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Updated10.19.2026

Joyland

Creative Magazine/Website

Rating

Recommend this magazinebased on 16 votes

A Damn Good Read9

I Just Love Them6

Career Builder5

Beautiful Design2

Highlights

Type

Creative

Vibe

Top tier. Not Paris Review, but pretty close

Payment

$200-350

Fee

$0-5

Acceptance rate

1.08%

Response time

76 days/112 days

Print issues

Accepts previously published

Nominates for prizes

Yes

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About

Founded in 2008 by Emily Schultz and Brian J Davis, Joyland is based on the idea that fiction is an international movement supported by local communities. Our editors work with authors globally to highlight the most exciting voices in literary fiction and creative nonfiction. Several of our stories have been included as Notables in Best American Short Stories and published in the Journey Prize Anthology. We’ve been the first publisher of some of...

Social Media

10K+/10K+

Location

United States

Founded

2008

Affiliations

Independent

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