Current submission deadlines
- 9/10/23: The Quiet Ones (theme: "The End")
- 9/14/23: Solarpunk Magazine (general subs)
- 9/15/23: Alien Dimensions (theme: "Official First Contact")
- 9/15/23: Book Worms Zine
- 9/15/23: Eye to the Telescope (theme: "Food & Feasting")
- 9/15/23: Litmora Literary Magazine (theme: "Spook")
- 9/15/23: Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag
- 9/15/23: Shortwave Magazine (Shortwave Publishing)
- 9/15/23: Y'All Ain't Right anthology (The Evil Cookie Publishing) (thanks @Megan_NerdNest)
- 9/16/23: Weird Horror
- 9/17/23: African Ghost Short Stories anthology (Flame Tree Press) (deadline extended again)
- 9/17/23: Tales from Between
- 9/17/23: Whetstone
- 9/18/23: Pyre Magazine
- 9/25/23 (or until full): Fear Forge Fall 2023 Anthology (Horrorsmith Publishing) (thanks Horror Tree)
- 9/25/23: Of Nightmares & Shrieks anthology (Chrysanthemum Chronicles) (deadline extended)
- 9/27/23: BHF Book of Horror Stories 10: Festive Fear
- 9/30/23 (or sooner): NESFA Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Story Contestº
- 9/30/23: All Existing Literary Magazine (theme: "A Definition of Horror") (thanks @underscore_mag)
- 9/30/23: Aurealisº
- 9/30/23: Haven Specº
- 9/30/23: Heartlines Spec
- 9/30/23: Ho Ho Ho drabble anthology (theme: December, December holidays) (Black Hare Press)
- 9/30/23: It's Happening Again! Fast Fiction Contest XVIII (Cold Open Stories)
- 9/30/23: Magick & Mystery anthology (Dragon Soul Press) (deadline extended)
- 9/30/23: Polar Borealisº (poems)
- 9/30/23: Polar Starlightº
- 9/30/23: So, I Married a Narcissist anthology (Hellbound Books)
- 9/30/23: Starlite Pulp Review
- 9/30/23: Tales of the Sley Siblings anthology (may stay open later) (Sley House Publishing)
- 9/30/23: The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award (The Ghost Story)
- 9/30/23: tiny frights
- 9/30/23: U is for Unexplained anthology (Red Cape Publishing - The A-Z of Horror series)
- 9/30/23: Year of the Tarot: Blades/Swords anthology (Eerie River Publishing)
- 10/1/23 (or until full): Escape (Dark Decades anthology; theme: "in the shadows") (Unsettling Reads)
- 10/1/23 (or until full): Listen (Dark Decades anthology; theme: "message received") (Unsettling Reads)
- 10/1/23 (or until full): Watch (Dark Decades anthology; theme: "tune in") (Unsettling Reads)
- 10/1/23 (or until full): Capture (Dark Decades anthology; theme: "unkind rewind") (Unsettling Reads)
- 10/1/23 (or until full): Host (Dark Decades anthology; theme: "connections") (Unsettling Reads)
- 10/1/23 (or until full): Lurk (Dark Decades anthology; theme: "tethered/observed") (Unsettling Reads)
- 10/1/23: Alien Buddha's Horror Showdown
- 10/1/23: Chillling Pen Award (theme: "Betrayal")
- 10/1/23: Negative Creep: A Nirvana-Inspired Horror Anthology (Book Slayer Press)
- 10/6/23: Havok (theme: "January")
- 10/15/23: Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity anthology (Erewhon Books)
- 10/15/23: The Sirens Call eZine (sub-theme: "When Hell Freezes Over")
- 10/25/23: Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Speculative Futures (Neon Hemlock)
- 10/31/23: Dragons & Heroes anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 10/31/23: FIYAHº
- 10/31/23: From the Yonder; Volume 5 anthology (War Monkey Publications)
- 10/31/23: Silver Blade Magazine
- 11/1/23: Death's Other Kingdom: Horror Tales of World War I (The Scythian Wolf)
- 11/1/23: Heathens and Heroes anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 11/3/23: Havok (theme: "February")
- 11/5/23: Planet Scumm
- 12/1/23: Assault Team anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 12/1/23: "But It's What My Character Would Do!" anthology (Nat 1 Publishing) (deadline extended)
