Fish Girl Collective Journal

About

Fish Girl Collective is a secret cult of fish girls curated by writer and girl fish, Abigail Cain. The mission of FGC is to curate an array of oddities and to inspire queer, trans, woman, and POC writers in their work.
While our taste buds often lean strange, obscure, absurdist, or esoteric, we do value quality. Know the rules you are breaking before you break them. Please see our archives for a more in depth look into the type of writing we publish. While we enjoy the occasional fiction piece, we don’t typically publish genre fiction.

Important: They focus on queer, trans, POC, and woman identifying writers, but accept work from all genders and identities.

Want more insight into the editors' preferences? Read our interview with the editor(s).

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2025

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published on a rolling basis
Print Publication Print Publication: Published 1 x per year

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Fish Girl Collective Journal's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.
More Approachable: Fish Girl Collective Journal's overall acceptance rate is higher than most magazines.
Less Responsive: Fish Girl Collective Journal's overall rate of non-response is higher than most magazines.

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Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short Story: 1,000 - 4,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 4,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

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.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Fish Girl Collective Journal Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 10 reports from 10 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

2 min | 20.5 mean avg | 13.0 median | 196 max days (60.7 std dev)

Responses

80.00 %

Acceptances:

20.00 % of submissions accepted (22.5 avg. days per acceptance) | 20.00 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

60.00 % (6.8 avg. days per rejection) | 0.0 % personal, 66.7 % form, 33.3 % unspecified

Non-Responses

10.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

10.00 % (196.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

10.00 % (80.0 avg. days per withdrawal)

Pending

3 responses are pending (71 min | 108.0 mean avg | 88.0 median | 165 max days waiting | 50.1 std dev) from 3 different members

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 60 days. (20.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 60 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 60 days have passed.
Most recent response reported was received on 01 Aug 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 20 Jul 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 02:30 UTC (7 hours, 17 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 05 Sep 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.