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The Machine

Literary Magazine

Fiction

Flash Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Art

Audio

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A magazine for disabled creatives subverting expectations of the able-bodied machine one creative work at a time.

Highlights

This magazine may have some eligibility requirements

Please double-check before submitting.

  • Vibe:We're just chilling here
  • Response time:
    After reading period*
    Editor reported data
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?

PaysNo

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 - 7500 words max

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 2

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary

Fiction

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: Literary

Nonfiction - 7500 words max

Max words: 7500

Poetry

Min pieces: 1

Max pieces: 3

No more than 8 pages total

Art (Art + Photography)

Max pieces: 5

Audio (Spoken Word)

No more than 10 minutes, must include written transcription

How to submit

  • Processs

    Google / other forms

  • Cover letter

    No cover letter advice

  • Eligibility

    Creators w/ disabilities

  • Formatting

    We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine

  • Author's rights

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

Managed by editors

Submission calls

    All genres

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About

The Machine, is a literary magazine founded by a disabled creative, for disabled creatives. The Machine seeks to highlight disabled creatives by providing a disability-exclusive space for publication. This is our space to unapologetically be. To exist without fear of taking up too much space. Our s...

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Founded

2023

Country

US

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    Ryland McGinniss

    Editor-in-Chief