Anyone know of any good horror anthologies current looking for submissions? I have one I think I would like to submit sometime over the next month...
I'll keep my eyes open.
How about duotrope.com (paid) or Submission Grinder? Both are searchable for whatever specifics you're looking for.
Also, bookmark this thread: Call For Submissions
Last but not least, our own Richard Thomas writes a column here at LitReactor Storyville, that as a horror author you're going to want to read:
Storyville: Where to Send Your Stories
Chiral Mad 2 is picking their final stories. It's already got one hell of a TOC going. Ketchum is in it, I got a story in, Mort Castle, the guy that wrote Rambo, David Morrell, deadline soon, 11/03 i think. i encourage you ALL to submit. Pro pay (.05/word) they won several awards with CM1.
INFO: http://blog.nettirw.com/2013/07/03/chiral-mad-2/
FIRST SELECTIONS: http://blog.nettirw.com/2013/08/27/chiral-mad-2-contents-part-1/
SECOND SELECTIONS: http://blog.nettirw.com/2013/10/08/chiral-mad-2-contents-part-2/
Never heard of Submission Grinder. Will check that out.
Hey Doug!
You could also check out Sirens Call Publications? Paying market. They always have at least one or two anthologies on the go. They are themed, though, so you'd have to see if your story fits.
~ K
I know duotrope helps research regular submissions, wasn't sure how it ties in to anthologies.
Anthos are listed just like any other listings (magazine/website, et al). Sometimes it's hard to tell just from search results which are requests for anthos, so I make sure to click through the go to site button.
Oh, I just remembered another good one (if you are a facebooker) :
Open Call: Horror Facebook Group
^^yep, good stuff. let us know if you have other questions, Mr. Black.
On Duotrope there is a drop down menu where you can select only anthologies.
Devon, Richard, JBG,
no kiddn,' thanks for helping my lazy ass.
If any of you happen to have experience successfully submitting horror, I have a story in the workshop, here, and would love if you could read it--not such much for a detailed critique, just what worked and what didn't.
Hi LR Peeps,
So I mentioned once or twice during my Talking Scars class that I was working on a horror anthology. Thought I'd mention this to the wider LR community and provide you all the chance to submit if you're interested. A couple of my Talking Scars class members have submitted stories so far but I'd love to see a story from all of you. Even if you dont get accepted, you still get that extra push to churn out another story. That is something we all need!
Basically I'm compiling a horror anthology which is to be published by Dark Continents publishing (http://darkcontinents.com) titled Suspending in Dusk. I'm wrangling the new stories and reprints and choosing the lineup of tales and Nerine Dorman, one of the senior editors at Dark Continents, will be editing them.
Nerine Dorman has been the editor for the Bloody Parchment anthology which comes out yearly as part of the South African Horrorfest. She's also edited the forthcoming anthology titled The Sea, to be released early 2014 by Dark Continents. Weird, horror, dark fantasy stories about The Sea. She's also a talented writer in her own right and I encourage you to follow her on twitter (@nerinedorman) and check out her work on amazon.com etc.
The anthology is not pro-pay. Payment details are as follows: flat $20 payment + 1.5% royalties on E and Print + authors copies + 'exposure'. Basically Dark Continents is a very small press that is slowly gearing up to bigger and greater things and this anthology is part of that. They have published works by award winning horror authors such as Daniel I Russell.
Normally I wouldnt really pay much attention to "exposure" claim but i've done a fair bit of schmoozing and networking with established authors and have had submissions by several well known and highly awarded writers at this stage in the process though I shouldnt be making big announcements about who they are yet. You'll have to trust me for now.
Submission Guidelines:
This is not an open submission. I've read a REAL slushpile before and I don't have the will or time to go through that again. I'm opening invitations to all interested LR writers as a gesture of community spirit and because you're in a writing community because you want to improve and get publuished and therefore you're not likely to send me off topic tales about pink unicorns typed in bold 64 point comic sans print. If you want to submit, in your cover letter provide me information about who you are, what your username is on Litreactor and if you'd like to mention your publishing credits, that would be great.
Stuff I just dont want to see: Killer clowns, sexy sparkly vampires/werewolves, mundane or boring story lines, bad lovecraftian style works or mythos, fan fiction, stuff about fairy tea parties .... This is a horror anthology.
Theme: There isnt a theme perse, in the sense that we only want stories about one topic or only one sub-genre of horror (supernatural/vampire etc), however I am encouraging authors who write new stories to take some inspiration from the title Suspended in Dusk and the time of dusk/last light. If you dont have time to write something new or have a story ready that you feel doesnt gel with the title then still submit anyway. I'm looking for a range of different stories that represent the range of unique voices we have out there writing in the horror genre. So far I've had scifi-horror cross over stories, splatterpunk, surrealist horror .. you name it, it's all landed in my inbox.
I'll accept any horror story between 1000-10000 words. I'll accept multiple submissions. You can double your chances by submitting more than one story. Max 2 stories. Send your best.
Please no simultaneous submissions.
If you can have the stories submitted by end of Nov that would be great. Apologies, I realise this isn't much time.
Please send submissions in standard format to simon.dewar83@gmail.com
Please name the file in the following format: NAME - Story Title.doc (I wont reject your story if you don't use this format but please.. it makes life easy for me!)
DOC, RTF, DOCX acceptable.
Not too fussed about font.
Simon Dewar
@heordfel
Dreamscape Press, World Weaver Press, Solarwyrm, Permuted Press, and Fringeworks all have calls for their horror anthologies out right now.
