Issue Six Hundred Sixty Seven

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in March 2026

These magazines accept fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. Apex MagazineThis is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy magazine publishing short fiction, essays, and interviews. They also accept nonfiction pitches (not submissions). They’re open during certain months this year, including March, for short fiction.Deadline: 31 March 2026Length: Up…

Unearthed: Now Seeking Submissions

Unearthed is an online literary journal of environmental writing, published by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. They are looking for writing that, “offers insight and attention—be it long deferred or newly cultivated—to our complex relationships with our environments.” They accept all forms of creative work—poetry, fiction, creative and critical nonfiction, photography, videos, and…

The Perfection of the Wrong Word

Some sentences don’t start living till you punch them in the kneecap. I swear. You toss the “correct” word in there—the polite, ironed, Sunday-best vocabulary—and the line just sits like a bored cucumber. No pulse. No trouble. No spark. But then you stick in the “wrong” word, the one grammar teachers glare at from beyond…

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