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Haunted Words Press

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A literary zine publishing stories, poetry and visual art of all genres, all with some element of the gothic, the peculiar, or the spooky. Our audience is middle grade (8-12) and young adult (12-18).

Highlights

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  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    21 days after submission*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    34 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    23.49%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

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  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    From the editors

    Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

How to submit

  • Processs

    Email

  • Cover letter

    a short bio no more than 100 words about yourself.

  • Eligibility

    LGBTQ+, Nonbinary, Women, Young Creators

  • Formatting

    Short stories and flash fiction should be in times new roman with 12 pt. font and 1.5 line spacing. Use page numbers if your work is longer than one page. For short stories, flash fiction, and poetry, attach the piece(s) as a pdf. For visual art, attach the piece(s) as either a jpg or png.

  • Author's rights

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

    Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Accept previously published Our audience is middle grade (8-12) and young adult (12-18). We want to publish works of the spooky, the dark, the peculiar, the strange, the magical. give us romance, horror, mystery, adventure. any and all genres are accepted. We want all of it. Contributors to the quarterly themed digital issues will be put into the printed anthology for that year and receive a free contributor copy of the anthology. Contributors to special printed collections (like the 2023 Pride collection We Will Not Stay Buried) will receive a free contributor copy of their work.

Tracker statistics

37

Total submissions tracked

34 days

Average response time

23.49%

Average acceptance rate

4 days

Fastest response time

98 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 189 days, 175 days

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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

25.00%

12-month average acceptance rate

32 days

12-month average response time

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About

We welcome you to Haunted Words Press, a literary magazine publishing tales of the gothic, the peculiar, and the downright spooky for middle grade and young adult readers.

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    Halle Merrick

    Editor-in-Chief