Sad Girl Zine

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

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Sad Girl Zine is a digital literary and arts publication seeking emotionally complex, experimental, and hybrid work centered on evolving the sad-girl aesthetic.

Response time info: Two to four weeks after the submission window closes; follow up after eight weeks if needed.

Read the full guidelines at sadgirlzine.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Nov 11Pays: No payment currently offered.

Short stories are accepted as one piece per submission, maximum 3,000 words; translations are welcome when submitted with the original text. Submissions for Issue 01, Winter 2026/27, are open September 11-November 11, 2026.

flashLiteraryCloses Nov 11Pays: No payment currently offered.

Up to 3 micro pieces, maximum 500 words each; translations are welcome when submitted with the original text. Submissions for Issue 01, Winter 2026/27, are open September 11-November 11, 2026.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Nov 11Pays: No payment currently offered.

Creative nonfiction and essays are accepted as one piece per submission, maximum 3,000 words; translations are welcome when submitted with the original text. Submissions for Issue 01, Winter 2026/27, are open September 11-November 11, 2026.

poetryLiteraryCloses Nov 11Pays: No payment currently offered.

Up to 3 poems per submission; translations are welcome when submitted with the original text. Submissions for Issue 01, Winter 2026/27, are open September 11-November 11, 2026.

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