Black-Ink-Ocean Magazine

About

BLACK-INK-OCEAN is your run-of-the-mill southern gothic literary news-mag. Our hope is that with each issue we finally let spill out the stories we've kept bottled inside for too long. Each one of us—writers & readers & artists alike—become like a sea of raindrops melting into an ocean of black ink.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2025

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Black-Ink-Ocean Magazine's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.

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Collapse section Fiction Open

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Genres:

General Subgenre: Gothic

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: 250 - 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 2,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Place/Regions: Specific region.
Other: May vary, See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Genres:

General Subgenre: Gothic

Lengths:

Poem: 1 lines or more; Up to 2 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Place/Regions: Specific region.
Other: May vary, See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Visual Art Open

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Lengths:

Artwork: Up to 2 pieces.
Graphic Narrative: 1 pages or more.

Art Media:

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

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Place/Regions: Specific region.
Other: May vary, See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Black-Ink-Ocean Magazine Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 3 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

21 min | 22.0 mean avg | 22.0 median | 23 max days (1.0 std dev)

Pending

2 responses are pending (20 min | 24.0 mean avg | 24.0 median | 28 max days waiting | 5.7 std dev) from 2 different members

Other Information

Most recent response reported was received on 14 Apr 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 24 Mar 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:47 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2026

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