Welcome back for this month’s Submission Roundup! Plenty of great opportunities in July and beyond, so if you’ve got a story seeking a home, perhaps you’ll find the perfect market below!

As always, a disclaimer: I’m not a representative for any of these markets; I’m simply spreading the word! Please direct your questions to their respective editors. And with that, onward with July’s Submission Roundup!

Gamut
Payment: .10/word for original fiction; .03/word for reprint fiction; $50/flat for original poetry; $25/flat for reprint poetry
Length: 1,000 to 5,000 words for fiction and nonfiction; open for poetry
Deadline: Ongoing (though the submission portal fills up quickly)
What They Want: Open to dark speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Find the details here.

Spooky Magazine
Payment: .01/word
Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: July 13th, 2024
What They Want: Open to cozy and fun horror in the vein of Ray Bradbury and The Twilight Zone.
Find the details here. 

Dark Spores: Stories We Tell After Midnight
Payment: .05/word
Length: up to 3,000 words
Deadline: July 15th, 2024
What They Want: Crone Girls Press is seeking horror and dark fiction stories about mushrooms, spores, and fungus.
Find the details here. 

The Green Sheaf
Payment: .10/word for fiction; $50/flat for poetry
Length: up to 500 words for fiction; up to 25 lines for poetry
Deadline: August 1st, 2024 (though the submission window might close early)
What They Want: Open to Black female-identifying authors and Black gender-fluid authors, this new publication inspired by the work of Pamela Colman Smith is seeking stories with the theme of Anansi.
Find the details here.

Women in Horror Anthology
Payment: $15/flat
Length: No specified length
Deadline: September 10th, 2024
What They Want: Open to female-identifying authors, this anthology is seeking gothic and fairy tale retellings.
Find the details here. 

Nefarious Bat Press
Payment: $250 advance; 50/50 royalty split
Length: 25,000 to 40,000 words
Deadline: Open October 1st to 31st, 2024
What They Want: Nefarious Bat Press is seeking horror novella submissions from female and nonbinary authors.
Find the details here. 

Happy submitting!