Open for submissions
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Backwards Trajectory is a curiosity shop, brimming with baubles, tchotchkes, and doohickeys full of delight and wonder. We are the desk drawer you forgot about.
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Hybrid
Max words: 200
Found Objects: Got a shopping list that tells a story, a random note you found lying on the ground? Snap a picture of it and send it our way. Please don’t send things longer than 200 words.
Photography
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 5
Drawings, sketches, small paintings, etc.
Poetry
Short poems, two hundred words maximum.
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Flash rules
Max words: 200
Fiction
No specific limitations
Flash rules
Max words: 200
Hybrid
Max words: 200
Found Objects: Got a shopping list that tells a story, a random note you found lying on the ground? Snap a picture of it and send it our way. Please don’t send things longer than 200 words.
Photography
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 5
Drawings, sketches, small paintings, etc.
Poetry
Short poems, two hundred words maximum.
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
01
Details
02
How to submit 🏗️
03
Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
05
Demographics & Eligibility
06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
07
Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2021 | United States
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 :)
Adam Strong
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
2
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
2 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/2 days
Fastest response time
2 days
Slowest response time
2 days