NonBinary Review Zoetic Press Gold Star Program Gold Star

IMPORTANT: We’re looking for speculative work. If you’re not sure what that means, here’s our definition.

Zoetic Press's award-winning themed lit journal is published quarterly. Each issue revolves around a specific theme, but we're asking contributors to go beyond the old familiar media tropes - we want speculative work that looks at our theme from unexpected angles. We're looking for work we can read with our whole body - work that gives us goosebumps, makes us see the world differently, has the tang of authenticity, makes us sit up and listen, and smells like....something. This analogy got out of hand. What we're saying is that we're not looking for re-hashes of images or stories we've read before. We want contributors to explore every facet of our themes, really getting in between the cracks, in the corners, all the forgotten places that no one ever thinks to explore. We want to read work that makes us think "I never would have thought of this, and yet, it's so fitting!"

What we're NOT looking for is work that centers violence, rape, misogyny, racism, ableism, or degrading stereotypes of any kind. We know you're not that kind of writer, but we thought it should be said.

Some caveats:

• Each issue of NonBinary Review will be open for submissions for ONE MONTH - see the individual calls for deadlines. That said, we have a limit of 30 pieces per issue. If we meet our acceptance limit before the end of the month, submissions will be closed early.
• NonBinary Review accepts reprints, but we do ask for previous publication details so they can be credited.
• Please ensure that you are submitting to the correct category, as we have different editing teams for each. Submissions sent to the wrong category (e.g., poetry submissions sent to the prose category) will be declined.
• If your work has recently been accepted for publication in NonBinary Review, we will not consider any submissions from you for the next TWO ISSUES (e.g., if we accepted your work for Issue #1, we will not consider your work again until Issue #4.)

• Prose submissions (for which we pay 1¢ per word) should be 3000 words or fewer in length, double-spaced in 12pt Times New Roman font.
• Poetry submissions (for which we pay a $10 flat fee) should include no more than 3 poems, each of which may be up to 3 pages in length. Poetry should be single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman. Please include each poem as a separate file.
• Art submissions (for which we pay a $25 flat fee) should include no more than 5 pieces. Each piece should be at least 300dpi, and at least 600 pixels on its smallest side. Any piece chosen for cover art will pay $50. We do not accept any submission that consists of links to an artist's website.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Zoetic Press does not accept AI generated content. If our editors judge that your content is AI-generated, it will be declined.