Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine

Open now for fiction and poetry.

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine publishes edgy, speculative fiction and poetry, accepting submissions during two annual windows with a monthly cap, and pays $10 plus possible anthology royalties.

Response time info: generally within three or four weeks

Read the full guidelines at penumbric.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorCloses Sep 15Pays: $10 on publication plus at least 2% royalties if included in anthology

Fiction must be fewer than 10,000 words, one story per submission, one submission per author per three-month period; accepts reprints; work should be 'edgy' and speculative, not necessarily science fiction, fantasy, or horror, but must be strange or otherworldly; submissions capped at 200 per month…

poetryScience FictionFantasyHorrorCloses Sep 15Pays: $10 on publication plus at least 2% royalties if included in anthology

Up to 5 poems per submission, one submission per author per three-month period; accepts reprints; poetry should be 'edgy' and speculative, not necessarily science fiction, fantasy, or horror, but must be strange or otherworldly; submissions capped at 200 per month during the window.

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