50 LGBTQ+ Lit Mags That Pay
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Last week, I threw a question in the chat: What kind of lists do y’all want to see in Sub Club Specials? Y’all had a lot of ideas—keep an eye on this space to see more of what you asked for in the future!—and I thought, since it’s Pride Month, why not start with a list of LGBTQ+ magazines?
And here… we are!
We all know that writing doesn’t always pay. But personally, I think it’s important to get the bag where you can. So all of the magazines below pay something. All genres, so take your pick. A good deal of them are currently open for submissions; the ones that aren’t? Bookmark them for later, and get to work on that next draft you’ve been procrastinating on while Instagram serves you ad after ad for Materialists. Oh, is that just me? Oh. Okay.
To get things started, we’re kicking things off with our five favorites on this list. You know, just for a little fun. A little inspiration.
Happy Pride! Now go out there and get published.
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1. fifth wheel press | Theme: GARLAND Issue 4 → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $5 | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 46.90% | 8K+ followers | United States | 2019 — "An independent community-focused publisher of art and writing by queer, trans, and gender variant creatives."
Reasoning: The vibes at fifth wheel press are expansive, experimental, and genrequeer. Works published here explore the murky middle where two seemingly dissonant sides connect: bipolar disorder and Catholicism; the grief of being amongst the living; the gap between what you do and what you mean.
Pro Tip: Don’t be afraid to take risks. Heed the advice directly from editor-in-chief Nat Raum themselves: Rustle up hybrid and experimental work that draws on tradition and tangible prose and poetry with vivid, hyper-sensory imagery—whether it’s quietly queer or loudly queer is completely up to you. Either way, make sure it’s personal.