Monsters We Made

The scariest monsters aren’t hiding under the bed. They’re the ones we made ourselves. Write about the monsters of our own making and how they haunt us today, whether that’s AI and tech, climate collapse, loneliness, or something just as...

Start Date

October 1, 2025

Word Count

up to 1,000 words of prose / 2 pages of poetry

Fee

$10

Guidelines

Submissions are open to all writers, no matter your publication history.
Send us unpublished work only. (Yes, even if it’s published on your blog.)
Prose length: Up to 1,000 words.
Poetry length: Up to two pages.
(If you’re a little over the word count and can’t chop it without killing the monster, send it anyway.)
Submit prose double-spaced in a standard format, like Times New Roman. Absolutely zero Comic Sans.
We have no format requirements for poetry or other works.
Send your work as one document.
Simultaneous submissions are fine, but let us know if your piece is picked up elsewhere. Otherwise, we’ll curse you.
Multiple submissions are welcome, but each requires its own $10 entry fee.
In your brief cover letter, include a brief bio, what genre you’re writing in, and your publication history. If you haven’t published before, that’s great! Send it!
We accept your own translations of your unpublished work.
International submissions are welcome, as long as the work is primarily in English. Code-switching/meshing is absolutely welcome.
Absolutely no AI-generated or AI-assisted work.
We aim to reply within four weeks.
Questions? Contact us at contact@glossyplanetmag.com.