Apocalypse Confidential
Open now for fiction and nonfiction.
Last updatedApocalypse Confidential is an online magazine currently open for general submissions in fiction, nonfiction (essays), and visual art, but not poetry, and does not pay contributors.
Response time info: ~18 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
Read the full guidelines at apocalypse-confidential.com↗Submission calls
General fiction submissions open; no word-count maximum but recommended cap is 10k-15k words; reprints and excerpts permitted but original work preferred; simultaneous submissions allowed; submit as Word or Google doc.
General essay submissions open; recommended cap is around 3k words but longer considered if merited; reprints and excerpts permitted but original work preferred; simultaneous submissions allowed; submit as Word or Google doc.
General poetry submissions are closed as of June 16, 2026; previously, up to 3 poems per submission.
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