Piker Press

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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Piker Press is an online publication accepting fiction, nonfiction, essays, poetry, and individual webcomics across varied topics and genres.

Response time info: ~2 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at pikerpress.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionHorrorLiteraryPays: Not a paying market; authors may receive a designated portion of Amazon advertising space for promotion, subject to approval.

Short fiction under 10,000 words is continually accepted and published in segments of approximately 2,000 words. Genres range from literary and contemporary fiction to science fiction and horror. Serial fiction of 10,000–50,000 words is not currently accepted.

nonfictionPays: Not a paying market; authors may receive a designated portion of Amazon advertising space for promotion, subject to approval.

Nonfiction should be 2,000 words or less. Seeks reviews, how-to articles, scholarly articles, travelogues, and religion or culture articles; an informal, engaging voice is preferred.

nonfictionHumorPays: Not a paying market; authors may receive a designated portion of Amazon advertising space for promotion, subject to approval.

Individual essays should be 2,000 words or less and may address family, personal experience, humor, and sometimes political commentary. The Press is not currently looking for columnists and will not run pro-abortion material.

otherPays: Not a paying market; authors may receive a designated portion of Amazon advertising space for promotion, subject to approval.

Individual webcomic submissions are accepted; series or novellas are not requested.

poetryPays: Not a paying market; authors may receive a designated portion of Amazon advertising space for promotion, subject to approval.

Accepts rhymed or unrhymed poetry, with no more than five pieces submitted at a time. Poetry relying on complex spacing is unlikely to be accepted.

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