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 !!!

just a few days left to submit !!! issue three subs close Sunday 11:59pm. we are getting some STRONG subs so far, keep 'em coming!

just under a week to get your subs in !!! 🗣️ issue three subs close Sunday, March 15 11:59 ET

pushing 100 submissions within our first four days 🫨 just two issues ago, that was almost our total submission count for an entire month !!!

btw, we don't have an automated confirmation system set up for the new form, but rest assured, if your form successfully submits, it has landed in our inbox and it's in our queue 🖤 thanks to all ye submitters so far, so excited to read your work!

March goes out like a lamb and comes in with a ton of sub opportunities, so take advantage of a few that just opened: @rustandmoth.bsky.social @variantlit.bsky.social @thetemzreview.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @sillygoosepress.bsky.social @necksnapmag.bsky.social @xraylitmag.bsky.social

So honored to be the listing of the day! 🖤😍 check us out on Duotrope 😎 subs now open!

thanks, Eric! 🖤

SUBS OPEN!

SUBS OPEN TOMORROW 🗣️🗣️🗣️

as you look to the fringes, here are a few common tropes we see: horror in the shape of abuse, grief, mental illness; descent into madness; therapy sessions; long drives to remote places (think: lost in the woods); medical horror. we like this stuff but for 003, see what new edges you can explore.

for issue three, we want alternatives; distortions; oubliettes; norms forgotten; borders stretched and faded; the uncanny; the imperceptible; shaky ground; ambiguity. make us feel weird. subs open march 1.

subs open in just under a week... bring us to the f r i n g e

an update to our mission statement 🖤

We've got a new sub form! Embedded directly on our Submit page, use it to submit your work easily and conveniently. Still absolutely NO submission fees. 🖤 + we've got new add-ons available, all of which will help us continue to cover operating costs!

this story is a bloodsucking banger 🦇🦇🦇 thanks so much for the shoutout!

website has been updated and zhuzhed – including more info about what we want, what we don't want, and what we get a bit too much of 😶‍🌫️ give it a looksie to familiarize yourself before subs open!

"Fringe implies dynamism, a prompt to action." Another wonderful snippet from our conversation with @gracekrilanovich.bsky.social 🖤 full interview on our website! [Issue Three: FRINGE - subs open March 1]

New interview with supercool NECKSNAP MAGAZINE on the subject of fringe

NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEW! For our first ever themed issue (FRINGE), we talked with @gracekrilanovich.bsky.social, author of the cult classic The Orange Eats Creeps & the upcoming Acid Green Velvet. Give the full interview a read on our website for some theme inspiration & other wonderful insights 🖤

ISSUE THREE: FRINGE. SUBS OPEN MARCH 1 - MARCH 15. [new mission statement. new sub form. new author interview. all on our website. more posts to come.]