Mineshaft Magazine

About

Mineshaft is an art, comics, and literary magazine bringing you exciting art from some of the world's greatest artists. Regular contributors are R. Crumb (who designed our logos), Mary Fleener, Billy Childish, Jay Lynch, Nina Bunjevac, Bill Griffith, Christoph Mueller, Aleksandar Zograf, Pat Moriarity, William Crook Jr., David Collier, Robert Armstrong, & many more! The magazine was started in 1999, is digest sized, and is printed on offset press.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 1999

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: Published 2 x per year

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Mineshaft Magazine's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.

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Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Email. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Email. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Unknown number of 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:

Methods: Email. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Visual Art Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork: Unknown number of pieces.
Graphic Narrative: No page limits known.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media, including...
Drawing.
Cartoon/Comic strip.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Email. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Image.

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Mineshaft Magazine Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 5 reports from 4 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

2 min | 50.2 mean avg | 21.0 median | 117 max days (56.6 std dev)

Other Information

Most recent response reported was received on 18 Aug 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 13 Aug 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:46 UTC (less than a minute ago).
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Dates

Last Updated: 06 Aug 2026

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