22 Lit Mags For People Trapped on the Toilet
Magazines accepting 20,000+ words or more of fiction.
So we get a lot of requests for magazines who publish long, long (long) stories. These days, everyone is into flash fiction. I used to write flash fiction all of the time and when I explained to my mother what it was she said, “Oh, I could read that on the toilet!”
And I guess, yeah, if you’re able to produce something that is just the right length for someone to buzz through while on the toilet, you’re probably better suited to this time in human history.
But what about for constipated people? People whose legs don’t fall asleep so easily? People living in homes with super-glue-happy pranksters?
Are we abandoning long poopers?
Not today.
So please, have all the bread you want, kick back and enjoy these 22 magazines accepting stories up to (and sometimes over) 20,000 words.
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Analog Science Fiction & Fact | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 1930 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
Magazine showcasing the finest science fiction and fact
Fee: None | Pay: see Genres section for details
Accepts fiction up to 20,000 words and serialized fiction 40,000 to 80,000.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 120 days. Acceptance rate of 4.84% based on 4097 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #has print issues #very competitive #50+ years old #extra popular
Annulet | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Translation.
Annulet: A Journal of Poetics is an online journal featuring literary criticism, poetry, and prose. New forum for closely reading.
Fee: None | Pay: No
No maximum word count.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Asimov's Science Fiction | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 1977 that publishes Fiction, Poetry.
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine has maintained the tradition of publishing the best stories, unsurpassed in modern science fiction, from award-winning authors and first-time writers alike.
Fee: None | Pay: $0.08 per word
Accepts fiction up to 20,000 words.
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 45 days. Acceptance rate of 1.18% based on 8439 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #has print issues #extremely competitive #30+ years old #extra popular
Clarkesworld Magazine | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2006 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Translation, Art.
a Hugo, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy monthly magazine that publishes short stories, interviews, articles and audio fiction. Issues are published monthly and available on our website, for purchase in ebook format
Fee: None | Pay: $0.12 per word
Accepts fiction up to 22,000 words.
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 14 days. Acceptance rate of 1.89% based on 12371 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #has print issues #two week response time #highly competitive
The Colored Lens | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2011 that publishes Fiction, Art.
The Colored Lens was created to showcase stories that shift our perspective on the world, through the far-reaching genre of speculative fiction. However, the fundamentals of good storytelling always come first.
Fee: None | Pay: $20 per piece
Accepts novellas up to 20,000 words (serialized only).
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 7 days. Acceptance rate of 2.08% based on 2936 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #one week response time #highly competitive
Eclectica | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 1996 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Review, Interview, Humor.
Eclectica was founded in October 1996 with the goal of providing a sterling quality literary magazine on the World Wide Web. Over two decades later, quality is still the sole criterion in our editorial process.
Fee: $2 | Pay: $0-$50
No maximum word count.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 75 days. Noteworthy: #read for free #20+ years old
Failbetter | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2000 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Art.
Failbetter is a journal of literature and art from Richmond, VA and New York, NY. Founded in 2000
Fee: None | Pay: No
No maximum word count.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 84 days. Noteworthy: #very competitive #20+ years old
Fantasy & Science Fiction | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 1949 that publishes Fiction, Translation, Art.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine which is the original publisher of SF classics like Stephen King's Dark Tower, Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon, and Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Fee: None | Pay: $0.08 per word
Accepts fiction up to 25,000 words.
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Noteworthy: #has print issues #50+ years old #mega super popular. woah.
GigaNotoSaurus | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2010 that publishes Fiction, Translation.
GigaNotoSaurus publishes one longish fantasy or science fiction story monthly. Longish meaning longer than a short story, and shorter than a novel.
Fee: None | Pay: $200
Accepts fiction up to 25,000 words.
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 5.97% based on 804 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #very competitive
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Art.
a quarterly ezine dedicated to publishing heroic fantasy — in both prose and poetry
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Accepts fiction up to 50,000 words (serialized only).
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 13.69% based on 219 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #has print issues #very competitive #10+ years old
Lost Colony | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction.
