Propagule

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.

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Propagule is an independently run literary magazine publishing experimental, transgressive, and surreal fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.

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

Read the full guidelines at propagule.co↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyLiteraryCloses Dec 15Pays: $5 per 1,000 words for the first 2,000 words and $10 per 1,000 thereafter, up to $30.

Open for Issue 10 submissions through December 15, 2026. Seeks atypical, unexpected, unreal, experimental, transgressive, and speculative-surrealist fiction with narrative development; flash is accepted, though multiple related pieces are preferred. Submissions must be 1,500–10,000 words. Payment is $5 per 1,000 words for the first 2,000 words and $10 per 1,000 thereafter, up to $30.

flashLiterary

Open on a rolling basis for strange and surreal flash fiction. Submissions must be 250–750 words; accepted works are published on the Motes page. Payment is not stated.

nonfictionLiterary

Open on a rolling basis for reviews of new, non-mainstream literature and music, plus analytic essays and creative nonfiction; accepted works are published on the Musings page. Payment is not stated.

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