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.
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Market news
- Dreams & Nightmares: editor passed away (obituary in Locus)
- The Lorelei Signal: July-Sept issue is the last one
Current submission deadlines
- 10/4/26: Icarus anthology (Flame Tree Press)
- 10/4/26: Pandora anthology (Flame Tree Press) (thanks Horror Tree)
- 10/7/26: OTHERSIDEº (Oct 8 to Oct 21 2026 for general subs) (theme: "Exploration")
- 10/8/26: Space and Time (theme: "Leave the Light On")
- 10/9/26: Havok (theme: "First Love")
- 10/14/26: Saros Speculative Fiction
- 10/14/26: Solarpunk Magazine
- 10/15/26: 100-Foot Crow (themes: "transformation" & "bars")
- 10/15/26: Eye to the Telescope (theme: "Faeries") (SFPA)
- 10/15/26: Horrific Scribes Submission Challenge (theme: "They Already Have Youe")
- 10/15/26: Neon Hemlock (chapbook/novelette)
- ~ 10/15/26: Roses and Wildflowers (theme: "Yellow Kings, Red Queens and Broken Things") (deadline extended to mid-October)
- 10/15/26: The Last Girls Club (theme: "Blood Debts")
- 10/15/26: Translunar Travelers Lounge
- 10/15/26: Trembling With Fear (for short stories) (Horror Tree)
- 10/16/26: Plott Hound Magazine
- 10/16/26: Tinsel anthology (Edge & Busby)
- 10/18/26: Dark Ages: Folk Horror Stories anthology (Flame Tree Press)
- 10/23/26: Crooked Spine (theme: "devotion and the price it demands")
- 10/29/26: NESFA Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Story Contestº
- 10/31/26: Flame Forger anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 10/31/26: Flash Point Science Fiction
- 10/31/26: Haven Specº
- 10/31/26: MetaStellar Magazine (for paid subs; open year-round for unpaid subs)
- 10/31/26: Orion's Belt
- 11/1/26: Mythos & Meaning: Human Accounts of Beastly Encounters anthology (Flame Tree Fiction)
- 11/29/26: Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ConThology
- 11/30/26: parABnormal Magazine (closed to fiction until Feb 1 2027) (Hiraeth Publishing)
- 11/30/26: Perseid Prophecies
- 10/31/26: Polar Borealisº (fiction)
- 10/31/26: SpecPoVerse
- 10/31/26: Swords & Rockets: Tales of Futures Past (Parallel Universe Publications)
- 10/31/26: Trollbreath Magazine
- 10/31/26: Virginia Sideways anthology (Whitaker Lyon Press)
- 11/1/26: Brave New Weird Award (Tenebrous Press)
- 11/2/26: Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize
- 11/15/26: Luna Station Quarterlyº
- 11/30/26: 100 Word Project (monthly prompts) (Manawaker Studio)
- 12/1/26: Tails of Terror anthology (Terrorcore Publishing)
- 12/18/26: Hawthorn & Ash (Iron Faerie Publishing)
- 12/18/26: Midsummer Nights (Iron Faerie Publishing)
- 12/21/26: Dead of Winter Horror Fiction Writing Contest (Toasted Cheese)
- 12/31/26: Across the Ages anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 12/31/26: Back in Time anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 12/31/26: Dirty Martini Fem Horror Noir Anthology (Grimalkin Press)
- 12/31/26: High School Fantastic anthology (Whitaker Lyon Press)
- 12/31/26: Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition (includes short story category)
- 12/31/26 (or when filled): New Jersey Fantastic anthology (Whitaker Lyon Press)
- 12/31/26: Peasant Magazine
- 12/31/26: Romance Book Corner - Bite Me Box
- 12/31/26: The Quarter(ly) (Quarter Press)
- 12/31/26: We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction anthology (Neon Hemlock)
- 12/31/26: Wolfsinger Publications (for novellas/novels)
- 1/8/27: Dickinson Publishing Group (for novelettes) (thanks Kevin David Anderson)
- 1/8/27: G. & M.H.: Deathly Delusions (Tales Of Ghouls and Methamphetaminergic Hypnogogia) anthology (Dickinson Publishing Group)
- 1/31/27: Drabble Harvest Contest (theme: "First Contact") (Hiraeth Publishing)
- 1/31/27: Stuck anthology (Bag of Bones Press) (thanks Horror Tree)
- 2/12/27: The Green Feather Awardº (Light Bringer Project)
- 2/12/27: The Tomorrow Prizeº (Light Bringer Project)
- 3/1/27: Scream Parks anthology (Terrorcore Publishing) (thanks Horror Tree)
- 3/1/27: Steve Miller BSFS Annual Poetry Contest
