General Links

These are a selection of the better resources I use when I'm doing my own research and building out the Open Call list. Some publishers here are more receptive to new authors; others, not so much...

• Duosuma maintains an extensive list of open anthology calls across a number of genres. 

• Three Ravens Publishing has its own list of open calls.

• If horror is your thing, keep an eye on HorrorTree's list of Open Calls

• Angelique Fawns frequently posts open calls on her blog.

• WriteJobs collates a huge number of calls for submission of all types.

• Cathy Bryant maintains a monthly Comps & Calls list.

• Published To Death has a Calls for Submissions page.

• Tim Major frequently publishes open calls on his blog.

• If you suffer from poetry, you should check out A Dreaming Skin for monthly updates.

• There are many Facebook groups for open calls (including magazines as well as anthologies):

  • Anthologies Seeking Submissions

  • Anthology Readers, Writers, Publishers

  • Get Writing Horror: Open Calls and Markets

  • OPEN CALL: Crime, Thriller, Mystery Markets

  • OPEN CALL: Horror Markets

  • OPEN CALL: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Pulp Markets

  • OPEN CALL: SF Fantasy Horror - Paying Markets Only

  • OPEN CALL: Speculative Markets - Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

  • Open Submission Calls for Horror/Paranormal/Mystery/SciFi Writers

  • Open Submission Calls for Short Story Writers

Until Filled

• Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond (bi-monthly magazine-style anthology)

• GraveSide Press - Gradeside Stories (middle grade/YA horror)

• Jay Henge Publishing - The Apparatus Almanac: Gizmology & Technomancy

• Jay Henge Publishing - Masque & Maelström: The Reluctant Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

• Jay Henge Publishing - Professor Feiff's Trans-Dimensional Travelogue

• Magnolia Silcox - Define Crazy (non-fiction stories of schizophrenia)

• DwD Studios - Spy Adventure modules for "White Lies" TTRPG

• Angry Gable Press - Katabatic Circus (poetry)

• Patchwork Raven - Backyard Earth (five books, stories are based on countries)

• Pro Se Productions - Dr. Sixgun (western)

• Pro Se Productions - Purgatory

• Pro Se Productions - The New Adventures of Candy Matson

• Wicked Taxidermy Press - Nemesis (Contest)

• Wicked Taxidermy Press - Roar (Fantasy)

• Wicked Taxidermy Press - 50 Shades of Dead (Horror, Romance)

• Wicked Taxidermy Press - The Eyes of Evil (villian stories)

• Wicked Taxidermy Press - Wicked Taxidermy 1

• Epona Muse Publishing - Crip The Sun

• Choral Planet - In Perfect Harmony: 50 Inspiring Stories from Choral Musicians Around the World

• Lintussen Press - Flash Advent Calendar (Family friendly winter holiday flash)

• Pawsitively Creepy - Pawsitively Creepy Tails, Vol 1 (charity for local animal rescues)

• The Word's Faire - The Garden-Variety Grimoire (literary fiction on everyday magic)

• Kevin J. Kennedy - Collected Christmas Horror Shorts IV

• Collective Tales Publishing - Darkness 102: Advanced Lessons Were Learned (102 spots; 102 word flash horror)

• Red Cape Publishing - X is for X-rated (erotic horror)

• Red Cape Publishing - Y is for Youths (scary kids)

• Red Cape Publishing - Z is for Zombies

• Outsider Publishing Company - Christmas Chaos

• Angry Gable Press - This Exquisite Topology (happiness, joy, and topology)

• Raven Tale Publishing - Weird West

• Dark Holme Publishing -  Ethereal Nightmares: The Final Awakening

• Starspun Lit - YA Fantasy (ages 6-16) with an annual anthology

• Alien Buddha Press - Summer Sucks: An Alien Buddha Press Anthology

• Lost Blonde Literary - Winter Anthology 2025 - Fiction

• Lost Blonde Literary - Winter Anthology 2025 - Poetry

• Lost Blonde Literary - Winter Anthology 2025 - Non-Fiction

• Lost Blonde Literary - Winter Anthology 2025 - Visual Art

• Shacklebound Books - Short Fantasy Stories (100 word drabble)

• Shacklebound Books - iSoldier (100 word drabble, MilSF)

• Hellbound Books - Beautiful Tragedies 4 (dark poetry)

• Esoterica - Fairytales, Reconsidered

February 2025

• 01 Feb - Baen Books - Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award (near future manned space exploration)

• 06 Feb - Hawakal Publishers -  Contours of Him (stories the male body tells)

