Tea Goblin Cafe Newsletter #21

Welcome to Tea Goblin Cafe’s newsletter! I provide a list of comic anthologies/publishers currently accepting submissions and comic conventions with open applications. If there are comics anthologies or comic conventions that you’d like me to add to the list, send them my way! Thanks! 🙂

Thank you for your patience! I’ve been in Greece for about a week now and I LOVE it here. I’m getting back into the groove of things, so the updates may still be a little sporadic as I do. But I have some new opportunities to share this week. So let’s do this!

On the spreadsheet, anything highlighted in GREEN is new.

COMIC ANTHOLOGY OPEN SUBMISSIONS:

NEW! WildStar Press – How We Made the Moon Cry Anthology Supernatural anthology about the moon. They are looking for creator owned original comics, fiction, and poetry. Deadline Dec 29th.

NEW! Wiggle Bird Mailing Club – Submissions for January Issue They are looking for short comics and zines from Trans and Queer creators. Deadline Jan. 15th, 2026.

NEW! Mad Cave Studios – Pitch submissions They are looking for creator-owned original comics/graphic novels.

Picto Zine – Picto Zine Issue 1 This is a NSFW Zine about cowboys. Deadline Nov 29th.

Fieldmouse Press – Original Comics Looking for high-quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry comics. Deadline Nov 30th.

Iron Circus Comics – Lie Machine Anthology Looking for non-fiction comics about propaganda, bad faith arguments, and headline-twisting narratives. Opening Dec 1st.

Darya Foroohar – DeadWeight Anthology An anthology about eating disorders. Opening Dec 1st.

Sov Comics – New Year, New Stories 2026 Looking for comics 4 – 10 pages either unpublished or published between Jan 2025 – Jan 2026. Deadline Dec. 1st.

Radha Kai Zan – Drawn to Love Anthology Looking for stories about falling in love through your original characters. Deadline Jan 1st, 2026.

Oak Tree Comics – Open Submissions – Young Reader and Middle Aged Picture books or graphic novels.

Fantasy Zines – Vol 1 Astronomica Charity Zine An OC zine with a celestial theme.

The Rumpus – Ongoing Submissions Looking for unpublished comics.

Oh Joy Sex Toy – Creator Owned Comics Original creator owned stories 4-5 pages. Educational, autobiographical, pornographic, review a sex toy, etc. Please review their submission guidelines before you submit.

Bird’s Eye Comics – The Bebop Anthology Is an ongoing comic anthology.

Moom Comics – Open Call Completed Comics They are looking for comic stories of 60 pages or more featuring queer main characters or queer experiences.

Afterlight Comics – Accepting horror comics pitches They are looking for short 22 page stories and limited mini series or OGNs. Creator owned only.

Excavation Comics – Excavation Exhibition They are looking for original comics 5-10 pages in length.

Looking to pitch a comic idea or graphic novel? Click this link to the Submissions Spreadsheet. It shows publishers accepting pitches. Most are looking for creator owned projects. Please be sure to read their pitch packet guidelines before you submit!

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COMIC CONVENTIONS OPEN APPLICATIONS:

There are SO many comic conventions that are accepting applications right now. I’ve created a massive Google Spreadsheet to help you navigate this list. Click the link and then save a copy so you can sort by the columns. State abbreviations have be updated!

Tea Goblin Cafe Conventions List

Below is a few highlights of shows with application deadlines coming up soon and shows that have JUST opened applications.

NEW! VANCAF – July 4th – 5th, 2026 (Closes Jan 11th, 2026) Vancouver, Canada

NEW! TCAF – June 7th -8th, 2026 (Closes Dec 19th) Toronto, Canada

NEW! Chibi Chibi Con – May 16th, 2026 (Closes Dec 20th)

NEW! ConCarolinas – May 29th – 31st, 2026 (Closes March 1st, 2026)

NEW! Animate! Philadelphia – May 1st – 3rd, 2026 (Closes May 1st, 2026)

NEW! Anime Magic – Aug 21st – 23rd, 2026 (Closes June 15th, 2026)

NEW! Animinneapolis – May 8th – 10th, 2026

NEW! Anime Expo LA – July 2nd – 5th, 2026

NEW! AMA-CON – Aug 1st – 2nd, 2026

NEW! Anime Idaho – Sept 19th – 20th, 2026

Touhoufest – June 19th – 21st, 2026 (Closes Nov 30th)

Anime Iowa – July 25th – 26th, 2026 (Closes Nov 30th)

Yamacon – Dec 5th – 7th (Closes Dec 5th)

C2E2 – March 27th – 29th, 2026 (Closes Jan 10th)

Cherry Capital Comic Con – May 22nd – 24th, 2026 (Closes Jan 15th, 2026)

DreamCon – July 10th – 12th, 2026 (Closes Feb 28th, 2026)

Pasadena Comic Con – Jan 25th, 2026

Hall of Heroes Comic Con – May 30th – 31st, 2026

Nococon – June 6th – 7th, 2026

OMG!CON – June 12th – 14th, 2026

Soonercon – June 19th – 21st, 2026

Animeverse Kansas City – Aug 1st – 2nd, 2026 (Closes Aug 1st, 2026)

Anime-Zap – Jan 9th – 11th, 2026

Mid Valley Comic Art Expo – April 18th – 19th, 2026

Glasgow Anime and Gaming Con – July 3rd – 5th, 2026

LAcon World Con – Aug 27th – 31st, 2026 (Interest Form)

Garden State Comic Fest – Nov 15th – 16th

Charlie’s AnimeCon – Dec 7th

Fan Expo Portland – Jan 16th – 18th, 2026

Dothan Anime Fest – Jan 17th, 2026

Shreveport AnimeFest – January 31st, 2026

Washington Gaming Expo – Feb 6th – 8th, 2026

Anime Washington – Feb 6th – 8th, 2026

BlerDCon – March 6th – 8th, 2026

Retro Expo – March 7th – 8th, 2026

Wondercon – March 27th – 29th, 2026

Retropalooza Houston – March 28th – 29th, 2026

Mid Valley Comic Expo – April 18th – 19th, 2026

Crypticon – May 1st – 3rd, 2026

Gem State Comic Con – May 15th – 17th, 2026

Thy Kingdom Con – May 22nd – 24th, 2026

Des Moines Con – May 29th – 31st, 2026

Tremendicon – May 29th – 31st, 2026

Big Lick Comic Con – May 30th – 31st, 2026

Beaver State Comic Con – May 30th – 31st, 2026

3 Rivers Con – June 6th – 7th, 2026

Kimokawaii – June 6th – 7th, 2026

Lehigh Valley Comic Con – June 6th – 7th, 2026

BayCon – July 3rd – 6th, 2026 (Closes June 1st, 2026)

Undiscovered Realm Comic Con – June 13th – 14th, 2026 (Closes June 12th, 2026)

Animate! Columbus – June 12th – 14th, 2026 (Closes July 14th, 2026)

Origins Game Fair – June 18th – 21st, 2026 (Closes Feb 13th, 2026)

Port Maine Con – June 25th – 28th, 2026

Planet Funk Con – June 26th – 28th, 2026

Volunteer Valley Comic Con – June 27th – 28th, 2026

Willmington AnimeFest – June 28th, 2026

Mad Monster Party Arizona – July 10th – 12th, 2026

Galaxy Con New Orleans – July 10th – 12th, 2026 (Closes July 12th, 2026)

Delta H Con – July 17th – 19th, 2026

Galaxy Con Raleigh – July 23rd – 26th, 2026 (Closes July 26th, 2026)

Fan Expo Dallas – Sept 11th – 13th, 2026