- 3/31/27: The Killing Spree anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 4/30/27: Oath Taker anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/30/27: Fable anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/27: Escape Pod (Escape Artists)
- 5/31/27: Touch of Death anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 6/30/27: Magic Devils anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 7/31/27: Into the Dark anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 8/31/27: Blades & Baubles anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 10/31/27: Dawn of Dragons anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/28: Unlawful Deeds anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
Currently open - no posted deadline
- Aconyte Books: work-for-hire; tie-in fiction
- Aethon Books: novel-length only
- Aggadah Try Itº (Madness Heart Press)
- Altered Reality Magazine (general subs)
- Android Press (open until full)
- Argawarga Pressº (Autonomous Press)
- Beautiful Tragedies 5 - Anthology of Dark Poetry: open until full (Hellbound Books)
- Black Beacon Books (for Kindle-only novelettes)
- Black Dawn Series (AK Press)
- Black Hare Press (for novels and collections)
- Black Spot Books: agented subs only, except for anthology calls
- Book Forge Press: open to novels; closed to short fic
- Castaigne Publishing: open to pitches (per pinned tweet)
- Cauldron of Blood anthology: open until full (Hellbound Books)
- Clockwork Oceans and Lunar Dreams: A Vernean Odyssey anthology: open until full (JayHenge Publishing)
- Dark Dragon Publishing (for novels)
- Dead Detectives Society anthology series (Monstrous Books)
- Deathlehem anthology: open until full (Grinning Skull Press)
- Deep Anthology (placeholder; title TBD) (Death's Head Press)
- ergot.
- Fall Into Fantasy anthology (Cloaked Press)
- Flash Digest (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Forever
- Fraidy Cat Quarterly (Fraidy Cat Press)
- 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)
- Honeythief Books (Edge & Busby)
- Horrorsmith Publishing (for novellas & novels)
- House of Hallowes (for poetry collections) (Vræyda Literary)
- Indie Bites: rolling deadlines
- Interstellar Flight Press (for book-length nonfiction)
- Jupiter's Eye (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Katabatic Circus: open until filled (Angry Gable Press)
- Lucent Dreamingº (novels)
- Lucent Dreamingº (poetry pamphlets)
- Madness Heart Pressº (for novella/novel subs)
- Nightmare Narratives (Dark Holme Publishing)
- Nightmarish Novelettes Book Series (Night Terror Novels)
- Nightscribe (fka Creepypasta.org)
- Nightshade (Tell-Tale Publishing)
- One Shots (Edge & Busby)
- Orbit Books: open to agented subs only
- Penumbra (Hippocampus Press)
- Phoenixº (Ouida Books)
- Rabid Otter Horror (for novellas/novels) (Riverfolk Publishing)
- Raven Tale Publishing (for "Creature Feature" novels only)
- Section 31 Productions (for novellas/novels)
- Small Wonders Magazine (for original poetry)
- Solaris Nova (Rebellion Publishing)
- Stargazer (Tell-Tale Publishing)
- Sweetrot Books (Edge & Busby)
- Tachyon Publications: submissions from agents only
- Tales of Horror (Ashton House Publishing)
- Tasavvurº
- TFW: Poetry from Gen Z anthologyº: closes when full (Ravens Quoth Press)
- The Midnight Menagerie at the Edge of Everywhen anthology: open until full (JayHenge Publishing)
- The Were-Traveler: open until full (theme: "Curst & Twysted Tarot")
- The Wicked Library (theme: "Ghost Stories, Paranormal Events, & Mysterious Happenings")
- Untitled Orc Erotica Anthology: open until full (Armoured Fox Press)
- Vræyda Literary (novels)
- Wild Hunt Books (agented subs only)
- Wild Hunt Magazine (agented subs only)
- Windmill Publishing (for novels)
Monthly/regular contests & reading periods
- Anomaly: open 1st to 7th day each month (Shacklebound Books)
- Anomaly Monthly Drabble Contestº: open 1st to last day of each month; themed (Shacklebound Books)
- 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)
- Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores: open 1st and 2nd day of each month
