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Issue Six Hundred Twenty Three

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in May 2025

These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month. Goblins & GalaxiesThis is a new magazine and they have opened a brief, one-week submission period, from 7th to 14th May 2025. They want sword & sorcery, dark fantasy,…

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The Bloomin’ Onion: Now Seeking Fiction Submissions

The Bloomin’ Onion is a new online journal of flash fiction, short stories, and longform stories (up to 15,000 words). All authors are encouraged to submit; however, they’re especially interested in publishing new authors: “The Bloomin’ Onion was founded as a way to help new and unpublished authors find their place.” The Bloomin’ Onion accepts…

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Game Over Books: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

A small press based out of Boston, Game Over Books was founded in 2017 and has funded their small press through a mix of Kickstarter fundraising, Patreon, and book sales. Their staff page is here, if you want to learn more about their team. Their covers are generally excellent, and all of the books they’ve…

Am I A Writer or Just a Person Who Owns Too Many Notebooks?

By Sabyasachi Roy At what point does an obsession with buying notebooks become a cry for help? Because if owning stacks of untouched Moleskines made you a writer, my bookshelf alone would have penned a Pulitzer by now. And yet, here I am, staring at another blank page, wondering if I actually write or just…

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