Sad Girl Zine

Fledgling Listing: This project is new and has been listed with us for less than six months.

About

“We don’t preserve the sad girl aesthetic — we evolve it.”
This sentence is perhaps the best way to describe what this zine stands for.
The sad girl aesthetic has existed in many forms, carrying its own history, clichés and connotations. But a sad girl can be anyone, regardless of how they identify. For us, the sad girl is not an identity. It is a state of mind. A feeling.
At Sad Girl Zine, we want to look beyond the Tumblr aesthetic. We believe this state of being can produce extraordinary writing and art and we want to take it seriously as such.
The sad girl mind doesn’t always want to know what is good for it. Sometimes it just wants to wallow in the depths of its feelings, even when they are dark. We know we shouldn’t do it — stalk your ex, still yearn for them years later, romanticize your tears — but we love it anyway.
Sad Girl Zine was founded as a space where those feelings are allowed to exist without apology and where we can take them to the highest artistic standard.
A place where you can feel at home for a while, then leave and do the right thing.
Here, you can stay inside your work. Wallow in it.
Outside it, you can move on.
Take your romance, darkness, obsession, pain and despair to the page and show us what sad girls are made of.

Country of Publication & Year Established

Germany

Established in 2026

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 2 x per year

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

Collapse section Fiction Open

Dates:

Open to fiction submissions through 11 November 2026* (approx. 58 days from now).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 500 words; Up to 3 pieces.
Flash Fiction: 501 - 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 3,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, 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

Dates:

Open to nonfiction submissions through 11 November 2026* (approx. 58 days from now).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 3,000 words; Up to 3 pieces.
Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 3,000 words; Up to 3 pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, 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

Dates:

Open to poetry submissions through 11 November 2026* (approx. 58 days from now).

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, including: Hybrid form.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, 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 Visual Art Open

Dates:

Open to visual art submissions through 11 November 2026* (approx. 58 days from now).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork: Up to 3 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: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Fledgling listing. No cover available for Sad Girl Zine until first issue/book published.

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Bluesky @thesadgirlzine.bsky.social
Instagram @thesadgirlzine
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Sad Girl Zine Submission Statistics

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Dates

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2026

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