WATG Press Multi-Author Anthology (Every 2 months)
Status: Upcoming — Details Revealed End of Year
The next multi-author anthology is coming soon.
Theme: To be revealed at the end of the year
Early Access: Paid Substack subscribers receive the call early
Official Open Call: January 4, 2026
Deadline: January 25, 2026, 23:59 MC (UTC -7)
Length: Flash pieces under 1,000 words
Publication: February 2026
WATG Press Multi-Author Anthology
Status: OPEN — Theme: EERIE LULLABY
Deadline: January 25, 2026, 23:59 MC (UTC -7)
Length: Flash pieces under 1,000 words
Publication: February 2026
Payment: $5 per accepted story, plus a digital copy of the anthology.
At WATG Press, we value all fiction and drabbles equally, which is why payment remains the same regardless of word count.Guidelines & Submission Process: available on Substack
Monthly Mag Call
Status: Open monthly from the 3rd to the 15th
Our monthly magazine seeks bold, experimental work that pushes against expectations.
Theme: Writing Against the Grain (ongoing spirit of the Mag)
Open Call: 3rd to 15th of each month
Publication: 1st of the following month
Length: Micro fiction and nonfiction under 300 words
Payment: one month of paid subscription to the Mag, including one digital copy of the issue
Request for Portrait Feature: Email watgpress@gmail.com
Guidelines & Submission Process: available on Substack (Submissions via Google Form)
Drabble the Dark contest - Themed
Open Call: 3rd to 15th of each month
Length: Exactly 100 words
Publication: Following month
Payment: one month of paid subscription to the Mag, including one digital copy of the issue
Guidelines, Theme & Submission Process: available on Substack
Special Call — Dark Tales from the Outside
Status: Open
We are gathering chilling tales rooted in world cultures, myths, local horrors, exile, alienation, “outsider” perspectives, or horrors that come from places we rarely look. These may be grounded in a specific location or set in realms that exist only in imagination. Show me shadows from every corner of the map, and from places with no map at all.
Theme: Horror Tales Around the World
Length: Flash fiction under 800 words
Genre: Horror/Dark Fiction
Payment: No paid market; contributors receive one digital copy
Deadline: No deadline — call closes once we have accepted enough stories
Guidelines & Submission Process: available on Substack
Bring us tales of fear, folklore, and haunting narratives from your corner of the world—or beyond.
Accepted Stories Count by Region
(This list will be updated as the anthology fills. Regions are broad and flexible.)
Europe: 0
Africa: 0
Asia: 0
United States / Canada: 0
Australia & Oceania: 0
South America: 0
Greenland / Arctic Regions/Antarctica: 0
Beyond Earth (space-based, cosmic, extraterrestrial settings): 0
Other Worlds (created worlds, invented mythologies, secondary worlds): 0
Inner Territories (mindscapes, dreams, psychological or metaphysical places): 0
