Longlist decisions have been sent out for the NECKSNAP x M E N A C E Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Prize! You will have received an email whether you were longlisted or declined, so check those spam folders, etc. 🖤 Winner & honorable mentions will be notified and announced in early August!

ISSUE THREE OUT NOW! 🖤🗣️ go give it a read! Work from: Olive Burns Zoe Adrien Lapa Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social Jon Steinhagen @jonsteinhagen.bsky.social Darby Myr Angel Rosen @axiopoeticus.bsky.social Josie Levin & an interview with: Grace Krilanovich @gracekrilanovich.bsky.social

SNIPPET #7: our final snippet, from Zoe Adrien Lapa's (@zoeadrien02 on IG) "Hatchlings," a gorgeous, tense, and cathartic meditation on identity, family, and self-image. A wonderful manifestation of the "fringe" theme, and brimming with atmosphere. ISSUE THREE COMING VERY SOON.

SNIPPETS #5 and #6: Angel Rosen's (@axiopoeticus.bsky.social) "Birthright" and Darby Myr's (@ferocious.plum on IG) "To Be Alone" - two poems that wriggle under your skin and embody the fear and melancholy of solitude. ISSUE THREE COMING SOON.

SNIPPET #4: "All That Came From Our Lips Were Lillies," a lush, poetic, and intoxicating read from @shanmonster.bsky.social! ISSUE THREE COMING SOON.

SNIPPET #3: Josie Levin's (@bemusual on IG) "Genteel," a mischievous poem for all ye who have a complicated relationship with religion (and who doesn't?). ISSUE THREE COMING SOON.

SNIPPET #2: "The Map of Vanished Friends" by @jonsteinhagen.bsky.social - an enigma of a flash piece that will tickle your brain and sit with you long after you finish. ISSUE THREE COMING SOON.

SNIPPET #1: from "Perfume Woman," an absolute STUNNER of a story from Olive Burns (@cutemigraine on IG) and the opening piece for the issue. A thriller from start to finish, thick with atmosphere (and perfume clouds). ISSUE THREE COMING VERY SOON.

Join us next Wednesday July 1 at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social! A reading with the NC chapter of the HWA, moderated by our very own EIC 🖤 RSVP: quailridgebooks.com/event/summer...

ISSUE THREE coming soon 🖤 featuring work from: Olive Burns Zoe Adrien Lapa Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social Jon Steinhagen @jonsteinhagen.bsky.social Darby Myr Angel Rosen @axiopoeticus.bsky.social Josie Levin And an interview with: Grace Krilanovich @gracekrilanovich.bsky.social

issue three cover & contributor reveal on wednesday 🖤

last day for contest subs !!! form closes toniiiight

issue three cover reveal and contributor list coming soon 🖤💫

contest subs close Monday night !!! (June 15 at 11:59pm ET) get em in get em in get em in

just about a week left! get your subs in for our first ever contest ✨

just under two weeks left to submit to our Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Contest! 🗣️ $300 grand prize to the winner! more deats on our w e b s i t e

at long long long last (sorry the last was so long this time) - we have sent out all decisions on Issue Three submissions! an official announcement of our all contributors is coming soon!

#FF Give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community: @africanvoices.bsky.social @chatlog.bsky.social @guestbookzine.bsky.social @necksnapmag.bsky.social @newdoorbooks.bsky.social @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Cont ⬇️

just under three weeks left!

hearty discussions being had on the last, like, five or so submissions for Issue Three - if you're still waiting, know that we loved your work! some very tough decisions being made

it's the LAST DAY for free contest submissions for BIPOC and/or historically marginalized writers! form will close 11:59pm ET so get those subs in 🖤 general submissions will stay open until June 15, 2026 11:59pm. $5 per entry / $300 Grand Prize

Issue Three updates will be coming very very soon :)

free contest subs for BIPOC and/or historically marginalized writers will be closing May 22 at 11:59pm ET! get those subs in 🖤 general subs are open until june 15! $5 to submit, $300 grand prize!

shoutout to our EIC, he’s on the SmokeLong long list! 💫 wish him luck! (it’s me) (wish me luck)

excerpt from my piece for user not found. organised by @necksnapmag.bsky.social and you are not alone <3

I have a new piece out with the fantastic folks at NECKSNAP and You Are Not Alone! The work i wrote was in part inspired by the passing of my grandmother. I'm very grateful that a piece so personal was able to find a home.

