With the nights drawing in and the shops filling with Halloween chocolate and sweets that definitely don’t taste as good as they used to, it’s time to launch our winter submissions call here at The Fiction Desk.
Here’s what’s happening this winter:
- Our general submission call is open now. The general call is for stories on any of the themes and genres featured in Fiction Desk anthologies. (Grab yourself a copy of the latest, Inside Voices, if you aren’t sure what that means.)
- Just in case you missed the announcement last month, we’re now also reading submissions for our partner publishers Uncertain Stories. This call is for stories set more-or-less here, more-or-less now, with a supernatural or speculative edge. The first Uncertain Stories anthology is out now, and features illustrations throughout by Lucy Scott (who also drew the wintery landscape above). You’ll definitely want to read it: Get yourself a copy of Broken Ground, and then see the Uncertain Stories submission call here. (This call is also open now.)
- Finally, we’ll be relaunching our annual ghost story call at the end of October, with a new look. Check the website then, or keep an eye on our email newsletter.
The deadline for all of the above calls is Friday, 30th January.
As always, don’t forget to read our submission guidelines before submitting. And don’t worry if you aren’t sure which of the above calls best suits your work – when we read submissions, we do so with all open calls in mind.
