Housebound Magazine

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About

Housebound is a literary journal dedicated to the fraught and expansive concept of home.
We conjure 'home' not just as a discrete physical location, but home as a memory (however hazy), a feeling, perhaps home as one's own body.
We recognize that home is also differentially constructed - that is, home often emerges through/in dislocation or distress. Home is haunted. To go home is, indeed, a deathbed wish.
To that end, we welcome works about thresholds, illness and disability, estrangement & return, fierce and disorienting nostalgia, coming-of-age, etc. We have a penchant for Gothic undertones, but all genres/styles have a place at the table.
Housebound opens its arms to new and emerging writers, writers underrepresented, writers who trust their gut, writers taken by paradox, writers finding their way back home.
Bottom line: we are in pursuit of bold, dizzying, lavish leaps of language, unearthing realizations that you chew on and imagery made to savor. We're here for the sacred, the strange, and the searching. We beseech you: what does home hold?

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2026

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 2,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

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: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 2,500 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 2,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

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: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; 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.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

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Housebound Magazine Submission Statistics

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We have received 1 report within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

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Most recent response reported was received on 22 Oct 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 22 Oct 2026.
Date compiled: 23 Oct 2026 21:03 UTC (5 hours ago).
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Dates

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2026

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