Lost Colony publishes one masterfully crafted mid-length (10,000-25,000 words) story of speculative fiction (science fiction and fantasy in all of their manifestations) every quarter.
Fee: None | Pay: $50 per piece
Accepts fiction up to 25,000 words.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues
Narrative Magazine | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2003 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Play, Audio, Video.
Non-profit publisher of fiction, poetry, art & ideas. Since 2003, where readers & writers meet. We know ourselves and our world by the stories we tell.
Fee: $26 | Pay: Yes
Accepts fiction up to 40,000 words (query with first 15,000 words and synopsis for longer works).
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 84 days. Acceptance rate of 0.25% based on 410 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #brecht top 1000 #extremely competitive #fiction top prize winner #krouse top 500 #20+ years old #nonfiction top prize winner #poetry prize winner #mega super popular. woah.
New England Review | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 1978 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, Play.
New England Review gives readers a vital snapshot of the literary moment, four times a year, in its richness, complexity, and diversity.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $20 per page
Accepts fiction up to 20,000 words.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 1.61% based on 555 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #has print issues # good vibes # consistent quality #engaged editors #fiction top prize winner #krouse top 500 #30+ years old #chill subs community favorite #nonfiction top prize winner #poetry top prize winner #mega super popular. woah.
Northwest Review | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 1957 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Review, Translation, Art, Photography, Comics.
National publication, three issues annually, publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews translation, photography, and original art works.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accepts Novellas 20,000 to 50,000 words.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 8.34% based on 36 tracked submissions. Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #50+ years old #extra popular
Reckoning: creative writing on environmental justice | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, Art.
An annual journal of creative writing on environmental justice.
Fee: None | Pay: $0.10 per word
Accepts fiction up to 20,000 words.
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 180 days. Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #nonprofit #highly competitive #popular
Silver Blade Magazine | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Translation.
Silver Blade Magazine is an all-volunteer publication of Silver Pen.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Accepts fiction up to 20,000 words.
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Noteworthy: #one week response time
STORY | Open for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 1931 that publishes Fiction.
A tri-annual print publication devoted to the complex and diverse world of short fiction. Since 1931, work that originally appeared in Story has been reprinted dozens of times in editions of The Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and The O. Henry Prize Stories.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $10 per page
Accepts fiction up to 25,000 words.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 343 days. Acceptance rate of 1% (reported by editors). Noteworthy: #has print issues #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #engaged editors #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #50+ years old #extra popular
Sundial Magazine | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Art.
Historical Fiction magazine for poems, flash, short fiction, novelettes up to 20K words!
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accepts fiction up to 20,000 words.
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 30.00% based on 20 tracked submissions.
Sunspot Lit | Deadline: June 23
US-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Comics.
Since launching in January of 2019, Sunspot Literary Journal has amplified diverse multinational voices. New works have been published in their original language side-by-side with English translations.
Fee: $5 | Pay: see Genres section for details
Accepts fiction up to 49,000 words
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 6% (reported by editors). Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #very competitive
Theaker's Quarterly Fiction | Closed for submissions
GB-based literary magazine founded in 2004 that publishes Fiction, Review, Art.
Amateur zine | est. 2004 | Fantasy, sf and horror fiction and reviews.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accepts fiction up to 50,000 words.
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #very accessible #10+ years old
Timber Ghost Press Blog and Newsletter | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry.
Timber Ghost is a small press that specializes in publishing #creepy, #weird, and #disturbing #horror fiction.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accepts novellas 25,000 to 40,000 words and novels 40,000+.
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 60 days.
Uncanny Magazine | Closed for submissions
US-based literary magazine founded in 2014 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
Uncanny Magazine is an online Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine featuring passionate SF/F fiction and poetry, gorgeous prose, provocative nonfiction, and a deep investment in the diverse SF/F culture.
Fee: None | Pay: $0.10 per word for all fiction
Accepts novellas 17,500 to 30,000 words.
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 45 days. Noteworthy: #extremely competitive #mega super popular. woah.
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