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If you have any questions, feel free to reach out or check the status of your submission at anytime.

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General Guidelines

Word Limit: 

  • Main Digital Zine
    • 250-2500
  • The Anthology
    • 500-5000
  • Novella + Novelette Guidelines
    • 7500-15000
  • Op-eds
    • 750-1250

Pay Rate: 

  • Fiction: $0.01 per word
  • Poetry: $5.00
  • Op-ed: $5.00
  • or $0.0125 per word as credit towards site sponsorship

Language: 

  • English

Rights: 

We request first serial rights and non-exclusive, indefinite archival rights. As well as the right to publish in a limited print collections. Any rights not used by the publisher within twelve months will return to the author.

Requirements:

  • We do not accept multiple submissions from a single person at a time
  • We do not accept simultaneous submissions (pieces sent to more than one place at a time).
  • We do not accept previously published works.
  • We do not accept work created or assisted by AI.

What are we looking for

  • Fiction
  • Comics
  • Humor/Satire
  • Poetry
  • Op-eds
  • and anything else that fits the vibe

Fiction

The general areas/genres of interest for fiction in foofaraw are:

  • Magical Realism
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Sci-Fi
  • Fantasy
  • Literary
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Horror
  • Mystery
  • Noir
  • Odd / Surreal / Absurdist / Experimental

Mainstream authors we enjoy include: Robin Sloan, Cory Doctorow, Haruki Murakami, Kurt Vonnegut, Tamsyn Muir, Ray Nayler, Martha Wells, Corey J. White and fiction from McSweeney’s Quarterly ConcernUncanny MagazineThe New YorkerFlash Fiction OnlineGigaNotoSaurusZoetrope: All-StoryClarkesworldLightspeed, and The Paris Review.

Serialized works are welcome.

Magazine inspirations come from the likes of: BelieverThe New YorkerNY and London Review of Books, Real ReviewDelayed GratificationCerealNew YorkMonocleThe Modernist, and The Economist.

Reoccurring column ideas are welcome.