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Astrolabe

Literary Magazine

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Nonfiction

Poetry

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A new literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe. We’re interested in connecting and recombining the work we publish and letting the shape of their creations, however seeming-distant in genre or style or intent, tell larger stories together.

Highlights

  • Vibe:We're just chilling here
  • Response time:
    12 weeks*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    62 days*
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  • Acceptance rate:  / 
    2.616981132075471%*
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Pays$50

Find more details in the Genres section

FeeNo

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

    From the editors

    Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 3000 words max

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 3

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary, Experimental, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Magical Realism, Speculative

Payment: $ 50

Submit no more than 3,000 words in total if sending multiple pieces. We’ll happily consider fiction in all prose forms—prose poetry, micro, flash, and beyond.

Nonfiction - 3000 words max

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 3

Payment: $ 50

Submit no more than 3,000 words in total if sending multiple pieces. We’ll happily consider CNF in all prose forms—micro, flash, and beyond.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Payment: $ 50

Prose poetry only. We’re not a market for lineated poetry at the moment.

Art

Max pieces: 5

Payment: $ 50

Send us up to five pieces in .jpg, .png, or .pdf format. If your artwork doesn’t work in one of those formats—for example, if you’ve built something dynamic or interactive—send a link to where we can view it online, or just ask!

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Payment: $ 50

How to submit

  • Processs

    Email

  • Cover letter

    Include a short cover letter, bio, and your work as an attachment(s). We welcome pen names, author names, or pseudonyms. No need to include your legal name, physical address, phone number, or other personal information with your submission—the name you publish under and your email address is enough!

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    .doc, .docx, or .pdf for writing .jpg, .png, or .pdf for art and photography

  • Author's rights

    We ask for first North American serial rights and non-exclusive print/anthology rights. All copyrights remain yours.

  • Additional info

    We pay a $50 honorarium for work we publish! While we publish batches of new work on the spring/fall equinox and winter/summer solstice, we don't consider them "issues," but rather materializations of the Universe and its constellations. And the Universe may be completely rearranged by a cataclysm at some point... Work published in Astrolabe has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2023!

Tracker statistics

159

Total submissions tracked

62 days

Average response time

2.616981132075471%

Average acceptance rate

6 days

Fastest response time

151 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 211 days, -59 days

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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

2.00%

12-month average acceptance rate

66 days

12-month average response time

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About

We’re envisioning a Universe that’s expansive and dynamic, inclusive and lush, a perpetual explosion that defies temporal systems of organization or measurement. Instead of publishing sequential issues or a stream of work that relegates what came before to the background, we’re interested in connect...

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Founded

2022

Country

US

www.astrolabe.ooo

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    Editor Joel Hans avatar

    Joel Hans

    Editor-in-Chief

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    Jae Towle Vieira

    Editor-in-Chief