Bourbon Penn
Literary Magazine
Speculative. Absurd. Odd. Always looking for new fiction.
This listing is scheduled for audit
Please double check information on the magazine’s website
if you are an editor for this magazine, you can claim the listing here
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1-3 months*/Editor reported data38 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 1.1%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$0.03 per word
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
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 - 7500 words max
Max words: 2000
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Absurdist, Experimental, Magical Realism, Speculative
Payment: $ 0.03 per word
How to submit
Processs
Moksha
Cover letter
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Submissions should follow the Shunn Modern Manuscript Format (mailing address and phone number are not necessary as part of your manuscript) and be uploaded as a .doc, docx, or .rtf file.
Author's rights
Use of the author’s work by Bourbon Penn entails the assignment of first world English rights, for publication in the English language anywhere in the world. Bourbon Penn may use the author’s work only in the above-mentioned publication—paperback, web, and electronic editions—and re-printings of it.
Additional info
We are looking for highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, odd realities. Payment: 3¢ / word. We do not accept simultaneous or multiple submissions.
Tracker statistics
515
Total submissions tracked
38 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
11 days
Fastest response time
123 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 316 days, 240 days
Сhill Subs is able to provide internal statistics because you use our tracker! You're the best!
Submission calls
General
About
We are looking for highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, odd realities. We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.
Founded
2010
Country
US
Masthead
Erik Secker
Editor-in-Chief
J. Scott Wilson
Copy Editor