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Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern is an independent literary magazine publishing mostly fiction and some nonfiction, with an emphasis on unconventional work.

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fictionLiteraryHumorEligibility requirementsPays: Contributors are paid at publication; the standard rate for short stories is $400.

Open to: Submissions must be previously unpublished; writing aided by AI is not accepted.

Publishes mostly fiction; there are no formal style or subject rules. Submissions may be unsolicited, must be previously unpublished, and may not be aided by AI. Length is up to the writer. Standard payment for short stories is $400.

nonfictionLiteraryHumorEligibility requirementsPays: Payment varies according to circumstances, with equity in mind.

Open to: Submissions must be previously unpublished; writing aided by AI is not accepted.

Publishes some nonfiction; there are no formal style or subject rules. Submissions may be unsolicited, must be previously unpublished, and may not be aided by AI. Length is up to the writer.

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