pseudopod: Aug 9 to Aug 19 2024 (Escape Artists)
- Pumpernickel House: TBA (Pumpernickel House Publishing)
- Queen of Swords Press: hoped to reopen in late 2023
- Queer Blades: A Queer Sword and Sorcery Romance Anthology: planned to reopen in early 2023 (Farther Trees Press)
- QueerSciFi.com Flash Fiction Contest: Mar 1 2024?
- Rakehell: TBA
- Ram Eye: TBA
- Raven Tale Publishing: TBA
- Ravens Quoth Press: TBA
- Robert N Stephenson Flash Fiction & Short Story Competition: TBA; 2024 (AHWA)
- Sci Phi Journal: expects to reopen July 2024
- Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition: June 6 to July 15 2024 (The Ghost Story)
- Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO): June 2024
- SFPA Poetry Contest: June 1 to Aug 31 2024
- Shacklebound Books newsletter: TBA (Shacklebound Books)
- Shoreline of Infinity: TBA
- Shortwave Magazine: TBA (Shortwave Publishing)
- Slashic Horror Press: will reopen June 2024
- Sley House Publishing (for podcast shorts): TBA
- SNAFU: PUNK'D anthology: will reopen Jan 2025 (Cohesion Press)
- Solarpunk Magazine: May 1 to May 14 2024 (general subs)
- Solarpunk Magazine (micro fiction subs): May 14 to May 21 2024
- Sorra Books: Oct 14 2024 to Dec 14 2024 (Shaherazad Shelves)
- Space & Time: June 15 to June 30 2024
- Space Cat Press: TBA (for novels & poetry collections)
- Space Squid: TBA
- Speculative City: TBA
- SPLIT SCREAM – Novelette Split Series: TBA (Tenebrous Press)
- Spooky House Press: TBA
- SPOOKY Magazine: May 1 to July 31 2024
- Spring Into SciFi annual anthology: will reopen Oct 1 2024 (Cloaked Press)
- Starlite Pulp Review: TBA
- Stelliform Press: TBA
- Strange Aeon: TBA; 2024
- Strange Horizons (for fiction): will reopen in 2024
- Strange Quark Press: TBA
- Stupefying Stories: June 1 to July 31 2024
- Summer of Speculation anthology: TBA in early 2024 (Cloaked Press)
- Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy: TBA (Parallel Universe Publications)
- Tales from Between: TBA
- Tales & Feathers Magazineº: TBA
- Tales of Sley House 2025 anthology: TBA (Sley House Publishing)
- Tales to Terrify: TBA
- Tenebrous Press (for short stories): expects to reopen mid-2024
- The Cellar Door anthology #6: Nightmare Creatures: TBA; 2024 (Dark Peninsula Press)
- The Dead Horse: TBA (Disaster Tourism Games)
- The Deadlandsº (fiction): May 1 to May 31 2024 (Psychopomp)
- The Deadlands (poetry): May 1 to May 21 2024 (Psychopomp)
- The Dread Machine: TBA
- The Fabulist: TBA (for fiction; poetry by invitation only)
- The Fabulist Flash: TBA
- The Fairy Tale Magazine: June 17 to June 24 2024 (theme: "classic fairy tales")
- The Flying Saucer Poetry Review: TBA (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- The Ghastling: TBA
- The Green Feather Awardº: TBA (Light Bringer Project)
- The Horror Zine: TBA
- The Maul: TBA
- The Mesozoic Reader: planned to reopen in May 2023 (Farther Trees Press)
- The Mike Resnick Memorial Award: TBA; later in 2024? (Arc Manor, Dragon Con)
- The Quiet Ones: July 1 to Aug 1 2024
- The Sirens Call eZine: TBA
- The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS): 3rd quarter 2024; more info in May
- The Starlight SciFaiku Review: TBA (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- The Tomorrow Prizeº: TBA (Light Bringer Project)
- The Year's Best Arthropod Short Fiction: TBA; 2025
- These Haunted Highlands: TBA (Night Terror Novels)
- Thin Veil Press: summer 2024
- Thuggish Itch: TBA (Gypsum Sound Tales)
- Timber Ghost Press (flash & poetry): TBA
- Timber Ghost Press (novels, novellas & single-author collections): summer 2024
- tiny frights: May 1 to Sept 30 2024
- Toil & Trouble: Aug 1 to Aug 31 2024
- Torrid Waters: TBA (novella/novel subs) (Crystal Lake Entertainment)
- Tower Magazine: TBA
- Translunar Travelers Lounge: Sept 15 to Oct 15 2024
- Tree and Stone Magazine: TBA
- Trembling With Fear (for short stories): July 1 to July 15 2024 (Horror Tree)
- Trigger Warning annual anthology: planned to reopen to subs in Feb 2023 (theme: curses) (Madness Heart Press)
- Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize: TBA; 2025
- Underland Arcana: TBA
- Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology: TBA (UFO Publishing)
- Valorious Awards: Sept 1 to Dec 31 2024?
