Alchemical

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Alchemical is a literary speculative journal seeking short fiction and a broad range of essays and other nonfiction, with year-round submissions and no payment.

Response time info: within 45 days

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Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: No payment; the journal may nominate favorite pieces for major awards and promote top writers.

Year-round submissions are aimed at genuine literary fiction delivered through science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other speculative lenses; short fiction should be 1,000 to 5,000 words, with slight overages or underages acceptable. No reprints, translations, or AI-generated work.

nonfictionPays: No payment; the journal may nominate favorite pieces for major awards and promote top writers.

Year-round submissions welcome craft essays, creative nonfiction, personal essays, memoirs, and reportage. Subjects may include technology, science, magic, the occult, and the strange; no book reviews, criticism, top-ten lists, or interview pitches. No reprints, translations, or AI-generated work.

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