Mystery Tribune

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.

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Mystery Tribune is a mystery-focused magazine publishing fiction, flash fiction, essays, and other genre-related nonfiction for print and digital platforms.

Response time info: Within 12 months, though responses may take up to 24 months

Read the full guidelines at mysterytribune.com↗

Submission calls

fictionMysteryCloses Dec 31Pays: Print-edition fiction contributors receive an honorarium; the amount is discussed upon acceptance and varies by author profile and prior collaborations.

Mystery, crime, noir, suspense, and related fiction are considered for print and online editions. There is no set minimum or maximum, though most submissions are 3,000-6,000 words and submissions over 10,000 words are unlikely to be read. Submit one complete story at a time.

flashMysteryHorrorCloses Dec 31Pays: Generally unpaid.

Flash fiction with dark underlying themes or crime, mystery, noir, and suspense elements is welcomed. Unsolicited flash fiction, if accepted, is generally unpaid.

nonfictionMysteryCloses Dec 31Pays: Unpaid for unsolicited Daily contributions; commissioned print nonfiction may receive an honorarium.

The Daily publishes nonfiction essays, interviews, and reviews about mystery and suspense; pitches or submissions are preferred to pieces written on spec. Keep submissions under 2,000 words. Unsolicited contributions are unpaid.

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