Zero Readers
Literary Magazine
ZERO READERS publishes CRAFT CONTENT alongside poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Highlights
- Vibe:We're just chilling here
- Response time: 1 month*/Editor reported data77 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 26.09%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$1 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
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 - 3000 words max
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary, Absurdist, Experimental, LGBTQ+ Stories, Magical Realism, wtf idk
Payment: $ 1 per piece
Nonfiction
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Payment: $ 1 per piece
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $ 1 per piece
Review (Book review, chapbook review)
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
Payment: $ 1 per piece
Review (Craft Articles/Essays)
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
Payment: $ 1 per piece
Interview
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
Payment: $ 1 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Other
Cover letter
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
Author's rights
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:)
Tracker statistics
41
Total submissions tracked
77 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
20 days
Fastest response time
90 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 105 days, 98 days
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Submission calls
All genres
About
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...
Read moreFounded
2021
Country
US
Masthead
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
Aleece Bustamante
Art Director
Sammi Rowell
Social Media Manager