Current Writing Opportunities

A place for Publishers and Writers to post open calls for professional rate paying horror publications (defined as $25 USD or above).. All posts should have viable links, and contain payment information. No thanks necessary for being added to the group.

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This is a group for the posting of calls for submissions ONLY. Promotions, links, memes, spam, and any other posts will be deleted. NOTE: Admins will from time to time post informational posts (such as Writer Beware) that are helpful to our members.

2. All posts require the approval of an admin, so don’t bother trying to get around Rule # 1.

Have you heard of an open submission call from a publisher? Then post here and share with the group! That way, we can keep each other in the loop of special calls from publishers.

Please note that anyone sharing links here is just a sharing of information about open calls, and not to the legitimacy of the call or of the company promoting the open call. Please do research before submitting a piece to any company.

Submission call discussion, searches, questions, legitimacy concerns, etc. is allowed and encouraged in this group.

When posting an open call, please include if the call is for a paying market. If unknown, please post unknown.

A place for Publishers and Writers to post open calls for CRIME THRILLER OR MYSTERY Publications. All posts MUST have viable links. ALL SPAM WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT WARNING! No thanks necessary for being added to the group

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A Facebook group for posting and finding open calls. Although the focus is on speculative markets, all genres are welcome.

41 Themed Calls for Submissions

These are calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: folk horror; holiday; the unmaking; thresholds; arms & armor; alchemy; who gets to be American?; communication; long-term relationships; cats; the language of flowers; eerie Christmas; and soilpunk.

This is a wesbiste that is all about learning to write.  However, they do hold contests. 

Contests are a great way to sharpen your submission skills, stretch your imagination, and get your work out in the world. That’s why the Institute runs adult and kidlit writing contests throughout the year. 

Each children’s book writing contest culminates in a Winners Webinars where we announce the winners and critique the winning entries to help all entrants improve their skills. Plus, each contest has cash prizes for the top five entries.

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NOTE: Please read all submission guidelines.  This webiste link is provided for you to help you find avenues for writing. 

Erica Verrillo has written seven books and published five. She doesn't know why anyone with an ounce of self-preservation would ever want to publish. But, if you insist on selling your soul to the devil, learn how to do it right: marketing, literary agents, book promotion, editing, pitching your book, how to get reviews, and ... most important of all ... everything she did wrong.