Horror poetry markets
Last checkedLeafmines tracks 69 magazines publishing horror poetry. 34 are open to submissions right now, and typical response time is 53 days. Filter by length, pay, and response time →
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- Solarpunk MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for 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.
- Superheroes Super ProblemsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for 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 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.
- Carmina MagazineFantasy · Horror
Open for 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.
- Otherside (Originals)Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for 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 poetry · closes Oct 23 · responds in ~14 days
Crooked Spine is a quarterly horror magazine publishing paid fiction and poetry in themed submission windows.
- Orion's BeltScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~30 days
Orion’s Belt is a literary speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews.
- Haven SpecScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for 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.
- 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.
- F(r)ictionLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for 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.
- WorldsmythsFantasy · Horror
Open for 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 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 YearHorror
Open for 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.
- Northern Shadows MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for 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.
- Star*LineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for 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.
- SamovarScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for 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.
- Horrific ScribesHorror
Open for poetry · responds in ~21 days
Horrific Scribes is an online archive seeking provocative, scary, strange, and unconventional dark short fiction and some poetry.
- Okay DonkeyLiterary · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~90 days
Okay Donkey is a paying literary magazine seeking odd, experimental, surreal, funny, and genre-bending poetry and flash fiction.
- Fiery Scribe ReviewLiterary · Horror · Fantasy
Open for poetry · responds in ~35 days
Fiery Scribe Review is a global literary journal seeking unusual, thought-provoking, strange, surreal, experimental, and socially engaged writing across multiple forms.
- Teach. Write.Literary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry
Teach. Write. is a literary journal for writing teachers that publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, dramas, screenplays, and writing-prompt-inspired work.
- Black PetalsHorror · Science Fiction
Open for poetry · responds in ~33 days
Black Petals is a quarterly horror and science-fiction magazine seeking dark, bizarre, unusual fiction and chilling poetry, particularly from new talent.
- Cul-De-Sac of BloodHorror
Open for poetry
Cul-de-sac of Blood publishes horror-focused poetry, prose, essays, and other writing, with a particular interest in queer, radical, and socially engaged perspectives.
- Emerald City GhostsHorror · Fantasy
Open for poetry · 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.
- HEXFILED SF MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~14 days
HEXFILED is an independent literary magazine publishing science fiction and speculative fiction, including prose, poetry, nonfiction, and archival-format work.
- HomunculiScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~14 days
Homunculi publishes original speculative fiction and poetry by people involved in STEM fields, accepting submissions on a rolling basis.
- Katabatic CircusScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~183 days
Katabatic Circus is an annual anthology showcasing speculative poetry of literary merit, including experimental, hybrid, slipstream, fabulist, and magical realist work.
- Moonday MagScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~90 days
Moonday Mag is a speculative magazine seeking surreal, wondrous, macabre, fantastic, strange, and otherworldly writing, with fiction open seasonally and other written categories open year-round.
- Nat 1 Publishing LLCScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for poetry · responds in ~270 days
Nat 1 Publishing is a niche science-fiction and fantasy micro-publishing house accepting anthology short stories and poetry as well as full-length standalone works.
- ScaffoldLiterary · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~1 days
Scaffold is a literary magazine seeking concise, experimental micro fiction and prose poems with weird, absurd, minimal, or grotesque elements.
- The Beast Under Your BedHorror
Open for poetry · 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.
- The Dread Literary ReviewHorror
Open for poetry · responds in ~120 days
The Dread Literary Review is a horror and speculative literary magazine publishing weekly poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction features.
- The Kismet MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~74 days
The Kismet Magazine is a volunteer-run publication seeking speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including work in English and Spanish.
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