- 12/1/23: Ghostlight: The Magazine of Terror
- 12/1/23: The Deadlands (open until Dec 31 2023 for BIPOC writers) (Psychopomp)
- 12/1/23: What If... Walls Could Talk anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 12/15/23: Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition (includes short story category - new)
- 12/29/23: Havok (theme: "March")
- 12/31/23: Across Time anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 12/31/23: Fallen anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 12/31/23: freeze frame fiction
- 12/31/23: Magic and Mischief anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 12/31/23: "Not Enough Space" anthology (Nat 1 Publishing)
- 12/31/23: Rattus Futura: An Anthology of Future Rodents (Manawaker Studios)
- 12/31/23: Stelliform Press
- 12/31/23: Sunshine Superhighway: Solar Sailings anthology (JayHenge Publishing)
- 12/31/23: Valorious Awards (thanks @k_pimpinella)
- 12/31/23: We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2023 (Neon Hemlock)
- 1/1/24: cryptid horror anthology (title TBD) (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 1/15/24: Afterlives: The Year's Best Death Fiction (Psychopomp)
- 1/31/24: The Hunt anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 2/1/24: Contested Landing anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 2/1/24: Convoy Chaos anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 2/29/24: Rogue Waves anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 3/1/24: A Touch of Aether anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 3/31/24: Pirate Legends anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 4/1/24: Aspects Of The Tarot anthology (Three Ravens Publishing) (deadline extended)
- 4/1/24: The Beast Hunt anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 4/30/24: Fairy Rites anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 4/30/24: Soul Ink Volume 2 anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/24: Apocalypse anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/24: Escape Pod (Escape Artists)
- 5/31/24: The Fear Doctor anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 6/1/24: The Fires of Retribution anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 6/30/24: Malice anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 7/1/24: It Came from the Trailer Park Volume 4 (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 7/31/24: Beautiful Darkness 3 (BD3) anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 8/1/24: Broken Highways anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 8/31/24: Magick & Malice anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 10/31/24: Dragon Legends anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 12/1/24: Tales from the Nightside anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)
- 5/31/25: The Fear Driver anthology (Dragon Soul Press)
- 5/31/26: The Fear Dealer 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
- Amazing Stories (for fiction; open year-round for poetry)
- Android Press: open to novel/novella subs until full
- Anterior Skies anthology (Strange Elf Press)
- Argawarga Pressº (Autonomous Press)
- Beyond Their Pale anthology (Blackwarren Books) (submission form still up)
- Black Beacon Books: open for novel subs
- Black Dawn Series (AK Press)
- Black Spot Books: agented subs only, except for anthology calls
- Blackwarren Books (will close once they receive 100 manuscripts)
- Chronos 2: An Anthology of Time Drabbles: open until full (Shacklebound Books)
- Crimes of Hate anthology: open until full (Hellbound Books)
