The Pink Hydra

Open during five-day monthly windows beginning November 2026. Short stories are 1,000–9,999 words; novelettes and novellas are 10,000–39,999 words; novels are 40,000–80,000 words, with shorter work preferred. The publication seeks tales of unreality with a fantasy-feel, including speculative, literary, romance, queer, erotic, humorous, and hybrid work.

Open during five-day monthly windows beginning November 2026. Accepts up to five prose or experimental pieces, each no more than 999 words; tales of unreality and speculative-feeling work are especially welcome, including hybrid, humorous, queer, erotic, and unusual forms.

Creative nonfiction is welcome during the five-day monthly submission windows beginning November 2026, provided it has the publication’s tales-of-unreality, fantasy-feel vibe.

Collections of short stories or poems are accepted during the five-day monthly windows beginning November 2026, preferably under 50,000 words total and with a strong central theme. A single book-length poem may also be submitted in this category.

Open during five-day monthly windows beginning November 2026. Accepts up to 10 poems around a connected theme, especially longer epic poems or connected selections; a single epic poem over 1,000 words may be submitted as a short story.