The Drift ★Work published here has won or been selected for: The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Science and Nat…, O. Henry Prize.
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Last checkedThe Drift is a culture, literature, and politics magazine publishing essays, criticism, fiction, poetry, interviews, dispatches, and brief reviews.
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Short fiction is welcome; attach the work as a Word document or PDF. There is no word limit. Short stories pay $500–$1,000.
Pitches are invited for sharp, surprising, socially engaged cultural criticism and political, media, arts, or academic analysis. Submit a two- to four-paragraph pitch; draft nonfiction submissions are not accepted. Essays pay $2,000.
Mentions are 1–4 sentence reviews of books, films, TV shows, art, or ephemera, with a clear, narrow angle, a few jokes, and a punchy kicker. Mentions pay $25.
Submit up to six poems in a single Word document or PDF, no more than twice a year. Poems pay $150.
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