- Dark Descent Microfiction Competition: monthly contest; closes 25th of each month (Dark Holme Publishing)
- Dark Moments Monthly Challenge: monthly contest; themed (Black Hare 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
- L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest: Mar/June/Sept/Dec quarterly deadlines
- Micro of the Month Writing Challenge: open 1st 3 days of each month (Strange Pilgrims)
- Patreon Monthly Challenge: monthly contest (Black Hare Press)
- Rotting Leaf Magazine: open 1st to 7th of each month (or until 50 subs)
- Shallow Waters Flash Fiction Contest: monthly contest (Crystal Lake Entertainment)
- Sinister Society: monthly themed horror anthologies
- Sley House Publishing (Patreon subs): open 1st to 3rd of each month
- 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
- Wyldblood Press: open 1st day of each month
Upcoming contests & reading periods
- 34 Orchard: Jan 1 to Jan 7 2027
- A Cup of Owls - Quarterly Online Anthologyº: Dec 1 to Dec 7 2026 (or until 70 subs)
- A Cup of Owls Pressº (for novella subs): TBA
- A Midnight Kind of Place: TBA; new projects coming soon
- Abyss & Apex (fiction): Feb 1 to Feb 7 2027
- Abyss & Apex (poetry): Nov 1 to Nov 30 2026
- AEscifi: TBA
- Agita: TBA (themed) (From Beyond Press)
- Air and Nothingness Press (for anthologies): TBA
- All Worlds Wayfarer: TBA; expects to reopen late 2026
- Allegory: Nov 1 to Dec 31 2026
- Altar: TBA
- ANVIL Magazine: TBA
- Apex Book Company: TBA
- Apex Magazine: Nov 1 to Nov 30 2026
- Apocalypse Party: TBA
- Ashton House Magazine: TBA (Ashton House Publishing)
- Augur Magazineº: TBA
- Aurealisº: Feb 1 to Sept 30 2027 (open to everyone Mar 1 to Mar 14 2027)
- Baen Fantasy Adventure Award: Jan 15 to Apr 30 2027
- Baffling Magazine: TBA (Neon Hemlock)
- BAM Quarterly: TBA; currently closed (Broken Antler)
- Baneberry Literary Horror Annual: TBA; ~ June 2027 (thanks Eric J. Guignard)
- Baubles from Bones: TBA
- Best Weird Fiction of the Year: opens to subs from writers in Jan 2027 (Undertow Publications)
- BFS Short Story Competition: Apr 1 to June 30 2027
- Big Smoke Pulp: TBA
- Bite-Sized Stories: TBA (Dead Fox Publishing)
- Calliope: TBA
- Carmen et Error: Nov 1 to Nov 15 2026 (The Braag)
- Carnage House: TBA
- Cast of Wonders: TBA (Escape Artists)
- Channel the Dark anthology: TBA; currently closed to subs (Temple Dark Books)
- Chesapeake Fantastic anthology: Jan 1 to Mar 31 2027 (Whitaker Lyon Press)
- Chilling Pen Award: TBA
- Chthonic Matter Quarterly: TBA
- Cloaked Press: TBA
- Cold Open Stories: TBA
- Corvid Queen: possibly reopening in early 2026 (Sword & Kettle Press)
- Cosmic Horror Monthly: Jan 1 to Jan 7 2027
- Creative James Media: TBA (novels)
- Creature Publishing: TBA
- Crimson Quill Quarterly: TBA; expected to reopen in early Summer 2026
- Crystal Cove Press: TBA
- Crystal Lake Publishing: TBA
- Cursed Dragon Ship Publishing: will reopen in Jan 2027
- Cursed Morsels Press (for short story collections): TBA
- Cursed Morsels Zine: TBA
- Cuttlefish Books (for speculative haiku collections): TBA
- Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction: TBA in 2027? (Cymera, Shoreline of Infinity & SF Caledonia)
- Daikaijuzine: Dec 27 2026 to Jan 1 2027
- Dead Sky Publishing: TBA
- Death's Head Press: TBA (Dead Sky Publishing)
- Depths of Love anthology: TBA (Cloaked Press / SFWG)
- Diabolical Plots: Oct 18 to Oct 25 2026 (theme: "Diabolical Rot")
- Diceroll Magazine: TBA
- Die Laughing Magazine: will reopen in Jan 2027
- Dirty Magick Magazine: expects to reopen in Summer 2027
- Disability Horror Anthology: TBA; will provide updates in 2026 (Graveside Press⚑)
- Divinations Magazine: TBA
- dogleech books: TBA; may open in late 2026 or early 2027 (per moth eaten mag sub pg) (moth eaten mag)
- Drabblecast: TBA
- Dracula Beyond Stoker: TBA; issue delayed (theme: "Bram Stoker") (DBS Press)
- Dragon Gems: expects to reopen in 2026 (Water Dragon Publishing)
- Dragon's Roost Press: TBA; subs closed
- DreamForge: TBA ~ Sept 2026
- Dream Foundry Contest for Emerging Writersº: reopens ~ Apr 2027
- Eerie River Publishing: TBA; 2027
