Splinter Journal
Not currently open for submissions.
Last checkedSplinter Journal is an Australian literary publication seeking original writing that explores reality, absurdity, seriousness, and existential questions.
Response time info: ~95 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
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Submissions are currently closed and will open again in late 2026. The journal seeks original, unpublished fiction exploring how reality is made and broken, including absurd and serious dimensions; completed works are requested. Pay is $900.
Submissions are currently closed and will open again in late 2026. The journal seeks profiles, essays, memoir, criticism, writing about writing, and experimental work; pitches are requested for profiles, essays, writing about writing, and criticism, while completed work is requested for memoir. Pay is $900 for profiles and essays, $600 for memoir, $700 for criticism, $500 for writing about writing, and experimental work is paid at rates dependent on the work.
Submissions are currently closed and will open again in late 2026. Writers may submit three stand-alone poems or one collection of up to four poems; work must be new, original, and unpublished. Completed works are requested. Pay is $250 per poem or $450 per collection.
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