Blood+Honey

About

Blood+Honey seeks to provide its readers the best in experimental and avant-garde poetry, fiction, and CNF.
We seek works that are innovative, compelling, and well-written, that test the limits of the imagination by stepping one foot into the realm of (im)possibility, while keeping the other planted on solid ground.
We love the absurd, the existential, the surreal. Or move beyond the banality of life and give us a taste of the ugly, some kitchen sink realism. We’re mad for it all!

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published on a rolling basis

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Blood+Honey's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.
More Approachable: Blood+Honey's overall acceptance rate is higher than most magazines.
More Responsive: Blood+Honey's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words; Up to 3 pieces.
Short Story: 1,000 - 5,000 words; Unknown number of pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Absurdist, Experimental, Literary, Realist, Surrealist.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed in some circumstances; check their site for details.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Query first for reviews/articles

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Review: Up to 1,500 words.
Article: Up to 1,500 words.
Essay: Up to 5,000 words; Unknown number of pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 5 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms, including: Experimental poetry.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Absurdist, Experimental, Literary, Realist, Surrealist.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork: Up to 3 pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles, including: Avant-garde, Experimental.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.

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Blood+Honey Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 115 reports from 101 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

0 min | 12.8 mean avg | 8.0 median | 103 max days (19.7 std dev)

Responses

88.70 %

Acceptances:

26.09 % of submissions accepted (8.8 avg. days per acceptance) | 29.70 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

62.61 % (11.2 avg. days per rejection) | 9.7 % personal, 61.1 % form, 29.2 % unspecified

Non-Responses

0.87 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

0.87 % (86.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

10.43 % (26.5 avg. days per withdrawal)

Pending

33 responses are pending (41 min | 80.7 mean avg | 87.0 median | 115 max days waiting | 81.2 std dev) from 32 different members

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 30 days. (12.2 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 30 days.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 14 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 09 Jul 2026.
Date compiled: 12 Sep 2026 06:11 UTC (1 hour, 41 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 05 Aug 2026

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