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freginold
@freginold.bsky.social
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
- 12/31/25: Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition (includes a short story category)
- 2/1/26: Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award
- 2/13/26: The Green Feather Award
- 2/13/26: The Tomorrow Prize
- 3/1/26: BSFS Poetry Contest

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November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Great twist with the last line!
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
- 2/20/26: Myong Cha Son Haiku Award
- 2/28/26: World Children's Haiku Contest - Regional Contest
- 5/1/26: San Francisco International Competition for Haibun
- 7/31/26: Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards

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November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
also the IHS International Haiku Contest - closes 12/31/25

irishhaiku.com/haikucompeti...
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
- 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
October 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
- 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
October 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
- 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
October 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Spot on! Love the wryness of this one
September 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM