Submissions
SUBMISSION CALL IS OPEN FOR OUR NEXT HORROR ANTHOLOGY
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 7/30/26
Death by TBR Books does put a lot of care into promoting our authors. Contributors will be featured through our social media platforms, including our Instagram audience of nearly 18K horror readers. When contributors have books available through Ingram, we also do our best to list and promote those titles through our website and social media.
***THE FOLLOWING DETAILS HAVE BEEN UPDATED HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED ALREADY YOU WILL STILL BE CONSIDERED.
DETAILS:
- Genre: Adult Horror Slashers: Stories must be horror and must clearly fit the slasher subgenre. We are not looking for general thrillers, crime stories, mysteries, or revenge stories unless they are first and foremost slasher horror. We are interested in masked killers, final girls, isolated locations, small towns, camps, roadside stops, creepy motels, obsession, survivor stories, local legends, and fresh takes on familiar slasher setups.
- Length: 500 - 2,000 words
- Pay: An eBook and print (if in U.S.) contributor copy
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
- Word doc/docx
- Double spaced
- Times New Roman
- Author bio and author photo
SEND YOUR SUBMISSION TO:
info@deathbytbrbooks.com
Include your name, pen name if different, story title, and word count in the subject line. In the body of your email please include a short third-person bio and any relevant content warnings in the body of the email.
If these guidelines are not followed your submission will not be read. Due to the number of submissions we will only be able to contact those who have been chosen to be included in the anthology.
SUBMISSION CALL IS OPEN FOR NOVELLAS for publication in 2027-2028
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 7/30/26
Death by TBR Books does put a lot of care into promoting our authors. Contributors will be featured through our social media platforms, including our Instagram audience of nearly 18K horror readers. When contributors have books available through Ingram, we also do our best to list and promote those titles through our website and social media.
DETAILS:
- Genre: Adult Horror. We are looking for adult horror novellas told fully or partially through journal entries, diary entries, letters, emails, interviews, transcripts, police reports, articles, case files, text messages, forum posts, or other mixed media elements.The entire novella does not need to be in this format, but journal entries or mixed media must be included in a clear and intentional way.
- Length: 20,000 - 35,000 words
- Pay: 50% of net royalties
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
- Word doc/docx
- Double spaced
- Times New Roman
- Author bio and author photo
SEND YOUR SUBMISSION TO:
info@deathbytbrbooks.com
Include your name, pen name if different, story title, and word count in the subject line. In the body of your email please include a short third-person bio and any relevant content warnings in the body of the email.
If these guidelines are not followed your submission will not be read. Due to the number of submissions we will only be able to contact those who have been chosen to be included in the anthology.
General Submission GuidelinesAll submissions must be original and previously unpublished in any format (including your personal website, KDP, Kindle Vella, etc). We do not accept any submissions involving AI.
Diversity and Inclusivity Statement
Death by TBR Books encourages people with disabilities, BIPOC, women, 2SLGBTQ+ and gender expansive people, and anyone from traditionally marginalized or underrepresented communities to submit their work to us.