A nonprofit magazine that specializes in weird format/found fiction. Submissions are read blind, so as to reduce editor bias. Horror is preferred, but not required.
Highlights
- Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
- Response time: 30 days after submission*/Editor reported data59 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 5%*/Editor reported data10.72%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
From the editors
Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Process
Email
Cover letter
We read blind. While there are no penalties for having identifying information on your document, we will ask you to remove it before we read. This is to prevent any subconscious biases- we’re people, after all, we don’t read in a vacuum.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Stories can be in any format except traditional prose. Stories told in forum messages? Great! Police blotters? Excellent! Receipts? If you can swing that, we want to see it!
Author's rights
We do not look to obtain exclusivity. Our contract is for a one-time license for publication and promotion, after which we must ask to include you in anything else.
Additional info
Previously published is allowed. We don’t discriminate in pay between reprints and original fiction. Pays! For the General Zine: $0.01/word plus 50% Royalties after printing. For Between the Shelves (Online only): $20 flat.
Tracker statistics
178
Total submissions tracked
59 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
10 days
Fastest response time
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