Radon Journal ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Wunderkammer Award for Best Magaz…, Glimmer Award for Best Best Flash…, ECO25: The Year’s Best Speculativ….

Open now for fiction and poetry.

Last checked

Radon Journal publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry featuring science-fiction, anarchist, transhumanist, or dystopian elements, with leftist social commentary sought in fiction.

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionHorrorCloses Dec 31Pays: 2.5¢ per word for original work, with a guaranteed $15 minimum.

Submissions are accepted year-round. Radon accepts flash fiction and short stories up to 5,000 words, seeking work with science-fiction, anarchist, transhumanist, or dystopian elements and leftist social commentary; fantasy is not accepted. Reading periods are February: September 1–December 31, June: January 1–April 30, and October: May 1–August 31.

poetryScience FictionHorrorCloses Dec 31Pays: $25 per poem.

Submissions are accepted year-round. Submit up to five poems in one Word document; free verse with narrative elements is preferred, and page and spoken-word poems are welcome. Reading periods are February: September 1–December 31, June: January 1–April 30, and October: May 1–August 31.

Find every market your piece fits.

Add your writing — make it private, or open it up for critiques — and Leafmines matches it against 1,000+ magazines and journals in one go, free.

Similar markets seeking submissions

Browse more: short fiction markets, poetry markets, horror markets, science fiction markets, horror poetry markets, science fiction poetry markets