Crooked Spine

Open now for fiction and poetry.

Last checked

Crooked Spine is a quarterly horror magazine seeking paid short fiction and poetry for themed issues.

Response time info: within 2 weeks of close

Read the full guidelines at crookedspinepress.com↗

Submission calls

fictionHorrorCloses Oct 23Pays: $20 plus a contributor copy

Issue 4, “What You Worship,” seeks character-driven horror about devotion and its costs, including unexpected interpretations involving rituals, obsession, sacrifice, relationships, careers, technology, grief, or other forms of worship. Fiction must be 1,500–3,500 words and submitted as a DOCX in Shunn Manuscript Format. Reprints and AI-generated work are not accepted.

poetryHorrorCloses Oct 23Pays: $5 per poem plus a contributor copy

Issue 4, “What You Worship,” seeks poems about devotion and the price it demands, with interpretations involving rituals, obsession, doubt, conversion, blasphemy, sacrifice, or other forms of worship. Submit as a DOCX in Shunn Manuscript Format; reprints and AI-generated work are not accepted.

Find every market your piece fits.

Add your writing — make it private, or open it up for critiques — and Leafmines matches it against 1,000+ magazines and journals in one go, free.

Similar markets seeking submissions

Browse more: short fiction markets, poetry markets, horror markets, horror poetry markets