After the success of our first set of anthologies, we are putting out a call for more submissions for the next two Fantastic Schools collections. We welcome interest, proposals, and submissions from authors, regardless of their prior publication history, and stories set in any universe (provided they are the writer’s universe, or the writer has written permission to play in someone else’s universe). If you are interested, please feel free to contact us using the email below.

The first volume has a generalist theme, stories set within a magical educational environment (schools, universities, even homeschooling)   .  They can be of any sort, including sporty, bully-gets-theirs, newbie wins respect, dark lord gets beaten by students, etc.  We prefer reasonably stand alone stories, but like I said above feel free to write them in your own worlds; we invite writers to include details that might draw new readers to their stories.

The second is centred around an extracurricular theme, activities that take place in school but are not directly focused on the classroom. Tales of school plays, for example, or extracurricular clubs and activities, or anything along those lines. A story about a school play could sit next to a story about a debating club, a political association, a riding club, drawing or coding or even a homecoming prom: we will happily listen to proposals that touch upon the extracurricular theme and accept them, as long as they fit roughly within the topic.

If you’re interested, the submission guidelines are here:

The Fantastic Schools anthologies are intended for a YA and general audience. Stories do not need to be directed at a YA audience, but story content should be appropriate for both teen and adult readers.Magic schools must be original to the author or used with the author’s express permission. No unauthorized fan fiction will be accepted.Please include a foreword giving a short introduction (a paragraph or thereabouts) to the story, including details of the surrounding world if it is set in a previously published universe, and an afterword about the author, including a short biography and a link to the author’s other works.Please query with your story idea, so to avoid too many stories on the same exact topic.Word count: 3000 to 12,000 (for longer stories, inquire.)Payment: Authors will receive equal shares of 55%  of profits.

Please send queries and questions to:

Note: Query acceptance does not guaranty a place in the anthology.