Weird Lit Mag
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A platform for the weird and boundless. We support freedom of expression, community engagement, and the open exchange of ideas.
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Chill Subs is hosting their 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards, and we'd love if you voted for Weird Lit! Vote at www.chillsubs.com/be...! Voting closes Dec. 7. P.S. Voters are entered to win a year of Chill Subs Best or $500 too.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Chill Subs is hosting their 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards, and we'd love if you voted for Weird Lit! Vote at www.chillsubs.com/be...! Voting closes Dec. 7. P.S. Voters are entered to win a year of Chill Subs Best or $500 too.
We're excited to announce our nomination for the 2026 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers: "Transmission" by Gene Wang! This prize recognizes twelve emerging writers/year for their debut short story. Read Gene's outstanding debut story at www.weirdlitmag.com/.... Best of luck!
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We're excited to announce our nomination for the 2026 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers: "Transmission" by Gene Wang! This prize recognizes twelve emerging writers/year for their debut short story. Read Gene's outstanding debut story at www.weirdlitmag.com/.... Best of luck!
"... dear lord that eyeball’s back ..."
We loved the breathlessness and absurdity amidst a real human story about loss and grief in Nancy S. Koven's story "Five Hours to Wilmington." Read our interview with the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
We loved the breathlessness and absurdity amidst a real human story about loss and grief in Nancy S. Koven's story "Five Hours to Wilmington." Read our interview with the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"... dear lord that eyeball’s back ..."
We loved the breathlessness and absurdity amidst a real human story about loss and grief in Nancy S. Koven's story "Five Hours to Wilmington." Read our interview with the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
We loved the breathlessness and absurdity amidst a real human story about loss and grief in Nancy S. Koven's story "Five Hours to Wilmington." Read our interview with the author on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
It's hard to believe, but we're midway through the submission period for our Winter 2025 Issue. If you were waiting for a sign that you should submit your ready-for-the-world weird work, this is it! We'd love to read it. Send to weirdlitmag.com/submit through December 1 for consideration.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's hard to believe, but we're midway through the submission period for our Winter 2025 Issue. If you were waiting for a sign that you should submit your ready-for-the-world weird work, this is it! We'd love to read it. Send to weirdlitmag.com/submit through December 1 for consideration.
We've quietly unveiled a behind-the-scenes achievement this week: a new, custom-built submission form! We also wanted to note a key change to our guidelines for those submitting flash work—as the form guides you, please now upload each flash piece in a separate file at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We've quietly unveiled a behind-the-scenes achievement this week: a new, custom-built submission form! We also wanted to note a key change to our guidelines for those submitting flash work—as the form guides you, please now upload each flash piece in a separate file at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
We've arrived at the opening of winter—at least, the opening of the submission window for our Winter 2025 Issue. Send us your best, polished and weird work through Dec. 1 for consideration. We're so ready to read it! See our full guidelines at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
October 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We've arrived at the opening of winter—at least, the opening of the submission window for our Winter 2025 Issue. Send us your best, polished and weird work through Dec. 1 for consideration. We're so ready to read it! See our full guidelines at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
"But real robots do not need sexy legs to dance."
Joe Johnson tackles the human quandary of robots in our daily lives with humor and suspiciously simple stylistic prose in his story "Robot." Read more about the author in a short interview we did earlier this month at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
Joe Johnson tackles the human quandary of robots in our daily lives with humor and suspiciously simple stylistic prose in his story "Robot." Read more about the author in a short interview we did earlier this month at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"But real robots do not need sexy legs to dance."
Joe Johnson tackles the human quandary of robots in our daily lives with humor and suspiciously simple stylistic prose in his story "Robot." Read more about the author in a short interview we did earlier this month at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
Joe Johnson tackles the human quandary of robots in our daily lives with humor and suspiciously simple stylistic prose in his story "Robot." Read more about the author in a short interview we did earlier this month at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
Today we're sharing our sixth issue, featuring seven authors and one visual artist who have contributed their weird and wonderful work. Read more at www.weirdlitmag.com/.
P.S. We once again received a record number of submissions. Thanks again to all who shared their stories with us!