- Erie Talesº: TBA; 2027 (GLAHW)
- Eternal Haunted Summer: Nov 1 to Dec 1 2026 (theme: "Science Fiction")
- Evolved Publishing: expected to reopen in Mar 2026
- Fairy Tale Review: TBA
- Farewell, Neverlandº: TBA (Sword & Kettle Press)
- Flash Frog: July 1 to July 31 2027 (theme: ghost stories)
- Flash on the Fly Horror Writing Contest: TBA (Death Knell Press)
- Folklore Review: TBA
- Foofaraw: TBA
- Foofaraw Annual Anthology: TBA; 2027 (Foofaraw Press)
- Fraidy Cat Press: TBA
- Frivolous Comma: TBA
- Frost Zone Stories: TBA
- Fusion Fragment: reopens Nov 1 2026
- Galaxy's Edge: TBA
- Ghoulish Books (for novellas, novels, story collections): TBA
- Ghoulish Tales: expects to reopen in Spring 2026 (Ghoulish Books)
- GigaNotoSaurus: TBA
- Goblins & Galaxies: May 7 to May 14 2027
- Gradeside Stories anthology: TBA (Graveside Press⚑)
- Graveside Press⚑ (for general subs): TBA
- Grimalkin Press (for short story collections): TBA
- Grimoire: TBA
- Grindhouse Press: TBA
- Grinning Skull Press (novellas & novels): TBA
- Haunted Words Press: TBA
- Hearth Stories: Mar 1 to Mar 31 2027
- Heartlines Specº: Dec 24 to Dec 31 2026 (open to everyone Jan 1 to Jan 31 2026)
- hex: TBA
- High Caliber Awards: TBA; late 2026 (Cannon Publishing)
- horror senryu journal: Jan 1 to Feb 28 2027
- HOWL New Irish Writingº: TBA
- Idle Ink: TBA; currently closed to subs
- If There's Anyone Leftº: June 1 to July 15 2027
- Improbable Press: TBA
- In Another Time Magazine: TBA
- In the City anthology: TBA; will reopen in Dec 2026 (Ruadán Books)
- INSPIRATUS: TBA (nonfiction, art) (Morian Press)
- Interstellar Flight Press (for flash fiction): TBA
- Iron Fang Press: TBA; no current sub calls
- Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award: Oct 1 2026 to Feb 1 2027 (2026 contest not announced yet)
- JOURN-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature: Feb 1 to Feb 28 2027 (Mind's Eye Publications)
- Journal of Speculative Literature: TBA (House of Zolo)
- Kaleidotrope: Oct 18 to 24 2026
- khōréōº: Nov 1 to Nov 30 2026
- Lethe Press: TBA; currently closed to subs
- Lightspeed: TBA
- Little Demon Books: TBA
- Little Ghosts Books: next anthology sub call expected TBA June 2026
- Luna Press Publishing: TBA
- Maryland Fantastic anthology: Apr 1 to June 30 2027 (Whitaker Lyon Press)
- Meerkat Press: TBA
- Mímir's Well anthology: opens Jan 1 2027 (NewMyths)
- Mirror World Publishing: TBA
- Monster Ivy Publishing: TBA
- More Than a Monster (Vol 2) anthology: TBA (Grendel Press)
- moth eaten mag: TBA
- Myriad: TBA; possibly on indefinite hiatus (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine)
- Mysterion: Jan 1 to Jan 31 2027
- Mythaxis Magazine: expects to reopen later in 2026
- Necksnap: TBA
- Nefarious Bat Pressº: TBA
- Neon Hemlock Novella Series: Oct 15 to Oct 30 2026
- Nerve-Janglers book series: TBA (Night Terror Novels)
- New Edge Sword and Sorcery: TBA
- NewMyths: June 1 to July 31 2027
- Night Shades: TBA
- Night Terrors anthology series: TBA (Scare Street)
- Night to Dawn Books: TBA; currently closed to subs
- Night to Dawn Magazine: TBA; currently closed to subs
- NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcastº (flash fiction): reopens Mar 1 2027
- NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcastº (short non-flash fiction): TBA
- Nightmare: TBA
- Nightmare Fuel anthology: TBA (Cloaked Press / SFWG)
- Northodox Pressº: expects to reopen late 2026
- Occult Detective Magazine: TBA (greydogtales)
- Old Moon Quarterly: TBA
- Omenanaº: TBA
- Outland Entertainment: TBA
- Outlook Springs: TBA
- ParSec: TBA; full through 2026
- Parsec Short Story Contest: Jan 1 to Mar 31 2027
- Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag: Dec 15 2026 to Mar 15 2027 (closes for each month at 200 subs)
- Planet Scumm: reopens Oct 13 2026
- Planisphere Quarterly: TBA
- PodCastle: TBA; expects to reopen in Sept 2026 (Escape Artists)
- Polar Borealisº (poetry): will reopen in Sept 2027
- Polar Starlightº: will reopen in Sept 2027
- Polymath Press: TBA
- Potter's Grove Press: TBA
