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"A magazine devoted to horror fiction, art, and poetry. It is published once a year (Spring) by the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers."
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Open for submissions

Deadline

July 1, 2023

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
six weeks
Average acceptance rate
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Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      yes, print/digital

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      Examples online

      No

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      Active on social media

      No

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 3

All stories need to be Horror—added elements of Dark Sci-Fi, Satire, and/or Dark Fantasy are welcomed.

horror

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Poetry

Max lines: 50

Max pieces: 3

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Art

Full-color cover artwork will be accepted. Interior artwork must be your original work and in black and white only, no color artwork will be accepted for the interior of the magazine.

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Photography

Black and white photographs.

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 3

All stories need to be Horror—added elements of Dark Sci-Fi, Satire, and/or Dark Fantasy are welcomed.

horror

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Poetry

Max lines: 50

Max pieces: 3

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Art

Full-color cover artwork will be accepted. Interior artwork must be your original work and in black and white only, no color artwork will be accepted for the interior of the magazine.

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Photography

Black and white photographs.

Magazine

Founded in ? | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Nicole e. Castle
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

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