HWA L.A.: For August, 2025
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Tales of Horror
Magazine
https://ashtonspot.com/talesofhorror/
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: Intermittent. Currently
open, but may close at any time.
Reprints?: Yes
Response: unknown
Description: Non-themed horror short
fiction and poetry (seemingly with a preference to work that touches on the
classic style).
https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines
Payment: 8–10 cents a word (9
cents a word for non-fiction)
Story Length: up to 20,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: 2–3 months
Description: Science fiction stories
in which some aspect of future science or technology is so integral to the plot
that, if that aspect were removed, the story would collapse.
TWO SEPARATE ANTHOLOGIES from Flame Tree Publishing
Payment: 8 cents a word (6 cents/ word for reprints)
Story Length: 3,000–4,000 words (soft range)
Deadline: August 24, 2025
Reprints?: Yes
Response: within 4 months of the submission deadline
• The Valkyries: Fiction stories that explore and expand on existing tales
associated with Valkyries (not simply retelling classic tales) or imagine
completely new names and narratives for those who have never seen the limelight.
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/the-valkyries-call-for-submissions
• Odysseus: Fiction
short stories that present the fully formed, rounded and complex figure that is
Odysseus, from his point of view and as others see him, as he faces the
challenges of living up to the expectations put upon him.
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/odysseus-call-for-submissions
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents/ word original; 2 cents/ word reprint (range for non-fiction)
Story Length: 1,000–10,000 words
(focus on shorter form)
Deadline: Opens ONLY the 1st and 2nd day only of every
month.
Reprints?: Yes
Response: abt. 2 months
Description: Well written original stories in science fiction, fantasy,
myth, fairy tales, and eldritch; in written, podcast, video, and/or graphic
story form, and from around the world. We care about character, plot, ideas,
and storytelling ability. We accept both serious and humorous work (no horror).
Also interested in poetry and non-fiction (articles).
Crepuscular Magazine (drabble/flash
fiction)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/submission-85137677
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: up to 250 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: undeclared (seems to
average less than one month)
Description: Microfiction stories
exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas between
this and that, here and there, night and day, alive and dead, evil and good,
feminine and masculine, up and down, real and unreal. If you're not quite sure
what that means, lean into that feeling... While we lean toward speculative
pieces, we have a love for those in-betweeny pieces that blur genre. We accept
horror (both spec and non), fantasy, science fiction, general/literary fiction,
and everything in between.
https://www.sanspress.com/submissions
Payment: €200 flat rate
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: August 31, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: All genres: stories
that are ready to get their hands dirty in the making of a newer, fairer world;
it is for the characters that are driven not for the love of power but for
solidarity, for genuine belief, and for a refusal to surrender to cynicism and
despair.
https://remains.uk/pages/submissions
Payment: Unknown. ESTIMATE
1–3 cents a word (negotiated)
Story Length: Unknown. Previously
open to work up to 10,000 words; however suggested probably no more than 5,000
words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Non-themed, general
audience, thoughtful horror. From the former editor of Black Static Magazine.
https://talestoterrify.com/submissions/
Payment: 2 cents a word (1
cent/ word for reprints)
Story Length: 2,000–10,000 words
Deadline: Currently open. Unknown
when will close
Reprints?: Yes
Response: up to 3 months
Description: Non-themed short
horror, dark fantasy, and other disturbing fiction. We want to read works that
threaten to bleed into our reality and corrupt something as ordinary as a
toaster. Anything is allowed as long as it’s well-conceived and well-written.
Deadly Duos: Funfair (Dreadstone
Books anthology)
https://www.dreadstonebooks.com/submissions
Payment: £0.01 per word
(capped at 3,000 words)
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
(prefer only up to 3,000 words)
Deadline: September 30, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: within 1 month of the submission deadline
Description: Dark tales from the
fairground—twisted rides, carnivals of terror, sideshows, and the sinister
shadows behind the bright lights.