- warning lines literary: July 1 to July 31 2024 (theme: "In loco monstri")
- Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) Small Press Award: Jan 2 to Mar 31 2025?
- Weird Horror: Sept 2 to Sept 15 2024
- Weird Little Worlds: TBA (for novellas & novels)
- We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024 anthology: TBA (Neon Hemlock)
- Wild Ink Publishing: TBA (open to agented subs only)
- Winter of Wonder annual anthology: TBA (Cloaked Press)
- Wireworm: TBA
- Witch House: TBA
- Wolfsinger Publications (for novellas/novels): Oct 1 to Dec 31 2024
- WonderBird Press: TBA
- Wyldblood Press: TBA (open for nonfiction & art)
- Wyngraf (for short fic; flash fic series is on indefinite hiatus): TBA
- Xanax Hamster: TBA (From Beyond Press)
- Z is for Zombies anthology: opens June 1 2024 until full (Red Cape Publishing - The A-Z of Horror series)
- ZNB Presents: July 1 to July 7 2024; may open at other times
- Zooscape: plans to reopen in 2024
Open year-round
- Apex Magazine (except Dec)
- Aphelion
- Cosmic Crime Stories (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Crepuscular (1st 7 days of each month reserved for underrepresented voices)
- Drabbun (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Electric Spec (quarterly deadlines)
- Grim & Gilded (guidelines say open year-round; submission form has rolling deadlines)
- Illumen (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Interstellar Flight Press (for essays; doesn't read Dec 15 to Jan 15)
- Jitter
- midnight & indigoº (annual speculative issue)
- Not One of Us (temp URL; having a problem w/ its website)
- Samovar
- Scifaikuest (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Shelter of Daylight (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Spectral Realms (Hippocampus Press)
- Strange Horizons (for poetry)
- Tabi's Flash Tuesdays (Litmora Literary Magazine)
- Tamarind
- Tenebrous Press (for novellas/novels): open year-round except Jan
- The Dark
- The Fifth Di... (Hiraeth Publishing)
- The HLK Quarterly (West of Canon Press)
- The Hungur Chronicles (Hiraeth Publishing)
- The Other Stories (rolling deadlines)
- Trembling With Fear (always open for drabbles & serials) (Horror Tree)
On hiatus / closed for an extended time
- 4 Horsemen Publications: temp closed (thanks @the_mark_rob)
- Alien Sun Press: no current sub calls
- Apex Book Company: not currently accepting subs
- Aphotic Realm: TBA; currently closed to gen subs
- Bear Creek Gazette: closed indefinitely
- Best Indie Speculative Fiction: no 2022 issue; hoped to resume in 2023 (Bards and Sages Publishing)
- Bitterleaf Booksº: currently closed to subs
- Black Shuck Books: not currently open to subs
- Black Telephone Magazine: currently closed to subs
- Blackwarren Books: temp closed
- Bleached Butterfly: appears to be on hiatus / closed
- Bleed Error: on hiatus; no new issues planned for 2023 (Paradox Ghost Press)
- Bleeding Edge Books: closed to novella/novelette subs since Oct 2021
- Blood Bound Books: closed to novella/novel subs
- Blood Knife: currently closed to fiction subs; open to nonfiction
- Cemetery Dance: currently closed; unsure when will reopen
- Cirsova: last sub call closed Aug 2023
- Clan Destine Press: not currently open to unsolicited subs
- Compelling Science Fiction: currently closed to subs
- Constelación Magazine: submission portal closed until further notice
- Constraint 280: currently closed- Corpus Press: currently closed to subs
- Crone Girls Press: no open anthology calls
- Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing: not currently open to outside subs
- Crystal Lake Publishing: currently closed to manuscript subs
- D&T Publishing: currently closed to subs
- Daily Science Fiction: not currently accepting subs
- Dark Alley Press: currently closed to novel subs
- Dark Dispatch: no current sub calls
- Dark Recesses Press: currently closed to novel, novella & single-author collection subs
- Dark Recesses Press Digital Magazine: temporarily suspended
- Dark Recesses Press Print Magazine: temporarily suspended
- Dark Regions Press: currently closed to subs
- Dead Fish Books: currently closed to subs
- Dead Ink Books: not currently open to general subs
- Deadite Press: currently closed to subs (Eraserhead Press)
- Death Knell Press: currently closed to all subs
- Devilfish Review: currently closed
- Dreadnought SF: currently closed to subs (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- Dreadnought SF: currently closed to subs (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- Epic Publishing: no open calls
- Eraserhead Press: currently closed to subs
- Erewhon Books: currently closed to unsolicited subs
- Eyedolon: not current open to subs (Broken Eye Books)
- Far Fetched Fables: currently closed to subs
- Frozen Wavelets: closed to subs since Sept 2021
- Future Science Fiction Digest: closed to fiction & art since Nov 2022; open to nonfiction
- Galaxy: guidelines coming soon (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- GigaNotoSaurus: currently closed to subs
- Gloom House Publishing: not currently open to subs
