Kinpaurak

This project is believed to be defunct. (April 2026)

About

Kinpaurak was born from the union of Dadaism, Dark Transcendentalism, Southern Gothicism, and Absurdist philosophy.
It comes from Flannery O’Connor’s grotesque grace, Camus’ sun-stroked nihilism, Bataille’s ecstatic horror, and whatever the hell Kafka was going through when he wrote about a guy turning into a bug.
What are we? An institute? A cult? A literary magazine? A fever dream? A thinly veiled excuse to put the words “esoteric,” “sublime,” and “existential dread” in one place? We’re still figuring it out. It’s a space for writing that digs beneath the polite and the presentable, that loves the absurd, the grotesque, the holy, and the unholy.
We like pieces that wrestle with faith and works that interrogate identity. If you’ve ever read something and thought, “this is good, but what if it were weirder, sharper, and a little more likely to be banned in a Catholic school?”—you’re probably in the right place.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2025

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency

AI Policy

Unknown AI policy

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Gothic

Lengths:

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

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Absurdist, Dark, Experimental.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) Token payment. Details: USD $5.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Nonfiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 2,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) Token payment. Details: USD $5.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Poetry Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Gothic

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Unlimited number of pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Absurdist, Dark, Experimental.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Token payment (under US$5 per poem) Token payment. Details: USD $5.

Submissions:

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

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Kinpaurak Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 12 reports from 11 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

11 min | 123.7 mean avg | 128.0 median | 253 max days (85.3 std dev)

Responses

41.67 %

Acceptances:

0.00 %

Rejections:

41.67 % (133.0 avg. days per rejection) | 20.0 % personal, 40.0 % form, 40.0 % unspecified

Non-Responses

25.00 %

Lost/Returned:

16.67 % (248.5 avg. days before reporting submissions as lost or returned)

Never Responded:

8.33 % (104.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

33.33 % (58.8 avg. days per withdrawal)

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 2 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 2 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 13 Mar 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 04 Feb 2026.
Date compiled: 08 Oct 2026 01:31 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026