Barren Magazine
Literary Magazine
A literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, and mixed media for hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses. We revel in the shadow-spaces that make up the human condition, and aim to find antitheses to that which defines us: light in darkness; beauty in ugliness; peace in disarray.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 3 months*/Editor reported data71 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 16.28%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
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
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 - 4000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction - 4000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Photography
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Include the following in the email body: Name (as you would like printed) Email address 3rd person bio (limit to 100 words) Optional – Author website and other social media links Recommended – Author photo (600 x 600 pixels preferred)
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
All written content should be emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment. 12-point Times New Roman is preferred. Do not include personal information in the attached document. All writing submissions go through multiple review levels, and we prefer to read all submissions without author identifiers. Your email’s subject line should be the genre followed by your name. (i.e., “Poetry – Sam Smith”).
Author's rights
Barren Magazine reserves one-time, archival, and promotional publishing rights to contributors’ accepted content. Barren Magazine does not reserve exclusive rights — authors maintain ownership of their content and may seek subsequent publication elsewhere.
Additional info
"We prefer previously unpublished material, but may accept previously published work as long as authors own its copyright and provide appropriate attribution."
Tracker statistics
52
Total submissions tracked
71 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
20 days
Fastest response time
216 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 731 days
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About
We are a safe space that embraces the beauty of the human condition and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and equality. We at Barren Magazine do not tolerate any form of racism, bigotry, sexism, harassment, political extremism, religious exclusion, or abuse of any kind from our readers, contributors,...
Read moreFounded
2018
Country
US
Masthead
Jason D. Ramsey
Editor-in-Chief
Madeleine Corley
Managing Editor
Lee Potts
Poetry Editor
Em Messall
Fiction Editor
Kira Riley
Fiction Editor
James McAdams
Flash Fiction Editor
Katherine Tweedle
Flash Fiction Editor
Corey Miller
Creative Nonfiction Editor
Ann Kathryn Kelly
Flash Creative Nonfiction Editor