smoke and mold

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Smoke and mold is a nature-writing journal publishing work by trans and Two-Spirit writers, with a focus on the narrative possibilities of trans lives and changing nature-culture.

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fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Pays: $100 USD upon publication

Open to: trans and Two-Spirit writers

Issue 15: Other Minds seeks fiction exclusively from nonhuman perspectives, entities, elements, and characters, or work that complicates assumptions about the nonhuman. Prose is up to 7,000 words. Submissions are accepted September 1-30, 2026, for publication in Spring 2027.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Pays: $100 USD upon publication

Open to: trans and Two-Spirit writers

Issue 15: Other Minds seeks nonfiction exclusively from nonhuman perspectives, entities, elements, and characters, or work that complicates assumptions about the nonhuman. Prose is up to 7,000 words. Submissions are accepted September 1-30, 2026, for publication in Spring 2027.

poetryScience FictionFantasyHorrorLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Pays: $100 USD upon publication

Open to: trans and Two-Spirit writers

Issue 15: Other Minds seeks poetry exclusively from nonhuman perspectives, entities, elements, and characters, or work that complicates assumptions about the nonhuman. Submit only two poems at a time in one Word document or PDF. Submissions are accepted September 1-30, 2026, for publication in Spring 2027.

otherLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: Interviewer and interviewee each receive $100 USD upon publication

Open to: trans and Two-Spirit writers

Interviews are accepted on a rolling basis. Submit a pitch in the email body or a Word document with bios for interviewer and interviewee; transcripts need an introduction and copyediting. Up to 4,000 words. Both interviewer and interviewee receive $100 upon publication.

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