Propagule

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Propagule is an independent literary magazine focused on experimental, transgressive, and speculative surrealist fiction, as well as flash fiction, nonfiction, and visual art.

Response time info: ~68 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at propagule.co↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorPays: $5 per 1,000 words for the first 2,000 words, $10 per 1,000 words thereafter (up to $30 maximum)

Submissions for Issue 9 are due by June 15, 2026. Looking for atypical, unexpected, surreal, and speculative stories (including science fiction and fantasy), 1,500–10,000 words. Experimental and narrative-driven work preferred; only unpublished material; one piece at a time.

flashScience FictionFantasyHorror

Strange and surreal flash fiction, 250–750 words, published on a rolling basis to the Motes page. Only unpublished material; one piece at a time.

nonfiction

Reviews of new, non-mainstream books and albums, analytic essays, and other nonfictional ideations; published on a rolling basis to the Musings page. Only unpublished material; one piece at a time.

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