Sharpen your writing pencils. Here are a few markets whose deadlines are looming over us.
Darkness is Closing In. These Crime & Horror Submission Deadlines Are Imminent:
CRIME, MYSTERY, TRUE CRIME, & DARK FICTION CRIME MARKETS:
Jump to Horror Markets
Mystery Magazine
Deadline: rolling
(checked Aug 2/22)
“If your story is accepted, a digital agreement must be signed and payment will be sent by PayPal to the email address you specify below. Your story may appear in our monthly print and digital magazine, on our website, in audio format, in our App, as social media excerpts, and possibly in printed collections of our monthly issues. We require first-publication and archival rights with an exclusivity period of 2 years.”
https://mysterymagazine.ca/submit
Noir Nation
Deadline: No set reading periods. Sign up to newsletter to find when they are.
(checked Aug 2/22)
We have no regular reading periods. Much depends on available editorial resources. But if you want updates on the reading period and what we may be needing for a particular issue, please subscribe to our newsletter.
The newsletter provides subscribers advance notice of open calls and pay and official announcements of Golden Fedora winners and publication releases. Additionally, editors rely on subscribers for ideas and referrals when working on special by-invite-only issues.
https://www.noirnation.com/submissions
Outcast Press: Diner Crime/Noir/Neo-Noir Anthology
Deadline: December 1, 2022; opens August 1, 2022.
(checked Aug 2/22)
Crime/noir/neo-noir/transgressive short stories in which a diner-like venue plays a major role in the narrative. Length: 2,000 – 7,000 words (3,000 – 4,500 words being the sweet spot). Payment: $25 – $100.
https://www.outcast-press.com/copy-of-about
The Second Black Beacon Book of Mystery
Deadline: October 31, 2022.
(checked Sep 29/22)
Mystery between 3,000 and 9,000 words. “We want excellent writing, evocative settings, intriguing characters, and most importantly, a clever puzzle complete with clues, red herrings, foreshadowing, and twists.” Payment: 20€ for original stories and 5€ for reprints regardless of length, plus one print copy. Accepts reprints.
https://blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html
HORROR MARKETS:
2022
Eerie River Publishing: “Wind” Elements Book Four: Four-part series
Deadline: December 31, 2022; opens December 1, 2022
(checked Mar 30/22)
Quarterly series: earth – fire – air – water. Stories of horror with the theme of ‘wind’- Rated R welcomed. We thank you for our nightmares. 1500 – 7000 words. Although there can be some fantasy elements tossed in there, the overall feel of the stories must remain in the horror genre. Aim to scare. Payment: ¢1 per word CAD after approved edits.
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission
The Theatre Phantasmagoria
Deadline: December 31, 2022; opens December 1, 2022.
(checked Sep 1/22)
Horror flash fiction up to 2,000 words. Theme TBA! Payment: £10. This is a monthly call. See themes. Monthly submissions first to last day each month.
https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/submissions/
Never Wake
Deadline: December 4, 2022.
(checked Oct 1/22)
Horror 2500-4500 words. “We’re looking for scary, mind-bending stories featuring dreams, nightmares, hallucinations, messed-up psychedelic experiences, and various elements of phantasmagoria.” Payment: 8 cents/word.
https://www.crystallakepub.com/authorcentral/
Interstellar Flight Press
Deadline: December 1, 2022.
(checked Sep 2/22)
Horror 17,500 – 40,000 words including but not limited to: Science Fiction Horror, Fantasy Horror, Supernatural, Weird Horror, Mystery/thrillers with horror elements. Hybrids or difficult to categorize works are welcome. Give us your slashers, zombies, witches, vampires, monsters, demons, devils, horror comedies, psychological thrillers, body horror, crime noir, creature features, aliens, ghosts, haunted houses, creepy carnivals, serial killers, possessed children, shapeshifters, disasters, and viruses. Payment: Royalties.
https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/submissions.html
The Other Stories (Audio)
Deadline: December 1, 2022.
(checked Aug 2/22)
Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Theme of Tunnels.
https://theotherstories.net/submissions
Fable: An Anthology of Horror, Suspense & the Supernatural
Deadline: November 30, 2022.
(checked Oct 1/22)
Horror, mystery, crime, thriller, and/or suspense. Supernatural elements are encouraged. However, they are not necessary. 1000 – 40,000 words. Payment: Original Fiction: $0.08/word for the first 1,000 words, and $0.01/word after. Reprints: $0.01/word. Accepts reprints.
https://pridebookcafe.com/fable-an-anthology-of-horror-suspense-the-supernatural/?v=7516fd43adaa
Gravelight Press: Halloween Party
Deadline: November 30, 2022; opens July 1, 2022.
(checked Oct 1/22)
Short stories and poems relating to all things horror. Payment: $25.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/gravelight-press-anthology-series-HaG9Z
The Theatre Phantasmagoria
Deadline: November 30, 2022; opens November 1, 2022.
(checked Sep 1/22)
Horror flash fiction up to 2,000 words. Theme of Hear the Slay Bells Ring—Stories about Christmas or set during wintertime. Payment: £10. This is a monthly call. See themes. Monthly submissions first to last day each month.
https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/submissions/
This World Belongs to Us
Deadline: November 30, 2022.
