Sunday Service A literary journal

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

About

Sunday Service is a literary journal focused on fiction that resists resolution.
We publish work that stays close to interior pressure. Silence. Aftermath. Writing that does not move toward relief. Writing that leaves things unfinished.
Sunday Service is queer attentive. Queerness appears as condition or point of view. Not a lesson. Not punishment. Not a device.
Much of the work comes out of rural and Southern life. Family. Belief. Proximity. Restraint. We value what is withheld as much as what is stated.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2026

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency

AI Policy

Unknown AI policy

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Longer work (up to 35,000 words) considered selectively.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region, All sexual identities, Bisexuals, Lesbians/Gays.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 10,000 - 15,000 words.
Novella: 15,000 - 35,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) Token payment. Details: USD $3 for work under 10,000 words; $5 for work above 10,000 words.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Nonfiction Believed Defunct

Longer work (up to 35,000 words) considered selectively.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region, All sexual identities, Bisexuals, Lesbians/Gays.

Lengths:

Essay: 1,000 - 10,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: 1,000 - 10,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) Token payment. Details: USD $3 for work under 10,000 words; $5 for work above 10,000 words.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
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: People in a specific region, All sexual identities, Bisexuals, Lesbians/Gays.

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 including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.

Payment:

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

Submissions:

Method: Email.
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: People in a specific region, All sexual identities, Bisexuals, Lesbians/Gays.

Lengths:

Artwork: Up to 5 pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media, including...
Drawing.
Painting.
Photography.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.

Payment:

Token payment (under US$10 per piece) Token payment. Details: USD $2.

Submissions:

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

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Sunday Service Submission Statistics

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We have received 1 report within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Pending

3 responses are pending (203 min | 214.0 mean avg | 205.0 median | 234 max days waiting | 17.3 std dev) from 3 different members

Other Information

Date compiled: 23 Sep 2026 01:00 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Last Updated: 03 Aug 2026