Zine submission guidelines
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Submissions are CLOSED
Submissions closed early due to our publishing schedule getting filled for H1 2026.
Submission form | Submission queue
Response Time
You can expect to hear back within 21 days—feel free to reach out or check the status of your submission at any time.
Guidelines
Word Limit:
- 250-2500 words
Pay Rate:
- Fiction: $0.01 per word
- Poetry: $0.05 per word for a maximum of $5.00
Language:
- English
Rights:
We request first serial rights, non-exclusive, indefinite archival rights, and the right to publish in a limited biannual print collection and a monthly ebook edition. 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 previously published works
- We do not accept simultaneous submissions for this call
- We do not accept work created or assisted by AI
What are we looking for
- Fiction
- Comics
- Humor/Satire
- Features
- Columns, essays, and other creative non-fiction
- Poetry
- and anything else that fits the vibe
Fiction
The general areas/genres of interest for fiction in foofaraw are:
- Odd/Surreal/Absurdist/Experimental
- Magical Realism
- Speculative Fiction
- Slipstream
- Sci-Fi
- Horror
- Fantasy
- LGBTQIA+
- Mystery
- Thriller
- Noir
- Literary
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 Concern, Uncanny Magazine, The New Yorker, Flash Fiction Online, GigaNotoSaurus, Zoetrope: All-Story, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and The Paris Review.
Magazine inspirations come from the likes of: Believer, The New Yorker, NY and London Review of Books, Real Review, Delayed Gratification, Cereal, New York, Monocle, The Modernist, and The Economist.