Cosmic Horror Monthly:
Weird and cosmic fiction under 5,000 words
SUBMISSION WINDOW:
January 1st -- 7th
WORDCOUNT:
Under 5k
PAYMENT:
We pay 3 cents (USD) per word for original fiction.
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR:
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.
We strongly favor stories that use contemporary narrative styles.
AUTHORS THEY 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
PLEASE DON'T SEND
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.
Prose Poetry and other types of fiction with unique formatting/spacing are not a good match due to the print layout of the magazine.
REPRINTS?
No.
MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS?
No.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS?
Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please withdraw immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE IN MODERN SHUNN FORMAT (info and templates here: https://www.shunn.net/format/story/ For templates, switch the font from Courier to Times New Roman)
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Submitted via Publications | Moksha. This is a new submission tool we are using. Please do not submit fiction submissions by email.
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