Subtropics ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best American Essays, O. Henry Prize.
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Last checkedSubtropics is a literary magazine publishing fiction, essays, and poetry by established and emerging authors.
Response time info: ~17 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
Read the full guidelines at subtropics.english.ufl.edu↗Submission calls
Submit up to four poems in one document. Poetry reading will resume in 2027; poets who published work within the past two issues should refrain from submitting. Poets are paid $100 per poem.
Fiction of any length, from short shorts to novellas and self-contained novel excerpts. Fiction submissions for Subtropics 40 were read September 7–13, 2026. The magazine pays $1,000 for stories or $500 for short shorts for North American first serial rights.
Essays of any length. Subtropics 40 was an all-prose issue, with nonfiction submissions read September 7–13, 2026. The magazine pays $1,000 for essays for North American first serial rights.
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