- Cursed Dragon Ship Publishing: open to novel subs; closed for anthologies until 2024
- Dark Dragon Publishing (for novels)
- Darkest Shadow, Brightest Light anthology: deadline TBD (Three Ravens Publishing)
- DarkLit Press (for novellas/novels)
- Dead Detectives Society anthology series (Monstrous Books)
- Drabbledark III anthology: open until full (Shacklebound Books)
- Eidolotry (PsychoToxin Press)
- Fifty Shades of Dead anthology: open until full (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- Forever
- Grendel Press: open to novel subs; no current anthology calls
- Heroes Rise Up anthology (Blackwarren Books) (submission form still up)
- Horrorsmith Publishing (for novellas & novels)
- Idle Ink
- Interstellar Flight Press (for book-length nonfiction)
- Mirror Dance (theme: "Reversals and Returns")
- Nemesis Contest: no posted deadline (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- Nightmarish Novelettes Book Series (Night Terror Novels)
- Orbit Books: open to agented subs only
- Penumbra (Hippocampus Press)
- Phoenixº (Ouida Books)
- Potter's Grove Press: open to poetry/fiction collections, novels, novellas
- Programmed Hearts anthology: open until full (Shacklebound Books)
- Punk's Not Dead!! anthology (Blackwarren Books)
- Roar anthology: open until full (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- Save the Corgis, Save the World anthology (Blackwarren Books)
- Sci-Fi Lampoon (thanks @JmeBoyd)
- Starward Shadows: open for flash; closed for longer fiction
- Stupefying Stories - issue #26 submission call (horror): open until full
- Stupefying Stories - issue #27 submission call (cyberpunk): open until full
- Stupefying Stories - issue #28 submission call (science fiction): open until full
- Stupefying Stories - Showcase submission call: open until full
- Tachyon Publications: submissions from agents only
- The Eyes of Evil anthology: deadline TBA (Wicked Taxidermy Press)
- The Horror Zine: open for poetry & art; closed for fiction
- The Kafka Protocol anthology: open until full (JayHenge Publishing)
- The Pelagic Zone: Uncharted Waters anthology: open until full (JayHenge Publishing)
- The Wicked Library (theme: "Ghost Stories, Paranormal Events, & Mysterious Happenings")
- Underland Press: for novels/novellas
- Unnerving: novel/novella subs open; magazine subs closed
- 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)
- Wyrms 2: An Anthology of Dragon Drabbles: open until full (Shacklebound Books)
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)
- Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores: open 1st and 2nd day of each month
- Dark Moments Monthly Challenge: monthly contest; themed (Black Hare Press)
- ev0ke: open 1st to 15th of each month; themed (thanks Angela Yuriko Smith)
- 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)
- 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
- 34 Orchard: Jan 1 to Jan 15 2024
- Abyss & Apex (fiction): Feb 1 to Feb 7 2024
- Abyss & Apex (poetry): Nov 1 to Nov 30 2023
- Aggadah Try Itº: TBA (Madness Heart Press)
- Allegory: Nov 1 to Dec 31 2023
- And One Day We Will Die anthology: Dec 5 2023 to Jan 16 2024 (extended sub window Jan 16 to Jan 23 2024 for specific demographics) (Hungry Shadow Press)
- Aphotic Realm: TBA; currently closed to gen subs
- Apparition Litº: Nov 15 to Nov 30 2023 (theme: "blight")
- Augur Magazine: TBA
- Baen Fantasy Adventure Award: TBA; 2024
- Baffling Magazine: TBA
- Beyond the Bounds of Infinity: An Anthology of Diverse Cosmic Horrorº: TBA once fundraising ends (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
- Black Annis Books: TBA (Pumpernickel House Publishing)
