The Literary Fantasy Magazine

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The Literary Fantasy Magazine publishes fantasy short fiction, serial fiction, and fantasy-related creative nonfiction online, with token payment for accepted web submissions.

Response time info: Most acceptance/rejection letters from the June 2026 window are planned for September 2026.

Read the full guidelines at magazine.thearcanist.net↗

Submission calls

fictionFantasyHorror

General submissions are closed; the magazine accepts fantasy short fiction from 4,000 to 10,000 words and serial fiction of 20,000 to 50,000 words total. Special Short Story September submissions are open in October for Storytelling Collective participants and must be emailed with the required subject line.

nonfictionFantasy

General submissions are closed; creative nonfiction of 700 to 5,000 words must relate in some way to the fantasy genre and appears online. Special Short Story September submissions are open in October for Storytelling Collective participants.

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