Horror markets

Last checked Oct 10, 2026

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Night ShadesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 11 · responds in ~5 days
Night Shades is a fiction magazine publishing two speculative stories per month.
UnchartedHorror · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Oct 11 · responds in ~84 days
Uncharted Magazine publishes short fiction featuring speculative, thrilling, mysterious, horrific, dystopian, and young-adult perspectives.
BoudinHorror
Open for fiction, nonfiction · closes Oct 11
Boudin is the online companion to The McNeese Review, publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrids, and other creative writing.
Trembling With FearScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Oct 13 · responds in ~90 days
Trembling With Fear publishes dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark science fiction, and dark fantasy, in short-story, drabble, serial, themed, and unholy-trinity formats.
Solarpunk MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 14 · responds in ~60 days
Solarpunk Magazine publishes speculative fiction and other writing centered on solarpunk themes, including ecological balance, mutual aid, radical imagination, resistance, and repair.
Ichor MagazineFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 14
ICHOR Magazine is seeking visceral, weird sword-and-sorcery, dark fantasy, and dying-Earth stories with horror elements.
Superheroes Super ProblemsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~92 days
Superheroes, Super Problems is an original anthology seeking superhero-centered fiction and poetry across several speculative and genre categories.
WordFire PressScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~92 days
WordFire Press is seeking original superhero-centered fiction and poetry for the Superheroes, Super Problems anthology.
EyetothetelescopeFantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Oct 15
Eye to the Telescope is an online speculative poetry publication of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
We're HereScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for other work, fiction · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~120 days
Neon Hemlock Press publishes speculative fiction and queer chapbooks, with current calls for a queer speculative-fiction reprint anthology and speculative chapbook manuscripts.
Carmina MagazineFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~60 days
Carmina Magazine publishes myth-inspired poetry and prose, including reimaginings and retellings from mythological traditions across cultures and eras.
KaidankaiHorror · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~25 days
Kaidankai seeks fiction featuring ghosts or supernatural elements for its podcast and is currently running a December 2026 winter-themed contest.
Passages NorthScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Oct 15
Passages North is a literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrids, and short-shorts, with an emphasis on innovative, experimental, and genre-diverse work.
Plott Hound MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 15
Plott Hound Magazine is a quarterly literary magazine publishing amazing animal stories, including prose, essays, and poetry.
Rebel Satori PressScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 15
Rebel Satori Press is an independent publisher seeking full-length LGBTQIA+ speculative fiction and witchcraft and occult nonfiction.
The Hoolet's NookScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~14 days
The Hoolet's Nook is a literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and micro-poetry or haiku three times a year.
Flame Tree Fiction NewsletterHorror · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Oct 18 · responds in ~60 days
Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter is a publishing outlet that regularly seeks speculative stories for print anthologies and its monthly fiction newsletter.
Emerald City GhostsHorror · Fantasy
Open for fiction, nonfiction, poetry · closes Oct 20 · responds in ~14 days
Emerald City Ghosts publishes paranormal ghost stories, flash fiction, short stories, poetry, and reviews, with general submissions always open and themed calls opening monthly.
Otherside (Originals)Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 21 · responds in ~14 days
OTHERSIDE is a paying speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by self-identified 2SLGBTQIA+ writers.
Crooked SpineHorror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 23 · responds in ~14 days
Crooked Spine is a quarterly horror magazine publishing paid fiction and poetry in themed submission windows.
Diabolical PlotsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 25 · responds in ~30 days
Diabolical Plots publishes speculative short fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Every Day FictionScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 27 · responds in ~90 days
Every Day Fiction publishes very short adult flash fiction in any genre and pays a token amount for accepted stories.
Ps and Qs PublishingFantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Oct 30 · responds in ~55 days
Ps and Qs Publishing solicits 5,000–10,000-word fictional stories for themed paranormal and speculative anthologies, paying royalties through PubShare.
Killer ShortsHorror
Open for fiction, other work · closes Oct 31
Killer Shorts is a horror writing competition accepting short screenplays, one-page screenplays, short stories, and feature screenplays.
Elegant LiteratureLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~31 days
Elegant Literature is a fiction magazine publishing new or unpublished writers’ themed stories and paying ten cents per word.
Haven SpecScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~70 days
Haven Spec Magazine publishes science fiction, fantasy, speculative horror, poetry, and nonfiction, with submissions scheduled in monthly demographic, general, and closed windows.
