An Open Call for Horror Themed Literature

• Submission period is CLOSED. Thank you to everyone who submitted!

The Buckham Fine Arts Project announces its first literary call for submissions to be considered for publication in an anthology centered on the Horror genre. The publication and release event are scheduled for October 25, 2025.

​The top piece will receive an award of $25 and a complimentary copy of the publication
Deadline: May 31, 2025
$10 reading/submission fee per work*
*Those experiencing an economic hardship should reach out to receive a voucher to cover the $10 reading fee.

A Horror Anthology

Please submit your fiction, nonfiction, and poems- the macabre, the eerie, and the strange- that will keep readers' feet and hands under the covers and away from the edge of the bed. Spin us a tale that will either reinvigorate a classic horror story or introduce a new fear into our lives. We are not looking for the grotesque or bloody ‘wet’ horror.

About the Juror, Leslie J Anderson:

Leslie J. Anderson is a speculative poetry and fiction writer whose writing has appeared globally. Her debut novel, The Unmothers, won the Ohio Art Council's Individual Excellence Award in Fiction and was named as one of New York Times top books of 2024. She lives in an old, white house beside a historical cemetery with two good dogs, a small son, and a Roomba.


Submission Guidelines:

• We are looking for well-written, horror-themed prose or poetry that has not been published. 
• Stories should be between 500 – 4,000 words.
• Submission of up to three poems of 50 lines each or less.
• All submissions are CLOSED. Thank you to everyone who submitted!
• Submissions will be accepted April 1, 2025, through May 31, 2025. 
• Submission payment of $10 per submission may be made at the link below. Please take a screenshot of your payment confirmation screen and upload on the google form with your submission. Thank you! https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZQH7JUJW3D4HS
  • ​​*Those experiencing an economic hardship should reach out to receive a voucher to cover the $10 reading fee.
• We reserve the right to reformat your story or poem as necessary.
• By submitting, as the author of the work, you accept responsibility for any possible copyright infringement.
• The top piece will receive an award of $25 and a complimentary copy of the publication
• With all submissions, please include a short 50-word bio.
• We will not consider submissions written, developed, or assisted by AI (Artificial Intelligence).

Please direct questions to Roy Richard at [email protected], with the subject line "Horror Anthology." 

Judging:
Judging will be completed by the Buckham Writers Group, with the final selection made by award-winning horror novelist and poet, Leslie J. Anderson.