Strange Hymnal

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Strange Hymnal is a literary magazine focused on mystery, ritual, obsession, liminal spaces, and unusual writing, accepting poetry, essays, short stories, translations, and hybrid work.

Response time info: within thirty days

Read the full guidelines at strangehymnal.com↗

Submission calls

fictionMysteryHorrorOpens Nov 1

Accepts short stories and hybrid work, with submissions of up to 5,000 words. Submissions are accepted during regular windows of June 1–30 and November 1–30; special issues and themed calls may be announced separately.

nonfictionMysteryHorrorOpens Nov 1

Accepts essays and hybrid work, with submissions of up to 5,000 words. Regular submission windows are June 1–30 and November 1–30; special issues and themed calls may be announced separately.

otherMysteryHorrorOpens Nov 1

Accepts translations of the dead and hybrid work, with submissions of up to 5,000 words. Regular submission windows are June 1–30 and November 1–30; special issues and themed calls may be announced separately.

poetryMysteryHorrorOpens Nov 1

Accepts poetry, including poems in a series and hard-to-categorize or hybrid writing, with submissions of up to 5,000 words. Regular submission windows are June 1–30 and November 1–30; special issues and themed calls may be announced separately.

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