Alchemical

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Alchemical is a literary journal seeking speculative short fiction and a broad range of essays and other nonfiction.

Response time info: within 45 days

Read the full guidelines at alchemicaljournal.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: Not a paying market; favorite pieces may be nominated for awards.

Year-round submissions are welcomed for literary speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, genre blends, and boundary-pushing work. Short fiction should be 1,000 to 5,000 words; slight overages or underages are acceptable. No reprints, translations, or AI-generated work.

nonfictionPays: Not a paying market; favorite pieces may be nominated for awards.

Year-round submissions are welcomed for 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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