The Bombay Literary Magazine

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The Bombay Literary Magazine is an English-language literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, translations, essays, criticism, and graphic fiction three times a year.

Response time info: within six weeks

Read the full guidelines at bombaylitmag.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: INR 10,000 honorarium per published contribution, paid to the translator for translations, contingent on feasible financial transfer.

Open to: Writers must be adults; work must be unpublished, in English translation, and not AI-generated.

Translated prose fiction into English, 2,000–5,000 words; include a full citation for the original source. Currently accepting submissions for issue #65.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: INR 10,000 honorarium per published contribution, contingent on feasible financial transfer.

Open to: Writers must be adults; work must be unpublished, written in English, and not AI-generated.

Essays and creative nonfiction of 2,000–5,000 words; experimental, personal or otherwise, and not academic writing or book reviews. Currently accepting submissions for issue #65.

otherEligibility requirementsPays: INR 10,000 honorarium per published contribution, contingent on feasible financial transfer.

Open to: Writers must be adults; work must be unpublished, written in English, and not AI-generated.

Adult-oriented graphic fiction; genre-crossing and radical work are welcome. Length is unrestricted, with past publications ranging from 3–6 pages to more than 40 pages. Currently accepting submissions for issue #65.

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Short fiction of 2,000–5,000 words; the September 18 submission window is now closed. The magazine does not publish flash fiction, fan fiction, plays, novellas, or novels.

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Self-translations are treated as original English fiction or poetry; the September 18 submission window is now closed.

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Submit one document containing five poems in English; the September 18 submission window is now closed.

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