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Scream Queens: A Women in Horror Anthology
Releasing March 2027 for Women in Horror month, Dark Moon Rising Publications has opened submissions for Scream Queens: A Women in Horror Anthology
Submission Guidelines: Microfiction to 5k (flexible word count). What we want: All female authors writing all genres of horror (no limits of extreme for the adult women anthology.) We want it all!! All the Tropes, all the stereo types, but most importantly, we want strong female lead characters taking back their voice, their role, and not merely surviving but kicking @ss.
12 point font Times New Roman.
Reprints Accepted
Crisp and polished edited work.
No inline email submissions are allowed must be docx attachments. Make sure your submission has your name in the document. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document
Deadline: January 1, 2027 and scheduled for release March 2027
Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PNS2yzCxf/
Please send submissions to Submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Scream Queens submission in subject line.
Scream Queenettes: A Women in Horror YA Anthology
Releasing March 2027 for Women in Horror month, Dark Moon Rising Publications has opened submissions for Scream Queens: A Women in Horror Anthology
Submission Guidelines: Microfiction to 5k (flexible word count). What we want: All female authors writing all genres of horror (no limits on extreme for the adult women's anthology). We want it all!! All the Tropes, all the stereotypes, but most importantly, we want strong female lead characters taking back their voice, their role, and not merely surviving but kicking @ss.
YA rules: sex allowed but not descriptive, cussing allowed, limit extreme situations (No SA, CSA, explicit graphic violence). If you wouldn't want your kid to read or watch it, then don't send it. These stories are screened by an actual teenager for acceptance.
12 point font Times New Roman.
Reprints Accepted
Crisp and polished edited work.
No inline email submissions are allowed must be docx attachments. Make sure your submission has your name in the document. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document
Deadline: January 1, 2027 and scheduled for release March 2027
Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18YQ2NfTV1/
Please send submissions to MaryjaneHill.Acquisitions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Scream Queenettes submission in subject line.
Pitch Dark: A Dark Romance Anthology
Calling all Dark Romance writers!
Pitch Dark: A Dark Romance Anthology, curated by Megan Guilliams and publishing through Dark Moon Rising Publications, is accepting submissions for your morally gray, black, and pitch-black short stories. We want your SK’s, your stalkers, your no redemption arcs! We want your trigger warnings and dubious content! We want it all!
5k-10k word count. Make sure your submission has your name in the document. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document. Also include if it is a reprint or original.
Reprints Accepted
Crisp and polished edited work.
December 1, 2026.
Pay: $5 for reprints $10 for original submissions.
Please send submissions to MeganGuilliams.Acquisitions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Pitch Dark- Your Title- Your Name submission as subject line
Venom and Velvet: A Dark Romantasy Anthology
Calling all Dark Romantasy writers!
Venom and Velvet: A Dark Romantasy Anthology, publishing through Dark Moon Rising Publications, is accepting submissions or your morally gray, unapologetically dark romantasy short stories. Give us your:
Fae, Shifters, Vampires, Gods, Demon/Devils, Mermaids/Sirens, Angels/Reapers, Guardian beasts, and other dark fantasy creatures. We want dark arcs, no redemption arcs, enemies to lovers, obsession, devotion, and desire. Bring us the shadows. Bring us the venom. Bring your trigger warnings! We want it all! Spicy/explicit allowed.
5k-10k word count. Make sure your submission has your name in the document. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document. Also include if it is original or a reprint.
Reprints Accepted
Crisp and polished edited work.
December 1, 2026.
Pay: $5 for reprints $10 for original submissions.
Please send submissions to Submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Venom and Velvet- Your Title- Your Name submission as subject line
Nightmare on Horror Street: The Big Book of Terror Anthology
Calling all Horror writers!
Nightmare on Horror Street: The Big Book of Terror, publishing through Dark Moon Rising Publications, is accepting submissions for your best horror stories! There is no theme for this anthology. We just want your best horror. The gore. The extreme. The splatter and the punk. Serial killers. Slashers. Stalkers. Ghosts. Vampires. Bumps in the night. Zombies. Everything! We. Want. It. All. Terrify us!
Microfiction to 5k word count. 12-point font Times New Roman. No inline email submissions are allowed must be docx attachments. Please include in your email the word count, the title of the piece, and the name of the person submitting it. Do not just send a document. Also include in your document a query page with the title of the story, your name, email, and word count. SAVE YOUR DOC as ANTHOLOGY TITLE-YOUR TITLE-YOUR NAME. If you do not follow the guidelines, your submission will be overlooked.
