Northern Shadows Magazine

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Northern Shadows Magazine is a speculative-fiction magazine seeking dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories and poetry for themed submission windows.

Response time info: 4 months

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Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorEligibility requirementsCloses Jan 1, 2027Pays: $10 USD per story for stories published in Issue #2 and forward.

Open to: Submissions must be anonymous manuscripts; only original, unpublished stories are accepted, with no reprints or fanfiction.

For the theme “That Which Haunts Your Dreams,” the window opens October 1, 2026, through January 1, 2027. Seeks stories about haunting dreams, ghosts, apparitions, and being trapped in sleep. Word count: 500 to 5,000 words. One story per issue; original work only, no reprints or fanfiction. Payment is $10 USD per story for stories published in Issue #2 and forward.

poetryScience FictionFantasyHorrorEligibility requirementsCloses Jan 1, 2027Pays: $5 USD per poem for poems published in Issue #2 and forward.

Open to: Submissions must be anonymous manuscripts; only original, unpublished poems are accepted.

For the theme “That Which Haunts Your Dreams,” the window opens October 1, 2026, through January 1, 2027. Seeks poetry about haunting dreams, ghosts, apparitions, and being trapped in sleep. Limit: 30 lines or 300 words for prose poetry; up to 3 poems per submission. Payment is $5 USD per poem for poems published in Issue #2 and forward.

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