Horror poetry markets
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- Emerald City GhostsHorror · Fantasy
Open for poetry · closes Aug 20 · responds in ~14 days
Emerald City Ghosts is a digital magazine publishing flash fiction, short stories, and poetry with a paranormal or ghostly element, often themed monthly.
- Haven SpecScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~70 days
Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine publishing science fiction, fantasy, speculative horror, and related poetry and nonfiction, with a focus on diverse and underrepresented voices.
- Further Light MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~31 days
Further Light Magazine publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry exploring Latter-day Saint themes through speculative genres, seeking work that connects gospel principles with imaginative storytelling.
- AlliterationScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Sep 1
Alliteration's Forgotten Ground Regained is seeking alliterative poetry with speculative themes (science fiction, fantasy, or horror) for its Fall 2026 issue.
- Penumbric Speculative Fiction MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Sep 15 · responds in ~28 days
Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine publishes edgy, genre-blurring speculative fiction and poetry, with a focus on diversity and the strange.
- GramaryeFantasy · Horror · Science Fiction
Open for poetry · closes Sep 21 · responds in ~5 days
Gramarye is a peer-reviewed journal from the University of Chichester focused on literary and historical approaches to fairy tales, fantasy, Gothic, magic realism, science fiction, and speculative fiction, publishing articles, fiction, poetry, reviews, and art.
- Fear in DustHorror
Open for poetry · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~30 days
Fear in Dust is a horror poetry magazine focused on unsettling themes suitable for all ages, publishing themed issues and paying contributors.
- LIMINAL.SPACESLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Oct 10 · responds in ~5 days
LIMINAL.SPACES is a minimalist magazine focused on literature and visual art exploring environmental themes, accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art with both speculative and realist elements.
- EyetothetelescopeScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Oct 15
Eye to the Telescope is an online magazine publishing speculative poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres) with themed quarterly issues.
- Carmina MagazineHorror · Fantasy
Open for poetry · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~62 days
Carmina Magazine publishes poetry and short fiction inspired by myth, welcoming all styles and genres as long as the work is rooted in mythological tradition.
- Trollbreath MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~11 days
Trollbreath Magazine is a quarterly electronic journal publishing speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, with a focus on genres like dark fantasy, hope punk, fabulism, and slipstream.
- WorldsmythsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Dec 1
Worldsmyths is seeking speculative fiction and poetry inspired by Inna Vjuzhanina’s The Coven series for its 'Books of Rot and Bloom' anthology, with a focus on witch-themed stories deeply connected to selected artwork.
- Best Horror of the YearHorror · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Mystery
Open for poetry · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~210 days
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.
- Star*LineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~21 days
Star*Line is the official print journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, publishing speculative poetry, articles, reviews, and art.
- Spec Colorways In VerseScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~56 days
Spec Colorways In Verse is a digital publication and community centering queer BIPOC speculative poetry, seeking original, unpublished speculative poems from queer BIPOC writers.
- SamovarScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~113 days
Samovar is a triannual magazine publishing speculative fiction and poetry in translation, as well as critical essays and interviews about speculative fiction in translation.
- Dreams & NightmaresScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~21 days
Dreams & Nightmares is a long-running print magazine primarily publishing poetry and a small amount of short short fiction in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and fantastic horror.
- Horrific ScribesHorror · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Open for poetry · responds in ~21 days
Horrific Scribes is an online archive publishing dark, provocative, and unconventional short fiction (mainly horror and adjacent genres) and some poetry.
- 96th of OctoberFantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~1 days
96th of October is a quarterly magazine publishing extraordinary tales, poetry, and flash fiction with a focus on fantasy, horror, magic realism, satire, and whimsy.
- Altered RealityScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~28 days
Altered Reality Magazine publishes short speculative fiction and poetry (up to 3,000 words) with a focus on fantasy, science fiction, horror, and related genres.
- Black PetalsScience Fiction · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~33 days
Black Petals is a long-running quarterly magazine publishing dark science fiction and horror fiction, flash, micro fiction, and poetry, with a focus on the bizarre and unusual.
- Cul-De-Sac of BloodHorror · Fantasy
Open for poetry
Cul-De-Sac of Blood is a volunteer-run magazine publishing horror-themed poetry, fiction, and essays with a focus on queer, radical, and liberatory perspectives.
- Exquisite DeathFantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~60 days
Exquisite Death is a magazine seeking dark fantasy and horror fiction and poetry, with a focus on the atmospheric, surreal, and macabre.
- HEXFILED SF MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~14 days
HEXFILED SF Magazine is an independent publication focused on science fiction and speculative fiction exploring the boundary between organism and machine, with a preference for strange, thoughtful, and emotionally resonant work.
- HomunculiScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~14 days
Homunculi is a literary magazine publishing speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from individuals involved in STEM fields.
- Katabatic CircusScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~183 days
Katabatic Circus is an annual print and ebook anthology from Angry Gable Press, publishing original, unpublished speculative poetry of literary merit in a wide range of styles and forms.
- Nat 1 Publishing LLCScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Romance
Open for poetry · responds in ~270 days
Nat 1 Publishing is a micro-press specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and related genres, publishing both short works for anthologies and full-length books.
- Small World CityScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · responds in ~222 days
Small World City is a Dhaka-based online literary magazine publishing speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, accepting only Bangladeshi and POC authors.
- The Beast Under Your BedHorror
Open for poetry · responds in ~42 days
The Beast Under Your Bed is an imprint of Dark Moon Rising Publications specializing in horror anthologies for children and teens, with the publisher also running multiple open calls for horror, dark romance, dark fantasy, and poetry/art anthologies.
- The Dread Literary ReviewHorror
Open for poetry · responds in ~120 days
The Dread Literary Review is a magazine dedicated to horror and speculative writing, publishing poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction.
- 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, nonfiction, and art, prioritizing marginalized voices and world-building themes.
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