You can also find us on Facebook in the new Team "... and More!" discussion group!

Open Calls

There's really only one way to join #TeamAndMore, and that means getting your story into an anthology. So for you budding authors out there, here are some upcoming open calls you might want to take advantage of.

Caveat emptor! We try not to list anything sketchy, but (a) we're not lawyers, and (b) we're not you. So it's up to you to read the contract and figure out if the terms are acceptable to you. If they are, go for it! If not... move on.

Publishers & Authors - if you have, or know of, an upcoming open call that we should list here, please let us know! Oh, and nothing against magazines, either print or web - but we're all about the anthologies here, so that's all we're listing.

Looking for a previously published open call? You can find them on the "Closed Calls" page.

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):

Until Filled

Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond (bi-monthly magazine-style anthology)
GraveSide - Gradeside Stories (middle grade/YA horror)
Magnolia Silcox - Define Crazy (non-fiction stories of schizophrenia)
DwD Studios - Spy Adventure modules for "White Lies" TTRPG
Angry Gable - Katabatic Circus (poetry)
Angry Gable - Cozy in the Apocalypse
Patchwork Raven - Backyard Earth (five books, stories are based on countries)
Epona Muse - Crip The Sun
Choral Planet - In Perfect Harmony: 50 Inspiring Stories from Choral Musicians Around the World
Collective Tales - Darkness 102: Advanced Lessons Were Learned (102 spots; 102 word flash horror)
Starspun Lit - YA Fantasy (ages 6-16) with an annual anthology
Alien Buddha - Summer Sucks: An Alien Buddha Press Anthology
Shacklebound Books - Happily Never After (dark fairy tales)
Shacklebound Books - Darker Stars (100-word SF horror)
CAAB - One Missed Message
White City - The Inspector Pooh Case Files (novellette/novella)
WATG Press - Dark Tales from the Outside (Horror, gothic, and dark fiction)
ROF Publishing House - Pathways to Imagination - Whispers Made Flesh (stories where the unseen insists on becoming known)
HellBound Books - Cauldron of Blood: Witches, Bitches & Mayhem
Hellbound Books - Beautiful Tragedies 5 (anti-romance poetry anthology)
Pinko Press - No Cause For Alarm (normalized emergency)
Pinko Press - The Slush Pile (stories w/at least 50 rejections)
Folded Space Podcast - Tales to Terrify (Hard SF, audio anthology!)
Purple Ink - The Bimbo Anthology II
Jay Henge - Clockwork Oceans and Lunar Dreams: A Vernean Odyssey
Jay Henge - The Midnight Menagerie at the Edge of Everywhen
Dreamweaver Press - Room 333 (haunted hotel, infinite timelines)
Dreamweaver Press - Dumb Ways to Die (and Undie Again)
Dreamweaver Press - Terror on the High Seas (extreme pirate horror)
Dreamweaver Press - The Executioner’s Ledger (horror in gallows, witch trials, and torture chambers)
Dreamweaver Press - Creature Feature: Redux (B-movie monsters reimagined)
Dreamweaver Press - Hell Nursery Rhymes (childhood isn’t always innocent)
Dreamweaver Press - Body Hackers Anonymous (extreme biotech-body horror)
Dreamweaver Press - The Abduction Files (alien abduction horror)
Dreamweaver Press - My Dead Valentine (undying love - literally)
Dreamweaver Press - You’ve Reached the Afterlife Hotline (messages that shouldn’t exist)
Dreamweaver Press - Static in the Sky (cosmic horror meets sci-fi)
Dreamweaver Press - Inside the Mind of a Monster (from killer's POV)
Dreamweaver Press - Meat Market: Tales of the Butcher’s Block (gore, cannibalism, slaughterhouses)

May

01 May - Jason Abofsky - Guardians of Mistforge: Knight Patrol (shared world)
01 May - Iron Fang Press - Vacations From Hell (H, vacations)
15 May - Raconteur - Pet Monsters (Edited by David Badurina)
15 May - Horrific Scribblings - Extremely Weird Splatter Anthology
15 May - Scribe Vibes - Strange Vibes Weird Fiction Anthology Volume 2
15 May - Screaming Scorpion Press - Sinister Soiree: A Celebration Horror Anthology
15 May - Fifth Wheel PRress - Way Downstream: A Long-Form Prose Anthology
15 May - Unsolicited Press - In Every Generation, An Anthology
16 May - Calendar of Fools - Missed-Fits Anthology
20 May - Cat Eye Press - Don’t Go for the Vault: A Bank Robbery Horror Anthology
29 May - Raconteur - Wyrd Warfare 3 (Edited by Chris DiNote)
29 May - Ps and Qs Publishing - Wyrd Wizard West Anthology
29 May - The Fiction Desk - Uncertain Stories
30 May - DILIM Press - Galleon Dreaming
30 May - Outsider Publishing - 80's Nostalgia Stories
31 May - Code Blue Publishing - Shadows from the Frontline (medical fiction & nonfiction)
31 May - Indie Bites - Quests & Quarrels (fantasy; free promotional anthology)
31 May - Tender and Tempting Tales - Starlit and Spellbound
31 May - Zombies Need Brains - WERE-2 (non-werewolf werecreatures)
31 May - Shacklebound Books - Witches & Warlocks (Dark Fantasy, 100-word stories)
31 May - Soo Generis - Quantum Quill (SF, multiple themese)
31 May - Cardboard Coffin Press - Childhood Fears Anthology

