Broken Antler Magazine
Literary Magazine
Literary magazine publishing work that is dark, speculative, experimental, unsettling, and absurd. LGBTQ+/women-ran. Paying market for weird words and art!
Highlights
- Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
- Response time: 30 days*/Editor reported data49 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 1.46%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$20
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
From the editors
Yes
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
From the editors
5
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 3000 words max
Max words: 1
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Absurdist, Experimental, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative, wtf idk
Payment: $ 20
Nonfiction (CNF)
Max words: 1
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 2
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Payment: $ 20
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Payment: $ 20
Hybrid
Max pieces: 2
Payment: $ 20
Art
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $ 20
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
In the body of your email — please include the title of your piece(s), word count (prose only), a brief bio (100 words max.), content warnings if necessary, and any other information you’d like to share with us about you + your work.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Submissions should be attached in .DOC, .DOCX, .PNG, or .PDF formats. Prose submissions should be double-spaced, unless your work is intentionally experimenting with form. Preferred font is Garamond (TNR is cool too). If submitting multiple pieces, please include all work in one document.
Author's rights
By submitting to Broken Antler, you grant us first serial rights for physical and electronic publication. All rights revert back to you upon publication.
Additional info
Broken Antler is committed to paying artists for their work. Individuals with work selected for Broken Antler’s print issue receive $20 + a contributor copy of the magazine. We pay $10 (per piece) for work published in our online venues. Payment is provided upon acceptance.
Tracker statistics
296
Total submissions tracked
49 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
0 days
Fastest response time
92 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 176 days, 197 days
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Submission calls
All genres
Masthead
Court Ludwick
Editor-in-Chief
Riah Hopkins
Managing Editor
Amelia Skinner Saint
Art Curator
Bianca Viñas
Poetry Editor
Bekah Bahn
Associate Editor