The Twenty-Fifth Underdog Anthology is now open for submissions until April 30th, 2025. We are aiming for publication mid to late May this year.

This anthology, originally the Easter anthology, is now the ‘any genre’ one. Anything from romance to science fiction, comedy to horror, as long as it’s legal and not pornographic.

Payment is, as always, £12 per story or the equivalent in copies of the book. Stories should be around 2000 words, although this is somewhat flexible. Very short stories (1000 words or less) might be offered a reduced payment. Unfortunately we cannot offer an increased payment for longer stories, although these can be accepted.

The deadline on this one can be a little flexible since it’s not tied to a specific annual event. If you let us know you’re going to be a day or two late with your submission, we can accomodate it. Keep in mind though, that once editing starts we’re going to be busy so a day or two over the deadline is okay (with a prior warning!) but later than that will be too late.

Since Anthology 24 was a Monster, we’re going to have to set a limit on size for this one. It was a delight to produce that monster but the size makes it a lot more expensive than the rest of the anthologies so it’s a hard one to sell. So send your best, and don’t be disheartened if your story doesn’t make it into this one. We really do have to limit the size of these books for sales reasons.

Looking forward to reading your story.