ALMA Magazine

About

ALMA is a quiet experiment in seriousness. Independent and ad-free, it offers a home to work that resists easy tagging—fiction that sidesteps plot, essays that wander into the philosophical, poems that read like confessions or games. We’re drawn to pieces that carry intellectual risk, tonal elasticity, or an unlikely point of view. Not because they’re clever, but because they make you stop.
Published online since 2020, ALMA doesn’t follow the rhythms of a publishing calendar. We update as we discover, letting the website function more like a living archive than a traditional magazine. Submissions are selected and edited by a small editorial board, each piece curated for a reader willing to spend time—not just consume.
We’re interested in both the unfinished and the precise, the overlooked and the overthought: a fragment of a travel diary, a sketch of a philosophical idea, a satire of online life. Our contributors include new voices and established ones, emerging thinkers and quietly brilliant observers who might not think of themselves as writers at all.

Country of Publication & Year Established

India

Established in 2020

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Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

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General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 750 words.
Short Story: 2,500 - 6,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

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Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: 750 - 4,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

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Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

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Poem: Unlimited number of lines; Up to 3 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

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No monetary payment No monetary payment.

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Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Artwork: Unknown number of pieces.
Graphic Narrative: Unlimited number of pages; Unknown number of pieces.

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Open to all/most Art Media, including...
Cartoon/Comic strip.

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Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Last Updated: 10 Aug 2026

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