Issue #1 NOW ON KINDLE

This makes "print issue" a bit of a misnomer but it seems folks like a digital option so Print Issue #1 of the hsj is now available on Kindle for just $0.99. Click to buy here: Amazon.com: Horror Senryu Journal #1 (Fall 2026): Horror Poetry eBook : Tilton, Thomas: Books

Issue #1 Has Arrived!

Purchase here from Amazon: Horror Senryu Journal #1 (Fall 2026): Horror Poetry: Tilton, Thomas: 9798191996387: Amazon.com: Books

My thanks to our wonderful contributors, and to everyone who submitted work for the first issue. Without you, the journal does not exist.

Submissions reopen 1/1/2027.

Print Issue #1 Contributors

Excited to present our list of contributors for print issue #1! I’m thrilled we have both long-time contributors as well as several newcomers to the journal (though not necessarily newcomers to haiku). With a narrow submission window, I received more work than usual and had to make some very tough decisions. If I didn’t take your work for this first issue, I truly hope that won’t stop you from trying again for our spring issue, which will be open for submissions 1/1/27-2/28/27. Issue #1 will be on sale from Amazon this fall!

Submissions Closed

Submissions are now closed. List of print issue #1 contributors coming soon. The journal will be available to purchase online in early October. Submissions reopen for print issue #2 on January 1, 2027.

Submission Guidelines for Print Issue #1

Excited to share that the horror senryu journal is now a print publication with a goal of publishing two issues a year, in October and May. Copies of the journal will be available for purchase on Amazon. Pricing will be such that profits are nominal, and any earnings over and above production costs (proof copies, etc.) will be donated to charity. Contributors will receive a free PDF copy of the issue 90 days after print publication.

Submission guidelines below!

***NO A.I.***

READING PERIOD: June and July for the October issue. Please submit only once per reading period.

RESPONSE TIME: 30 days or less. If you don’t hear from me after 30 days, your work is free to send elsewhere.

RIGHTS: Asking for first rights. All rights revert to authors upon publication.

Send 1 or 2 unpublished horror-themed haiku or senryu to horrorsenryu@gmail.com