Bizarrchitecture
Literary Magazine
A quarterly magazine of the New Weird and all its genre-bending sisters. Loves the experimental, the strange, and the out of place. Check our website for submission details!
Highlights
- Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
- Response time: 2-3 Months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
PaysNo
Fee$3
Find more details in the Genres section
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
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 - 5000 words max
Max words: 1001
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Absurdist, Experimental, Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, LGBTQ+ Stories, Science Fiction, Speculative, wtf idk
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction - 2000 words max
Max words: 2000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: $ 3
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Please include your name, the title of your piece, word count, and your publishing history, as well as any personal experience/education that could lend credibility to your piece (don't worry if you don't have this, but if you're writing a story set in a fine dining restaurant and you've worked in fine dining for years, we'd love to know!) Send a bio if you like, we will collect one if your piece is accepted either way.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please submit all fiction and non-fiction in Shunn Manuscript Format, modern or classic. Poetry formatting is up to the submitter. Please submit in .DOC, .DOCX, .RTF, or .ODT.
Author's rights
We seek First World Electronic Rights in English, Anthology Rights, and Worldwide Audio Rights. You’re essentially agreeing that your piece has not previously been published online or in print, that you will not reprint your piece in any format for a period of at least one year past publication of the Bizarrchitecture issue it appears in, that we may in the future include your piece in an anthology with your consent, and that we may reproduce your piece in audio format either as an accompaniment to the online issue or as part of a podcast series. In the future, contracts may shift as we establish our sources of income and are able to offer compensation.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
20
Total submissions tracked
7 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
2 days
Fastest response time
34 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 57 days
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