APRIL 2025 SUBMISSIONS

JAPANESE MYTHS & MONSTERS

Beware the moonlit forests where ancient Japanese myths come alive, spirits and Yōkai lurking, thirsty for human souls to devour.

This theme will be open for submissions from 1st APRIL 2025 and will close midnight 30th APRIL 2025 (last place on Earth). Submissions received outside of this timeframe will not be read.

You must include the theme in your email subject (as shown above). Reading will start once the submission period has closed.

The BEST 12 drabbles will be chosen for publication in MAY 2025.

Word count : EXACTLY 100 words, excluding title and pen name

Author eligibility : Open to all.

Reprints : Not allowed

Simultaneous Submissions : Not allowed

Multiple Submissions : One per pen name, per theme << IF YOU SEND MORE THAN ONE, WE WILL REJECT THEM ALL, UNREAD

Publication : Online in Dark Moments.  May be included in a single anthology in print and digital formats at a later date (but within one year of initial publication)

Author compensation : 0.04 USD per word via PayPal

Submit to : darkmoments@BlackHarePress.com