- Pseudopod: Mar 1 to July 15 2027 (for "reprints from anthologies and collections released at any point in 2027") (Escape Artists)
- Quill & Crow (for novel subs): TBA
- Quotidian Bagatelle: TBA (Foofaraw Press)
- Rakehell: TBA; subs closed
- Ram Eye: TBA
- Ravens Quoth Press: TBA
- RDG Books (for novels): TBA
- Red Cape Publishing: TBA
- Scarlet Galleon Publications: currently closed to subs
- Sci Phi Journal: will reopen Oct 2026
- Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition: Dec 1 2026 to Jan 31 2027 (The Ghost Story)
- Scrying Glass: TBA
- Seaside Gothic: Oct 12 to Oct 18 2026
- SFPA Poetry Contest: June 1 to Aug 31 2027
- Shoreline of Infinity: TBA
- Short Reads: TBA (Black Hare Press)
- Shortwave Magazine: TBA (Shortwave Publishing)
- Sinister Smile Press: no current sub calls (Crystal Lake Entertainment)
- Skull & Laurel: TBA (Tenebrous Press)
- Sley House Publishing (for novellas & novels): TBA
- SLUGGER: TBA
- Small Wonders Magazine (for original flash fiction): TBA
- Small Wonders Magazine (for reprint flash fiction): TBA
- SNAFU anthology series: TBA (Cohesion Press)
- Sorra Books: Oct 4 2026 to Jan 4 2027 (Shaherazad Shelves)
- Space Cat Press: TBA (for novels & poetry collections)
- Speculative City: TBA
- SPLIT SCREAM – Novelette Split Series: TBA (Tenebrous Press)
- Spooky House Press: TBA
- Spring Into SciFi annual anthology: TBA; Fall 2026 (Cloaked Press)
- Starlite Pulp Review: TBA
- Strange Aeon: TBA
- Strange Horizons (for fiction): TBA
- Strange Pilgrims: reopens Jan 1 2027
- Strange Quark Press: TBA
- Stygian Press: TBA; 2026
- Sublimation: a Magazine of Speculative Poetry and Art: Nov 1 to Nov 30 2026 (theme: "Haunted and Hunted by the Cosmos") (Island of Wak-Wak)
- Summer of Speculation anthology: TBA (Cloaked Press)
- Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy: TBA (Parallel Universe Publications)
- Tales & Feathers Magazineº: TBA
- Tales from Space Bar: TBA
- Tales from the Crosstimbers: Dec 1 to Dec 31 2026
- Tales to Terrify (flash fiction): TBA
- Tales to Terrify (short fiction): TBA
- The Braagº: July 1 to July 31 2027
- The Cosmic Background (fiction): expected to reopen Jan 1 2026; not open yet per sub portal
- The Cosmic Background (poetry): expected to reopen Jan 1 2026; not open yet per sub portal
- The Dead Horse: TBA (Disaster Tourism Games)
- The Dread Machine: currently closed; TBA
- The Fabulist: TBA
- The Faerie Cat: TBA (Iron Faerie Publishing)
- The Fairy Tale Magazine: TBA
- The Flying Saucer Poetry Review: TBA (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- The Ghastling: TBA; expects to reopen in early 2027
- The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award: Feb 15 to Apr 30 2027 (The Ghost Story)
- The Green Sheafº: reopens Jan 8 2027
- The Horror Zine (fiction): TBA
- The Horror Zine (poetry): TBA
- The Laughing Man House: TBA
- The Marrow: TBA; currently closed (Broken Antler)
- The Mike Resnick Memorial Award: Nov 1 2025 to Feb 1 2026 (hasn't opened yet; no updates) (Arc Manor, Dragon Con)
- The Orange & Bee: Jan 1 to Jan 14 2027
- The Quiet Ones: TBA
- The Salam Award for Imaginative Fictionº: next deadline July 31 2027
- The Scythian Wolf: TBA
- The Starlight SciFaiku Review: TBA (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- The Wyrmhole: TBA
- Theaker's Quarterly Fiction: TBA; expected to reopen in May 2026
- These Haunted Highlands: TBA (Night Terror Novels)
- Thin Veil Press - Dark Reads: TBA
- Thin Veil Press - Magazine: TBA
- Three-Lobed Burning Eye: Jan 1 to Jan 15 2027
- Timber Ghost Press (flash & poetry): TBA
- Timber Ghost Press (novels, novellas): TBA
- Toil & Trouble: Jan 1 to Feb 14 2027
- Torrid Waters: TBA (novellas/novels) (Crystal Lake Entertainment)
- Tree and Stone Magazine: TBA
- Twin Pies Literary: TBA
- Uncanny Magazine (fiction): TBA
- Uncanny Magazine (poetry): TBA
- Underland Arcana: TBA
- Underland Press: TBA
- Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology: TBA; possibly ~ Dec 2026 (UFO Publishing)
- Unréal: TBA (AEscifi)
- UNSPLATTERPUNK! 10 anthology: TBA (Theaker's Quarterly Fiction)
- Violent Vixens Vol. 2 anthology: TBA; on hold until further notice (theme: "Revenge") (Dark Peninsula Press)
