This year, we will release our fourth volume of new original fiction by writers on the #ficwip server with the theme ghosts & forests.

All server members are welcome to apply and write a story for our anthology. We’ll be accepting pitches early in the year. To receive a notification about the next volume, opt into anthology updates in Channels & Roles.

The 2025 anthology team is taurus and muse.

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<aside> <img src="/icons/list_green.svg" alt="/icons/list_green.svg" width="40px" /> Story Requirements

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past volumes

Download our past volumes at https://pressanthology.carrd.co/

hope & new beginnings

2022 anthology

change & transformation

2023 anthology

dreams & the unknown

2024 anthology

story requirements

To ensure that all submissions fit the theme and are original fiction, we’ll ask for your pitch at sign-up. Please wait until your pitch is approved before starting work.

• We are looking for new, unpublished, original short fiction using the theme ghosts & forests
  • Ghosts may be paranormal/supernatural entities or another interpretation
  • Forests may be the traditional definition or another interpretation
  • Your story should include both aspects of the theme
• Stories may be 2,000 to 7,000 words long (firm on both ends)
• Stories may be rated general audience, teen (PG-13), or mature (R). We won’t be publishing explicit fiction.
• All genres are welcome!
• Submissions must be written in English