The Baffler
Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Last updatedThe Baffler is a magazine that publishes nonfiction (by pitch), fiction, and poetry, with a preference for prose between 2,200 and 5,000 words, and pays all contributors.
Response time info: ~4 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
Read the full guidelines at thebaffler.com↗Submission calls
fictionLiteraryPays: All contributions to The Baffler are paid.
Fiction is welcome; our preferred length for prose is between 2,200 and 5,000 words.
nonfictionPays: All contributions to The Baffler are paid.
Nonfiction should be submitted in pitch form (no complete manuscripts, please), consisting of two paragraphs that describe your project.
poetryPays: All contributions to The Baffler are paid.
Poetry is welcome.
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