Magazine Submissions (Fiction) CLOSED
What do we want?
Weird and cosmic fiction under 5,000 words
When do we want it?
Twice a year: January 1-7 and July 1-7
How do we want it?
Submitted via Publications | Moksha. This is a new submission tool we are using. Please do not submit fiction submissions by email.
Other Stuff!
Please submit your work only once, and please submit only one work per submission period. Please only resubmit works that have already been rejected if invited.
We believe that the horror genre’s diversity is its greatest strength, and we wish that viewpoint to be reflected in our story content and submission queues. We are especially interested in hearing from those whose voices are underrepresented in the cosmic/weird. If comfortable, feel free to drop this information in your cover letter. You can also indicate this using the checkbox on our Moksha submission form.
We strongly favor stories that use contemporary narrative styles.
Prose Poetry and other types of fiction with unique formatting/spacing are not a good match due to the print layout of the magazine.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please withdraw immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
We pay 3 cents (USD) per word for original fiction.
We do not take unsolicited reprints.
What we don’t want
We do not take any work that used AI in its creation, work that uses established genre tropes in a standard way, and queries. Work written in an antiquated, Lovecraftian style is a hard sell.
Authors we love
Mike Allen, Paula D. Ashe, Mona Awad, Laird Barron, Nadia Bulkin, Nicole Cushing, Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, John Langan, Thomas Ligotti, Premee Mohamed, Jon Padgett, Hailey Piper
Fiction (Patreon and Issue 13) CLOSED
These stories will first be published on our Patreon and then collected into a full, print special issue at the end of the year, Issue 13.
What do we want?
Weird and cosmic fiction under 2,000 words
When do we want it?
Once a year, October 1-7
How do we want it?
Submitted via Publications | Moksha. This is a new submission tool we are using. Please do not submit fiction submissions by email.
Fiction (Tribute Issue) CLOSED
The selected author will be announced several weeks before submissions open, but magazine subscribers find out earlier.
What do we want?
Weird and cosmic fiction under 5,000 words, paying homage to the selected author.
When do we want it?
Once a year, March 1-7
How do we want it?
Submitted via Publications | Moksha. This is a new submission tool we are using. Please do not submit fiction submissions by email.
Non-Fiction OPEN
What do we want?
Non-fiction essays that explore weird and cosmic horror concepts under 5,000 words
When do we want it?
Twice a year: January 1-7 and July 1-7
How do we want it?
Submitted via Publications | Moksha.
Other Stuff!
“Weird and cosmic horror concepts” means everything from Lovecraft and his contemporaries to the role of pessimism in horror to a personal essay about the ways weird literature has interacted with your life. This is defined broadly on purpose—don’t self-reject!
We pay 3 cents (USD) per word for original non-fiction.
Creative non-fiction and Gonzo journalism are welcome and encouraged, as are critical or academic analyses, but we do not take book reviews.
Art OPEN
What do we want?
Pieces that you feel might be fitting to appear on the cover or in the interior of the magazine
When do we want it?
We take art submissions all year long.
How do we want it?
Submitted via email to submissions@cosmichorrormonthly.com. If you would like us to consider your portfolio, please provide a link. If you would like us to consider a handful of specific pieces, please attach them as .jpg or .png files.
Other Stuff!
The magazine runs at a size of 5.5 x 8.5. inches.
We generally pay $20 for interior artwork and $100 for cover art. However, these are both negotiable.
We do not publish art that utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its creation.
