Not One of Us

Open now for fiction and poetry.

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Not One of Us is a digest-sized magazine focused on stories and poems about outsiders and the theme of 'otherness,' accepting speculative and mainstream fiction, poetry, and art.

Response time info: ~13 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at legacyliteraryservices.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorLiteraryMysteryYoung AdultPays: ¼¢ per word ($5 minimum), payable upon publication, plus one contributor’s copy

Stories about outsiders or 'otherness' from any fictional angle (horror, SF, fantasy, noir, slipstream, Western, mainstream, etc.), 5000 words or less preferred (up to 6000 words considered but harder to place); avoid vampires, alcoholic villains without motive, tales about writers, sword and sorcer

poetryPays: $5 plus one contributor’s copy

Poems about outsiders or 'otherness,' 40 lines or less preferred (longer considered but not epic length); up to three poems at a time.

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