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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 27m

I've rewritten this caption 5x.
If you can relate, you'll love these places as much as we do.

Find the list here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/_beaut...

Lit mags for beautiful overthinkers

• The Sun #The splendor and heartache of being human

• Gastropoda #Celebrating the spiralic nature of life

• X-R-A-Y #Uncomfortable, entertaining, and unforgettable prose

• Press Pause Press #Your space, far away from the noise

• 3:AM Magazine #Whatever it is, they're against it!

• Gasher Press #Fresh voices and innovative forms

• petrichor mag #Dedicated to the fusion of text and image

• OVER/EXPOSED Lit #Modern and enigmatic work

• ONLY POEMS #Poetry is just the evidence of life

• Tension Literary #Writing with an edge

• Cabinet Magazine #Curiosity about the world

• The Lemonwood Quarterly #Holding up half the sky

• Clarity Magazine #Mental health, minus the fluff

October 15, 2025

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 5d

Our new 💡Smart Search💡 is about to make finding magazines way faster, and here's how:

- See magazines instantly (with their open/closed status in the dropdown)
- Apply filters as tags to narrow down listings by genre, country, keywords, and more!

www.chillsubs.com/blog/chill-subs-new-smart-search

The image is a screenshot of the Chill Subs website's new Smart Search browse set against a pastel pink-orange background. The page is on the Magazines tab of the website.

The letters "poe" are typed into the search bar, and the dropdown below shows these items, each with its own thumbnail (usually the cover of the lit mag):

Poetry
Genre

Poem-a-Day
Literary Magazine
Closes on Nov 15

Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry
Literary Magazine
Closed

Poems for Tomorrow
Literary Magazine
Open

Poesy
Literary Magazine
Closed

(End list. Note: the open/closed status and date is right-aligned, unlike the rest of the info.)

Under the filters button, which is located to the left of the search bar, there is a oblong bubble labeled Canada with a small x on the right to delete. This is the new tag filter function, and the search in the screenshot is filtering to view Canadian magazines.

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 6d

7 prizes lit mags should submit to or fame and fortune! Or, at the very least, a lil’ prestige. 🏆

www.chillsubs.com/blog/7-prize...

Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 6d

🥲🥲🥲

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 6d

Ever wanted to apply to an MFA program for free? The University of Alabama has a free application week and it ends on the 10th! Fee waivers are available for both US and international applicants 🌎✨

stories.ua.edu/gs/freeappwe...

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 7d

Oh man that's rough. But I like to think that, even with rejected work, it's never time wasted. You're just putting in the practice to get better and better ⚾️

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 7d

A small, dirty My Melody plushie is laying haphazardly on asphalt. On the right side, the end of a car can be seen, implying that the stuffed animal has been run over.

The text on the image reads,
"fucking 50 rejections in bro
i can't take this shit anymore"

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 9d

Harvard Law? What, like it’s hard? 💅💖 Yes, if you get a job there you are legally required to say that. @rachaelclemz.bsky.social is pretty sure it’s in their contract.

Apply here: bit.ly/m/chillsubs-...

#writingcommunity

Places hiring writers right now

Position
Who's hiring
Salary
Location

Editor
Harvard Law School
$87.7k-$150.9k/yr
Cambridge, MA

Editorial Director, Audio
Macmillan
$130k-$135k/yr
New York, NY

Communications Specialist
Princeton University
$85k-$94k/yr
Princeton, NJ

Senior Managing Editor
HarperCollins
$100k-$120k/yr
New York, NY (Hybrid)

Senior Editor, Adult Nonfiction
Bloomsbury
$75k-$85k/yr
New York, NY (Hybrid)

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 12d

It’s always hard to start up a lit mag and get momentum, but we think these folks have cracked the code 💥💪 Here’s 10 amazing places to submit if you want to support publications that are coming into the spotlight! ✨🩵

www.chillsubs.com/lists/new-li...

#writingcommunity #publishing #poetry

New lit mags blowing up right now and they want your writing!

