Reckoning

Open now for fiction and nonfiction.

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Reckoning publishes creative writing about environmental justice and is currently accepting critical essays, reviews, and novellas while other listed written-work categories are closed until January 2027.

Response time info: one to six months

Read the full guidelines at reckoning.press↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryPays: SFWA-qualifying professional rates upon acceptance.

Novellas about environmental justice are currently accepted. Response time ranges from one to six months.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: SFWA-qualifying professional rates upon acceptance.

Critical essays about environmental justice are currently accepted. Submissions remain open until October 31; response time ranges from one to six months.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: SFWA-qualifying professional rates upon acceptance.

Reviews about environmental justice are currently accepted. Response time ranges from one to six months.

fictionLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Short fiction longer than 1,200 words is currently closed and will reopen in January 2027. Reckoning seeks creative writing about environmental justice.

flashLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Flash fiction of 1,200 words or fewer is closed for the special issue after the October 31 deadline; the page states it will reopen in January 2027. Reckoning seeks environmental-justice writing.

poetryLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Poetry about environmental justice is currently closed and will reopen in January 2027.

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