SURPRISE (again)! NECKSNAP has collab'd with the folks at You Are Not Alone to bring you a very special issue of Internet Horror, out now for your reading pleasure! short stories from the three editors, as well as some friends of the mag. 🖤 read it all at usernotfound.blog

New publisher listing for: Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Prize @necksnapmag.bsky.social (Fiction; Horror; pays; fee-based). #WritingCommunity

CONTEST SUBS ARE OPEN! necksnapmag.com/contest to submit!

NECKSNAP x M E N A C E Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Prize, awarding $300! Subs open May 15 - see our website for the deats! 🦇

SURPRISE! We are launching our first ever contest, the Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Prize, in collaboration with M E N A C E! 🖤🦇 $300 GRAND PRIZE awarded to one first place winner! Subs open May 15 - June 15. Full details at necksnapmag.com/contest.

we’ve been hard at work on some major surprises that we hope will tide you over until the Issue Three release 👀 on that note: big fun announcement coming on Thursday and another big fun announcement on Monday!! can’t wait to share what we’ve been cooking 🖤

still making solid progress on submissions! very very excited about what we've accepted so far. killer stuff

better yet, write with blood and clay on a cave wall

cannot overstate this fact

🐑🏠🎭👻

we’re making good progress on submissions - our editor is also a writer who submits things, so trust that we understand the nightmare of The Waiting Game 🫶 we’ll try not to keep you waiting much longer!

To be clear, we think the weird kids are the coolest 🤷 Submit to our community's favorites here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fav-we... @gonelawn.bsky.social @apconmag.bsky.social @brownhoundpress.bsky.social @lamplitmag.bsky.social @blackwarriorreview.bsky.social @shoegazeliterary.bsky.social

we’re still reading through all your submissions, thanks for your patience 🖤 issue three is still cooking!

had a dream that a huge publication published one of my stories except it was the wrong story, one I had never submitted. I Zoom-called the editor to explain and my computer died. be a writer, you too can watch your dream turn to administrative nightmare!

Books should take forever to write. They should torture you your entire life and the things you could have said slightly better should haunt you forever. This is what art is for, transferring the discomfort of being human into something relatable to the other humans

as we hunker down and read through Issue Three submissions, we thought it'd be a good time to start a new tradition of shouting out the achievements of our alumni contributors ✨🖤 they've been busy! check out their latest work ⬇️

Raleigh/Durham friends! We’ll be at the @ncstate.bsky.social MFA 20th Anniversary Book Fair this Saturday! 1-4pm in Caldwell Hall 🎉 a whole host of events this weekend, check out all the info here: english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa...

Do art pointlessly into oblivion, eat some snacks, watch a show later. There's nothing else to do in life unless you want to save lives or some shit and learn how to do open-heart surgery

This is NOT an April Fool's joke. I hope it will be helpful, even if you're farther along in your writing journey then I am! There is lots already in the pipeline. Subscribe now to get updated as soon as posts go live! thescrawlertapes.com/subscribe-to... #WritingCommunity

submission genre breakdown, for you numbers folks 🧮 158 short story 73 flash/micro 35 poetry 266 total reading is underway, issue three in the works!

just over 260 submissions in 2 weeks. 🖤 for reference, we got about 330 over a full month for issue two. shorter sub call this time to keep things manageable/timely, but we were on track to beat our sub record once again! thx to everyone who sub’d, issue three is officially in the works!

I'm so excited to announce a new project: my writing craft blog, The Scrawler Tapes. Look out for the first post on April 1!

last day last day last dayyyyyy get your subs in

one more day to toss your story into our pile of bones for issue three ☠️ subs close sunday night !!!