Open Calls

House of Loki is an open and inclusive publishing house.

Submissions@house-of-loki.com

Submissions

Submission Guidelines.

All manuscripts in .doc/.docx format please.

Spelling : UK English

Font: Times New Roman, 12 point

Double line spaced. Use Shunn format

Shunn info here https://www.shunn.net/format/classic/

Each call out will give guidance for the age group we are aiming for. Please keep this in mind when writing your story.

Send Submissions to Submissions@house-of-loki.com

Current calls

Loki At The Movies

lOKI AT THE MOVIES : Sword and Sorcery (Temporary Cover)

Loki At The Movies is a quarterly anthology with a different theme for each quarter. The second is Sword & Sorcery.

Open From now until August

Sword and Sorcery Stories 7+ . Give us fantastic creatures and those that care for them. Give us reluctant or accidental heroes fighting powerful sorcerers. Or not so powerful sorcerers dealing with whatever type of hero you want to create Elves, pixies, reluctant heroes. Wherever your brain goes when you think of Sword and Sorcery, we want you to take us with you.

Word count: 2000 – 6000 words

Author compensation: Free digital copy and personalised marketing images. Promotion on our social media accounts (things that are appropriate for young people)

Please read the submission guidelines on the website House-of-loki.com/opencalls and send your work to: submissions@house-of-loki.com

In the email subject line put Loki Movies – story title – author name

House Of Loki Is an imprint of Nordic Press

Marvellous Mashups

Marvellous Mashups will be a collection of stories that mix one or more genres.

Open From now until Full – I will give updates as we go along.

Age Range – Teen/YA

Stories mixing one or more genres, see Worlds Collide By Nordic press for examples of it being done brilliantly . Give us Cyborgs Vs Vampires, Aliens invading the fairy realm. Pride, prejudice and great scaly DINOSAURS.

Let your mind go anywhere and smash together two worlds that should never meet. Please be careful about using anything that isn’t in the public domain as we won’t be able to use it. Pastiche/parody is usually okay within reason.

Word count: 2000 – 5000 words

Author compensation: Free digital copy and personalised marketing images. Promotion on our social media accounts (things that are appropriate for young people)

Please read the submission guidelines above and send your work to: submissions@house-of-loki.com

In the email subject line put Marvellous Mashups – Story Title – Author Name

House Of Loki Is an imprint of Nordic Press

The Book Of Loki

The Book Of Loki will be a collection multi-genre short stories rhymes and images about rescue animals to raise money for the Dierenopvangcentrum Vlaardingen

CLOSED NOW

Age Range – 7-13

Stories about rescue animals that can be true or from any genre, as long as rescue animals are involved somewhere. They can be rescue dragons, real animals or magical creatures. They can be true personal stories or crazy, fun adventures. We will also accept short rhymes or drawings. all stories will be translated so that we have a version in Dutch and English so that followers of the animal shelter can enjoy them too.

Word count: Less than 1000 words

Author compensation: Free digital copy and personalised marketing images. Promotion on our social media accounts (things that are appropriate for young people)

Please read the submission guidelines above and send your work to: submissions@house-of-loki.com

In the email subject line put The Book Of Loki – Story Title – Author Name

House Of Loki Is an imprint of Nordic Press

Loki At The Movies : Brilliant B-Movies (Temporary Cover)

CLOSED NOW

Loki At The Movies is a quarterly anthology with a different theme for each quarter. The first is B-Movie style stories for young people.

We want OTT characters, bad special effects great, giant versions of things that are usually tiny, Alien invasions. Have some fun with this call. Be inventive and experimental with your writing.We want a fabulous story with a crappy director 😀 Just have lots of fun and the readers will too.

Word count: 2000 – 6000 words

Author compensation: Free digital copy and personalised marketing images. Promotion on our social media accounts (things that are appropriate for young people)

Please read the submission guidelines above and send your work to: submissions@house-of-loki.com

In the email subject line put HOL presents – story title – author name

House Of Loki Is an imprint of Nordic Press


“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

Roald Dahl