Reprints Accepted
One submission per person
Crisp and polished edited work.
Deadline: Open Until Full
Pay: Exposure only.
Please send submissions to submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Nightmare on Horror Street- Your Title- Your Name submission as subject line
The Beast Under Your Bed: YA Horror
Remember when you were younger, and you couldn't wait to snag the next copy of Goosebumps, Fear Street, or read another Christopher Pike book? Growing through horror from elementary school to high school. Remember when Gremlins came out, and it was the scariest thing next to the adult "Critters" movie? Or when Tim Burton graced us with the first children's bizarro movie? Those memories are slowly becoming just that...memories. It's time our youth are given another chance to read as we did. "The Beast Under Your Bed" specializes in child and teenage horror. Up to the pre-teen age for content and up to high school age for reading comprehension, the stories should be filled with enough horror to frighten them, but with an ending to keep them coming back for more. PG writing is a requirement! No cursing or dropping F-bombs. Stories need to be clean of adult content (these will literally be marketed to young kids to high schoolers). Send in your best creepy monsters in your closet, vampires outside your window, and Monster Land under your bed (Remember the movie with Fred Savage, Little Monsters? Epic movie and perfect to show the fear but courage that children and teens have to face their fears.) Get creative. No graphic gore, no extreme horror. But horror is necessary.
3k-10k word count. Make sure your submission has your name in the document. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document.
Reprints Accepted
Crisp and polished edited work.
No deadline, ongoing project with multiple volumes.
At this time, this is for exposure only and no royalties to be paid for submissions.
Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/2024371574357123
Please send submissions to MaryjaneHill.Acquisitions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Beast Under Your Bed submission as subject line
White Trash Beautiful: An Anthology of Short Stories, Poetry, and Art
Dark Moon Rising Publications is now accepting submissions for a compilation of dark poetry, short stories, and art
Dark poetry is a broad spectrum for a poet. It can be the screaming of the silent mind or the aching of a broken heart. It can be the monsters that crawl from the depths of one's soul or the monsters that crawl from the darkest pit.
We are looking for poems and stories or even artwork that shows the beauty in all things deemed imperfect, dark, and unbeautiful. Beauty does exist in the minds and souls of those that feel lost, trapped, or free floating in their own darkness. Let your screams be heard so that all know that even though it is inky black in there, there is some light that shines momentarily allowing you to share your pain, your triumphs, and your words locked deeply away.
Up to 3 poems per submission (quota met)/ 1 short story per submission/ 3 artwork submissions
No line requirement for poetry/ 3k to 10k for short stories
Word document file for submissions unless artwork is being submitted. Please make sure the title of your piece and your name are what the document is titled as well as put it in your email submission
At this time, this is for exposure only and no royalties to be paid for submissions.
Deadline: open until full
Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/485955994536279
Please send submissions to Submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with White Trash Beautiful submission as subject line.
Breaking the Habit: A Horror Tribute to Link Park
Breaking the Habit: A Horror Tribute to Linkin Park will be accepting horror submissions to raise mental health awareness, publishing through Dark Moon Rising Publications. All proceeds will be donated to To Write Love On Her Arms. Submission Guidelines: micro fiction to 5k (flexible word count). Horror of all genres accepted, especially mental health horror, body horror, and addiction horror. Horror poetry/dark poetry. Pick a song from one of their albums and interpret it for your short story or poetry. No direct lyrics are allowed to be used or just a retelling of the song. Show me what those lyrics feel to you.
12 point font Times New Roman.
No inline email submissions allowed must be docx attachment. Make sure your submission has your name in the document or in the document title. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document
Up to 3 poems and/or 1 piece of fiction.
Reprints Accepted
Crisp and polished edited work.
Deadline open until full.
Facebook group:https://facebook.com/groups/1251979442610914
Please send submissions to Submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Breaking the Habit Submission as subject line
Confessions from the Think Tank Vol 2
Confessions from the Think Tank Vol 2 is a horror anthology accepting submissions, publishing through Dark Moon Rising Publications.
Submission Guidelines: Microfiction to 5k (flexible word count). Urban legends, cryptids, aliens, black ops, UAPs, conspiracy theories, Cabal, thinking pieces, folk legends, mythology, etc.
12 point font Times New Roman.
Reprints Accepted
Crisp and polished edited work.
