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 - Gradeside Stories (middle grade/YA horror)

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

• Jay Henge - 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 - 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)

• Red Penguin - Neon Realms (Urban Fantasy)

• Red Penguin - Enchanted Hearts (fantasy romance)

• Red Penguin - Shadows & Sorcery (dark fantasy)

• 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)

February

• 01 Feb - June Road Press - TBD (poetry about a cross-country road trip)

• 03 Feb - Carrion Press - RATKING (entanglement and freedom)

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

• 13 Feb - Denver Horror Collective - Sinister Systems (SF horror)

• 14 Feb - Opal Kingdom Press - Tentacles and Tides (non-mermaid sea creatures)

• 15 Feb - The Slab Press - Obsidian (space horror novelette)

• 15 Feb - National Flash Fiction Day - NFFD Anthology 2026: BRIDGES

• 15 Feb - Flame Tree Fiction - Vampires

• 16 Feb - Women Writing for (a) Change - We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

• 17 Feb - Epona Muse Publishing - A Year of Horse Fantasy

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

• 27 Feb - Ps & Qs Publishing - Killer Kaiju

• 27 Feb - British Science Fiction Association - Fission (SF)

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

• 28 Feb - Ink'd - Heightened Anxiety (thriller/suspense)

• 28 Feb - The Slab - Screams and Wails (rock horror)

• 28 Feb - Nyctalocos: A Collection of Night Terrors (night terrors)

• 28 Feb - Indie Bites - Ruins & Rituals (fantasy; free promotional anthology)

• 28 Feb - Black Beacon Books - The Fourth Black Beacon Book of Mystery

• 28 Feb - Scylla Publishing - Who Am I? A Sapphic Spec Fic Anthology of Identity and Purpose

• 28 Feb - Shtriga Books - Slavic Supernatural, Volume 2

• 28 Feb - The Slab Press - Screams and Wails (rock horror)

• 28 Feb - Code Blue Publishing - Tales from the Bedside (medical fiction & nonfiction)

• 28 Feb - Ruth Anna Evans Horrors - NEED: Horror Stories You Can't Live Without

• 28 Feb - Vanessa Finaughty Books - Space Wizards, Vol. 1

• 28 Feb - Little Red Bird Literary - Dark Speculations: Tales of Various Shapes and Shadows

• 28 Feb - Brain Mill Press - Ab Terra - An Internationa Science Fiction Anthology 

• 28 Feb - Words That Matter - Things Left Unsaid (conversations you most wanted to have)

• 28 Feb - Chthonic Matter - Nyctalocos: A Collection of Night Terrors

March

• 01 Mar - Rogue River - Horrific: Tales of the Dying and the Dead

• 01 Mar - Brain Mill Press - Ab Terra 2025: An International Science Fiction Anthology

• 01 Mar - Transcendent Fiction Publishing - Verify You’re Not Human (therian/otherkin)

• 02 Mar - Jamie Flanagan - Views from the Overlook ("The Shining" tribute, ONE DAY ONLY)

• 02 Mar - Simple But Complex - Twisted History (COMIC; history reinterpreted through supernatural, mythical, or eerie lens)

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

• 13 Mar - M Presents Publishing - Book of Madness (Cthulhu mythos, cosmic horror)

• 15 Mar - Beaches & Trails - Split Ends (psychological thriller)

• 15 Mar - Pebble - Our Lake In Winter (Lake Michigan in winter)

• 16 Mar - The Cabin - Writers in the Attic, Vol 15: Hodgepodge

• 20 Mar - Alien Buddah Press - Alien Buddha Talks to Animals (pets or wild animals, no mythicall creatures)

• 20 Mar - The Writer Monk - Festival Season

• 30 Mar - Outsider Publishing - Mythology Anthology (classic myths)

• 31 Mar - Pub 518 - Droids & Dragons

• 31 Mar - Air & Nothingness - Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity (hard SF)

• 31 Mar - Cohesion Press - SNAFU: Level Up (LitRPG)

• 31 Mar - Dreampunk Press - TEETH (eerie, creepy, Gothic)

• 31 Mar - Whitaker Lyon - Richmond Fantastic (spec fic set in Richmond, VA)

• 31 Mar - Inkd Publishing - Behind the Shadows IV (horror)

• 31 Mar - Critical Blast Publishing - Fantastic Voyages (portal stories)

• 31 Mar - Flash Fiction Online - Tiny Gods (small, personal rituals and moments of worship)

• 31 Mar - Whisper House Press - Doomscroll (social media horror)

• 31 Mar - Gypsum Sound Tales - Colp: Technologic

• 31 Mar - Gypsum Sound Tales - A Thuggish Itch (bear antagonist)

• 31 Mar - Inkd Publishing - Behind the Shadows IV

April

• 01 Apr - Scotia Road Books - When We Gather to Eat: An Anthology of Hunger, Heritage & Healing (fiction & non-fiction)

• 01 Apr - Saddlebag Dispatches - Mustang Award (Western flash fiction)

• 01 Apr - Rooted Literary Magazine - Rooted in: Music

• 01 Apr - Android Press - The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology

• 01 Apr - Dead Birds Publishing - Unsettling Settings

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

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

• 15 Apr - Neon Hemlock Press - What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style

• 15 Apr - Lowell & Benson Publishing - Roots & Rivers: A Journey Through World Folklore

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

• 30 Apr - WolfSinger - Voices for the Voiceless (guardianship, courage, and compassion)

• 30 Apr - The Writer's Co-op - The Rabbit Hole Vol 9 (Weirdness Itself)

• 30 Apr - Outsider Pubishing - Charitiy Anthology for Immigration Rights

• 30 Apr - GLAHW - James’ Recurring Nightmares (theme: Comics; charity for the Dominican Literacy Center)

May

• 01 May - Jason Abofsky - Guardians of Mistforge: Knight Patrol (shared world)

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

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

• 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

June

• 01 Jun - Words by Edward - Creatures & Teachers (shared world)

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

• 15 Jun - Tundra Swan Press - Earth Resists and Reclaims (eco-horror)

• 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

July

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

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

• 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

August

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

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

• 30 Aug - Code Blue Publishing - Echoes from the Other Side (medical fiction & nonfiction)

• 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

September

• 24 Sep - Raconteur - Giant Killer Kaiju

• 30 Sep - WolfSinger Publications - Reflections in the Machine

October

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

• 10 Oct - Bayonet Books - Necro Hamster (Necromancer hamster. No, really.)

November

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

December

• TBD