House of Horror Magazine Issue #2 Submission Call

Below are the new guidelines set out for the New House of Horror Magazine. From the 1st of February there will be no more of the ezine. Instead we are going to a quarterly print magazine with a theme for each issue. Please do not sub any more stories or poetry to the editors for the ezine that has no relevence to the themed magazine, they will be instantly rejected.

First things first. A few things to remember before submitting ANYTHING to our editors.

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ATTACHED AS AN RTF FILE

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SENT YOUR SUBMISSION TO THE CORRECT EDITOR

SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS ARE OK. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS ARE NOT! PLEASE SEND

JUST ONE SUBMISSION PER EMAIL. THIS GOES FOR YOU POETS TOO!

REPRINTS OLDER THAN 6 MONTHS WILL BE CONSIDERED

NO GORE FOR GORES SAKE, NO CHILD ABUSE, IF IN DOUBT PLEASE SEND A QUERY FIRST.

MAKE SURE YOUR SUBMISSION IS RELEVANT TO THE THEME AND HAS BEEN SUBBED TO THE CORRECT ISSUE

Please make sure all things are checked on your list before hitting send.

Before your submission, please introduce yourself and give us a short bio of no more than 100 words. Please include title, your name and the word count. (This is is for payment reasons and will be checked by eye) In the subject line, please place “Magazine Submission” and nothing else.

Poetry – courtesy of Charlotte Gledson poetry@houseofhorror.org.uk

Stories – courtesy of Sam Cox stories@houseofhorror.org.uk

Payment is 1/4 per word for stories and poetry up to a maximum of 5000 words. For artwork, we pay $5 per piece unless stated otherwise. All payments will be made via a valid paypal account upon signing and receiving the contract, upon publication and no later than 30 days thereafter.

You retain all digital rights to your work, we are purchasing the rights to print and archive your work in the magazine for three months. After which all rights will revert back to you, the author.

Each issue will a themed magazine. Below are the months and themes that we will be looking for, for the four issues.

February 2011 – Valentine’s Day (Closed to Subissions)

May 2011 – Spring Break/Road Trip (I know what you did last summer theme) (Open to submissions) Deadline April 8th

August 2011 – Halloween (Open to submissions) Deadline July 8th

November 2011 – Thanks Giving/Christmas/Festive Holidays (Open to submissions) Deadline October 8th

Book Reviews/Interviews

We are always looking for books to review and new authors/editors/poets to interview. If you have something that may interest us then please don’t hesitate to contact the House of Horror Editor, Sam at horrorhouse.editor@yahoo.com

Please note:

We only interview those who have work available for purchase or who own or are a part of an ezine/publication.

We only review print books. No pdfs at this time.

Anthology Submissions

Please follow any guidelines set out specifically for the anthology.