The Shantytown Anomaly

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About

The Shantytown Anomaly is a chapbook-style journal specializing in speculative (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror) poetry, short-short stories, reviews, and articles. Each issue runs about 20-24 pages and is released when the issue is full. We are looking for thought provoking and fresh poetry in the sci-fi and fantasy genres. Horror poetry is not excluded, but it needs to be fresh and exiting, and not cliched. We are also very interested in form poetry, and would like to see more traditional forms used in the speculative genres. Send no more than five (5) poems per submission. Due to space constraints, please keep poems under 100 lines. We are looking for Scifaiku (5-7-5 syllable count) and Tanka (5-7-5-7-7 syllable count) for our "Scifaiku Corner" section of the magazine. Send no more than five (5) per submission. Please visit scifaiku.com for more information on this style. We accept short-short stories (flash fiction) up to 1,000 words. We will probably only publish one short-short per issue.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: Unknown publication frequency

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Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.

Styles:

Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) Token payment (under 1 US cent per word).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry On Hiatus

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 200 lines.

Poetry Forms:

Formal verse, Haiku (or related), Tanka.

Styles:

Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

Token payment (under US$5 per poem) Token payment (under US$5 per poem).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026