- Violent Vixens Vol. 3 anthology: TBA; on hold until further notice (theme: "Final Girls") (Dark Peninsula Press)
- Violet Lichen Books: TBA (Apex Book Company)
- warning lines literaryº: closed to subs; TBA
- Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) Small Press Award: reopen ~ Jan 2027
- Water Dragon Publishing: expects to reopen in 2026
- Whisper House Press (for novellas): TBA
- Wild Ink Publishing: TBA (open to agented subs only)
- Winter of Wonder annual anthology: TBA (Cloaked Press)
- Wireworm: TBA
- Witch House: TBA
- Wiz Duos Novella Series: plans to reopen to subs in 2027 (Wizard's Tower Press)
- WonderBird Press: expected to open to subs for new projects in Nov 2025
- Wow! Literary Prize: TBA; unclear if it will return in 2026 (SETI)
- Wyngraf (for short fic; flash fic series is on indefinite hiatus): TBA
- Xanax Hamster: TBA (From Beyond Press)
- Zodiac Review: reopens Nov 1 2026
- Zooscape: Feb 1 to Feb 28 2027
Open year-round
- Acorns (Hollow Oak Press)
- Aphelion
- Cosmic Crime Stories (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Crepuscular (1st 7 days of each month reserved for underrepresented voices)
- Drabbun (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Electric Spec (quarterly deadlines)
- Gaslamp Pulp Zine (rolling deadlines; themed issues) (Nat 1 Publishing)
- 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)
- 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)
- Spaceports & Spidersilk (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Spectral Realms (Hippocampus Press)
- Star*Line (SFPA)
- 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 Dark Door (Ill-Advised Records)
- The Evil Cookie Publishing (novellas/novels)
- 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)
- Voidz Magazine (rolling deadlines)
On hiatus / closed for an extended time
- 4 Horsemen Publications: temp closed; no ETA
- Alien Dimensions: temp closed; will possibly return in 2027
- Almond Press: not currently accepting manuscripts
- Amazing Stories: on hiatus; expected to reopen in Feb 2026
- Anathema: Spec from the Marginsº: on hiatus since 2022; hoping to return in 2026
- Anterior Skies anthology: TBA; sub page not updated since at least early 2024 (Strange Elf Press)
- Aqueduct Press: currently closed; planned to reopen in a few months
- Bad Hand Books: TBA; not currently considering unsolicited manuscripts
- Bear Creek Gazette: closed indefinitely
- Bitterleaf Booksº: currently closed to subs
- Black Rose: TBA; web page gone (Quill & Crow)
- Black Shuck Books: not currently open to subs
- Black Telephone Magazine: currently closed to subs (CLASH Books)
- Blackwarren Books: temp closed
- Bleached Butterfly: appears to be on hiatus / closed
- Bleed Error: on hiatus (Paradox Ghost Press)
- Bleeding Edge Books: closed to novella/novelette subs since Oct 2021
- Blood Bound Books: currently closed to subs
- Blood Knife: currently closed to fiction subs; open to nonfiction
- BSC Publishing Group: indefinite hiatus (announcement on Facebook)
- Cemetery Dance: currently closed; unsure when will reopen
- Cirsova: TBA; no unsolicited subs for 2026
- Clan Destine Press: not currently open to unsolicited subs
- CloisterFoxº: on extended hiatus since Jan 2024; had expected to reopen Apr 5 to May 31 2024
- Cold Signal: TBA; expected to reopen in 2025
- Constelación Magazine: submission portal closed until further notice
- Constraint 280: closed to subs since at least 2022 (microverses)- 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
- Curious Corvid Publishing: currently closed to book subs
- Daily Science Fiction: submissions page taken down; looks like website is being re-launched
- Dark Dispatch: no current sub calls; last one was in 2022
- 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)
- Deadly Drabble Tuesdays: on hiatus; possibly canceled (announcement) (Hungry Shadow Press)
- Death Knell Press: currently closed to all subs
- Devilfish Review: currently closed
- Diet Milk Magazine: TBA (website down)