- Grimdark Magazine: not currently accepting subs
- Grey Matter Press: currently closed to subs (since Feb 2022)
- Horrific Tales Publishing: currently closed to subs
- Horror Garage: closed to fiction subs until further notice (since 2015)
- IFWG Publishing: closed to unsolicited subs; may open for brief periods
- Ink and Fable Publishing: currently closed to subs
- Inked in Gray Press: currently closed to general queries
- JayHenge Publishing: on indefinite haitus
- Little Blue Marble: on hiatus
- Lycan Valley Press Publications: not currently open to unsolicited subs
- Medusa Tales: subs currently on hold
- Mermaids Monthly: temp closed to subs; Moksha portal archived (always open to art subs)
- Midnight Bites: currently closed to subs (Crone Girls Press)
- Mithila Review: closed to fiction/poetry subs since Sept 2021 (open to nonfiction subs)
- Montag Press: currently closed to subs
- Myth & Lore: currently closed to subs
- Mythic Delirium: on indefinite hiatus since 2018
- Neon: on indefinite hiatus
- New Edge Sword and Sorcery: currently closed; may open to subs at some point
- NewCon Press: not currently open to unsolicited subs
- Nightfire: closed to subs since June 2021
- NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcastº: closed to subs; unsure when will reopen
- Octavos: currently closed
- Phantom Drift: no current sub calls; guidelines page not updated since 2022
- PS Publishing: closed to subs until further notice; since 2021
- Pulp Modern: last sub window closed July 4 2022 (Uncle B. Publications)
- Pulp Modern Flash: currently closed to subs (Uncle B. Publications)
- Pyre Magazine: on hiatus on until Spring 2025
- Raw Dog Screaming Press: currently closed to all subs
- Red Room Press: closed to novel/novella subs & Year's Best Hardcore Horror subs until further notice
- Redstone Science Fiction: on hiatus; closed to general fiction subs
- Redwood Press: no current sub calls
- Salt Heart Press: currently closed to subs
- Sans. PRESS: no current sub calls
- Sciencefictionery: closed? website is no longer up
- Sigil House Productions: not currently accepting subs
- Silent House Press: not currently taking subs
- Simultaneous Times: temp closed; working through backlog (Space Cowboy Books)
- Sinister Grin Press: currently closed to subs
- Sley House Publishing (for novels): currently closed
- Small Wonders Magazine: currently closed to subs
- SmashBear Publishing: expected to reopen in 2023
- Solar Press: subs closed since Sept 2023
- Space Cowboy Books: closed to manuscript subs
- Space Fantasy Magazine: TBA; planned to reopen in late 2022 / early 2023
- Speculate This: submission window page hasn't been updated since 2021
- Speculatief: currently closed to subs
- Speculative North: no open sub calls since 2022 (tdotSpec)
- Splatter Ink Publishing: temp closed; personal issues
- Star Traveler Press: guidelines coming soon (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- Stygian Press: currently closed to subs; expected to reopen sometime in 2023
- Tales from the Magician's Skull: no current sub calls
- tdotSpec: no open sub calls; guidelines pg not updated since 2022
- Temple Dark Books: currently closed to novel subs
- Thaumatrope: currently closed
- The Arcanist: temp closed to catch up on reading
- The Dark Sire: on hiatus; may reopen in spring 2024
- The Deeps: indefinite hiatus (Spindle House)
- The Grey Rooms: on indefinite hiatus since Oct 31 2022
- The Hallowzine: temp closed to subs
- The Overcast: closed to submissions for the foreseeable future; website down
- The Seventh Terrace: currently closed to subs; may reopen later in 2024
- The Space Cadet Science Fiction Review: not currently accepting subs (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- The Vanishing Point: temp closed; expected to reopen in 2023
- Three Crows Magazine: closed to fiction; open to nonfiction & art
- Three Ravens Publishing: currently closed to novel subs
- Tiger Lily Publishing Company (for novels)
- Titan Books: not open to general subs, but seeking writers to work on licensed fiction
- Uncanny Magazine: closed; no upcoming scheduled windows
- Underbelly Books: closed to subs
- Undertow Publications: closed to subs for the foreseeable future
- Unnerving Magazine: currently closed to subs
- Vastarien: on indefinite hiatus (Grimscribe Press)
- Weird Tales: not currently open to subs
- Weirdpunk Books: currently closed to novella subs
- Whetstone: closed to subs indefinitely
- Whimsical Press: subs currently closed
- Wicked Shadow Press: no current sub calls
- Word Horde: closed to new subs since Apr 2022
- WordFire Press: closed to unsolicited subs
- Worlds of IF: submission guidelines & portal coming soon (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- Wretched Creations Magazine: currently closed
Unsure of status
- Black Ink Fiction Monthly Daily Drabbles: none published since June 2023
- Disturb Ink Books (split off from Unsettling Reads)
- Inky Bones Press (split off from Unsettling Reads)
- Fungasm Press (Eraserhead Press)
- Stranger with Friction (St Rooster Books)
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