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Welcome back to the beginning of another week, friends!
I’m thinking of trying something new out here in Sub Club: Office Hours! I’m not quite sure what this will morph into, but I suppose that’s where you come in. For now, I’m thinking of doing the first Office Hours as a free-for-all, open-to-all event for folks who want to drop in and chat about submitting, writing, and lit mags. If you want to dish on some indie hot goss, I'm good for that too.
Of course, I’ll let you all know about it well in advance. And eventually, I figure it will evolve into something more cohesive. So the question remains: Is Office Hours something y’all would be into?
ICYMI: Last week, we published 10 Agents Looking for Literary Fiction; Fund Your Writing: Fellowships, Residencies, and Grants (Replay); and 72 Writing Jobs, Internships, Lit Mag Opps, Fellowships, Pitch Calls, and More.
DISCLAIMER: We take great pains to ensure our data is accurate. However, depending on when you see this, some mags might have closed—especially if they have submission caps!
Space and Time Magazine → Deadline: Jul 31 | Fee: No | Pay: $0.01/word or $5/piece | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | 4K+ followers | United States | 1966 — "Space and Time Magazine has been putting the best speculative fiction and poetry in ink for over five decades—a must-read for fans of speculative word."
ONLY POEMS → Deadline: Jul 31 | Fee: Some | Pay: $77 flat | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 0% | 70K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Fall in love with poetry. Send us your weird, wild & wonderful poems & book reviews. As Leonard Cohen said, “Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.""
Orange Blossom Review → Deadline: Aug 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 3.49% | 3K+ followers | United States — "An international, peer-reviewed literary journal seeking quality fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and artwork. We invite both experienced and emerging writers to submit material. "
The Lorelei Signal → Deadline: Aug 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $5–$15/piece | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 17.43% | Under 100 followers | United States — "The Lorelei Signal is a web based magazine dedicated to featuring 3 dimensional / complex female characters in Fantasy stories."
Block Party → Deadline: Aug 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $0–$10 flat | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 7.14% | 1.5K+ followers | Canada | 2021 — "Block Party (established 2021) is a magazine and chapbook press that publishes voice-driven poetry and prose and compelling visual art through both our digital magazine and hybrid chapbooks. "
Literally → Deadline: Aug 15 | Fee: $2 | Pay: $25 flat or $10–$25 | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | Under 100 followers | 2025 — "We believe that intelligence is stunning, literature can be accessible, and women’s voices deserve to be heard."
sneaker wave → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: $5 | Pay: $20 flat | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 300+ followers | United States | 2024 — "real life in real words from real people, for everyone - dedicated to making an online home for compelling nonfiction storytelling. "
Months to Years → Deadline: Sep 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 38.46% | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "Months To Years is a quarterly digital literary journal that publishes nonfiction (up to 2,500 words), poetry, art, and photography related to grief and loss."
Querencia Press → Deadline: Sep 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 30% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2022 — "publishing poetry, cnf, fiction, visual, & hyrbid work from marginalized voices"
The Gateway Review → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 7.24% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2015 — "The Gateway Review publishes surrealist, fabulist, and magic realist fiction and poetry, as well as nonfiction about the art of writing the same. "
The Fourth River → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 185 days | A: 10.91% | 5K+ followers | United States — "The Fourth River is the literary journal of Chatham University’s MFA Program. We welcome submissions of creative writing that explore the relationship between humans and their environments, both natural and built, urban, rural or wild. "
Tributaries Web Series → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 6K+ followers | United States — "The Fourth River’s weekly online publication, Tributaries, showcases the brief and the inspiring, that which sustains us and takes us through unexpected courses. Each week we will feature one short piece on our website."
On Gaia Literary Magazine → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 42 days | A: 10% | 600+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Shoving the most decadent poems we can find down your throat. Consensually, of course."
Consequence → Deadline: Oct 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $20–$150/piece | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days. | A: 6% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2008 — "Consequence is the print and digital publication of Consequence Forum, and addresses the human experiences, realities, and consequences of war and geopolitical violence through literature and art."
Diabolical Plots → Deadline: Jul 21 | Fee: No | Pay: $0.10/word | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 3.85% | 7K+ followers | United States | 2008 — "SF/F/H zine of Nebula nommed/winning & Hugo-nommed fiction, Ignyte-winning Submission Grinder, Long List Anthology. "
Cypress Review → Deadline: Jul 21 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 2% | 100+ followers | United States | 2024 — "We accept short, contemplative works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Lyrical, contemporary works compel us. While poetry is our focus, we enjoy literary fiction that’s strange, surreal, and/or experimental, but we're open to anything with heart."
Tractor Beam → Deadline: Jul 21 | Fee: No | Pay: $1000/piece | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 2025 — "Tractor Beam seeks original written and graphic works set on a future Earth transformed by new approaches to soil. "
Please See Me → Deadline: Jul 22 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2018 — "An online literary journal that features health-related stories in the form of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and digital media, including photography, podcasts, and short films."
Stone Canoe → Deadline: Jul 22 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2007 — "A journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, was founded at Syracuse University's University College, and is now published by The YMCA's Downtown Writers Center, at the Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse. The annual publication appears each February."
MudRoom → Deadline: Jul 25 | Fee: No | Pay: $15 flat or $15 | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 1.46% | 6K+ followers | United States | 2019 — "A magazine devoted to the in-between."
Ink and Marrow → Deadline: Aug 11 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 5% | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Ink & Marrow was brought forth out of the idea that creativity is carved on our bones and channeled deep in our marrow through a dark, painful, elusive force."
Mouthful of Salt → Deadline: Jul 25 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 28 days | 100+ followers | United States | 2025 — "This publication exists to amplify stories that won't stay quiet. We seek work that challenges and reclaims, and are dedicated to publishing BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, an neurodiverse writers whose voices challenge conventions. We want what lingers. "
NECKSNAP Magazine → Deadline: Jul 27 | Fee: No | Pay: $5 flat | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 12% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2024 — "Online horror literary magazine looking for grungy, gothic, or gory stories from experimental voices."
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