June

01 Jun - Red Penguin Books - Florida
09 Jun - Bayonet Books - Fangs Out: Aerial Combat (dogfights)
15 Jun - Tundra Swan Press - Earth Resists and Reclaims (eco-horror)
15 Jun - Campfire Publishing - Savagery on the Salty Seas (H, maritime)
15 Jun - Tundra Swan Press - Earth Resists and Reclaims (H, climate)
15 Jun - Red Penguin Books - Enchanted Hearts: A Fantasy Romance Anthology
30 Jun - Infernal Museum - Wonderdomes (shared world)
30 Jun - Outsider Publishing - Cook in the Book
30 Jun - HellBound Books - 10th Anniversary Anthology of Horror
30 Jun - HellBound Books - Anthology of Folk Horror
30 Jun - Transcendent Fiction Publishing - Mertails
30 Jun - Inkd Publishing LLC - Beyond the Red Line Anthology
30 Jun - Rebel Goose Books - TBD (science fiction YA graphic novel anthology on AI)

July

01 Jul - Three Ravens - It Came From the Tailer Park, Vol. 6 ("Prison Planet Earth")
01 Jul - Red Penguin Books - California
03 Jul - Raconteur - Buck Yeah! (Edited by D. Jason Fleming)
08 Jul - Wicked Shadow Press - ASYLUMANIA (madness, mania, asylums)
08 Jul - Baneberry - Baneberry Literary Horror Annual
08 Jul - Pistol Jim Pess & M.E. Proctor - Doors, Gates, and Portals (flash fiction)
15 Jul - Dancing Griffon Press - The Dancing Griffin Press Halloween Special
15 Jul - Opal Kingdom Press - Extraordinary Beasts: Hooves and Horns
15 Jul - Dancing Griffin Press - Halloween Special
19 Jul - Black Hare Press - Emerald Places (multi-genre)
22 Jul - The Alchemy Press - Weird Alchemy (weird stories, strange tales, dark fantasy and/or horror)
31 Jul - Raconteur - The Spy Who Conjured Me (Edited by Cedar Sanderson)
31 Jul - Red Cape - Tales of Cosmic Horror
30 Jul - Outsider Publishing - Christmas Chaos 2
31 Jul - HellBound Books - Anthology of Psychological Horror
31 Jul - We Are The Quiet Ones - The Quiet Ones (quiet horror)
31 Jul - The Whumpy Printing Press - After the Hurt
31 Jul - Ps and Qs Publishing - Ghost Con(men) Anthology
31 Jul - A Midnight Kind of Place - Rats
31 Jul - A Midnight Kind of Place - Wasps
31 Jul - A Midnight Kind of Place - Spiders
31 Jul - Scyllia Publishing - The Monstrous & The Divine: A Sapphic Anthology
31 Jul - Exploitation Media - Tales from the Menu (canibalism)
31 Jul - Whitaker Lyon - Meet Virginia: A Romance Anthology
31 Jul - Mystery Rebellion - Spookane: A Spokane-Based Horror Anthology
31 Jul - Three Cousins - Not Your Grandma's Fairy Tales
31 Jul - Oddity Prodigy Productions - Exquisite Engines (steampunk)