• 09 Feb - Raconteur Press - Wyrd Warfare (Edited by Christopher DiNote)

• 15 Feb - Chimera Projects - Letters to Our Children (non-fiction)

• 15 Feb - National Flash Fiction Day - 2025 Anthology (theme: seasons)

• 15 Feb - CultureCult - Blink of an Eye (dark flash fiction, up to 1500 words)

• 15 Feb - CultureCult - Genoicidal (poetry, non-fiction, fiction)

• 16 Feb - Voices Israel - 2025 Voices Israel Anthology (poetry)

• 20 Feb - Sinister Smile Press - If I Die Before I Wake, Volume 10: Tales of Cryptid Chaos

• 23 Feb - Raconteur Press - Space Malfeasance (Edited by Spearman Burke)

• 23 Feb - The Slab Press - Hiding Under the Leaves (folk horror)

• 24 Feb - The Laughing Man House - We Can Always Tell (short fiction & poetry; trans erotica horror)

• 25 Feb - Speculation Publications - Vampire Hunters: An Incomplete Record of Personal Accounts

• 28 Feb - The Scythian Wolf - This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution

• 28 Feb - C.M. Muller - Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror

• 29 Feb - WCL - Where Connections Lead (stories from Second Life members)

• 28 Feb - Cat Eye Press - Modern Mummies

• 28 Feb - Ghost Willow Press - The Whispering Gallery (charity for mind.org.uk)

• 28 Feb - Choas & Ink Books - Flippin' Fairies

• 28 Feb - Prolific Pulse Press - Social Possibilities: Poetic Voices of Hope (poetry)

• 28 Feb - Inkd Publishing - Beach Reads (light, fun stories)

• 28 Feb - Infested Publishing - The Cleansing Power of Fire (cosmic, folks, religious horror)

• 28 Feb - Cafe Lit - Magi

• 28 Feb - Angelina Krause - That Old House: The Kitchen (horror)

• 28 Feb - Samak Press - Ripples in Space (SF, first contact)

• 28 Feb - From Beyond Press - Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories (horror, real & supernatural)

• 28 Feb - NUNUM - Done in a Hundred (100 word drabble, any genre)

• 28 Feb - NUNUM - Opolis (SF flash fiction, up to 1000 words)

• 28 Feb - C.M. Muller - Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror

• 28 Feb - Murderous Ink Press - Crimeucopia: Can You Dig It? (crime stories, various genres)

• 28 Feb - Murderous Ink Press - Crimeucopia: You Ain't Read Nothing Yet! (crime stories, various genres)

March 2025

• 01 Mar - Three Ravens - Brave Knights: Heroic Courage

• 01 Mar - Burial Books - Non-themed Horror Short Story Anthology

• 01 Mar - Crystal Lake Publishing - The Joining: Scenes of Wedding Terror

• 01 Mar - Alien Buddha Press - The Alien Buddha’s Big Backpack Full of Soup Cans (Malcontent Poems)

• 01 Mar - Wordrunner Chapbooks - 2025 Fiction Anthology (any genre; short story & flash fiction)

• 01 Mar - Humana Obscura - Blue (poetry & art)

• 03 Mar - Middle West Press LLC - Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories about Modern Midwest Monsters

• 09 Mar - Raconteur Press - Magic Malfunction (Edited by Wally Waltner)

• 15 Mar - Down & Out Books - Ya Got Trouble: Crime Fiction Inspired by Broadway Show Tunes

• 17 Mar - The Cabin - Writers in the Attic: KNOT (contest, any genre)

• 20 Mar - Metaphorosis Books - The Thing With Feathers: speculative stories of hope

• 23 Mar - Raconteur Press - Moggie Noir: Dames, Derringers, & Detectives (Edited by Rita Beeman)

• 30 Mar - Apep Press - Feline Frights: Whiskers Between Worlds (cat themed horror)

• 31 Mar - Wolfsinger Publications - Spirit of the Wolf (charity for missionwolf.org)

• 31 Mar - October Nights Press - Myths Reborn: Modern Tales of Cryptids & Dark Folklore

• 31 Mar - 518 Publishing - Catskill Chaos

• 31 Mar - PARSEC - 29th Parsec Short Story Contest (theme: ROOTS)

• 31 Mar - M. Allyson Szabo - Tales from the Turning Leaf Tavern (tavern stories w/recipes)

• 31 Mar - Inkd Publishing - Behind the Shadows III: Dark Secrets

• 31 Mar - The Brussels Review - TBR DARK (SF contest)

