OFIC Magazine
Literary Magazine
OFIC Magazine curates original literary fiction from fanauthors. Quarterly, you’ll have a whole issue of high quality, professionally edited work to read before bed each night, or on your commute to work, or while enduring a whole day of pointless Zoom meetings.
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 3 months*/Editor reported data45 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 8% */Editor reported data8.74%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysYes
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
From the editors
Pushcart Prize
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
Free
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 12000 words max
Max words: 12000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary, Romance
Payment: $
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 5
Sub Genres: Literary, Romance
Payment: $
Nonfiction - 12000 words max
Max words: 12000
Max pieces: 1
Payment: $
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
You must include some information about your relationship to fandom in your cover letter. This is a magazine for publishing the original work of fans. If you don't identify as a fan, we can't accept your work.
Eligibility
18+
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
We take first North American serial rights. This means we can’t accept work that has been previously published in any way.
Additional info
We are able to offer our contributors a small honorarium in USD and a free copy (print AND digital) of the issue. Available in print (limited copies per issue)
Tracker statistics
25
Total submissions tracked
45 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
18 days
Fastest response time
219 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 425 days
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Submission calls
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About
What’s special about the word “ofic” is that it’s short for “original fiction,” but only in contrast to fanfiction. The fanfic/ofic divide dichotomizes fiction into two categories: work that openly acknowledges the canon from which a work was transformed, and everything else. OFIC Magazine is a qu...
Read moreFounded
2021
Country
US
Masthead
Beth Weeks
Editor-in-Chief
Amber
Managing Editor
Anna
Art Director
Hannah
Fiction Editor