August

01 Aug - Beth Martin - Starship Blunder 3: Mission Hospitality
04 Aug - Sans Press - Again (stories of any genre that respond to our title and/or cover art)
04 Aug - Pocketbook Press - The Pocketbook Press Anthology: Volume 1 (winter: cozy, strange, romantic, eerie, or bittersweet)
06 Aug - Villainess - Cozy Fantasy Anthology
10 Aug - Bayonet Books - On the Fields of Honor (duels)
14 Aug - Raconteur - Hold-My-Beer Heroes (Edited by David Badurina)
15 Aug - Rachilde & Co. Books - Decadent Stories for Decadent Times
15 Aug - Inkd Publishing - Cthulhu Awakens
15 Aug - Belanger Books - Beyond the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Sequels
30 Aug - Code Blue Publishing - Echoes from the Other Side (medical fiction & nonfiction)
30 Aug - J.T. Tales - Twisted Bedtime Stories
31 Aug - Julie Bozza - Passing Strange: Queer Weird Arthurian Tales
31 Aug - River Gardener - Monster Mayhem
31 Aug - HellBound Books - Anthology of Body Horror
31 Aug - HellBound Books - Anthology of Found Footage Horror
31 Aug - HellBound Books - Anthology of Technological Horror
31 Aug - Indie Bites - Sorcery & Secrets
31 Aug - Grave Belles - Slasher Summer Anthology
31 Aug - La Rotonde Review / Micromance Magazine - Heart Beats (poem/flash paired with a song)
31 Aug - Metal and Magic - Fantastic Poems
31 Aug - Tyche Books - Slapshots in Space & Magical Marathons: A Speculative Sports Anthology
31 Aug - Easton Tales - Enshrouded: A Horror Anthology
31 Aug - Misti Media - Santa Rage 2: More Tales of Murder and Mayhem
31 Aug - Camden Park Press - Holiday Hijinks – Suitcases and Sleighbells

September

01 Sep - Opal Kingdom Press - Extraordinary Beasts: Scales and Seas
01 Sep - Words by Edward - Creatures & Teachers (shared world)
01 Sep - MCC Zines - Between Stars & Shadows (open theme)
01 Sep - Vigilante - Psycho Pulp (crime, horror, psychological thriller, western, science fiction, ...)
01 Sep - Exquisite Undead - Exquisite Undead (vampires)
15 Sep - Inkd Publishing - Constellations of Becoming: Queer Futures and Other Worlds
15 Sep - WayWords - Tales from the Archives
24 Sep - Raconteur - Giant Killer Kaiju
30 Sep - WolfSinger Publications - Reflections in the Machine
30 Sep - Hearth Stories - The Gren-Wode (world and legends of Robin Hood)
30 Sep - DILIM Press - Sirena's Song
30 Sep - Catamount Press - Ambition in the Mountains: Northern Appalachia and the Making of the Gilded Age (creative non-fiction)
30 Sep - Survivor's Tales - Survivors' Tales (r/NoSleep 1P horror)
30 Sep - Misti Media - Hookers and Handguns: Crime Fiction Solved by Strippers, Streetwalkers and Other People of the Night
30 Sep - Farland's Fiction - Space Ace (sf aromantic)

October

01 Oct - Thinking Ink Press - The Neurodiversiverse: Bridging Worlds
01 Oct - Cracked Anvil Press - Off the Broken Path: Dark Tales of Enchanted Forests
01 Oct - Cryptic Frog Quarterly - Endless Archives, Entrancing Tomes
02 Oct - Raconteur - The Wyrd, Wyrd, World of Sports (Edited by Liska McCabe)
10 Oct - Bayonet Books - Necro Hamster (Necromancer hamster. No, really.)
11 Oct - Belanger Books - Steel True, Blade Straight: The Belanger Books Journal of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Inspired Stories, Poems, and Scholarship
14 Oct - Phantomania - YOU Phantomaniacs (fantasy, all subgenres)
31 Oct - Misti Media - I Want to Know What Love Is: Stories of Romance Inspired by Power Ballads
31 Oct - Belanger Books - The Pontine Dossier: Millennium Edition 2026 Annual

November

01 Nov - Opal Kingdom Press - Extraordinary Beasts: Fires and Fangs
12 Nov - Raconteur - Deep Blue (Edited by Bart Kemper)
20 Nov - Belanger Books - Sherlock Holmes: The Science-Fictional Adventures
30 Nov - The Slab Press - Pyrite (spacefaring; scavenging, piracy, prospecting)

December

01 Dec - Terrorcore Publishing - Tails of Terror (1977 pet emporium horror)
12 Dec - Bayonet Books - Spectres of the Past
31 Dec - Grimalkin Press - Dirty Martini (Fem Horror Noir Anthology)
31 Dec - Misti Media - Tractors and Troubles: Crime Fiction Out on the Farm
31 Dec - Twisted Dreams - Behind the Tape: Urban Crime Thriller Stories
31 Dec - Twisted Dreams - A Quiet Horror: An Anthology of Slow-Burn Horror

2027

08 Jan - Dickinson Publishing Group - G. & M.H.: Deathly Delusions (Tales Of Ghouls and Methamphetaminergic Hypnogogia)
28 Feb - DILIM Press - Under the Volcano
28 Feb - 518 Publishing Company, LLC - A Guide to Mystical Cats

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