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"ZERO READERS publishes CRAFT CONTENT alongside poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. ISSUE 6 open for submissions on 9/15!"

"ZERO READERS publishes CRAFT CONTENT alongside poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. ISSUE 6 open for submissions on 9/15!"

Vibe

We're just chilling here

Response Time

1 month

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    Yes: $1 per piece

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

6 genres

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

One piece of up to 3000 words, or up to three pieces not exceeding 1000 each.

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

We're specifically looking for craft essays—writing about writing, the writing process, grammar, tools, ideas & frameworks. If it's about t...

Poetry

Max pieces: 2

Two pieces, not exceeding five pages total.

Review (Book review, chapbook review)

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Review (Craft Articles/Essays)

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Interview

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

One piece of up to 3000 words, or up to three pieces not exceeding 1000 each.

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

We're specifically looking for craft essays—writing about writing, the writing process, grammar, tools, ideas & frameworks. If it's about t...

Poetry

Max pieces: 2

Two pieces, not exceeding five pages total.

Review (Book review, chapbook review)

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Review (Craft Articles/Essays)

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Interview

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Statistics

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Track submission

15

Total submissions tracked

66 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

61 days

Fastest response time

76 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Online submissions open for brief windows when we feel like it, announced both on the website & via twitter @ZeroReadersMag.

Cover letters

Cover letters are not required, but if you feel like it, shoot. We do request a third-person bio no longer than 100 words in our form.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

.docx and .pdf files

Rights for published work

Zero Readers retains first-time digital & print rights for your published work. All other rights revert to the author. If there’s a conflict with printing your work in our omnibus print version, please do alert us.

Additional info

Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Active on social media Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:)

About the Magazine

Founded in 2021 | United States

We are Zero Readers, a literary magazine focusing on craft content as well as poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. We welcome writers of all experience, background, and niches to submit to our biannual issues. Our goal is to build a vibrant writing community through access to craft essays, interviews, and the opportunity for publication. As a program of Pencilhouse, we ultimately strive for accessibility and inclusivity.

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Ivy Jones

Editor-in-Chief

Jason W. McGlone

Publisher

Mack Rogers

Poetry Editor

Dawson Thompson

Fiction Editor

K.S. Palakovic

Nonfiction Editor

Joshua Lambie

Craft Content Editor