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 - Masque & Maelström: The Reluctant Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

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

• Jay Henge Publishing - Pharmacopeia Obscura: The August Doctor’s Notes

• 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

• 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)

• Shacklebound Books - Happily Never After (dark fairy tales)

• Hellbound Books - Beautiful Tragedies 4 (dark poetry)

• Esoterica - Fairytales, Reconsidered

• Thesis - The Folklore Project: A Middle-Grade Anthology

• Amazing Stories - Tales of Galactic Pest Control

• CAAB Publishing - Echoes of Dreams (effects of dreams on reality)

• Angry Gable Press - Cozy in the Apocalypse

October 2025

• 01 Oct - Words By Edward - Star-Crossed (interdimensional dating service)

• 01 Oct - IHRAM Press - Art, Action, Impact: Voices of 21st-century Activism

• 01 Oct - Propaganda Press - Hypersleep Nightmares, Vol 1 (SF/space horror)

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

• 15 Oct - Western Colorado University - Into the Deep, Dark Woods (magic and mystery of the primeval wilderness)

• 15 Oct - Empty Bowl - Working the Woods, Working the Sea (poetry and essays on farming, forestry, ranching, and marine trades in the Cascadia bioregion)

• 19 Oct - Flame Tree Publishing - No Laughing Matter (horror/black humor)

• 17 Oct - Rooted Literary Magazine - Rite (poetry/fiction/etc. about Halloween)

• 28 Oct - Fresh Words - Rewriting Shakespeare (one minute plays/monologues)

• 30 Oct - Dayjob Publishing - Exit Interview

• 31 Oct - Graveside Press - Tiny Terrors 2025

• 31 Oct - DMR Books - Walpurgis Witcheries (sword & sorcery set on Walpurgisnacht)

• 31 Oct - Inkd Publishing - Rebels (any genre)

• 31 Oct - Belanger Books - The Pontine Dossier (articles about Solar Pons or August Derleth)

• 31 Oct - Ps and Qs Publishing - Elven Rock of Ages (band, urban fantasy, shared world)

• 31 Oct - Daft Notions - Humans From Earth (SF/Horror)

• 31 Oct - Parallel Universe Publications - Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 11

• 31 Oct - Death by TBR Books - Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night: A Yuletide Horror Anthology

• 31 Oct - NUNUM - Done in a Hundred Anthology (100 word stories)

• 31 Oct - NUNUM - Opolis Anthology 2026 (Sci-Fi)

• 31 Oct - Inkd Press - Rebels

November 2025

• 01 Nov - Chromosphere Press  - The Magic of Yuletide (Winter holiday fantasy for children 5-13)

• 01 Nov - The Laughing Man House - I Haven’t Seen You Since Highschool! (queer MLM)

• 01 Nov - Propaganda Press - Wetwork Redacted (action & romance)

• 01 Nov - Little Key Press - Clocks (dark fiction, spec fiction, near SF, strange, wondrous)

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

• 03 Nov - Campfire Publishing - Let the Right One Simmer, Vol 1 (horror-themed cookbook)

• 03 Nov - Campfire Publishing - Let the Right One Simmer, Vol 1 (horror themed recipe book)

• 09 Nov - Flame Tree Publishing - Helen of Troy

• 09 Nov - Flame Tree Publishing - Gilgamesh

• 11 Nov - Raconteur Press - INSERT COIN (Edited by David Badurina)

• 15 Nov - Beaches and Trails Publishing - Kissed by the Elements (Romantic meet-cutes in nature)

• 15 Nov - Appalachia Book Company - These Dreaming Hills (fantasy set in Appalachia)

• 15 Nov - Beaches and Trails Publishing - Kissed by the Elements (romance)

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

• 20 Nov - Uncomfortably Dark - Self (S)care : Best of 2025 (3rd call)

• 28 Nov - Fresh Words - Snowfall and Starlight: A Christmas Haiku Anthology

• 30 Nov - Apep Press - Feline Frights: Whiskers Between Worlds

• 30 Nov - Inkd Press - Noncorporeal IV: Phantom Dusk (sppoky; dash of horror)

