Defunct Magazine
Literary Magazine
Defunct is a celebration of what is over, & what isn’t yet. We’re mourning. We’re functioning. Let’s show the world what we want & need through what we’ve lost.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1-8 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
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
Max pieces: 5
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Hybrid
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 1
Translation
Max pieces: 5
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Cover letters aren’t required, but are welcome. If you send a cover letter, please tell us what we need to know about you in order to meet your work on its own terms—we care a lot more about your identity and where you’re coming from than we care about your credentials or accolades. And we would love to know how you found us!
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
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Additional info
We want more queer submissions! More translations from non-European languages! More genre fiction (by that we mean sci-fi, ecofabulism, fantasy, etc.)! We want more essays! We want more genre-bendy things!
Tracker statistics
26
Total submissions tracked
73 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
69 days
Fastest response time
74 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 15 days, 121 days
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About
Punk’s not dead, punk’s not dead. We’re punk. We’re funky. We can be fancy when we want to. Our contributors bring back the dead, salvage the past, reveal their obsessions. We’re interested in questioning functional systems that no longer serve us, and broadcasting voices that have been told they do...
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2010
Country
US
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Erin Stalcup
Editor-in-Chief