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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."

"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."

Vibe

We're just chilling here

Response Time

4 weeks / 44 days

Acceptance Rate

3.7%

  • Payment

    Yes: $50

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 3

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,...

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 3

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

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

Art

Max pieces: 5

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 ...

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 3

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,...

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 3

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

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

Art

Max pieces: 5

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 ...

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Statistics

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Track submission

51

Total submissions tracked

44 days

Average response time

3.7%

Average acceptance rate

14 days

Fastest response time

83 days

Slowest response time

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

How to submit

Process

We use email.

Cover letters

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

Rights for published work

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... We're open for submission year-round, but switch between free and paid submission periods ($3 via PayPal) throughout the year. Here are the free submission periods for 2023: - March 20th to April 20th - June 21st to July 21st - September 22nd to October 22nd - December 21st to Jan 21, 2024 Work published in Astrolabe has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2023!

About the Magazine

Founded in 2022 | United States

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 connecting and recombining the work we publish and the artists who make it on an ongoing basis. Letting the shape of their creations, however seeming-distant in genre or style or intent, tell larger stories together. We welcome you to stumble your way through the Universe in search of unexpected connection. And we hope that when you find something you love, you feel drawn to explore the asterism it belongs to, the other stars in its vicinity, the potential meanings of colors and shapes. We hope you’ll look into the voids in this ever-changing Universe and dream up what might, someday, call that place a home.

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 :)

Joel Hans

Editor-in-Chief

Jae Towle Vieira

Editor-in-Chief

Examples

1 pieces from Chill Subs people