Splinter Journal
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Last updatedSplinter Journal is an Australian-based literary magazine seeking original fiction, poetry, memoir, essays, criticism, profiles, and experimental work exploring reality, existence, and meaning.
Response time info: ~95 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
Read the full guidelines at splinterjournal.com↗Submission calls
Looking for original, unpublished fiction that considers how reality is made and broken; submissions reopen in late 2026; $900 payment per accepted piece.
Profiles, essays, memoir, criticism, and writing about writing; for profiles, essays, criticism, and writing about writing, submit pitches; for memoir, submit completed work; payments: $900 (profiles, essays), $700 (criticism), $600 (memoir), $500 (writing about writing); submissions reopen in late…
Experimental work; payment dependent on the nature of the work; submissions reopen in late 2026.
Accepts up to three stand-alone poems or one collection of up to four poems per writer; original, unpublished work only; submissions reopen in late 2026; $250 per poem or $450 per collection.