softlock

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softlock is a digital-culture magazine publishing work inspired by or concerned with video games, digital culture, and related spaces.

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Open to fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrids, experiments, and occasional criticism inspired by, referential to, presented within, or principally concerning video games or digital culture; pieces should be 5–5,000 words and should not be fanfiction.

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Open to creative nonfiction and occasional criticism inspired by, referential to, presented within, or principally concerning video games or digital culture; pieces should be 5–5,000 words.

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Open to hybrids and experiments inspired by, referential to, presented within, or principally concerning video games or digital culture; pieces should be 5–5,000 words. The magazine can build bespoke pages for work involving movement, sound, or unconventional formats.

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Open to fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrids, experiments, and occasional criticism inspired by, referential to, presented within, or principally concerning video games or digital culture; pieces should be 5–5,000 words and should not be fanfiction.

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