Best Horror of the Year

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The Best Horror of the Year is an annual reprint anthology edited by Ellen Datlow, seeking the best horror stories and poetry published in the current calendar year.

Response time info: ~210 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at ellendatlow.com↗

Submission calls

fictionHorrorFantasyScience FictionMysteryCloses Dec 1

All reprint horror stories published in 2026 are eligible for consideration for The Best Horror of the Year Volume 19; all branches of horror are welcome, including supernatural, uncanny, sf horror, psychological, dark crime, terror tales, or anything else that might qualify. Deadline is December 1,

poetryHorrorFantasyScience FictionMysteryCloses Dec 1

All reprint horror poetry published in 2026 is eligible for consideration for The Best Horror of the Year Volume 19; all branches of horror are welcome. Deadline is December 1, 2026. Authors must confirm their publishers are sending review copies; for venues that do not regularly publish horror, aut

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