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General - Dec 2 - Feb 1, 2024

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General

Dec 2, 2023 - Feb 1, 2024

Guidelines

"The Cellar Door is a biannual anthology of dark fiction. Each issue will contain 8 to 12 stories based around a specific theme and will include a brand new story from a featured author."

"The Cellar Door is a biannual anthology of dark fiction. Each issue will contain 8 to 12 stories based around a specific theme and will include a brand new story from a featured author."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

4 weeks after DL

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    Yes: $25

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: yes

  • Examples online

    No

  • Active on social media

    No

Accepted genres

1 genres

Fiction

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 1

Fiction

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 1

Statistics

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How to submit

Process

Send Submissions to: darkpenpress (at) gmail (dot) com

Cover letters

Include a short bio in the body of your email. Your subject line should read, AT Submission: ("Title") by (Author's Name). For Example, AT Submission: "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. Attach the story as a separate document.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Use the Modern or Classic Shunn Format: https://www.shunn.net/format/story/1/

Rights for published work

We are seeking first time rights for 1 year after publication. After that time all rights revert back to the author. The publication will appear in both print and digital formats.

Additional info

Multiple Submissions: None.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2021 | 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 :)

Aric Sundquist

Editor-in-Chief