Frivolous Comma
Literary Magazine
Collecting all things speculative fiction and orbiting subjects.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 8 weeks*/Editor reported data148 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 3.42%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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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 - 4000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative
Payment: £ 0.08 per word
Nonfiction - 3500 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 3500
Max pieces: 1
Payment: £ 125 per piece
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Payment: £ 40 per piece
Art
Payment: £100-200
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
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Additional info
We’re looking for science fiction, fantasy, horror, the uncanny, or any work (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) that orbit this genre, with a particular focus on characters in some type of transition: political (as in migration stories); personal (such as across culture or identities), biological, linguistic, geographic, or other forms of being in-between. Academics would call these stories about “intersectionality.” Frivolous Comma exists to spotlight and elevate diverse writers of speculative fiction, particularly writers who are underrepresented (BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+) as well as writers who come from, or currently reside in, markets where English is not the first language. No multiple submissions. We accept a limited number of reprints. If you submit work that's been published elsewhere - please include where with a link. Short Fiction: $0.08/word with $100 minimum; Non-Fiction Essays or Columns: $75 per article; Poetry: $40 per poem; Art: $200 for original work; $100 for work from artist's existing portfolio; We pay $25 per work for reprints.
Tracker statistics
91
Total submissions tracked
148 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
66 days
Fastest response time
167 days
Slowest response time
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Chirag Richards-Desai
Editor-in-Chief