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Foglifter

Literary Magazine

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Foglifter’s literary journal is a biannual compendium of the most dynamic, urgent LGBTQ+ writing today. It’s a space where queer and trans writers celebrate, mourn, rage, and embrace.

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Highlights

This magazine may have some eligibility requirements

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  • Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
  • Response time:
    2-3 months*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    79 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:  / 
    5.45%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

PaysYes

Find more details in the Genres section

FeeNo

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

    From the editors

    Pushcart Prize

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

    From the editors

    2

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 7500 words max

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, wtf idk

Fiction

Max pieces: 3

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, wtf idk

Nonfiction - 7500 words max

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems, max 5 pages

Art

No specific limitations

Hybrid

up to 20 pages

Play

up to 20 pages

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    Include a 50-word or less bio (with pronouns after your name, please!) in your cover letter.

  • Eligibility

    LGBTQ+ creators

  • Formatting

    Title your submission with the title of the work(s) you are submitting (separated by commas). All submissions must be uploaded as one DOC or DOCX file using the following titling convention: First_Last_Foglifter (i.e., Audre_Lorde_Foglifter)

  • Author's rights

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

    Pays! $50 + 2 contributor copies Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:) Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Only accepts work by queer and trans writers

Tracker statistics

74

Total submissions tracked

79 days

Average response time

5.45%

Average acceptance rate

31 days

Fastest response time

186 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 294 days, 294 days, 294 days, 294 days, 294 days

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About

Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful work by queer and trans writers in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work. We want the pieces that challenged you as a writer, what you poured yourself into and risked the most to make. But...

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Founded

2016

Country

US

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    Editor MICHAL "MJ" JONES avatar

    MICHAL "MJ" JONES

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor LUIZA FLYNN-GOODLETT avatar

    LUIZA FLYNN-GOODLETT

    Managing Editor

    Editor MILO TODD avatar

    MILO TODD

    Managing Fiction Editor

    Editor KANIKA AGRAWAL avatar

    KANIKA AGRAWAL

    Managing Hybrid/Nonfiction Editor

    Editor DIOR J. STEPHENS avatar

    DIOR J. STEPHENS

    Managing Poetry Editor