Volume 2 – 2022 “Objects of Horror”
Volume 3 – 2023 “Mind Terrors”
Volume 4 – 2024 “Body Horror” – Coming Soon
Welcome to the landing page for our Horror Anthologies presented by SFWG and Cloaked Press.
Our 2024 Theme is: Body Horror
Body horror, or biological horror, is a subgenre of horror that intentionally showcases grotesque or psychologically disturbing violations of the human body or to any other creature.
Below are the requirements:
- Word Count Range: 2500-8000 words
- Genres accepted: Mystery, Paranormal, Scifi, Fantasy, Horror; and anything in those sub-genres. So long as the main theme is accomplished!
- Submissions Open: May 1st, 2024
- Deadline: June 15th, 2024
We want to see your best work, so make sure you get beta-readers and critique partners to look at it! But you don’t need to hire an editor.
When submitting please include the following in your query:
- Your name
- Your pen name if you’re writing under a different name
- Subgenre you feel it fits into
- Title of your short story
- A 2-sentence pitch of the story
- Your story must be attached in a .doc or .docx form; we will not accept PDF
- Your story must be 12pt, Times New Roman, Double-Spaced
- A short bio about yourself and your writing resume
We want to encourage #ownvoices and diverse authors to submit!
Things we do not accept:
- Rape/sexual assault
- Ableism
- Incest
- Erotica-level sex (implied sex is fine; no graphic scenes)
- Animal or child abuse/murder (intentional murder; on screen)
- Non-fiction
- non-horror genres
- Military without heavy SFF elements
- Covid/Pandemic materials will be rejected
- Snuff-esque/fetish murder
- Homophobia/sexism/racism/transphobia–so on. (if it’s part of a character’s dealings like, the MC is queer/Black/etc it would be different.)
- Faith fic (nothing preachy, this is not our demographic overall)
We will review all submissions on a case-to-case basis.
We look forward to your submissions. A total of 12-15 stories will be accepted into the anthology depending on length. We will respond to every query, even rejections.
What we give you, the author:
Selected authors will be contacted for a long bio that will be listed on that author’s page on this website, as well as a short bio for in the book. Authors chosen for the collection will receive $15.00 US, or an author copy of the book free of charge. Additional copies, if desired, will be made available at a reduced price, plus shipping and handling depending on your location.
Submissions are open to all.
Submissions can be sent to horror@cloakedpress.com until June15th, 2024, or until we reach 50 Submissions, whichever comes first.
Thank you, and best of luck!
The SFWG board