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Graveside Press: GRADEside Middle Grade & Young Adult Horror Paper Angel Press (Gold Star Program) Gold Star Free

Beware the children...


We're asking for your tales again, this time not for Graveside Press, but for GRADEside Stories!

Gradeside is your haunted carnival for the tales geared toward younger readers—still spooky, but with a little restraint. Both middle grade and young adult titles are considered, however, if we feel your YA title skews to an upper YA older audience, we may ask to publish it as a standard Graveside title.


Requirements:

  • wordcount: 2,000-6,000 (short story) / 20,000+ (novella or novel length)
  • aimed at a middle grade to young adult audience (10+)
  • have a PG to PG-13 rating


The standard horror elements are allowed, but keep in mind who you're writing for. Topics such as extreme body horror, assault, torture, etc., will not be considered. MG stories should maintain a PG rating, and YA should stick to PG-13.

Category: Fiction
File types: .doc, .docx
Number of Full-length works: 1 full-length work
The file should include: Brief book synopsis and full-length manuscript.
Anonymous submissions are not required.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Reprints are allowed. (Authors must have all publication rights for reprints.)
Multiple entries are allowed.
AI-assisted works are not allowed.

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