Audience Askew

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Audience Askew is a literary journal accepting short stories, poetry, chapbooks, and novels through Submittable on a recurring seasonal schedule.

Response time info: The week after a submission period ends, unless expedited

Read the full guidelines at audienceaskew.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: Non-paying; contributors receive a complimentary digital copy.

Open to: Work must be original, previously unpublished, submitted blind without identifying information, and must not attack or glorify discrimination against protected communities.

Short stories of 50–3,000 words, with up to three in one document; original, previously unpublished work is required. Current issue theme: Bollywood. The submission window is October 1–December 31 for the spring unthemed issue; decisions are made the week after the period ends unless expedited.

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: Non-paying; contributors receive a complimentary digital copy.

Open to: Work must be original, previously unpublished, submitted blind without identifying information, and must not attack or glorify discrimination against protected communities.

Chapbooks must contain 10 or more works of poetry or microfiction, with microfiction stories of 500 words or fewer. Chapbooks may contain original artwork. Submissions are accepted through Submittable.

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: Non-paying; contributors receive a complimentary digital copy.

Open to: Work must be original, previously unpublished, submitted blind without identifying information, and must not attack or glorify discrimination against protected communities.

Full-length novels of literary fiction are accepted for consideration through Submittable. The current submission window is October 1–December 31 for the spring unthemed issue.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: Non-paying; contributors receive a complimentary digital copy.

Open to: Work must be original, previously unpublished, submitted blind without identifying information, and must not attack or glorify discrimination against protected communities.

Full-length creative nonfiction novels are accepted for consideration through Submittable. The current submission window is October 1–December 31 for the spring unthemed issue.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: Non-paying; contributors receive a complimentary digital copy.

Open to: Work must be original, previously unpublished, submitted blind without identifying information, and must not attack or glorify discrimination against protected communities.

Submit up to three poems in one document, with each poem 2–60 lines. Original, previously unpublished work is required. Current issue theme: Bollywood. The submission window is October 1–December 31 for the spring unthemed issue; decisions are made the week after the period ends unless expedited.

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