Carnyx Press

Submissions are open! We're seeking short stories from writers living in the North of England for our anthology of cosmic horror. Find out more and submit: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

We will be open again for submissions by immigrant and diaspora writers from November 1 to November 30 🍁 We are open to short stories under 5,000 words; translations under 3,500 words from any language into English; and flash fiction under 1,500 words. Accepted stories are paid USD$0.10/word.

What a delight to be billed next to these fab authors and our publishing friends The Braag for a day of sci-fi and fantasy this November!

We are now OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS from all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Issue 4's theme: EXPLORATION. Send us stories and poems that interpret the concept of exploration in abstract or literal ways, internal or external, strange and surreal—don't self-reject 🪐🗡️ Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

Just 112 hours until our submission window closes! ichormagazine.com/submissions/

Very grateful to see these publishers getting named and shamed. If this stuff is going to happen, and we all know it is, I'd rather see it happen with bright shining klieg lights instead of in darkness and secrecy. We should know that it's happening, and act accordingly.

It's almost Halloween. Get ready for tricks AND treats with OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, our mondo, excellent horror anthology! Featuring dozens of authors from around the world. Order your copy: www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dre... #horrorbooks #books #spookyseason #horror

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What a delight to be billed next to these fab authors and our publishing friends The Braag for a day of sci-fi and fantasy this November!

Just a couple of days until subs open! SO excited to read what you've all been cooking up 🪐

Highly recommend sense-checking your weird story ideas with your author pals because they will almost always help you make it weirder 👁️

If you're planning on writing for our next anthology and want to do a bit of research into what's come before, our last anthology is available at carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oaths-and-offerings (physical) and weightlessbooks.com/oaths-and-offerngs-a-carnyx-anthology-of-folklore/ (eBook)

Read our latest blog on cosmic horror and what we're looking for when call-outs open in October. carnyxpress.co.uk/2026/08/28/w...

One week until submissions open...

🌌 @carnyxpress.co.uk wants cosmic horror from writers living in the North of England. Ancient ruins, forbidden knowledge, malevolent planets, existential dread & the unknowable. 💰 £20 + 4 print copies 📝 2–8k words 📅 Oct. 1–Nov. 30 horrortree.com/taking-submi...

trying to whip up some Halloween feelings

Nice bit of post after work today from @carnyxpress.co.uk Saw this in News From Nowhere in Liverpool and regretted not picking it up at the time. Remember: always pays to order direct from the publisher as you might get a bookmark thrown in.

SF2Concatenation has a brief news item on the readings from Oaths & Offerings published by @carnyxpress.co.uk at the Leeds Literary Festival with a photo of yours truly & fellow authors (taken by my Beloved!) www.concatenation.org/news/news9~2...

It's coming 👀 Writers in the North of England are invited to send us weird and horrifying tales of existential dread for anthology 3: cosmic horror. Opening to submissions next month. Read the guidelines here: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

Bit of light reading to prepare for the cosmic horror call-out

Three weeks until subs open!

Three weeks until subs open!

You can now also get a digital copy of our anthology from @weightlessbooks.bsky.social! Check it out: weightlessbooks.com/oaths-and-of...

Slay

Very much enjoyed this event with Emma J. Lannie, and Oaths and Offerings editor, Nathaniel Spain. The audience asked good questions too! Write Festival continues till 26th September - you can see the rest of the programme here: theworduk.org/write-festiv...

Everyone who submitted to our sorcery anthology should now have heard from us. Drop us an email if you're still waiting. Thank you all so much for sending in your stories. Over 100 submissions again! It's always tough rejecting folks, but I do hope you'll be back for future anthologies.

COVER REVEAL! Our new issue is right around the corner, featuring art from Stefan Koidl! Stories by Cyrus Amelia Fisher, K.A. Sweitzer, Verdell Walker, Susan L. Lin, Ellis Nye, Pete Ward, and Ali Maloney.

This is happening on the weekend! I'll be there with Emma J. Lannie, and Carnyx Press editor, Nathaniel Spain. Come listen to us chat about our experiences of working on Oaths and Offerings together, and about the publishing process. There'll also be time for a Q&A afterwards.

You can now also get a digital copy of our anthology from @weightlessbooks.bsky.social! Check it out: weightlessbooks.com/oaths-and-of...

I wonder if we need to have a policy that every time someone sends us a rude comment or email about not being eligible to our Northern writers call-outs, it pushes back our plans to run a UK-wide subs call-out 🤔

If you've been holding out for a digital version of Oaths and Offerings, good news! The anthology is now available via Kobo. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Our editor and two of our Oaths and Offerings authors (including @maetangwriter.com) have been invited to speak at Write Festival! We'll be chatting about getting short fiction published in anthologies, what it's like to work with an editor, and more! Book tickets: theworduk.org/whats-on/inp...

Our editor and two of our Oaths and Offerings authors (including @maetangwriter.com) have been invited to speak at Write Festival! We'll be chatting about getting short fiction published in anthologies, what it's like to work with an editor, and more! Book tickets: theworduk.org/whats-on/inp...

Here's what you can find inside Oaths and Offerings! Dive into eight tales of folky mischief, fog-bound moors, ancient stones and village rituals, in our anthology of folklore-inspired short fiction. Available now in print and digital: carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oat...

Would you look at that - Oaths and Offerings is available to order online via Waterstones! www.waterstones.com/book/oaths-a...

Have you found Willerby? Fifty free uncanny stories that can be read in any order with podcasts, music and original art. Come find us. www.welcometowillerby.co.uk Three good stories to begin with in the thread. 👇🏻

*yodels*

Here's what you can find inside Oaths and Offerings! Dive into eight tales of folky mischief, fog-bound moors, ancient stones and village rituals, in our anthology of folklore-inspired short fiction. Available now in print and digital: carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oat...

Clarkesworld has recently discovered that their August issue successfully breached containment and gained access to the Internet, where it is presently hacking reader's minds. "Oh no, what will we do? Who knew that stories could be so powerful?" said Neil Clarke, when approached for comment.

Us sitting up til midnight for the final submissions to come in for our sorcery anthology carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

The bell tolls. The garden path darkness. The portal is closing... Writers in the North of England have until midnight tonight to send us a story of sorcery! carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/