Here’s what we’re looking for:

We want: Your Spooky, your scary, your skeletons. Your Halloweens, past, present, and future. We want things that go bump in the night, your demons, the ghost that walked with you to school on Tuesdays, and your biggest pumpkins. If it reminds you of Halloween, if it’s about Halloween, if it’s spooky enough to get our skin crawling, or sweet enough for us to need a November 1st dentists appointment, you’ve come to the right place.

General Submission Guidelines

• We are currently CLOSED to submissions. Responses are coming soon!

• Submissions are 100% free. In turn, we are not (yet) a paying publication.

• You may submit multiple types of work.

• Experimental works are highly encouraged! Go wild, we believe in you.

• We accept previously published works! Please send us the information on where it was originally published, as we must properly give credit.

• Simultaneous submissions are absolutely fine, but please let us know as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere! It’ll be our loss, but we’re excited for you!

• Without exception, we will not accept works promoting: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, graphic sexual content, or sexual assault.

• Please include any content warnings in the body of your submission email.

Submitting

• Email us at TheHallowzine@gmail.com

• Subject title should be:

  • Submission: [Submission Type (i.e., Poetry)], [Your Name]

• In the body of the email, tell us about yourself! No need to be formal, we just wanna get to know you, in a few sentences. Feel free to also give context here for your work, if you’d like!

• After that, include the name, pronouns, and 50 words or fewer bio you would like to be associated with your work if published.

• In your bio, include a favorite Halloween memory, costume, or candy.

• Attach work as a .doc, .docx, .pdf, .jpg, .png, or .mp3.

• Hit that send button! We can’t wait to see your work.

What to expect from us

• Responses can take anywhere between 2 days and 2 weeks. We’re working on a rolling basis this year, so if it takes longer than 2 weeks, feel free to reach out.

• ** 2022 note— responses are taking longer this year due to some personal events; we aim to have all responses out by 10/22/22!

• We’ll try our best to give you some feedback! We’re writers & artists too; we get it.

• We may suggest some small edits if necessary!

Poetry

• Submit 1-5 pieces, for a grand total of 1200 words or fewer

• Use a legible font

• If necessary to preserve formatting, you can submit as an image or pdf

• We will be accepting no more than 30 poems.

Art & Photography

• 1-5 pieces

• Include the title(s) in the body of your email

• Pieces of any size are acceptable

• You do not necessarily need to submit at the highest resolution initially; we will request the highest resolution on acceptance.

• Include in your email what resolution the piece would be best viewed in if published

• We will be accepting no more than 35 visual art pieces in total.

Fiction & Non-Fiction

• 1-3 pieces, no more than 1200 words each; flash fiction, essays, etc.

• Use a legible font

• We typically accept only one fiction piece per person.

• If you reference sources, be sure to include them & a bibliography

• We will be accepting no more than 20 pages of fiction & non-fiction in total.

Audio

• Audio files of no longer than 5 minutes

• We accept music, spooky ambiance, readings of work, and short audio plays.

• If submitting a reading, the work must be your own, or firmly within the public domain.

• No caps here!

Something Else?

• Have an idea for something else you’d like to submit? Please feel free to ask us any questions here. Our general advice is: go for it!