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No Tokens Journal

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This project is believed to be defunct. (September 2025)

About

We are a volunteer staff of women, queer, trans, and non-binary individuals who, in 2012, envisioned a journal that would diversify the landscape of published works and push back on the hierarchical status quo. We made it, and we’re still here. All of the writers on our masthead read and edit across—and outside of—genres, delighting in the fresh sensibilities and noticings of one another. We remain steadfast in our perennial commitment to the humans, artists, and creators behind the work we publish. Long after New York City’s subway turnstiles swapped hole-punched coins for MetroCards in 2003, the blinking letters still read No Tokens*. We are here to hold the past with the present, to nurture an anti-racist, anti-colonial future.

We are here to keep stories alive. We are paying attention.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Unknown publication frequency

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Females, Nonbinary people.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words); Up to 3 pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Females, Nonbinary people.

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known; Up to 3 pieces.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known; Up to 3 pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Poetry Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Females, Nonbinary people.

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: Unknown.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Visual Art Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Females, Nonbinary people.

Lengths:

Artwork: Up to 5 pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Unknown.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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