While I love HorrorTree, it’s not great to navigate through the ads, various genres, isn’t the only place I look for CfS at, etc. So I’m sharing some calls for submissions that are Horror, pay, and have deadlines in June.
I’m not getting paid to do this and I am not affiliated with any of these publishers (hit me up lol)
I have omitted a few CfS because the publisher is sketch for one reason or another. If you believe this was a mistake, or if you know that a CfS I post is from a problematic source, please email me.
My hope is to make this a monthly blog post. If you have or know of CfS for July-Dec and would like me to add them to lists, email me at SmallTownCreepy(at)gmail.com and if you have a June CfS comment it below and I’ll approve your comment asap.
No Generative AI – I do not share CfS that are ok with AI garbage if I am aware of it.
Also thank you to my girl Haloveir who is helping me collect CfS of all sorts. Love you boo
June 1: Revolving Door
Payment: 1 cent per word or a flat $10 for reprints
Theme: A story with a choice being made is central to the entire plot of the tale
Note: Reprints welcome
Length: 500-4000 words
Response timeframe: ~45 Days after submissions close
https://celestialechopress.com/submission-guidelines/
June 2: Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
Payment: 8c/word, 2c/word for reprints, $10 for artwork, 1c/line for poetry up to 40 lines
Theme: Well written original work in science fiction, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy tales, and eldritch, in written, podcast, video, and/or graphic story form, and from around the world.
Note: Reprints welcome
1000 word minimum for fiction. “we have yet to find a story over about 9-10,000 words we have even considered.”
https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/guidelines/
June 7: Anomaly
Payment: 8 cents per word
Theme: Dark and disruptive SF stories that have strong emotional resonance under 300 words in length
Note: We open from the 1st-7th of each month, beginning April 2025.
Stories must be 300 words or less
No simultaneous submissions.
Use Times New Roman 12 point font with Shunn standard
Submission form with more info
June 9: Encounters with Cryptids
June 15: Creepy Corner
$20 per 1000-5000 word story, or $10 for stories under 1000 words
The Creepy Corner is a new podcast format from Straight to the Point Productions, releasing new and classic spooky stories in the lead up to Halloween.
Maximum length of 5000 words (not including title)
No minimum length – flash fiction will be considered
Submission form with more info
June 15: The Necronomicon of Sherlock Holmes
Payment: $125 and a contributor’s copy
Theme: Insert Sherlock Holmes into the realm of Lovecraftian Horror
5,000 – 10,000 words (it is okay to be over some).
The stories must feel like traditional Holmes and Lovecraft stories. The stories should have the traditional Holmes and Watson working with the traditional characters, creatures, and/or gods of H.P. Lovecraft. Remember, there was a logic to the writing of Lovecraft, a rationale behind the otherworldly beings even if humans couldn’t conceive it, that should blend well with the deductive skills of Sherlock Holmes.
https://belangerbooks-sherlockholmes.blogspot.com/2025/02/call-for-submissions-for-new-sherock.html
June 22: Enter Here
Marginalized writers from June 1, 2025 to June 15, 2025 and for BIPOC writers from June 1, 2025 to June 22, 2025.
Payment: $0.01 USD per word
Theme: Speculative fiction from marginalized voices that include a door opening (literally or metaphorically) in some manner.
GENRE: Speculative Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror
Authors must self-identify as marginalized in some way. Intersectionality and #ownvoices are encouraged. However, you are not required to disclose your marginalizations.
2,000 and 4,000 words in length
We aim to respond to all submissions by August 30, 2025
https://horrortree.com/taking-submissions-enter-here/
June 30: Bizarro Circus of Madness
Payment: $100
Theme: Bizarro
2,000 to 5,000 words
Do you write odd misfit stories that no publisher ever wants to touch? You’re in luck—the Bizarro Circus of Madness is in town!
I am seeking bizarro stories in the range of 2,000 to 5,000 words and will pay 100 dollars plus a contributor’s copy for each accepted work. What is bizarro? Simply put, it’s the genre of really weird stuff. Matt Clarke, publisher at Planet Bizarro Press, describes it this way: Think of the weirdest thing you’ve ever read, then times that by potato. Bizarro can be comedy, it can be horror, it can be romance—there’s really nothing it can’t be, as long as it’s bizarre.
Check out this interview with Rose O’Keefe, a cofounder of the genre, if you’re still confused: https://psychopomp.com/fantasy/miscellaneous/bizarro-fiction-101-not-just-weird-for-weirds-sake/
Please send your story as a .doc or .docx attachment to circusofmadnessanthology@gmail.com. Feel free to include a short bio in the body of the email.
June 30: Dracula Beyond Stoker Vol 7
Payment: .05/word plus contributor’s copies
Theme: Mina Harker
Stories should be 1500-5000 words.
https://www.dbspress.com/submissions
June 30: Sat. Mourning TV
$35 flat rate per story/poem
Theme: horror fiction inspired by early morning kids TV
Note: Bizarro, splatterpunk and extreme horror are welcome.
1000-4000 words
Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by 31st July 2025
https://sliceduppress.com/submissions/
Hi! We are a new market and are open for subs June 15-July 15 for the first time. We pay $25 per accepted story. 1k-4k words. Horror is the focus, but open to noir, SF, dark fantasy as it fits our horror vibe. Transgressive, subversive, anything that fits a punk ethos. NO AI. Full guidelines on the website!
I really should have said the name (doh!). SLUGGER: Stories that hit you in the mouth. Find us at sluggerfiction.com