- Bone Parade: will reopen in summer 2023
- Cast of Wonders: Oct 24 to Oct 31 2023 (for Halloween stories) (Escape Artists)
- CatsCast: TBA (Escape Artists)
- Classdoom: Tales of Terror from Teachers anthology: TBA (currently trying to raise funding)
- CloisterFoxº: TBA
- Cold Signal: TBA; expected to reopen in early 2023
- Cosmic Horror Monthly: Jan 1 to Jan 7 2024
- Cossmass Infinities: Oct 1 to Oct 7 2023 for limited demographics; Oct 8 to Oct 14 for all writers
- Creative James Media: TBA; 2024 (novels)
- Cursed Morsels Press: Oct 1 to Oct 7 2023 (for short story collections)
- Daikaijuzine: Oct 2 to Oct 15 2023
- Dark Matter Magazine: TBA; expects to reopen later in 2023 (final issue: Nov/Dec 2023)
- Dead of Winter Horror Fiction Writing Contest: Oct 1 to Dec 21 2023 (Toasted Cheese)
- Deadly Drabble Tuesdays: will reopen Jan 2024 (Hungry Shadow Press)
- Death in the Mouth: Original Horror from the Margins anthology: TBA once funding goal is reached
- Deathcap and Hemlock: TBA
- Depths of Love anthology: TBA (Cloaked Press / SFWG)
- Diabolical Plots: TBA
- Diet Milk Magazine: Dec 1 2023 to Jan 8 2024
- Diet Milk Magazine - Diet Milk Minis: May 1 to May 15 2024 (theme TBA)
- Diet Milk Magazine - In The Bleak Midwinter: Oct 1 to Oct 31 2023
- Divinations Magazine: TBA
- Drabble Harvest Contest: next contest probably Oct 1 2023 (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Drabblecast: TBA
- Dread Imaginings: expects to reopen to subs sometime in 2023
- Dream Foundry Contest for Emerging Writersº: TBA; 2024
- DreamForge: TBA
- Eccentric Orbits annual anthology: TBA; 2024 (Dimensionfold Publishing)
- Eerie River Publishing: TBA
- Erie Talesº: TBA; 2024
- Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest: will reopen to subs in Aug 2024 (Pseudopod)
- Eternal Haunted Summer: Nov 1 to Dec 1 2023 (theme: Horror)
- Exposed Bone Literary Magazine: will reopen in May 2024
- Fairy Tale Review: TBA
- Fall Into Fantasy anthology: TBA; 2024 (Cloaked Press)
- Flash on the Fly Horror Writing Contest: TBA (Death Knell Press)
- Flash Point Science Fiction: Sept 15 to Nov 30 2023
- From the Farther Trees: plans to reopen in Fall 2023 (Farther Trees Press)
- Fusion Fragment: TBA
- Gallery of Curiosities: TBA
- Ghost Orchid Press: TBA (for novels & novellas)
- Ghoulish Tales: will reopen in Jan 2024 (Ghoulish Books)
- GORE 4 anthology: expects to open after Halloween 2023 (Poe Boy Publishing)
- Grimoire: TBA
- Grindhouse Press: Aug 5 to Aug 9 2024
- Half-Light Press: TBA (Pumpernickel House Publishing)
- Haunted Words Press: TBA
- Hearth Stories: TBA; Mar 2024?
- Here There Be Dragons anthology: Oct 1 2023 to Jan 1 2024 (or earlier, if filled) Hiraeth Publishing)
- Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: TBA
- hex: TBA; no current sub calls
- Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine: Nov 1 to Nov 7 2023
- If There's Anyone Leftº: expects to reopen June 2024
- In the Eyes of the Hungry anthology: Nov 15 to Dec 31 2023 (Castaigne Publishing)
- Ink Stains: A Dark Fiction Literary Anthology: May 1 to July 31 2024
- INSPIRATUS: TBA (nonfiction, art) (Morian Press)
- Journal of Speculative Literature: TBA (House of Zolo)
- Kaleidoscope – A Queer Anthology: will reopen Jan 2024 (Cloaked Press)
- khōréōº: Oct 1 to Oct 31 2023
- 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)
- Little Bastards: Too-Short Horror Stories Nobody Wants: Sept 15 to Sept 30 2023 (Oct 1 to Oct 7 for limited demographics) (Hungry Shadow Press)
- Little Blue Marble: TBA
- Love Letters to Poe anthology: Oct 3 to Nov 1 2023
- Luna Press Publishing: TBA (for novels/collections)
- Luna Station Quarterlyº: Sept 15 to Nov 15 2023
