Passengers Journal
Literary Magazine
A fully-voiced journal of literary and visual art. We seek art that is necessary rather than desired. We want to be shaken, surprised, and moved. Each quarterly issue is completely listenable and voiced by professional voice actors.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1 month*/Editor reported data42 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 5% */Editor reported data8.363641975308642%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
Fee$4
Find more details in the Genres section
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, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
From the editors
5
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 7500 words max
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 4
Nonfiction - 7500 words max
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 4
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 4
Art
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 4
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
We find no fault with the industry-standard third-person biography. Yet, we do encourage you to be your most genuine self. Mentioning your current reading, a current project, or even why you create provides additional insight into your work that is often appreciated. We ask that all submissions include a third person bio that can be published alongside accepted pieces. We want to know whose work we are considering.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
POETRY SUBMISSIONS should contain 3-5 poems, with each poem on a new page, not to exceed 10 pages. Poems should be formatted as the author wishes them to appear once published. All submissions should be submitted in a single DOC or DOCX file type. Hybrid/combined submissions are welcome but must not exceed 10 pages. PROSE SUBMISSIONS should not be longer than 7,500 words. We accept fiction, memoir, essays, science fiction, flash, and more. Please submit a single piece per submission. Flash should be in 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced, and 1500 words max. Longer prose should be in 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced, and between 1500 and 7500 words. Please note in your cover letter the word count of your piece. Please note in your cover letter whether your piece is fiction or nonfiction. All submissions should be submitted as a DOC or DOCX file type. Hybrid/combined submissions are welcome but must not exceed 7500 words.
Author's rights
Passengers grants first-time, nonexclusive rights to all accepted work.
Additional info
SUBMISSION FEE: $4 All reading fees are used to fund our operating costs, occasional special projects, and Passengers Press. We occasionally offer free submissions on "Free-Sub Fridays" which we announce via our social media channels. OUR STAFF AND MASTHEAD We take immense pride in our large and diverse staff of editors, readers, and voices. Each issue of Passengers is a collaborative endeavor that represents the work of more than fifty individuals from all over the world. See our full staff listing here: passengersjournal.com/staff MORE INFO ABOUT US Our EIC and AEIC were recently interviewed by Becky Tuch of Lit Mag News. You can read or watch this interview (and subscribe to Becky's substack!) here: litmagnews.substack.com/p/we-want-our-issues-to-be-slaps-in PASSENGERS AUDIO RSS FEED You can find all of our podcasts and our long-form audio issues by copying and pasting this RSS link into your favorite Podcast app: feeds.buzzsprout.com/1980251.rss
Tracker statistics
162
Total submissions tracked
42 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
10 days
Fastest response time
271 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1141 days
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