Corvus

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About

At the beginning, as with every career, there is a jump to be made. Sometimes it’s just a little leap and on you go, running off to book deals and columns in The Guardian. Sometimes it’s a chasm of refused applications and turned-down manuscripts. Writing is purgatory. For everyone. We’ve been there too. So many journals require publishing credits that would-be writers fall victim to that old vicious circle of ‘no experience gets no work, no work gets no experience’. If not, they’re often very genre-specific, and what good is a science fiction magazine to a historical fiction writer? Corvus was set up with the aim to be deliberately eclectic in terms of genre, and to accept a good story no matter the credentials of the writer. It’s important to us to create a wonderfully written, good quality journal every three months, with no bias to genre, style or what the author has done with their life.

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 4 x per year

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Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General Open to all/most Subgenres
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Contemporary, Dark Fantasy, Gothic, Historical, Magic Realism, Retrofuturism, Slipstream, Urban Fantasy
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Dark Fantasy, Historical, Magic Realism, Noir, Psychological, Serial Killer, Slipstream, Soft Horror, Supernatural, Weird/New Weird
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Hardboiled, Historical, Noir, Supernatural
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,500 - 4,000 words.

Styles:

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

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 30 lines.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms, including: Experimental poetry, Free verse, Haiku (or related).

Styles:

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

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026