The New Absurdist

About

The New Absurdist is an online Arts and Culture Magazine, but it’s also a community of people who love interesting ideas and stories. Our goal is to use the internet to create a space for creativity, curiosity, and passion to flourish. You can think of The New Absurdist as a free and publicly accessible online library curated by our team for quality, impact, and length. And while it’s helpful to know what we’re looking for, anyone is allowed to submit work to this library! We look for works of all genres and styles. Fiction and non-fiction. Silly and serious. We’re happy as long as readers walk away from us having learned something new.

Country of Publication

United States

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Regular Speed: The New Absurdist's overall average response time is within a normal range for magazines.

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Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
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:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
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, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Film/Television.
Health/Medicine: Mental health.
Literature/Books.
Memoir.
Nature/Environment: Environmental issues.
Sexuality/Gender: Adult relationships, LGBTQ issues, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: General, Social issues.
Visual Arts.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
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:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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The New Absurdist Submission Statistics

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We have received 3 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

20 min | 65.3 mean avg | 57.0 median | 119 max days (50.0 std dev)

Pending

2 responses are pending (108 min | 129.5 mean avg | 129.5 median | 151 max days waiting | 416.0 std dev) from 2 different members

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Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:46 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 Jun 2026

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