The Submission Pit SubstackScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~15 days
The Submission Pit is a speculative-fiction publication offering a monthly prize for the best submitted short story.
Orion's BeltScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction, poetry, nonfiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~30 days
Orion’s Belt is a literary speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews.
Tales from the MenuHorror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~19 days
Tales from the Menu is an anthology call from Exploitation Media seeking horror and horror-adjacent short stories about the ways love can become harmful or obsessive.
ReckoningScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction, fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~182 days
Reckoning is a magazine publishing creative writing about environmental justice, including speculative fiction and nonfiction.
SpliceScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~60 days
Splice is a small press seeking book-length fiction collections, novellas, and novels for publication in 2027 and 2028.
North American ReviewScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~150 days
North American Review is a long-running literary magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and book reviews, with seasonal submission windows and contests.
Spec Colorways In VerseScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~56 days
Spec Colorways In Verse is a zine and community space publishing queer BIPOC speculative poetry.
Tenebrous PressScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~90 days
Tenebrous Press publishes New Weird Horror, New Weird science fiction and fantasy, and other dark, strange genre mashups for mature audiences.
The Ranger's AlmanacScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~7 days
The Ranger's Almanac is an annual literary journal seeking work inspired by national or state forests and parks.
After MidnightScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~28 days
After Midnight is a literary magazine seeking fiction, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, pedagogy, and book reviews for Issue II, themed “New Beginnings & Letting Go.”
SunSpot LitScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, other work, flash fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~14 days
Sunspot Literary Journal accepts unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, translations, and genre or literary work through several paid, length-specific submission categories.
BloodletterHorror
Open for other work · closes Nov 3
Bloodletter is a biannual digital magazine seeking intense, feminist, experiential writing about expansive horror and related themes.
foofarawHorror · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Nov 8 · responds in ~45 days
Foofaraw is an English-language literary magazine and zine publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, satire, and speculative work, with multiple themed submission calls throughout the year.
Vestal ReviewLiterary · Humor · Science Fiction · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 16 · responds in ~30 days
Vestal Review is a flash-fiction magazine that also accepts proposals for interviews and reviews and maintains a flash-fiction book list.
Fractured LitFantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 22 · responds in ~90 days
Fractured Lit publishes flash and micro fiction, including original and eligible reprint work, with year-round submissions and occasional themed prizes.
Black Fox ReviewHorror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 29 · responds in ~56 days
Black Fox Review is a biannual gothic fiction journal published by Matatabi Press in Hiroshima, Japan.
WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction ContestScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~38 days
WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly global contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction essays, with cash prizes and publication opportunities.
ClaudineFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~10 days
Claudine is a literary magazine publishing very short fiction and creative nonfiction that favors innovative, emotionally resonant prose and pays $25 upon publication.
F(r)ictionLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~219 days
F(r)iction is a genre-inclusive literary magazine and publishing project accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, and related editorial work through several routes.
Black Fox Literary MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~120 days
Black Fox Literary Magazine is an international biannual print and online publication seeking fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, with additional year-round submission options.
Carnyx PressHorror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~31 days
Carnyx Press is a Northern speculative-fiction publisher seeking cosmic-horror stories for its third anthology.
Behind the Shadows Anthology SeriesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~62 days
Inkd Publishing is soliciting speculative-fiction anthology stories, including fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, suspense, and horror themes.
Indie BitesFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~48 days
Indie Bites is a quarterly fantasy magazine publishing unpublished original short fiction centered on issue themes.
The Haiku Shack MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~30 days
The Haiku Shack Magazine publishes very short poetry and microfiction inspired by a theme and photograph.
Perseid PropheciesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~60 days
Perseid Prophecies is a speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished fiction, flash fiction, and factual science essays in English.
WallstraitLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~60 days
Wallstrait is a journal of hard-to-define fiction publishing original, unpublished stories across genres.
WorldsmythsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Dec 1
Worldsmyths is seeking speculative stories and poetry inspired by paintings from Inna Vjuzhanina’s The Coven collection for the Books of Rot and Bloom anthology.
After Brunch JournalLiterary · Horror
Open for fiction, nonfiction, poetry · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~49 days
After Brunch Journal is an online, volunteer-based journal publishing experimental, haunting poems, fiction, essays, and hybrid work worldwide.
