The Deadlands ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Hugo Award, Locus Award, Shirley Jackson Award.

Novelettes will open for the month of October; further information will be released through the author newsletter closer to the opening period. Accepted length is 7,500–17,500 words.

Currently closed and on hiatus. Seeks death-focused fiction across horror, fantasy, science fiction, slipstream, literary, historical, and other forms; up to 5,000 words, no minimum, with a 3–4k sweet spot. Original fiction pays 10¢/word; reprints up to 5,000 words pay 1¢/word. No simultaneous or multiple submissions.

Currently closed and on hiatus. Seeks critical, academic, and personal essays about death, mourning, rituals, culture, and representations of death in media; essays should be 1–4k words and not reviews. Work should show appreciation rather than appropriation of culture.

Currently closed and on hiatus. Seeks speculative poetry about death, grief, hauntings, and history, including formal and experimental work; up to three poems per submission, with no length limit. Bilingual and multilingual work is welcome.