Paranoid Tree Press

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Paranoid Tree Press is a zine publisher seeking short, original fiction, creative nonfiction, and prose poetry, with payment for accepted work.

Response time info: About 2 months

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Submission calls

fictionEligibility requirementsPays: $50 per piece, plus 5 copies of the final printed zine

Open to: Work must be unpublished and not AI-generated; previous contributors must wait 24 months after publication before submitting again.

Always free and open. Seeks original fiction of approximately 400 words; up to 5 pieces per entry, consolidated into one file. Simultaneous submissions are allowed and encouraged. Does not accept AI-generated or previously published work.

nonfictionEligibility requirementsPays: $50 per piece, plus 5 copies of the final printed zine

Open to: Work must be unpublished and not AI-generated; previous contributors must wait 24 months after publication before submitting again.

Always free and open. Seeks creative nonfiction of approximately 400 words; up to 5 pieces per entry, consolidated into one file. Simultaneous submissions are allowed and encouraged. Does not accept AI-generated or previously published work.

poetryEligibility requirementsPays: $50 per piece, plus 5 copies of the final printed zine

Open to: Work must be unpublished and not AI-generated; previous contributors must wait 24 months after publication before submitting again.

Always free and open. Seeks prose poetry of approximately 400 words; verse or lineated poetry is not accepted due to space constraints. Up to 5 pieces per entry, consolidated into one file. Simultaneous submissions are allowed and encouraged.

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