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"We are a magazine that showcases compelling, accessible, and culturally relevant work–anything the mainstream is ignoring, we'll want it. We seek to offer an authentic reflection of the contemporary, and most importantly, to uplift marginalized voices in a fascinating and brutally honest way."

"We are a magazine that showcases compelling, accessible, and culturally relevant work–anything the mainstream is ignoring, we'll want it. We seek to offer an authentic reflection of the contemporary, and most importantly, to uplift marginalized voices in a fascinating and brutally honest way."

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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

1-3 months / 45 days

Acceptance Rate

3.17%

  • Payment

    Yes

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    Yes: $5

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

9 genres

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 2

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 2

Poetry

Min pieces: 3

Max pieces: 4

10 pages max

Art

Max pieces: 5

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Audio

music

Video

Max pieces: 5

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 2

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 2

Poetry

Min pieces: 3

Max pieces: 4

10 pages max

Art

Max pieces: 5

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Audio

music

Video

Max pieces: 5

Statistics

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Track submission

95

Total submissions tracked

45 days

Average response time

3.17%

Average acceptance rate

5 days

Fastest response time

114 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 334 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

Please include a third-person biography or artist’s statement that is a maximum of 100 words.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Submit a docx. format

Rights for published work

Please note that Defunkt Magazine requires First Serial Rights on all submissions/all mediums and that all published works may be considered for our annually printed anthology, Pushcart nominations, and Best of the Net.

Additional info

Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Offer expedited response: $5 - response within 2 weeks Pays! We pay contributors based off our Patreon subscriptions so this number varies per volume. The current pay range is $8.50-$13 Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:) Available in print and online

About the Magazine

Founded in 2019 | ?

Defunkt Magazine is Houston-based nonprofit literary journal and press dedicated to publishing authentic, influential works from emerging and established writers, artists, and creatives.

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Diamond Braxton

Editor-in-Chief

Keagan Wheat

Managing Editor

Kimberly Wolf

Associate Poetry Editor

Megan McKinley

CNF Editor

Charlene Caruthers

CNF Associate Editor

Kaunain Khan

Associate Prose Editor