Best Horror of the YearScience Fiction · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~210 days
The Best Horror of the Year is an all-reprint anthology seeking horror stories and poetry published during 2026 for Volume Nineteen.
C&R Press Poetry Book AwardLiterary · Mystery · Romance · Science Fiction
Open for other work · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~365 days
C&R Press publishes full-length books in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, essays, and experimental or hybrid forms through open submissions and genre prizes.
DefenestrationHumor · Literary · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Open for fiction · closes Dec 5 · responds in ~28 days
Defenestration is a humor magazine publishing funny short stories, poetry, nonfiction, and fake nonfiction online.
TriptychScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Dec 10
Triptych is a speculative-fiction journal publishing short stories online and in print issues, with submissions currently open.
Ominous ThrillHorror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Dec 15 · responds in ~16 days
Ominous Thrill is an award-nominated audio fiction anthology seeking dark feminist, sexually explicit horror and thriller stories for dramatized production.
PropaguleScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Dec 15 · responds in ~68 days
Propagule is an independently run literary magazine publishing experimental, transgressive, and surreal fiction alongside flash fiction and nonfiction.
Grimalkin PressHorror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Dec 31
Grimalkin Press publishes dark speculative short story collections and anthologies focused on disturbing aspects of the human condition.
Whitaker LyonScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Dec 31
Whitaker Lyon Press publishes speculative-fiction anthologies and is accepting several themed short-fiction and flash-fiction submissions on stated schedules.
Mystery TribuneMystery · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Dec 31 · responds in ~730 days
Mystery Tribune is a crime, mystery, noir, and suspense publication accepting fiction and nonfiction submissions for its online, mobile, and print editions.
Northern Shadows MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Jan 1, 2027 · responds in ~120 days
Northern Shadows Magazine is a speculative fiction and poetry magazine seeking dark, dreamlike, and nightmarish work.
AlliterationLiterary · Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction
Open for poetry · closes Jan 1, 2027
Alliteration’s Forgotten Ground Regained seeks alliterative poetry for its Winter 2027 issue.
The Beast Under Your BedHorror · Young Adult · Literary · Science Fiction
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Jan 1, 2027 · responds in ~42 days
Dark Moon Rising Publications is accepting submissions for multiple horror, dark romance, fantasy, poetry, and young-adult anthologies, generally by email and often accepting reprints.
SFWP (Santa Fe Writers Project) Literary AwardsLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, nonfiction · closes Jan 4, 2027 · responds in ~276 days
The SFWP Literary Awards Program is an international English-language competition seeking fiction and creative nonfiction, with publication opportunities and cash prizes.
Cosmic Horror MonthlyHorror
Open for nonfiction · closes Jan 7, 2027 · responds in ~83 days
Cosmic Horror Monthly is a horror magazine publishing weird and cosmic fiction, nonfiction essays, and related work.
Further Light MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Feb 28, 2027 · responds in ~212 days
Further Light Magazine publishes speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry connecting imaginative or analytical work with Latter-day Saint gospel principles and audiences.
ConfrontationLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Apr 15, 2027 · responds in ~120 days
Confrontation is a literary magazine open to submissions from any writer, publishing poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.
TriQuarterlyLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes May 31, 2027 · responds in ~180 days
TriQuarterly is Northwestern University’s student-edited literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, video essays, short drama, hybrid work, craft essays, interviews, and book reviews.
InkandescentScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Jun 1, 2027
Inkandescent’s Green Light Prize seeks unpublished, bold and imaginative full-length genre-fiction novels from underrepresented writers for a royalty-based publishing pathway.
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg ReviewLiterary · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~180 days
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review is a literary and arts journal publishing eclectic, mainstream-to-experimental writing, including fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Subito PressHorror
Open for fiction
Subito Press is a University of Colorado Boulder literary press running contests for innovative writing and horror novellas.
Driftwood PressLiterary · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~270 days
Driftwood Press is an independent publisher and literary magazine that accepts fiction and novella submissions and pays contributors.
The NoSleep PodcastHorror
Open for fiction, flash fiction, other work · responds in ~180 days
The NoSleep Podcast is a horror anthology podcast seeking original horror fiction and audio scripts for adaptation.