(checked Oct 1/22)
Horror stories 500-5,000 words about bugs. Payment: 5 cents/word. “This will be our first anthology, and we are paying Horror Writers Association pro rates of 5 cents a word. We anticipate a 50/50 split between featured authors and those chosen via our submission call.”
http://frombeyondpress.com/submissions/
Dark Recesses Press
Deadline: November 15, 2022; opens August 15, 2022
(checked Sep 29/22)
Quarterly print magazine. Winter issue. Horror/dark fiction pieces between 500-5000 words. Payment: 5 cents/word.
https://darkrecessespress.com/submissions/
Last Girls Club
Deadline: November 1, 2022; opens October 1, 2022.
(checked Sep 29/22)
Feminist horror: short stories and poems on theme of Homeless Nation (see themes). *Authors must be 18+. Payment: Short Story-2,500 words or less. $0.01 USD per word/$25 USD and copy of magazine; Flash Fiction-less than a 1,000 words $0.01 USD per word/$10 USD; Poems-less than 200 words $10 upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine.
https://www.lastgirlsclub.com/submit
The Other Stories (Audio)
Deadline: November 1, 2022.
(checked Aug 2/22)
Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Theme of Mother Nature.
https://theotherstories.net/submissions
A Darkness Visible
Deadline: October 31, 2022.
(checked Sep 29/22)
Postmodern horror. This anthology will explore the inter-relationship between the postmodern and horror. 3,000 to 8,000 words. Stories may be in the horror genre, or they may investigate horrific aspects of what Jean-François Lyotard called “the postmodern condition.” Payment: £80.
https://www.ontologybooks.com/submissions
From the Yonder
Deadline: October 31, 2022.
(checked Sep 2/22)
A horror, short-story collection of regional legends and tall-tales from around the World. Short stories and poems based upon a regional/cultural legend or tall-tale from any location or culture in the World. “Regional” can be a specific place (Loch Ness) or a larger region (Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest). Payment: $5 (USD) per poem and $10 (USD) per short story.
https://warmonkeypublications.com/submissions
Manor of Fright
Deadline: October 31, 2022.
(checked Sep 2/22)
Horror 2,000-3,500 words. “Imagine a Victorian house where every room is cursed with a frightful existence. Are monsters in the halls? Ghosts left to fester in the library? Or are the rooms themselves enchanted with malevolent energy? What was summoned long ago and what doorways were left open? Manor of Fright will be a collection of tales all set in different rooms of the same house.” Payment: $10.
https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/current-submission-calls/
Nightlight
Deadline: October 31, 2022.
(checked Aug 2/22)
Open to Black writers. Horror up to 10,000 words. Audio format. Payment: $75 – $200 depending on length. $50 for reprints.
https://nightlightpod.com/submissions/
Otoroshi Journal
Deadline: October 31st, 2022, opens October 1, 2022
(checked Jun 27/22)
Horrorku, horror tanka, and horror haibun, art. Payment: Poetry, $1. Art, $10.
https://otoroshijournal.wixsite.com/home/guidelines
Step Into The Light
Deadline: October 31, 2022, or until filled.
(checked Aug 2/22)
Theme: Daytime-themed horror. Flash fiction 500-1500 words and longer (3-5k). Payment: £0.005 per word. “Think Midsommar, The Wicker Man, Benchley’s Jaws, IT, The Silence of the Lambs. All great storylines, all packed with daytime fear proving you don’t have to be in the dark to be afraid. Sleeping with the lights on won’t help you this time.” 20% of sales profit from ‘Step Into the Light’ in its first year of publishing (2023) will go to children’s charities in the uk.
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-step-into-the-light/#more-619772
The Big Book of Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Collection of Utah Horror
Deadline: October 31, 2022
(checked Mar 30/22)
Restrictions: All entries must have a Utah connection, either on the part of the author or the story itself. Genre: Stories and poems suitable for a middle-grade audience in the same vein as Neil Gaiman, Victoria Schwab, Patrick Ness, Holly Black, and R.L. Stine. Please ensure your story/poem is suitable for a younger audience. Prize: $10 – $35.
https://www.timberghostpress.com/bump-in-the-night.html
The Theatre Phantasmagoria
Deadline: October 31, 2022; opens October 1, 2022.
(checked Sep 1/22)
Horror flash fiction up to 2,000 words. Theme of ThanksKilling Feasts—Stories about cannibalism, food, or gluttony. Payment: £10. This is a monthly call. See themes. Monthly submissions first to last day each month.
https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/submissions/
Dose of Dread
Deadline: October 15, 2022; opens October 1, 2022.
(checked Mar 27/22)
Horror flash fiction. Preference for dread-inducing stories. Length: 500 – 1,000 words. Payment: 2c/word, paid via PayPal. (Rounded to nearest whole dollar).
https://dreadstonepress.com/submissions/
The Other Stories (Audio)
Deadline: October 15, 2022.
(checked Aug 2/22)
Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Theme of Possession.
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