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Pitch researched, educational articles for writers, horror fans, and curious readers.

Horror Encyclopedia accepts contributor articles from writers who can explain dark, strange, historical, folkloric, medical, literary, or cultural subjects with clarity and care. We are looking for well-written, informative, and well-researched articles that help readers better understand horror, its influences, and the real-world ideas that shape the genre.

We do not publish opinion pieces, personal essays, reviews, or unsupported speculation. Articles should be educational in nature and written for readers who want useful context, accurate information, and thoughtful horror-focused research.

Contributor articles are typically 600 to 800 words. Accepted pieces will receive 0.04/word.

All submitted work must be original and written by the contributor. We do not accept AI-written or AI-assisted articles. This includes articles drafted, rewritten, expanded, heavily edited, or substantially shaped by generative AI tools.

What We’re Looking For

We are interested in articles that are:

• Educational, researched, and fact-based

• Clear, readable, and accessible

• Relevant to death, crime, medical, environment, monster, occult or fear based articles that are tailored towards horror writers with a general horror fan audience in mind,

• Supported by credible sources when needed

What We Do Not Accept

We are not looking for:

• Opinion pieces

• Personal essays

• Reviews

• Promotional articles

• AI-written or AI-assisted content

• Plagiarized, copied, spun, or rewritten content

• Articles that encourage real-world harm, illegal activity, harassment, abuse, or discrimination

• Thin summaries with no research or original structure

Contributor Payment

Horror Encyclopedia offers 0.04/word for accepted pieces. We may accepted pieces longer than 800 words if the topic justifies it.

Payment amount based on final word count, deadline, topic approval, editing expectations, and publication details will be discussed before an article is assigned or accepted.

Submitting a pitch does not guarantee acceptance, payment, publication, or an ongoing contributor relationship.

Editorial Review

All pitches and submitted articles are reviewed by Christina Escamilla Publishing or a member of the Horror Encyclopedia team.

We may accept, decline, request revisions, edit for clarity, adjust formatting, update headlines, add internal links, fact-check details, or decide not to publish a submitted article. Final publication decisions are made at our discretion.

Contributor Byline

Accepted articles may include a contributor byline and profile. Contributor profiles may include a name, short bio, headshot, website link, email address if approved, and published articles on Horror Encyclopedia.