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"a free, online tri-annual magazine publishing speculative fiction (SF/F/H, the weird, slipstream, surrealism, fabulism, and more) by queer people of colour on every range of the LGBTQIA spectrum."

"a free, online tri-annual magazine publishing speculative fiction (SF/F/H, the weird, slipstream, surrealism, fabulism, and more) by queer people of colour on every range of the LGBTQIA spectrum."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

8 weeks

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    Yes

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

3 genres

Fiction

Max words: 6000

(soft min/max, but please within that general range). Must have some speculative content, however slight. No restriction on genre.

Poetry

Max lines: 100

Max pieces: 2

Under 100 lines, any form — traditional, free, and/or experimental. (Prose poetry may exceed this stated limit). Must have some speculative ...

Art

Cover art. Portfolio previews/links thereto preferred, rather than single piece submissions. We are open to both original and reprint art fo...

Fiction

Max words: 6000

(soft min/max, but please within that general range). Must have some speculative content, however slight. No restriction on genre.

Poetry

Max lines: 100

Max pieces: 2

Under 100 lines, any form — traditional, free, and/or experimental. (Prose poetry may exceed this stated limit). Must have some speculative ...

Art

Cover art. Portfolio previews/links thereto preferred, rather than single piece submissions. We are open to both original and reprint art fo...

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

LGBTQ+ creatorsAll marginalized creatorsWomen and other marginalized genders

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

You must be both queer/two-spirit and a person of colour/Indigenous/Aboriginal* to submit to Anathema. Rights: First Electronic Rights (Online and eBook). 4 Months exclusivity from date of publication, archiving unless requested to remove the content by the author(s). Payment: $150 (CAD) for fiction, $75 (CAD) for poetry, $300 (CAD) for cover art. Paid on publication. We pay primarily through PayPal, but will arrange other payment methods as necessary.

About the Magazine

Founded in ? | Canada

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Michael Matheson

Co-Editor

Andrew Wilmot

Co-Editor

Chinelo Onwualu

Co-Editor

Examples

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