Strange Pilgrims
Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and other work.
Last updatedStrange Pilgrims is an indie, reader-supported literary magazine publishing surreal, speculative, and realist short stories, flash fiction, essays, and flash creative nonfiction, with a focus on emotionally and intellectually vivid writing.
Response time info: ~4 months (general), 4 weeks with $10 Fast Response option
Read the full guidelines at strangepilgrims.com↗Submission calls
Short Stories (up to 5000 words); accepts surreal, speculative, fabulist, experimental, and realist work; no reprints except self-published pieces; one submission at a time; open worldwide.
Flash Fiction (under 1000 words); accepts surreal, speculative, fabulist, experimental, and realist work; no reprints except self-published pieces; one submission at a time; open worldwide.
Essays / Narrative Nonfiction (up to 5000 words); accepts lyric, fragmented, experimental, cultural/literary criticism, and slow-burn realism; no reprints except self-published pieces; one submission at a time; open worldwide.
Flash CNF (under 1000 words); accepts lyric, fragmented, experimental, and realist flash nonfiction; no reprints except self-published pieces; one submission at a time; open worldwide.
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