No inline email submissions are allowed must be docx attachments. Make sure your submission has your name in the document. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document
Deadline open until full.
Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1037446207906282
Please send submissions to RobTannahill.Acquisitions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Confessions from the Think Tank submission in subject line.
Teen Screams Vol 2: A YA Horror Anthology
Teen Screams Vol 2: A YA Horror Anthology (Not suitable for children under 13) Extreme Horror for Young Adults
This anthology series will focus on the older side of Young Adult horror and highlight the social settings of teenagers in modern-day living. Sex, drugs, and F-Bombs are allowed (well, more so required). Fear Street movies are an example of accepted horror, as well as other horror movies that feature people under the age of 18 as the main characters. The Midnight Club miniseries, The Faculty, Ginger Snaps, Final Destination, Scream, and all your classic teenage horror-themed movies are the types of stories this anthology is looking for. We want all the normal things in horror, just no elaborate descriptions or erotica. (Reference movies in the genre for quick tips).
Submission Guidelines: Font size 12 Times New Roman format. Docx attachment (no inline email submissions). 3-10k (flexible word count). Include the anthology title, your name, and the title of the piece in the document file name, in the document, and in your submission. All genres of horror are welcome. Just make sure they YA based.
Reprints accepted. No royalties exposure only.
Crisp and polished edited work.
Deadline: open until full.
Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/2086421395106428
Please send submissions to MaryjaneHill.Acquisitions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Teen Screams Vol 1 in the subject line.
We All Scream for... HALLOWEEN!: A Halloween in July Anthology
Rudolf had Christmas in July. Well, I scream. You scream. We All Scream for... Halloween!
We All Scream for... Halloween! And you guessed it. It's a Halloween Anthology! Give us your best Halloween stories!
Submission Guidelines
Microfiction up to 5k Halloween/Fall themed stories. Reprints accepted. 12-point font Times New Roman. No inline email submissions are allowed must be docx attachments. One story submission per person. Please include in your email the word count, the title of the piece, and the name of the person submitting it. Do not just send a document. Also include in your document a query page with the title of the story, your name, email, and word count. If you do not follow the guidelines, your submission will be overlooked.
Crisp and polished edited work.
At this time, this is for exposure only, and no royalties are to be paid for submissions.
Deadline: April 1, 2026 and slated for July 1, 2026 release
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3728328514098789
Please send submissions to Submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with We All Scream for... Halloween! Submission in the subject line.
Game Over: Thank You for Playing Horror Anthology
We are looking for submissions based on your favorite board game as a child or adult, card game, sport, playground game, or video game set in a Bizarro-type fiction where playing the game ends up Jumanji style, except with more mayhem and chaos. Example: Hungry, Hungry Hippos is a fight to the death against hippos after starting the game. Candyland, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Sorry!, Mousetrap, Don't Wake Dad, etc. With card games, sports, and playground games, nefarious things that happen but outside the box thinking. Or come up with your own game! All genres of horror accepted.
Microfiction up to 5k game themed stories. Reprints accepted. 12-point font Times New Roman. No inline email submissions are allowed must be docx attachments. One story submission per person. Please include in your email the word count, the title of the piece, and the name of the person submitting it. Do not just send a document. Also include in your document a query page with the title of the story, your name, email, and word count. If you do not follow the guidelines, your submission will be overlooked.
Crisp and polished edited work.
At this time, this is for exposure only, and no royalties are to be paid for submissions.
Deadline: Open until full
Join the group for claimed stories. Only one game per writer will be accepted so write it the best you can! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1699621474167265
Please send submissions to Submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Game Over Submission in the subject line.
Black Friday: A Mid-Holiday Anthology
Submission Guidelines
Microfiction up to 5k All Holidays from Thanksgiving through Christmas/Fall-Winter themed stories (Especially Black Friday stories). Reprints accepted. 12-point font Times New Roman. No inline email submissions are allowed must be docx attachments. One story submission per person. Please include in your email the word count, the title of the piece, and the name of the person submitting it. Do not just send a document. Also include in your document a query page with the title of the story, your name, email, and word count. If you do not follow the guidelines, your submission will be overlooked.
Crisp and polished edited work.
At this time, this is for exposure only, and no royalties are to be paid for submissions.
Deadline: September 1, 2026 and slated for November 1, 2026 release
Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3728328514098789
Please send submissions to Submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Black Friday Submission in the subject line.