Open Anthology Submissions
Dark Moon Rising Publications is now accepting submissions for a compilation of poetry and prose with a specific flare for heartache, heart break, and loss of lovers.
Piece by Piece: An Anti-Valentine's Day Collection
Poetry and Prose
Do you remember that guy or girl you did everything for? The one you walked on water for, bent over backward for and sacrificed your own happiness to please them... The one who ended up leaving you distraught, numb, and dying on the floor? Revenge of love is the best remedy to soothe your burning soul! Piece by Piece is an Anti-Valentine's Day Collection for poetry. Massacres, heartbreak hotel, obsessive love; the one thing they all have in common: The color red that smears the walls and allays the maniacal laughs of the once dying and broken soul.
Up to 3 pieces of poetry/ 1 piece of prose micro to 5k (flexible word count)
Times New Roman 12 pt font
Deadline: January 15th
Word doc or docx Make sure your submission has your name in the document. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document
Reprints Accepted
Must be broken heart themed
Crisp and polished edited work.
Please send submissions to submissions@darkmoonrisingpublications.com with Piece by Piece as subject line
At this time, this is for exposure only and no royalties to be paid for submissions.
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/993193939242993
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 like 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 closest, 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.
Please send submissions to submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Beast Under Your Bed submission as subject line
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2024371574357123
The Beauty in Darkness Anthology
Dark Moon Rising Publications is now accepting submissions for a compilation of dark poetry and short stories.
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 dark. 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/ 1 short story per submission/ 3 artwork submissions (Currently seeking solely short stories to get an even dynamic between stories and poetry)
No line requirement for poetry/ micro fiction to 10k for short stories
Reprints Accepted
Crisp and polished edited work.
Word document file for submissions unless artwork is being submitted. Make sure your submission has your name in the document. Please include anthology title, your name, and title for the saved document
At this time, this is for exposure only and no royalties to be paid for submissions.
Please send submissions to submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Beauty in Darkness submission as subject line
Closing late November early December
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/540377805071606
Last Christmas: A Holiday Horror Anthology
Submission guidelines: Microfiction up to 5k Christmas/Winter themed (including any mythologies/holiday stories for the time of year and other religious observances around the time for Christmas). 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.
Please send submissions to submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Last Christmas Anthology Submission in the subject line.
Deadline: November 25, 2024 and slated for Black Friday release
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/910264221148919
Opening for submissions December 1, 2024, 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.
Please send submissions to Submissions@darkmoonrisingpublications.com with Breaking the Habit Submission as subject line
Deadline open until full.
Facebook group: https://facebook.com/groups/1251979442610914
Opening for submissions December 1, 2024 Confessions from the Think Tank Vol 2 is a horror anthology accepting submissions, publishing through Dark Moon Rising Publications. All proceeds will be donated to U.S. Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation to help send kids to Space Camp to build the next generation of explorers, engineers, and scientists.
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
Please send submissions to Submissions@darkmoonrisingpublications.com with Confessions from the Think Tank submission in subject line.
Deadline open until full.
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1037446207906282
Opening December 1st, 2024 for Submissions
Teen Screams Vol 1: 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.
Please send submissions to Submissions@darkmoonrisingpublications.com with Teen Screams Vol 1 in the subject line.
Deadline: open until full.
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2086421395106428
Rudolf had Christmas in July. Well, I scream. You scream. We All Scream for... Halloween!
Opening for submissions December 1, 2024, Dark Moon Rising Presents 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.
Please send submissions to submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with We All Scream for... Halloween! Submission in the subject line.
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3728328514098789
Deadline: May 1, 2025 and slated for July 1, 2025 release
Opening for submissions December 1, 2024 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.
Please send submissions to submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Game Over Submission in the subject line.
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
Deadline: June 1, 2025 and slated for August 1, 2025 release
Opening for submissions December 1, 2024, Dark Moon Rising Presents 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.
Please send submissions to submissions@DarkMoonRisingPublications.com with Black Friday Submission in the subject line.
Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3728328514098789
Deadline: September 1, 2025 and slated for November 1, 2025 release