• 31 Mar - Foofaraw Press - Foofaraw (theme: foofaraw)

• 31 Mar - Hiraeth Publishing - Elder Things Expeditions (Lovecraftian horror)

April 2025

• 01 Apr - Three Ravens - Escape Plan: Earth (theme: mad science journal)

• 01 Apr - Saddlebag Dispatches - She Rode West: Tales of Courage, Dust, and Destiny

• 01 April - Graveside Press - MONSTERS

• 01 Apr - Wild Ink Publishing - Tread Lightly, Speak Gently: An Anthology of Death

• 06 Apr - Raconteur Press - Wyrd West - Rawhide Revenants (Edited by Nick Nethery)

• 30 Apr - Air and Nothingness Press - Mmeory (flash fiction on memory manipulation)

• 30 Apr - Graveside Press - Monster Romance (spicy monster stories)

• 30 Apr - Purple Toga - Feast or Famine

• 30 Apr - The Broken Spine - 2025 Festive Short Story Anthology

• 30 Apr - Oddity Prodigy Productions - Where Legends Walk (superheroes)

• 30 Apr - Baen - Fantasy Adventure Award (contest)

May 2025

• 04 May - Raconteur Press - Mad Science! (Edited by Dave Freer)

• 15 May - Wild Ink Publishing - Bleach Before Cereal: The Voices of Gen Z on their Lives and Mental Health Crisis

• 18 May - Raconteur Press - Goblin Souk (Edited by Cedar Sanderson)

• 31 May - Graveside Press - Illustrated Poetry Anthology

• 31 May - Bag of Bones Press - Patterns (dark stories)

June 2025

• 01 Jun - Raconteur Press - Vice Noir (Edited by LawDog)

• 01 Jun - Crystal Lake Publishing - Memento Mori Book One: Relics

• 01 Jun - The Laughing Man House - Smitten Land (televangelism)

• 01 Jun - Transcendent Fiction Publishing - The Morning After (transformations)

• 06 Jun - Wild Ink Publishing - Kaleidoscopic Quill: An Inspiring Butterfly Anthology (partial charity anthology)

• 15 Jun - Raconteur Press - Artifact Origins (Edited by John M. Olsen)

• 29 Jun - Raconteur Press - Alien Family Values - Chosen Kindred (Edited by Sandra Medlock)

• 30 Jun - Hellbound Books - Pandemic & Outbreak Horror

• 30 Jun - Hellbound Books - Extreme Horror

• 30 Jun - Hellbound Books - Campfire Stories (horror)

• 30 Jun - Procrastinating Writers United - THE YELLING CONTINUES (poetry, fiction, artwork; theme: noise)

July 2025

• 01 Jul - Three Ravens Publishing - It Came From the Trailer Park: Vol 5 (creature feature horror comedy)

• 01 July - Wisecraft Publishing - Fantastic Schools: Universities (YA/general audience)

• 01 July - Wisecraft Publishing - Fantastic Schools: Familiars (YA/general audience)

• 13 Jul - Raconteur Press - Blades & Black Magic (Edited by Christopher Dinote)

• 27 Jul - Raconteur Press - Moggies of Mars: Sword & Planet Adventures (Edited by Rita Beeman)

• 31 Jul - Undertaker Books - Horror on the Range

August 2025

• 10 Aug - Raconteur Press - Planks & Plunder (Edited by Sarah Clithero)

• 15 Aug - Red Penguin Books - Red

• 24 Aug - Raconteur Press - Glitched Grimm (Edited by Steve Diamond)

• 29 Aug - Wolfsinger Publications - Search for the Any Key

• 31 Aug - Bannister Press - Other (fantasy)

• 31 Aug - Hellbound Books - Hellbound Highway (road trip horror)

• 31 Aug - Specul8 Publishing - Knives, Nightmares and Neon: An 80s Slasher Anthology

September 2025

• 07 Sep - Raconteur Press - It Came From The Pulp: Creature Features (Edited by Spearman Burke)

• 21 Sep - Raconteur Press - Mercs and Mayhem (Edited by Nick Nethery)

• 30 Sep - Undertaker Books - STTYG: Tattoo Edition

October 2025

• 05 Oct - Raconteur Press - Bourbon and Lead: Dime Detective Stories (Edited by D. Jason Fleming)

November 2025

• 02 Nov - Raconteur Press - Pinup Noir: High Class Muscle (Edited by Sam Robb)

• 16 Nov - Raconteur Press - Uncanny Valet (Edited by Rita Beeman)

December 2025

• TBD