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Unusual Writing Formats: When Your Story Demands Footnotes, Letters, or a Series of Haikus

By Sabyasachi Roy A few years ago, I decided to write a short story for a competition. It started as a simple tale of a man trying to return a library book, but somewhere along the way, my brain decided, “Hey, what if the story was told entirely through increasingly absurd footnotes?” What began as…

14 Magazines Accepting Climate and Environmental Fiction

These magazines accept climate and environmental fiction. While cli-fi is usually a speculative fiction genre, in this list, we have also added magazines that accept environmental fiction in literary and other genres. Most of them also accept other themes and genres. Some of them pay writers. Most, but not all, of them are open for…

Sontag Mag: Now Seeking Poetry Submissions

Sontag Mag is an online journal of poetry and poetry in translation. They are, “devoted to fostering a community of poets and translators and promoting works exceptional in craft.” You can read the journal online to get a sense of what they publish. Sontag Mag was established in 2023. They publish three issues each year,…

Case Study: How The Coat Check Girl Came to Life

By Laura Buchwald I began writing The Coat Check Girl many years ago, without knowledge of what the path to publication entailed or whether that was even my goal. I’d been a writer since I learned to hold a pencil and had dabbled in short fiction. The idea for a longform project came to me…

Notes from the Editor’s Desk: May 2025

Authors Guild Sues to Bring Back Grants; Major Newspapers Use AI to Recommend Books that Don’t Exist; Plus Publishing Opportunities,  Success Stories, and Editing Jobs This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This…

Scavengers: Now Seeking Submissions

Scavengers is a journal of hybrid, experimental, cross-genre, mixed-media, fragmentary and flash writing. Produced by Querencia Press (a publisher that aims to “amplify overlooked voices”), Scavengers is looking for writing that’s difficult to classify or publish elsewhere: “Give us the weird art you think no one will love, the almost stories, the things you don’t…

How to Get Back Into Writing

Ratika Deshpande Last year, while I wrote a lot, I also went through long phases where I couldn’t find the time to write, or didn’t feel like writing, until the state of not-having-written became too much to bear. When I did sit down to write, I couldn’t. The built-up frustration of the time away from my…

The Mixtape Review: Now Seeking Submissions

The Mixtape Review is an online journal of poetry and prose, where every piece is published alongside a song chosen by the author: “Our mission is to celebrate the role music plays in our writing: it inspires us, keeps us going, and fills the all-too-often silent room with more than sounds of our frantic typing.”…

89 Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers (May 2025)

This list of publishers meet our guiding principles, but are only open to free submissions from historically underrepresented writers or focus on publishing content produced by historically underrepresented writers. Some of these publications are open to a wide range of writers including writers of color, gender non-conforming and LGBTQ+ writers, and those living with disabilities….

Writing Advice I Ignore But Still Pretend to Follow

By Sabyasachi Roy Writing advice, ah. So full of wisdom. So universally agreed upon. So… annoying. Don’t get me wrong—I respect the craft. I admire the dedication. But some of the so-called golden rules of writing? Yeah, I nod along, then go home and do the exact opposite. And somehow, miraculously, the universe does not…

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,…

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…

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…

9 Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in May 2025

This list focuses on nine publishers that we are excited about that are open to submissions this month. Some are only open for a short period of time, others will be open the whole month and beyond. At least four of these are presses we have not covered previously. Please note that if a publisher…

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