- Madness Heart Press: TBA (for novella/novel subs)
- Martian: TBA (Shacklebound Books)
- MetaStellar Magazine: Oct 1 to Oct 31 2023 (for paid subs; open year-round for unpaid subs)
- Midnight Echo: TBA
- Monstrous Magazine: TBA (Monstrous Books)
- Moving Across the Landscape in Search of an Idea anthology: Nov 1 to Dec 31 2023 (Air and Nothingness Press)
- Myriad: Sept 15 to Oct 15 2023 (Oct 16 to Oct 21 for marginalized writers) (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine)
- Mysterion: Jan 1 to Jan 31 2024
- Mythaxis Magazine: Oct 23 to Oct 30 2023
- Neon Hemlock 2025 Novella Series: Oct 15 to Oct 30 2023 (for all writers)
- Nerve-Janglers book series: TBA (Night Terror Novels)
- Never Shall We Die: Gothic Stories of Marauders & The Sea anthology: TBA (Quill & Crow)
- NewMyths: Jan 1 to Feb 28 2024
- Night Terrors anthology series: TBA (Scare Street)
- NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcastº (short fiction): reopens Feb 1 2024
- NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcastº (flash fiction): reopens Mar 1 2024
- Nightmare Fuel anthology: TBA; 2024 (Cloaked Press / SFWG)
- Nocturne Magazine: will reopen Apr 2024
- Occult Detective Magazine: TBA (greydogtales)
- Off Limits Press: TBA
- Old Moon Quarterly: TBA
- Omenanaº: TBA
- On Spec: TBA
- Orchid's Lantern (journal): TBA
- Orchid's Lantern (press): TBA
- Orion's Belt: reopens Mar 1 2024
- Otoroshi: TBA
- Outlook Springs: TBA; no current sub calls
- parABnormal Magazine: Oct 1 to Nov 30 2023 (Hiraeth Publishing)
- ParSec: TBA
- Part Eight: TBA
- Pastel Pastoral Magazine: TBA
- Patreon Science Fantasy Anthology: TBA (Tree and Stone Magazine LLC)
- Phantom Drift: TBA; no current sub calls
- Phantom Kangaroo: will open Oct 31 2023
- Planisphere Quarterly: TBA
- PodCastle: Nov 1 to Nov 30 2023 (Escape Artists)
- Polar Borealisº (fiction): Oct 1 to Oct 31 2023
- Proton Reader: TBA
- Pseudopod: will reopen Aug 1 2024 (Escape Artists)
- Psychopomp: TBA (novellas)
- Pumpernickel House: TBA (Pumpernickel House Publishing)
- Queen of Swords Press: hopes to reopen in late 2023
- Queer Blades: A Queer Sword and Sorcery Romance Anthology: planned to reopen in early 2023 (Farther Trees Press)
- Quill & Crow: TBA (novel subs)
- Rakehell: TBA
- Ram Eye: TBA
- Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition: Dec 1 2023 to Jan 31 2024 (The Ghost Story)
- SFPA Poetry Contest: June 1 to Aug 31 2024
- Shacklebound Books newsletter: TBA (Shacklebound Books)
- Shoreline of Infinity: Sept 21 to Sept 24 2023
- Simultaneous Times: TBA; working through backlog
- SmashBear Publishing: catching up on backlog; expects to reopen around spring 2023
- SNAFU: PUNK'D anthology: TBA (Cohesion Press)
- Solarpunk Magazine (micro fiction subs): Nov 14 to Nov 21 2023
- Space & Time: Jan 15 to Jan 31 2024
- Space Cat Press: TBA (for novels & poetry collections)
- Space Fantasy Magazine: TBA; planned to reopen in late 2022 / early 2023
- Speculative City: TBA
- SPLIT SCREAM – Novelette Split Series: Feb 1 to Feb 14 2024? (was Dread Stone Press but moving to Tenebrous Press)
- Spooky House Press: TBA
- Spring Into SciFi annual anthology: Nov 1 to Dec 15 2023 (Cloaked Press)
- Strange Horizons (for fiction): TBA end of 2023
- Summer of Speculation anthology: TBA in early 2024 (Cloaked Press)
- Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy: Oct 1 to Oct 31 2023 (Parallel Universe Publications)
- Tales & Feathers Magazine: TBA
- Tales of Sley House 2024 anthology: TBA; Feb 2024 (Sley House Publishing)
- Tales of the Sley Siblings: Grimoires and Gumshoes anthology: TBA; Feb 2024 (Sley House Publishing)
- The Black Beacon Book of Ghost Stories: Oct 31 to Dec 24 2023 (Black Beacon Books)
