1) We will accept all kinds of horror fiction, from vampire tales to "slasher" stories and anything is between (but it must not overuse profanity or other foul language. Violence is okay without going into the torture porn area.
2) Submissions should only be sent by email to www.submissions@bloodmoonrisingmagazine.com. All submissions should be standard manuscript formatted. Double-spaced, with one inch all around margins and 2500 words or less. Story title and name of author should be above story. Name of author, mailing address and email address should be placed in left hand corner. If possible, send it on Word or Wordpad (standard on most computer) to ensure being able to open it.
3) You can also submit a short author bio of about 50 words to be put along side your contribution. This is optional
4) Only one story per author per issue.
If accepted, you will be notified in which issue and date when your submission will appear. There will be no financial compensation for any submissions. We do give out a complimentary pdf issue your work was in after it is taken offline.
With the acceptance of your work, you agree that we will publish your work in our online issue in addition to our pdf version of our magazine. Once you have been accepted and published, it will not be removed. All magazines published by us are kept for archival purposes indefinitely.
We now have a backlog of stories, so any short stories submitted will be in our Apr. 2023 issue. If space becomes available in an earlier issue, we will let you know.