Incensepunk

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.

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Incensepunk Magazine publishes speculative fiction centered on traditional faiths, emerging technology, and future religious societies, along with related nonfiction.

Response time info: Three months

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Submission calls

fictionScience FictionPays: $100 plus a lifetime paid subscription; anthology-included stories may receive a pro-rata share of 50% of profits and a print copy. Reprints pay a flat $25 per story.

Open to short fiction of about 4,000–6,000 words featuring speculative sci-fi worlds engaging thoughtfully with religion, emerging technology, faith, doubt, and religious aesthetics; no apologetics, hate, or AI-generated content. Reprints are accepted for $25.

flashScience FictionPays: $25 plus a lifetime paid subscription; anthology-included stories may receive a pro-rata share of 50% of profits and a print copy. Flash reprints are unpaid but receive a lifetime paid subscription.

Open to flash fiction under 1,500 words, including speculative sci-fi worlds engaging thoughtfully with religion, emerging technology, faith, doubt, and religious aesthetics; no apologetics, hate, or AI-generated content. Reprints are accepted but unpaid.

nonfictionPays: Unpaid; nonfiction authors receive lifetime paid subscription benefits to the Substack.

Open to pitches and completed nonfiction articles about the intersection of faith and emerging technology, including book reviews and related topics. Word count is flexible but generally shorter than 1,000 words; include “PITCH” in the cover letter for pitches. AI-generated content is not accepted.

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