- Diet Milk Magazine - Diet Milk Minis: TBA (website down)
- Diet Milk Magazine - In the Bleak Midwinter (micro & flash fic): TBA (website down)
- Dread Imaginings: expected to reopen to subs sometime in 2023
- Dreadnought SF: currently closed to subs (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- Epic Echoes: currently closed; expected to reopen in early 2025
- Epic Publishing: currently closed to all but agented subs
- Eraserhead Press: currently closed to subs
- Erewhon Books: currently closed to unsolicited subs
- Exploding Head Fiction: currently closed to subs
- Eyedolon: not currently open to subs (Broken Eye Books)
- Fantasy & Science Fiction: TBA; temp closed since July 2023
- Fantasy Magazine: on hiatus; announcement (Psychopomp)
- Far Fetched Fables: currently closed to subs
- FIYAHº: TBA; hiatus
- French Press Publishing: TBA; sub pg last updated Nov 2024
- From the Farther Trees: planned to reopen in fall 2023 (Farther Trees Press)
- Frozen Wavelets: closed to subs since Sept 2021; expected to reopen later in 2024
- Future Science Fiction Digest: closed to fiction & art since Nov 2022; open to nonfiction
- Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine: submissions by invitation only (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- Gallery of Curiosities: TBA; guidelines pg last updated 2023
- Ghostlight: The Magazine of Terror: on hiatus until at least 2027
- Gloom House Publishing: not currently open to subs
- Grimdark Magazine: not currently accepting subs
- Grey Matter Press: currently closed to subs (since Feb 2022)
- Gwyllion Magazine: on hiatus
- Heathen: on indefinite hiatus per Duotrope; expected to reopen in early 2025
- Hellmouth Press: TBA; guidelines page not updated since 2024
- Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine: indefinite hiatus
- Horrific Scribblings: plans to eventually accept novella/novel subs but not yet
- 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
- Jitter: all Prolific Press journals currently closed to subs (Prolific Press)
- Kaleidoscope – A Queer Anthology: expected to reopen Jan 2024 (Cloaked Press)
- Little Blue Marble: went on hiatus Jan 2024; still closed (checked 6/18/26)
- 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; latest news on website is from 2022 (checked 6/18/26)
- The Mesozoic Reader: on indefinite hiatus (Farther Trees Press)
- Mithila Review: closed to fiction/poetry subs since Sept 2021 (open to nonfiction subs)
- Montag Press: currently closed to subs
- Mouthfeel Fiction: TBA; last sub call ended in 2023
- Mystery and Horror, LLC: on hiatus
- Myth & Lore: currently closed to subs; founder passed away in 2025 but his wife plans to keep the zine going
- Mythic Delirium: on indefinite hiatus since 2018
- Neon: on indefinite hiatus
- NewCon Press: not currently open to unsolicited subs
- Nightfire: closed to subs since June 2021
- Octavos: closed to subs since at least 2022 (microverses)
- Orbit Works: expected to reopen Fall 2025
- Patreon Science Fantasy Anthology: TBA; site down (Tree and Stone Magazine LLC)
- 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 2022 (Uncle B. Publications)
- Pulp Modern Flash: currently closed to subs (Uncle B. Publications)
- 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: on hiatus
- 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
- 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
- SmashBear Publishing: expected to reopen in 2023; website down
- Solar Press: subs closed since Sept 2023
- Space Cowboy Books: closed to manuscript subs
- 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)
- Stelliform Press: TBA; last listed sub call was in 2023
- Strangely Funny: on hiatus (Mystery and Horror, LLC)
- Stupefying Stories: TBA; may not reopen
- Tales from the Magician's Skull: no current sub calls
- Tales of the Unanticipated: defunct? closed to subs since 2014, website down, on indefinite hiatus per Duotrope
- tdotSpec: no open sub calls; guidelines pg not updated since 2022
- Temple Dark Books: currently closed to novel subs
- The Arcanist: temp closed to catch up on reading