December 2025

• 01 Dec - Propaganda Press - Northern Light Frights (Alaksan horror)

• 01 Dec - Night Shade Books - Best Horror of the Year 2025

• 01 Dec - Aiden Messer - Are You Really Awake? (dream/nightmare horror)

• 05 Dec - Raconteur Press - Plasma Pulp: Lost Worlds (Edtied by Lawdog)

• 15 Dec - Bayonet Books - Chaos Theory: Cryptid Chronicles

• 15 Dec - Whitaker Lyon - Virginia Fantastic (SF/F set in Virginia, 1k words max)

• 20 Dec - Cannon Publishing - 2026 Third Annual High Caliber Awards (novella)

• 31 Dec - Uncomfortably Dark - Self (S)care : Best of 2025 (4th call)

• 31 Dec - DBS Press - Dracula: Beyond Stoker: Van Helsing

• 31 Dec - Iron Faerie Publishing - Mistletoe and Vine : Hawthorn & Ash Vol 7 (fantasy/horror)

• 01 Dec - Eldritch Cat Press - The Lantern Keepers

• 31 Dec - Black Beacon Books - The Black Beacon Book of Horror 2

• 31 Dec - Oddity Prodigy Productions - Tales of Steel and Sorcery (sword & sorcery)

• 31 Dec - Micromance Magazine - Saltwater And Ash (paramythromantasy anthology)

• 31 Dec - Nat 1 Publishing - "TPK" Fantasy Anthology (Faewalk Shared Universe)

• 31 Dec - Nat 1 Publishing - Gaslamp Pulp (Fantasy)

Coming in 2026

• 02 Jan - Raconteur Press - Pogue, Too (Edited by Liska McCabe)

• 23 Jan - Raconteur Press - Mad Science! Bits & Pieces (Edited by Dave Freer)

• 30 Jan - Ps and Qs Publishing - What’s Your Age Again? (comedic romatic age gap)

• 31 Jan - Ye Olde Dragons - Fairytale (theme TBD)

• 09 Feb - Bayonet Books - Hostile Skies (alien invasion)

• 27 Feb - Raconteur Press - Auntie Heroes (Edited by Rita Beeman)

• 28 Feb - Inkd Publishing - Detectives, Sleuths, and Nosy Neighbors III

• 28 Feb - Beaches and Trails Publishing - Spilt Ends (Psychological Thrillers)

• 13 Mar - Raconteur Press - Crash Landings (Edited by David Badurina)

• 03 Apr - Raconteur Press - For Want of a Nail… (Edited by Bart Kemper)

• 06 Apr - Bayonet Books - Flames of Salvation (draconic redemption)

• 17 Apr - Raconteur Press - The Muse Within Us (Edited by Wally Waltner)

• 15 May - Raconteur Press - Pet Monsters (Edited by David Badurina)

• 29 May - Raconteur Press - Wyrd Warfare 3 (Edited by Chris DiNote)

• 09 Jun - Bayonet Books - Fangs Out: Aerial Combat (dogfights)

• 01 Jul - Three Ravens Publishing - It Came From the Tailer Park, Vol. 6 ("Prison Planet Earth")

• 03 Jul - Raconteur Press - Buck Yeah! (Edited by D. Jason Fleming)

• 31 Jul - Raconteur Press - The Spy Who Conjured Me (Edited by Cedar Sanderson)

• 10 Aug - Bayonet Books - On the Fields of Honor (duels)

• 14 Aug - Raconteur Press - Hold-My-Beer Heroes (Edited by David Badurina)

• 24 Sep - Raconteur Press - Giant Killer Kaiju

• 02 Oct - Raconteur Press - The Wyrd, Wyrd, World of Sports (Edited by Liska McCabe)

• 12 Nov - Raconteur Press - Deep Blue (Edited by Bart Kemper)