Rawhead

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

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Rawhead is an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, and visual art, with a focus on emotionally intense writing that engages resistance, injustice, and overlooked perspectives.

Submission calls

flashLiteraryHorrorFantasyPays: Point Blank contributors receive $30.

Rawhead: Point Blank submissions are open year-round. Flash or experimental prose under 1,000 words may include up to three pieces.

nonfictionLiteraryFantasyPays: Point Blank contributors receive $30; one standout writer from each standard issue receives a $100 award.

Rawhead: Point Blank submissions are open year-round. Creative nonfiction may explore true, lived experiences using lyrical, fictional, or poetic elements, including speculative nonfiction.

otherLiteraryHorrorFantasyPays: Point Blank contributors receive $30.

Rawhead: Point Blank submissions are open year-round for hybrid and mixed-genre work responding directly to the present moment. Submit one larger hybrid work up to 3,000 words, or up to five shorter pieces within the stated limits; brief descriptions are requested.

poetryLiteraryHorrorFantasyPays: Point Blank contributors receive $30; one standout writer from each standard issue receives a $100 award.

Rawhead: Point Blank submissions are open year-round. Submit 3 to 7 poems in one document, totaling no more than 15 pages.

fictionHorrorFantasyLiteraryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Rawhead & Bloody Bones accepts submissions from July 1 through September 1, 2027. The issue seeks work exploring ghosts, folklore, grief, hunger, rage, queerness, and transformation; submission standards are the same as regular issues.

nonfictionLiteraryHorrorFantasyOpens Jul 1, 2027

Rawhead & Bloody Bones accepts submissions from July 1 through September 1, 2027. The issue seeks work exploring ghosts, folklore, grief, hunger, rage, queerness, and transformation; submission standards are the same as regular issues.

otherLiteraryHorrorFantasyOpens Jul 1, 2027

Rawhead & Bloody Bones accepts hybrid submissions from July 1 through September 1, 2027. The issue seeks work exploring ghosts, folklore, grief, hunger, rage, queerness, and transformation; submission standards are the same as regular issues.

poetryLiteraryHorrorFantasyOpens Jul 1, 2027

Rawhead & Bloody Bones accepts submissions from July 1 through September 1, 2027. The issue seeks work exploring ghosts, folklore, grief, hunger, rage, queerness, and transformation; submission standards are the same as regular issues.

fictionLiteraryHorrorFantasyOpens Jan 1, 2028

Submissions for all genres for Issue 05 open January 1 through March 1, 2028. Fiction may be up to 3,000 words, or up to two shorter works totaling no more than 4,000 words; flash or experimental work under 1,000 words may include up to three pieces.

nonfictionLiteraryFantasyOpens Jan 1, 2028

Submissions for all genres for Issue 05 open January 1 through March 1, 2028. Creative nonfiction may be up to 3,000 words, or up to two shorter works totaling no more than 4,000 words.

poetryLiteraryHorrorFantasyOpens Jan 1, 2028

Submissions for all genres for Issue 05 open January 1 through March 1, 2028. Submit 3 to 7 poems in one document, totaling no more than 15 pages.

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