Welcome back for this month’s Submission Roundup! Lots of great places to send your stories in July and August! First, though, a disclaimer as always: I’m not a representative for any of these markets, which means if you have questions, please direct them to their respective publishers.

And now onward with this month’s submission calls!

When the Sirens Have Faded
Payment: $15/flat
Length: up to 6,000 words
Deadline: July 13th, 2019
What They Want: A Murder of Storytellers is seeking stories about what happens to the survivors of horror movies after the proverbial credits roll.
Find the details here.

Enchanted Conversation
Payment: $10/flat
Length: 700 to 2,000 words
Deadline: July 20th, 2019
What They Want: An non-themed issue that’s open to stories inspired by fairy tales, folklore, and myth.
Find the details here.

JournalStone
Payment: Standard royalties
Length: 50,000 words and above
Deadline: July 31st, 2019
What They Want: Open to novels and fiction collections in the horror genre.
Find the details here.

The Nightside Codex
Payment: $25/flat
Length: 2,000 to 6,000 words
Deadline: August 1st, 2019
What They Want: Silent Motorist Media is seeking horror and weird fiction about haunted and cursed books, manuscripts, and online text.
Find the details here.

Signal Horizon
Payment: .03/word ($90/max)
Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: August 21st, 2019
What They Want: Open to horror and dark science fiction stories that will work well in an audio format. Darkly comedic elements welcome, but not required.
Find the details here.

Eighteen
Payment: .01/word
Length: 2,000 to 5,000 words
Deadline: September 1st, 2019
What They Want: Underland Press is seeking horror, dark fantasy, crime, mystery, and other speculative fiction stories on the theme of liminal places and ideas as exemplified by the Moon card in the tarot deck. Be sure to see their open call for even more information about what they’re seeking for this anthology.
Find the details here.

Latinx Screams
Payment: .05/word
Length: up to 5,000 words (though up to 3,500 words preferred)
Deadline: September 13th, 2019
What They Want: The fantastic V. Castro and Brian Lindenmuth are seeking horror stories from Latinx and AfroLatinx authors about protagonists facing and fighting overwhelming fears.
Find the details here.

Happy submitting!