Submissions for the 2025 Anthology are not yet open.
We are currently looking for 1-2 people to join our Editorial Board for 2025.
Theme : TBD
Submissions Guidelines:
- Word count: 1,000 to 3,000
- Submissions accepted: DATE – DATE
- Both published and unpublished authors are welcome to submit.
- Submissions will be accepted in the following genres:
- Mainstream
- Action/Thriller
- Mystery
- Romance
- Speculative Fiction
- Young Adult
- This a commercial, short-fiction anthology. No poetry, flash fiction, fan fiction, content for young readers (middle grade or younger), gratuitous content, content for the inspirational market, experimental or slipstream fiction, scripts, or nonfiction (including memoir or personal essay) will be accepted.
- Submissions must be original, unpublished works. Submissions may not have been previously published or accepted for publication. “Published” includes self-published or independently published works on major distribution websites like Amazon or Smashwords. “Published” includes publication in other anthologies, magazines or e-zines. “Published” does not include stories posted on your personal website.
- No simultaneous submissions, please.
- Multiple submissions accepted, so long as each entry follows submissions guidelines.
- Electronic submissions only. Please look for the online submissions form here as soon as the submissions period opens DATE.
- Please format your entry as follows:
- Your name must not appear anywhere on the story.
- GoogleDoc OR Word document only (.doc or .docx).
- Filename = the title of your story
- 12-point Courier New or Times New Roman
- Double spaced
- One-inch margins all around
- Header including story title and page number (but not your name)
- Drop the first line of your story 1/3 of the way down the first page.
- Please edit and proofread your story carefully before you submit. We will not consider multiple drafts of the same story.