Thoughts from the Writer's DeskHorror · Literary
Open for nonfiction · responds in ~7 days
Thoughts From the Writer’s Desk is Ruadán Books’ nonfiction column featuring essays about writing, the writing life, craft, business, and genre fiction.
PodCastleFantasy · Horror · Humor
Open for fiction, flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
PodCastle is a fantasy fiction podcast seeking short speculative stories for text and audio publication.
SamovarScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, nonfiction, poetry · responds in ~113 days
Samovar is a triannual Strange Horizons magazine publishing speculative fiction and poetry in translation, along with nonfiction about speculative works and communities from non-Anglophone countries.
Star*LineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for nonfiction, other work, poetry · responds in ~21 days
Star*Line is the quarterly official journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, publishing speculative poetry and related articles, reviews, and essays.
Body ShotsScience Fiction · Horror · Mystery · Literary
Open for fiction
Body Shots is an annual short-fiction anthology seeking ambitious, voice-driven unpublished fiction across genres, with selected authors paid by word count.
Torch Literary ArtsLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~90 days
Torch Literary Arts accepts original creative work by Black women writers for its online Torch Friday Feature on a rolling basis.
Lady Churchill's Rosebud WristletScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · responds in ~180 days
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet is an open literary zine accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with a strong interest in speculative fiction and new writers.
Radon JournalScience Fiction · Horror
Open for fiction
Radon Journal is a no-fee literary magazine publishing short fiction and poetry with science-fiction, anarchist, transhumanist, or dystopian elements.
Synthesized SunsetsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~21 days
Synthesized Sunsets is a speculative fiction publication seeking short stories, currently accepting submissions for its Excess-themed season.
TasavvurScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for nonfiction · responds in ~21 days
Tasavvur is a magazine dedicated to publishing South Asian and other BIPOC speculative fiction, nonfiction pitches, and related reprints.
After Dinner ConversationScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · responds in ~90 days
After Dinner Conversation publishes short stories that stimulate ethical and philosophical discussion across genres, including children’s and young adult fiction.
ThirteenHorror
Open for fiction · responds in ~55 days
Thirteen is a monthly audio fiction anthology seeking atmospheric, character-driven horror stories for professional audio production.
Dirty Magick MagazineFantasy · Horror · Mystery · Humor
Open for fiction · responds in ~77 days
Dirty Magick Magazine publishes original short speculative fiction, especially urban fantasy, sword and sorcery, and gothic or supernatural horror.
BiomeScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~14 days
Biome is a speculative-fiction audio podcast that seeks ecosystem- and organism-centered stories for narrated publication with transcripts.
Rat Bag LiteraryScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, flash fiction · responds in ~60 days
Rat Bag LIT is a paying market seeking weird, genre-blurring fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, with regular microfiction, drabble, flash, and short-story calls.
Tales of Sley HouseScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · responds in ~79 days
Tales of Sley House publishes genre-focused novels, short stories, poetry, and podcast scripts in speculative and mystery-oriented categories.
PolymorphicHorror · Fantasy
Open for fiction · responds in ~209 days
Polymorphic is a Montreal-based magazine publishing horror and weird fiction stories and art, with a focus on creator rights and annual summer issues.
Berkeley Fiction ReviewLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~365 days
Berkeley Fiction Review is an annual literary journal seeking innovative, reflective, previously unpublished short fiction from writers worldwide.
ergot.Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~60 days
ergot. is a literary website seeking innovative, experimental, and atmospheric horror fiction and hybrid work.
Et Sequitur MagazineLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~74 days
Et Sequitur Magazine publishes short stories that connect creatively with an element of its latest story.
Horrific ScribesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · responds in ~21 days
Horrific Scribes is an online archive seeking provocative, scary, strange, and unconventional dark short fiction and some poetry.
Horrorsmith Monthly NewslettersHorror · Mystery · Romance
Open for fiction, flash fiction · responds in ~63 days
Horrorsmith Publishing accepts novel submissions for horror, thriller, and young-adult imprints, as well as horror and thriller short stories for monthly subscriptions and newsletters.
Okay DonkeyLiterary · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction, poetry · responds in ~90 days
Okay Donkey is a paying literary magazine seeking odd, experimental, surreal, funny, and genre-bending poetry and flash fiction.
The Wild UmbrellaScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction
The Wild Umbrella is an Irish literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with optional feedback, contributor promotion, and an annual print anthology.

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