The next Seaside Gothic open submission window will be from 8th July to 14th July 2024. Submissions will open from midnight at the start of Monday 8th July 2024 and continue until midnight at the end of Sunday 14th July 2024, UK GMT time. During this period Seaside Gothic will be open to submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual collections, as per the magazine submission terms.
Submissions should be sent by email to the address stated during the submission window. There are zero submission fees. Accepted pieces are paid for upon publication, and a complimentary copy of the print magazine will be shipped, along with a copy of The Totem, plus a lifetime digital subscription and a 25% discount on all current and back Issues of Seaside Gothic will be gifted. Submissions are required to be entirely human-created and previously unpublished (including appearing publicly on any website or form of social media), and should also meet the three criteria of seaside gothic literature.
For full terms, including the exclusivity period, rate of pay, and submission requirements, please see the Submissions page.
Acceptance rate statistics for open submission windows are available to subscribers. To find out more about subscribing to the magazine please visit Seaside Gothic’s Patreon.
If you are thinking about submitting, please bear in mind the style and quality Seaside Gothic usually publishes. There are free-to-access examples from previous Issues which can be viewed online.