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occasional writer of haiku, horror, and other words. haiku/haibun/tanka/etc submission deadlines: tinyurl.com/haikudeadlines scifi/fantasy/horror submission deadlines: tinyurl.com/haikuandhorror2

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 7d

current #haiku contests:

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Currently open haiku contests 10/1/25

open haiku contests

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 1d

Links to all of the above contests (as well as many limited contests -- only open to local residents, students, etc.) can be found here:

haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/speculativ...

Speculative fiction and poetry market news

Current speculative fiction and poetry publishers, submission deadlines, and contests

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 1d

- 10/24/25: Upper Moreland Free Public Library Two Sentence Horror Story Contest

- 10/25/25: Monroe County Public Library Two-Sentence Horror Story Contest

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 1d

- 10/7/25: Ypsilanti District Library Horror Short Competition - Week 1 (theme: "Hauntings")

- 10/20/25: Star Books & Literature - Khero Khata (Spooktober prompt: "Bhooter Adda")

- 10/20/25: Cromaine Library Two-Sentence Horror Story Contest

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 1d

Can you scare a reader in just two sentences?

Along with jack-o-lanterns, "Monster Mash" on repeat, and pumpkin spice lattes, October brings a slew of two-sentence horror story contests.

See 🧵 below for current contests and deadlines.

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 4d

The Solitary Daisy Newsletter always has some standout #haiku, and #58 is no exception. this one by @petrock.bsky.social works on multiple levels. strong juxtaposition and a great last line.

thesolitarydaisy.ca/2025/09/issu...

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 5d

- Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy
- The Last Girls Club
- The Quarter(ly)
- Trembling With Fear (for short stories)

links to all of them here:
haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/speculativ...

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Speculative fiction and poetry market news

Current speculative fiction and poetry publishers, submission deadlines, and contests

haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 5d

these scifi/fantasy/horror journals opened to submissions this week:

- Crimson Quill Quarterly
- Flash Point Science Fiction
- Haven Spec
- Inner Worlds Zine
- MetaStellar Magazine
- parABnormal Magazine
- Perseid Prophecies
- Polar Borealis (for fiction)
- Solarpunk Magazine

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 7d

current #haiku contests:

haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/2025/10/curr...

Currently open haiku contests 10/1/25

open haiku contests

haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 7d

#haiku (& related forms) journals that open to submissions today:

- Drifting Sands
- Echidna Tracks
- Leaf: Journal of the Daily Haiku
- Prune Juice
- The Pan Haiku Review (special edition: haiku only)
- Trash Panda
- Triya

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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 8d

Pan Haiku Review issue 6
2025 Autumn/Winter Edition (PHR6)
This is a haiku only special edition

Submissions:
October 1st through to 31st 2025
Send: 1 or 2 haiku of any style or approach.

Submission email address:
panhaikureview [at] gmail [dot] com

www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haik...

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 8d

first light
the red streaks
on the scarecrow’s sleeves

#haikuhorrorprompt #haiku #horrorku

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 10d

Spot on! Love the wryness of this one

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 11d

got a week of Amazon Prime for $2 so decided to check out some podcasts for my commute. the @nightmare-magazine.com podcast is incredible -- great selection of horror stories (listened to 2 so far, both awesome) and the narration by Stefan Rudnicki is spot on.

www.nightmare-magazine.com/podcasting/

Podcasts - Nightmare Magazine

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 13d

Norman Partridge‘s “Blackbirds” — excellent horror story, great narration. Check it out on the Nightmare Magazine podcast:

music.amazon.com/podcasts/f55...

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Every Writer @everywriter.bsky.social · 22d

2025 Haunted Haiku Contest www.everywritersresource.com/2025-haunted... We're back from the dead! After skipping a year or two (honestly, time gets blurry when you're haunting the internet), we've decided

Scary monster with a black background with the text 2025 Haunted Haiku Contest

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 19d

Nice, like the image combo and the last line nails it

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 27d

Great review. Adding this book to my wish list.

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · Sep 4

these sf/f/h journals have reopened to submissions in the past few days:

- A Cup of Owls - Quarterly Online Anthology
- Ghostlight: The Magazine of Terror
- Hearth Stories
- Polar Borealis (for poetry)
- Polar Starlight
- Silver Blade Magazine
- SpecPoVerse
- Three-Lobed Burning Eye

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · Sep 3

"tastemaking badass" is going on my headstone

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · Sep 3

great #haiku by Matthew Rye chosen as an HM in last month's @haikufound.bsky.social monthly kukai. impressive use of language, great juxtaposition between dark and light, and unique perspective on a very common scene.

thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · Sep 3

I don't think I've ever pre-ordered a book. I'm pre-ordering this one. Looks amazing.

Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · Aug 28

"You'll never go in the water again🦈💀" - JAWS, 1975

"No biggie, the water can come to you🪸💀" - REEF MIND, 2025

A lot's changed in 50 years of horror, but one thing has not:

The ocean is f%$king TERRIFYING.

@hazelzorn.bsky.social's REEF MIND is out 9/9. Preorder here: store.tenebrouspress.com

The classic JAWS movie poster, massive shark rises through the water beneath an unsuspecting woman swimming

Cover art of REEF MIND by Becca Snow, an inverted skull explodes with gorgeous colored coral, which forms a network feeding into a small human form.

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sad to see Failed Haiku closing up shop. It was a great journal that presented so many voices and many powerful poems. Definitely leaves a void in the haiku world.

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · Sep 1

these journals for #haiku, #haibun & related forms reopen to submissions today:

- #FemkuMag
- contemporary haibun online
- Fireflies' Light
- Sense & Sensibility
- The Cicada's Cry
- tsuri-dōrō
- Wales Haiku Journal

freginold @freginold.bsky.social · Aug 20

check out the Contest Calculator from @chillsubs.bsky.social -- a very cool idea that will become exponentially more useful as we all add contests to it.

once again Chill Subs demonstrates its commitment to writers with another free tool.

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We need to talk about writing contests...

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horror senryu journal @horrorsenryu.bsky.social · Aug 18

New poems coming soon to Bluesky!

Send 1 or 2 unpublished horror-themed haiku or senryu to [email protected]

#horror #haiku #senryu

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