Sorry for the late post but here are the horror calls for submissions for later this month. If you know of any others please hit me up at smalltowncreepy (at) gmail OR comment below! Same goes for later this year as well, of course!
Aug 15
Dark Fantasy and Psychological Thriller Call – SmokeLong Quarterly
Payment: $300
1000 words or fewer, excluding the title.
Theme: Dark Fantasy prose that explores our darkest fears
https://smokelong.submittable.com/submit
Mmeory
Payment: 8 cents per word
2000 words or less
Theme: Memory manipulation – Examples include magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone horribly wrong.
https://www.aanpress.com/submissions.html
Aug 20
Bloodclot Zine is looking for stories from BIPOC creatives
Payment: $5
1000-1500 words max, microfiction 100 words max, poetry 25 words max
Theme: Horror to the Rescue!: Real Horror Writers supporting Real Horror Heroes – Resilience, confrontation, and hope in the face of horror/conflict.
Note: Reprints Accepted
100% of all proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders
Submit to: bloodclotzine@gmail.com https://bloodclotzine.com/#submission-guidelines
Aug 21
Unseen Agreements – Beaches and Trails Publishing
Payment: 50$ CAD
short stories (3,000–5,000 words)
PG-13 max: no gore, explicit sexual content, or graphic violence
Theme: Speculative stories that explore hidden bargains, mysterious contracts, and eerie agreements by Canadian authors.
Stories may be fantasy, horror, supernatural, sci-fi, folkloric, or genre-bending, but must center on the idea of an agreement with consequences.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEbJjnXPRrFEEXlC9clmmXsTuFtFXlfT81uUcI5zAUrVdKnA/viewform
Aug 25
The Stygian Lepus Magazine
Submission window is the 1st to 25th of each month.
Payment: $5
Theme: Dark fiction, Serialized dark fiction, Creative non-fiction
Stories: Any wordcount and genre – email before submitting anything over 4k words
Dark fiction
Serialized dark fiction
Creative non-fiction
Poems: Any wordcount and genre
Articles: Any wordcount. Must be writing related. Share your experiences: advice for new authors, what worked for you in marketing, book reviews.
Art: Any genre, must be high resolution, 300 dpi, in order to be considered
Aug 30
Augur is Open to Noveletts and Novellas
Payment: Advance on royalties
Theme: Speculative literature with lush worlds, complex characters, riveting relationships, incisive commentary, impeccable craft
https://augurmag.moksha.io/publication/augur-press-novellas-novelettes/guidelines
Aug 31
The 13th Floor – Dark Holme Publishing
Payment: £100
Genre: Horror—specifically psychological, supernatural, speculative, or cosmic horror with emotional or philosophical undercurrents.
Theme: 30,000-50,000 word stories that take place on the mysterious 13th floor! interpret this however you like. It could be literal, metaphorical, historical, or metaphysical, but it must be central to the story’s structure and horror.
Final Selections Announced: November 1st, 2025
Not accepting gore-focused or splatterpunk or extreme sexual content.
https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/anthologysubmissionguidelines
No Gods No Masters – Sans Press
Payment: €200
Up to 5000 words
Theme: Stories that are ready to get their hands dirty in the making of a newer, fairer world.
we want to celebrate stories that live and die by the motto of fresh & weird
https://www.sanspress.com/submissions
General Submissions
GRADEside Middle Grade and YA stories are open over on Graveside-press.com
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/form.aspx?id=QIAg7Mz-eQsGt-6cVOaQH
Graveside Press’ Tiny Terrors program is also open for submissions until October.
.02c per word. https://graveside-press.com/call-for-submissions-tiny-terrors-2025/
