Submission Calls

Submission Guidelines

• For all open calls, submit your work through our submission form below with the subject line formatted as such:

  • [Zine Publication Year] [Story title] [Author name] [Age Range]

  • (ex. 2024 – “Vampires Of Mars” – Emily Young – Adult).

• Please submit your work as file in .doc/.docx format.

• Authors may submit up to two pieces per issue. We request that each piece be submitted via its own individual form submission.

  • Annual issues of The Quiet Ones do not have a specific theme, but keep in mind that your submission should be within the realms of quiet horror and/or intimate dystopia. (View FAQs for how we define those genres.)

• Ensure your document contains your story title, your name (or pen name), and an approximate word count. In the event that your story is selected for publication, we will need your legal name for the contract.

• Please include a header on each page of your document with your surname, title and page number.

• Your document should be formatted in Times New Roman, 12pt., with double line spacing and indented paragraphs (double line spacing does not apply to poetry).

• We presently do not accept works in translation, visual art, non-narrative poetry, or nonfiction.

• Work previously published elsewhere may be submitted so long as all publishing rights have been returned to the original author. Please include a note that informs our editors which outlet your work previously appeared in so that we may verify rights agreements.

• In case of acceptance, please also include a brief biography in the third person of approximately 75 words, including any personal social media links (such as a Twitter or personal website) that you’d like to share.

(For a more detailed look at classic manuscript formatting, please refer to this article by WILLIAM SHUNN.)

Questions?

Please read our FAQs for more information.