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Velvet Grey

About

Velvet Grey was born out of a desire to share poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction written by and for girls that collect spiders, gays that dance in graveyards and goddesses whose shine reflects from the moonlight. Players of madness, siren singers, and night sky watchers are welcome here.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States
Established in 2026

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Published on a rolling basis

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

Statistics Synopsis

Faster
Velvet Grey's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.

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We don’t want fanfiction and tend to be into things that are more macabre, creepy, sinister, sexy, and heartbreaking than fantastical or magical. We’re not opposed to the later, but it’s a much harder sell.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: 500 - 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 2,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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If there’s a great album (new or old) you’ve always wanted to write about send it our way. Got a story about drinking with Murder By Death in a graveyard (I do) and want to connect it to the joy of meaninglessness, we want to read it. Ever wonder about the goths that roam during the day on your drive home from work? Please send us your story.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Review: 500 - 2,000 words.
Essay: 500 - 2,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: 500 - 2,000 words.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Literature/Books: Theory/Analysis/Criticism.
Music: Theory/Analysis/Criticism.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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For poetry, dude we just want to have our hearts broken. Black nights, endless oceans, shriveled pedals, the contemplation of death while looking at skulls, Chicana goth girls smoking cigarettes, black metal boys in the forest fighting against fascists. You know that crazy romance shit that makes us cry or want to sit in an open field contemplating meaninglessness.

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: Submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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We’re pretty picky about art to be honest. We like skulls of all sorts, pictures with cats in them, striking images of bad ass babes, hot dudes with ripples (think Tom of Finland but at a Nine Inch Nails concert), and definitely dark drawings of the old gods and goddesses, but like Medusa and Hel, not Athena or those other shitty gods. If it will make a butch woman horny and openly blush, send it to us. Nothing gratuitous and focused on genitals though. Porn is cool and all, but that’s not what this is about.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork: Unknown number of pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles, including: Dark.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Velvet Grey Submission Statistics

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.

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Accuracy
We have received 4 reports from 4 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported
2 min | 5.3 mean avg | 4.5 median | 10 max days (3.6 std dev)

Other Information

Most recent response reported was received on 10 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 30 Jun 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:46 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 04 Jul 2026

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