Rawhead

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Rawhead is an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid work that seeks emotionally resonant, unsettling, and boundary-pushing writing.

Response time info: 3–6 months

Read the full guidelines at rawheadjournal.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryHorrorPays: One contributor per standard issue receives $100; otherwise, payment not guaranteed.

Submit fiction up to 3,000 words (one longer piece or up to two shorter works totaling 4,000 words); for flash or experimental (under 1,000 words), submit up to three pieces; no AI-generated content; previously published work allowed if rights have reverted and 6 months have passed.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: One contributor per standard issue receives $100; otherwise, payment not guaranteed.

Submit creative nonfiction up to 3,000 words (one longer piece or up to two shorter works totaling 4,000 words); for flash or experimental (under 1,000 words), submit up to three pieces; lyric essays and speculative nonfiction welcome; no AI-generated content; previously published work allowed if…

otherPays: One contributor per standard issue receives $100; otherwise, payment not guaranteed.

Hybrid work that crosses or blends forms (prose/poetry hybrids, lyric essays with images, etc.); submit one larger hybrid work up to 3,000 words, up to 5 shorter pieces (totaling no more than above limits), 1-3 videos or sound pieces, and up to 10 images; no AI-generated content; previously…

otherPays: $30 for featured contributors.

Rawhead: Point Blank is a semi-monthly digital feature for urgent, present-moment work; accepts poetry, prose, hybrid; work may be considered for standard issues if not selected; $30 payment for featured contributors.

poetryPays: One contributor per standard issue receives $100; otherwise, payment not guaranteed.

Submit 3 to 7 poems in a single document, up to 15 pages total; one poem per page unless part of a sequence; no AI-generated content; previously published work allowed if rights have reverted and 6 months have passed.

otherHorrorFantasy

Rawhead Presents: Bloody Bones is a special annual Halloween issue seeking poetry, prose, and hybrid work exploring monsters, folklore, grief, rage, queerness, and transformation; currently closed, will open again in August 2026; submission standards same as regular issues.

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