Variant Lit
Literary Magazine
A small nonprofit press + mag committed to publishing diverse voices at all stages of their career. Our staff is entirely volunteer run and all proceeds go towards creating new books and paying writers.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 2 months*/Editor reported data14 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 3.51%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$10 per piece
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
Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions
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
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: $ 10 per piece
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: $ 10 per piece
Nonfiction
Payment: $ 10 per piece
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $ 10 per piece
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Payment: $ 10 per piece
Art
Max pieces: 5
Payment: $ 10 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Please list titles for each work and include a bio in your cover letter.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
There are no format restrictions.
Author's rights
Upon publication, all rights revert to the author or artist.
Additional info
Pays! $10/piece Our magazine nominates for everything we are aware of and as often as possible. Pieces have been included in The Best Small Fiction Anthology and made finalist spots with Best of the Net.
Tracker statistics
195
Total submissions tracked
14 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
0 days
Fastest response time
58 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 88 days, 95 days, 100 days, 100 days, 107 days, 111 days
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