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)

August 2025

• 01 Aug - Howdy Dude Paperbacks - TBD (theme: western short stories, no fantasy)

• 01 Aug - Howdy Dude Paperbacks - TBD (SF stories)

• 01 Aug - Howdy Dude Paperbacks - TBD (Sword & Sorcery stories)

• 01 Aug - Farthest Star Publishing - Acid and Ultraviolence (SF/F/H)

• 01 Aug - 9vt\5 - Annual Anthology (all genres)

• 01 Aug - Fae Corps Publishing - Killing Stroke

• 01 Aug - Bayonet Books - Claus of War: Santa’s Battle Chronicles

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

• 15 Aug - Red Penguin Books - Red

• 15 Aug - Air and Nothingness Press - Mmeory (memory manipulation)

• 15 Aug - Beaches and Trails Publishing - Unseen Agreements (Hidden bargains and pacts)

• 15 Aug - Claudie Arseneault - Common Bonds 2 (aromantic platonic relationships)

• 15 Aug - Tender & Tempting Tales - Midnight, Mischief, and Mistletoe (romance, no erotica)

• 20 Aug - Uncomfortably Dark - Self (S)care : Best of 2025 (2nd call)

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

• 24 Aug - Flame Tree Publishing - The Valkyries

• 24 Aug - Flame Tree Publishing - Odysseus

• 24 Aug - Flame Tree Publishing - Dreams Divine (romantic fantasy; dreams)

• 24 Aug - Flame Tree Publishing - Of Swords & Roses (romantic fantasy; chivalry)

• 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

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

• 31 Aug - Posthuman Press - Neurodiversity and the More-Than-Human

• 31 Aug - Thalia Press - Time After Time (mysteries in historical eras)

• 31 Aug - Sans Press - No Gods No Masters

• 31 Aug - White City Press - Sex and Synthesizers: An Erotic Crime Anthology

• 31 Aug - Warden Comics - Dreamlands Anthology (pitches only; cosmic horror, 4-10 page comics)

• 31 Aug - Quillkeepers Press - Shakespearean Sonnet Anthology

September 2025

• 01 Sep - Eldritch Cat Press - Cemetery Songs (must include a cat, a cemetary, and a song)

• 01 Sep - Divine Feminine Publishing - The Villains Club (villain's POV)

• 01 Sep - Linton Press - Capture This (any genre; a snapshot of someone’s life)

• 03 Sep - Tyche Books - Fascination (nature-fueled magic, witches and dark fae)

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

• 15 Sep - The Writer's Workout - Tales from the Unknown

• 15 Sep - Cicada Books - Lesser Cryptids of Apalachia (folk horror)

• 15 Sep - Campfire Publishing - After Dark, Vol 2 (werewolves and/or vampires)

• 15 Sep - Lonely Cryptid Media - Trans/Port: Trans Speculative Fiction for a Queer Future

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

• 30 Sep - Undertaker Books - STTYG: Tattoo Edition

• 30 Sep - Manawaker - Home Constellations: A sci-fi anthology of unconventional bonds

• 30 Sep - Thalia Press - SPECIAL PROJECT (stories featuring cats, including noir!)

• 30 Sep - Tracy Shew - The Big Book of Quantum Fiction (works with 'quantum' elements)

• 30 Sep - Belanger Books - Steel True, Blade Straight (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes)

• 30 Sep - Inkd Publishing - Hidden Villains: Duos (SF/F)

• 30 Sep - Dreadstone Books - Funfair (fairground/carnival horror)

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)

• 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)

November 2025

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

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

• 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)

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

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

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

December 2025

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

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

• 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)

Coming in 2026

• 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)

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

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

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