Open Call for Short Stories (Horror)

Theme: Horror Fiction
Media: Print/Digital
Publication Date: Halloween 2014
Deadline: September 15, 2014
Submissions: Free via our Online Submission Manager

Playmaker Motion Pictures is currently seeking previously unpublished works of creative fiction, flash fiction and poetry for the publication of Dr. Grimm’s Travelling Creepshow, an anthology of horror writings. We request short stories of 4000 words or less, and poems of any form.

In order to submit, authors must be 18 years of age or order, and own the rights to their work. We accept multiple submissions but request that you have no more than three submissions pending. Authors receive exposure only, no monetary payment.

Formatting requirements:

• Word documents preferred (but also accept .txt and .rtf)
• 1” margins, left justified, double spaced
• Times New Roman, 12 pt. font
• Please submit poetry as you would like it to appear upon publication, if special formatting is required, please submit both a Word and .PDF document
• Please include your name and email address in the top left corner of the first page, followed by a word count or poetry line count
• The title should be centered, with the author’s byline below it, followed by the work  
• The byline should be written exactly as it would appear upon publication
• Please include a brief biographical note at the end of the work (approximately 50 words).

We thank you for considering submitting to the project and look forward to reading your work.

If you have any questions, please email us. 

                                                            

Mockingbird Comic Art

Here is a sneak peak of the cover art of the upcoming comic book Mockingbird. The art work is created by Corey Bastiaans, who is adapting from the Playmaker Motion Pictures film.

Mockingbird is a psychological horror story about Catherine Lewis, who has found life difficult since her husband passed away. She misses her George, but she passes the time by taking care of the house they shared for over 40 years. She keeps his memory alive by talking to him every day. Now she can hear him talking back...calling her to the forest. 

Mockingbird is in production this summer and will be completed for Halloween 2014. Come back to the Playmaker Motion Pictures Web site for behind-the-scenes extras posted throughout the summer. 

Check out more of Corey's work at 3Dcanada.ca 

Canadian Film Survey

We want your opinion!

In the upcoming months we will be featuring a series of writings on Canadian films. We would like you to help us determine our list of what may be considered gems. You can help by reviewing the titles and let us know which ones you like, seen, not seen or have no interest in seeing.

The survey is anonymous and takes only a few minutes to complete. Click on the link to begin the survey. 

Canadian Film Survey