P.S. We once again received a record number of submissions. Thanks again to all who shared their stories with us!
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Today we're sharing our sixth issue, featuring seven authors and one visual artist who have contributed their weird and wonderful work. Read more at www.weirdlitmag.com/.
P.S. We once again received a record number of submissions. Thanks again to all who shared their stories with us!
P.S. We once again received a record number of submissions. Thanks again to all who shared their stories with us!
As we say our farewells to summer, we're excited to share a sneak peek of the contributor list for our Fall 2025 Issue, arriving to weirdlitmag.com this coming Monday on the autumn equinox.
We hope you come by to enjoy our selected weird stories and art!
We hope you come by to enjoy our selected weird stories and art!
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As we say our farewells to summer, we're excited to share a sneak peek of the contributor list for our Fall 2025 Issue, arriving to weirdlitmag.com this coming Monday on the autumn equinox.
We hope you come by to enjoy our selected weird stories and art!
We hope you come by to enjoy our selected weird stories and art!
We submitted our 2026 Best of the Net Anthology nominations this week and wish the best of luck to authors Gene Wang, Mish Gajewski-Zambataro, and artist Laurie Hogin.
Read their stories and view Laurie's art at links below!
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Read their stories and view Laurie's art at links below!
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
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www.weirdlitmag.com/...
August 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We submitted our 2026 Best of the Net Anthology nominations this week and wish the best of luck to authors Gene Wang, Mish Gajewski-Zambataro, and artist Laurie Hogin.
Read their stories and view Laurie's art at links below!
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
Read their stories and view Laurie's art at links below!
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
www.weirdlitmag.com/...
We're midway through our submission window for our Fall 2025 Issue and we've had an amazing number of stories come through but we want more! If you haven't already submitted this round, we'd love to read your (best) weird work. Send us your polished stories under 3K words at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
August 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
We're midway through our submission window for our Fall 2025 Issue and we've had an amazing number of stories come through but we want more! If you haven't already submitted this round, we'd love to read your (best) weird work. Send us your polished stories under 3K words at www.weirdlitmag.com/...!
... and we're back! Send us your best weird work now through September 1 for consideration for our Fall 2025 Issue. As always, we can't wait to read it! Find link to full guidelines and submission form at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
July 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
... and we're back! Send us your best weird work now through September 1 for consideration for our Fall 2025 Issue. As always, we can't wait to read it! Find link to full guidelines and submission form at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
And just like that, it's time for our fifth issue to be born. This has been an exciting issue to compile, with our largest volume of submissions to date. The stories and art in this issue are thought-provoking, entertaining, and of course, weird. Read them all at https://weirdlitmag.com.
June 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
And just like that, it's time for our fifth issue to be born. This has been an exciting issue to compile, with our largest volume of submissions to date. The stories and art in this issue are thought-provoking, entertaining, and of course, weird. Read them all at https://weirdlitmag.com.
We've almost reached the end of our reading period for our Summer 2025 Issue! Send us your submissions through June 1 for consideration. Visit weirdlitmag.com/submit for full guidelines and submission form.
May 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We've almost reached the end of our reading period for our Summer 2025 Issue! Send us your submissions through June 1 for consideration. Visit weirdlitmag.com/submit for full guidelines and submission form.
We're happy to share that one of our first WLM authors was selected to be included in 2025's Best Small Fictions!
Best Small Fictions (Alternating Current Press) features the best microfiction, flash fiction, haibun stories, and prose poetry from around the world. Visit altcurrentpress.com/....
Best Small Fictions (Alternating Current Press) features the best microfiction, flash fiction, haibun stories, and prose poetry from around the world. Visit altcurrentpress.com/....
May 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We're happy to share that one of our first WLM authors was selected to be included in 2025's Best Small Fictions!
Best Small Fictions (Alternating Current Press) features the best microfiction, flash fiction, haibun stories, and prose poetry from around the world. Visit altcurrentpress.com/....
Best Small Fictions (Alternating Current Press) features the best microfiction, flash fiction, haibun stories, and prose poetry from around the world. Visit altcurrentpress.com/....