- The Cellar Door anthology #5: Marshland Horrors: Dec 1 2023 to Jan 31 2024 (Dark Peninsula Press)
- The Cellar Door anthology #6: Nightmare Creatures: TBA; 2024 (Dark Peninsula Press)
- The Cosmic Background: TBA
- The Dead Horse: TBA (Disaster Tourism Games)
- The Deeps: TBA (Spindle House)
- The Fabulist: TBA (for fiction; poetry by invitation only)
- The Fairy Tale Magazine: TBA; 2024
- The Flying Saucer Poetry Review: TBA (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- The Ghastling: TBA
- The Last Girls Club: Oct 1 to Nov 1 2023 (theme: "Clones, Drones, and Ready Made Meals")
- The Lorelei Signal: Oct 15 to Nov 15 2023
- The Maul: TBA
- The Mesozoic Reader: planned to reopen in May 2023 (Farther Trees Press)
- The Mike Resnick Memorial Award: TBA; likely to reopen ~Sept 2023 (Arc Manor, Dragon Con)
- The Starlight SciFaiku Review: TBA (Starship Sloane Publishing)
- The Utopia of Us anthology: Oct 6 to Oct 8 2023 (Luna Press Publishing)
- These Haunted Highlands: TBA (Night Terror Novels)
- Timber Ghost Press (flash & poetry): TBA
- Timber Ghost Press (novels, novellas & single-author collections): TBA
- Timber Ghost Press anthology (title TBD): expects to open in Sept or Oct 2023 (poems/stories must have Utah connection)
- Toil & Trouble: TBA
- Tower Magazine: TBA
- Translunar Travelers Lounge: Sept 15 to Oct 15 2023 (Sept 15 to Sept 21 for writers of color only)
- Tree and Stone Magazine: TBA
- Trigger Warning annual anthology: planned to reopen to subs in Feb 2023 (theme: curses) (Madness Heart Press)
- Troopers: Nov 1 to Nov 30 2023 (Shacklebound Books)
- Uncanny Magazine: TBA
- Underland Arcana: TBA; expects to reopen later in 2023
- Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology: TBA (UFO Publishing)
- Upbeat Tales: TBA
- V is for Voodoo anthology: Oct 1 to Nov 30 2023 (Red Cape Publishing - The A-Z of Horror series)
- Vastarien: TBA
- We Are All Thieves of Somebody's Future anthology: Nov 1 to Dec 31 2023 (Air and Nothingness Press)
- Weird Little Worlds: TBA (for novellas & novels)
- Winter of Wonder annual anthology: TBA in 2023 (Cloaked Press)
- Witch House: TBA
- Wolfsinger Publications: Oct 1 to Dec 31 2023 (for novellas/novels)
- Wyldblood Press: TBA (may reopen for flash fiction later in 2023; doesn't plan on opening for longer fiction until 2024. open for nonfiction & art)
- Wyngraf (for short fic; flash fic series is on indefinite hiatus): TBA
- Year of the Tarot: Wands anthology: Dec 1 to Dec 31 2023 (Eerie River Publishing)
- You Took the Wrong Turn anthology: Sept 10 to Sept 24 2023 (Wrong Publishing)
- Yule anthology: Sept 11 to Oct 16 2023 (Speculation Publications)
- ZNB Presents: July 1 to July 7 2024; may open at other times
- Zooscape: plans to reopen Dec 15 2023
Open year-round
- Aphelion
- Cosmic Crime Stories (Hiraeth Publishing)
- Dark Moon Digest (closes when reaches 300 subs; reopens 1st of the following month)
- 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
- 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)
- Tenebrous Press (open to novella/novel subs year-round; currently closed to short fiction)
- The Dark
- The Fifth Di... (Hiraeth Publishing)
- The Hungur Chronicles (Hiraeth Publishing)
- The Other Stories (rolling deadlines)
- Trembling With Fear (open to everything but short stories; expected to reopen to them in early 2023) (Horror Tree)
While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the market listings and items contained herein, they may not reflect the most up-to-date information. No guarantee is made as to the validity of this information. Please read each market's guidelines before submitting.
