Give it heart and soul

Dragon Soul Press specialises in anthologies, with strict instructions about what and how to submit.

Here is a selection of their anthologies requiring short stories, poems or drabbles.

• Valor has a deadline of 31 March, for short stories, 5,000-15,000 words on the theme of ‘East Asian warriors’. Battles, defeats, mystic adventures, all are welcome.

• Age Of Artifice, with a deadline of 30 April, is for ‘steampunk and all similar subgenres’, 1,000-15,000 words in any style.

• Haunt has a deadline of 31 May, for horror short stories, 1,000-15,000 words, on the theme of ‘dark things go bump in the night,’ and ‘terror awaits around every corner’.

• Of the poetry anthologies, Organic Ink: Volume 5 and Soul Ink: Volume 1

have a deadline of 30 April. All of the poems submitted should not add up to a total word count of more than 1,000 words. Both anthologies have open themes.

• The drabble anthology The Damned is open until 31 May 2023, for 100word stories in the horror genres. A writer is expected to submit a minimum of 5 but the total word count, should not exceed 1,500 words, ie fifteen drabbles.

All the story anthologies have an R rating, ie, suitable for adults.

Submit a doc or docx file by email: dragonsoulpressanthos@gmail.com

Writers may submit to as many anthologies as they like but only two submissions per anthology except for the drabble anthologies. Reprints may be accepted. Response time is ‘around thirty days from the closing deadline of the anthology’. Payment is ‘30% Royalties for first year from date of publication. Afterwards, 30% of all proceeds go to a charity chosen by the publisher.’

For rights: ‘The publisher permanently reserves the right to publish the work within the anthology while the author keeps ownership rights to the work.’

Website: http://dragonsoulpress.com