We're halfway through our summer reading period, and there's still time to submit your (weird) short fiction! Send us your best, polished prose under 3000 words for consideration. Read our full guidelines and submit at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
May 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We're halfway through our summer reading period, and there's still time to submit your (weird) short fiction! Send us your best, polished prose under 3000 words for consideration. Read our full guidelines and submit at weirdlitmag.com/submit.
Our second editorial intern for the reading and production of our Summer 2025 Issue is Amanda Halverson. We're excited to have her on the team for this round! Read a little more about her in our interview at www.weirdlitmag.com/...
May 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our second editorial intern for the reading and production of our Summer 2025 Issue is Amanda Halverson. We're excited to have her on the team for this round! Read a little more about her in our interview at www.weirdlitmag.com/...
We've read and reread Gene Wang's story "Transmission" and find something more each time. We were honored to be the story's first home, and look forward to seeing where Gene's work takes him. Read a little more about the author and his process in our short interview at www.weirdlitmag.com/...
May 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We've read and reread Gene Wang's story "Transmission" and find something more each time. We were honored to be the story's first home, and look forward to seeing where Gene's work takes him. Read a little more about the author and his process in our short interview at www.weirdlitmag.com/...
"As someone who spends so much time reading short fiction, I crave getting utterly immersed, lost even, in a jungle of a book like this, one." Read Senior Editor Dina's full take on Sergio De La Pava's weird book A Naked Singularity at weirdlitmag.com/post...!
April 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"As someone who spends so much time reading short fiction, I crave getting utterly immersed, lost even, in a jungle of a book like this, one." Read Senior Editor Dina's full take on Sergio De La Pava's weird book A Naked Singularity at weirdlitmag.com/post...!
The time is here! We're now open for submissions for our summer issue. Send us your best weird work through June 1, 2025. We are so ready to read it!
Read our full guidelines and submit at weirdlitmag.com/submit!
Read our full guidelines and submit at weirdlitmag.com/submit!
April 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The time is here! We're now open for submissions for our summer issue. Send us your best weird work through June 1, 2025. We are so ready to read it!
Read our full guidelines and submit at weirdlitmag.com/submit!
Read our full guidelines and submit at weirdlitmag.com/submit!
We discovered Jerram Harte's art and loved his playful, humorous, and emotional depictions of characters, which really invite creative narrative. Just what we like to feature in a Weird Lit issue! We caught up with him in a short interview over on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/post/artist-...!
April 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We discovered Jerram Harte's art and loved his playful, humorous, and emotional depictions of characters, which really invite creative narrative. Just what we like to feature in a Weird Lit issue! We caught up with him in a short interview over on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/post/artist-...!
We're so pleased to announce the publication of our fourth issue of Weird Lit Magazine, featuring cover and selected art from Jerram Harte and nine amazing pieces of short fiction. Thank you to all those who submitted their work for consideration this round. Read the issue at weirdlitmag.com!
March 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We're so pleased to announce the publication of our fourth issue of Weird Lit Magazine, featuring cover and selected art from Jerram Harte and nine amazing pieces of short fiction. Thank you to all those who submitted their work for consideration this round. Read the issue at weirdlitmag.com!
We're so ready for spring, and even more ready for our Spring 2025 Issue to drop on Thursday (3/20, the equinox)! This issue features some amazing storytelling, polished prose, unexpected plots, and of course, a solid dose of weirdness. Stay tuned! #weirdlit #indiejournal
March 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We're so ready for spring, and even more ready for our Spring 2025 Issue to drop on Thursday (3/20, the equinox)! This issue features some amazing storytelling, polished prose, unexpected plots, and of course, a solid dose of weirdness. Stay tuned! #weirdlit #indiejournal
We ask for your weird stories, again and again. We swim in submissions of weird short fiction for weeks on end, reading piece after piece from our creative community (thanks!). But what do we really mean by weird lit, anyway? Read more at .weirdlitmag.com/post/weird-p...
March 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We ask for your weird stories, again and again. We swim in submissions of weird short fiction for weeks on end, reading piece after piece from our creative community (thanks!). But what do we really mean by weird lit, anyway? Read more at .weirdlitmag.com/post/weird-p...