- The Chamber Magazine: on hiatus since Jan 2025
- The Dark Sire: on hiatus since 10/31/23; expected to reopen Spring 2024
- The Deadlands (fiction): on hiatus; announcement (Psychopomp)
- The Deadlands (poetry): on hiatus; announcement (Psychopomp)
- The Evil Cookie Publishing (anthologies): no current anthology sub calls
- The Grey Rooms: on indefinite hiatus since 10/31/22
- 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 2026
- The Space Cadet Science Fiction Review: not currently accepting subs (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- Three Crows Magazine: closed to fiction; open to nonfiction & art
- Three Ravens Publishing: currently closed to novel subs; opening to themed calls soon
- Thuggish Itch: TBA; last sub call ended in 2023 (Gypsum Sound Tales)
- Titan Books: not open to general subs, but seeking writers to work on licensed fiction
- Undertow Publications: closed to subs for the foreseeable future
- Upbeat Tales: currently on hiatus; possibly defunct
- Urban Pigs Press: hopes to open for novel subs soon
- Vastarien: on indefinite hiatus (Grimscribe Press)
- Weird Horror: on indefinite hiatus per Duotrope (Undertow Publications)
- Weird Tales: not currently open to subs
- Weirdpunk Books: currently closed to novella subs, unlikely to reopen soon
- Whetstone: closed to subs indefinitely
- Whimsical Press: subs currently closed
- Wicked Taxidermy Press: website remains online as an archive; unlikely to publish new works or hold new contests
- Word Horde: closed to new subs since Apr 2022
- WordFire Press: closed to unsolicited subs
- Worlds of IF: currently invitation-only; submission guidelines & portal coming soon (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- Wretched Creations Magazine: currently closed
Unsure of status
- Alien Sun Press: possibly defunct; website down as of 9/1/25
- Aphotic Realm: TBA (as of 1/9/25 - website is down, no tweets since May 2024, no FB posts since June 2024, Patreon page is under review by the Trust and Safety team)
- Black Ink Fiction Monthly Daily Drabbles: none published since June 2023
- D&T Publishing: new website; no guidelines page
- Deathcap and Hemlock: believed defunct by Duotrope; last sub call was in 2023
- Disturb Ink Books (split off from Unsettling Reads)
- eSpec Books: no guidelines on site
- freeze frame fiction: no open calls on Submittable page during submission period; no tweets since 2022; no blog posts since 2021
- Fungasm Press (Eraserhead Press)
- Hex Publishers: latest sub call was from 2021
- Infested Publishing: website still down
- Inky Bones Press (split off from Unsettling Reads)
- Jolly Horror Press: last anthology sub call (canceled) was in 2023; no tweets since 2022
- Landing Zone Magazine: unsure of status; website down
- Landing Zone Magazine Fiction and Poetry Contest: unsure of status; website down
- Landing Zone Magazine Winter Flash Fiction Contest: unsure of status; website down
- Lost Boys Press: website down; defunct per Duotrope
- Mandragora Books: more info coming soon; no guidelines on site yet
- Ossuary Press: website gone
- Part Eight: website is now private
- Shacklebound Books newsletter: TBA; no longer listed on submissions page (Shacklebound Books)
- Snake Bite Books (novellas/novels): TBA; believed defunct by Duotrope (Jan 2026)
- Space Fantasy Magazine: subs closed since 2022; no tweets since 2022; believed defunct per Duotrope
- Stranger with Friction (St Rooster Books)
- The Shuddering Gazette (website down)
- Tiger Lily Publishing Company (for novels): website down
- Tower Magazine: TBA (website down)
- Underbelly Books: Twitter account no longer exists; no website
- Weird Little Worlds: website down (as of 3/9/26)
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I've really appreciated the haiku deadlines list. Will it be coming back soon?
ReplyDeleteHi David - thanks for letting me know it wasn't online. Every now and then Google erroneously removes it, claiming it violates community guidelines. I've requested a review and hopefully it will be back online soon.
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