• Strange Pilgrims #Real, surreal & brutally beautiful

• Seedlings #Roots in the old world and branches in the new

• RUNT Magazine #Proudly elevating the small and scrappy

• Heavy Traffic Magazine #Unbounded, instinctual writing

• Vellichor Literary #Raw, indie, and DIY expression

• Trash Cat Lit #Treasure in unexpected places

• Bread and Butter Magazine #Simplicity and the core of the human experience

• The CryptoNaturalist #David Attenborough meets The X Files

• The Bloomin' Onion #All stories come from somewhere

• wildscape. literary journal #Whimsical, chaotic, gentle, and everything in-between

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 14d

New jobs! Get your hot new jobs from @rachaelclemz.bsky.social! 💼

BTW, my personal fave here is the American Bird Conservancy, because who doesn’t want to make money writing about birds? 🐦📚

#writingcommunity

Places hiring writers right now

Writer/Editor
American Bird Conservancy
$60.5k/yr
Remote

Associate Director
Out of Print (Penguin Random House)
$82k-$92k/yr
Remote

Associate Manager/Manager, Marketing Storehouse Voices (Penguin Random House)
$66.5k-$77k/yr
New York, NY (Hybrid)

Director of Marketing and Retail Strategy
James Patterson Publishing Program
$110k-$130k/r
New York, NY

Senior Editor
Flatiron Books $80k-$85k/yr
New York, NY

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 16d

Well, why not? 😉

Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 19d

Micro fiction is having a moment…maybe because we’re all losing our collective attention spans BUT in the hopes of spreading some positivity, here are some places that want your super-short-but-ultra-awesome writing ⬇️

Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/micro-...

#writingcommunity

Lit mags for micro fiction (<500 words)
• Whale Road Review #Micro essays that don't demand too much time up front, but somehow leave readers changed
• Citron Review #Literary venue that celebrates short literature
• 101 Words #Comprehensive ecosystem and community
• 50-Word Stories #Built around twists or climactic moments
• 50 Give or Take #Literary initiative by Vine Leaves Press
• Switch #An act of adopting one way of life in place of another
• dadakuku #Unconventional and avant-garde forms of expression
• Thread #Experiment in micro-publishing
• Camp Hiawatha #We want your tents, hammocks, & gravel roads in written form
• scaffold #Weird / absurd / minimal / sad / grotestqueries with bold imagery
• 100-Foot Crow #Exclusively focused on speculative drabbles
• infiniteVscroll #Seeks to explore the essence of language
• Micromance #Only lit mag dedicated to flash romance

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 20d

We're sponsoring ethical writing contests now.

Yes those exist, there's like 4.

Learn how to spot them / check if your contest qualifies for sponsorship: www.chillsubs.com/blog/were-sp...

About our first partner ⬇️ @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social

ON POEMS
Leonard Cohen
Poetry Prize
Contest
This contest was verified by the organizer.
They scored
7.4
on our calculator and have
maintained a track record of transparency and fairness across their various offerings. They announce all their winners, clearly state their fees upfront and what you get for them, and have a solid history of actually awarding the prizes they promise and provide additional value

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 21d

I'm so happy to hear that you liked it!! It's always scary putting out a big change like this so I'm glad people seem to enjoy it 💞

Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 21d

It's amazing how she can contain such big opinions in such a little body

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 22d

Get ready... it's ✨new browse time✨

- No more sidebar! Full-page browsing!
- Tag-style filters (easy to add and delete)
- Quick-add feature (to let us know about any magazines not in our database)
- Smoother search with less bugs 🪲

Read all about it here: www.chillsubs.com/blog/new-bro...

The image is a screenshot of the Chill Subs website's browse page, which has recently been updated.

The new format organizes magazines into horizontal cards (with two in each row) which are each divided into a left and right portion. The left portion shows an image of the literary magazine's newest issue cover, while the right portion shows the following information (from top to bottom): Open/Closed/Submission deadline, Name of magazine, Genres accepted (with color indication as to open or closed), Brief "about us" info, response time, payment, and social media follower count.

The screenshot shows four magazines: Chestnut Review, The Adroit Journal, Split Lip Magazine, and Baltimore Review.

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 22d

OH MY GOODNESS SHE IS SO TINY

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 26d

Ahhh if I'd known about this last week I definitely would've put them on the list! 🥲 The book looks so cool and I love the whole concept 🌱

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 26d

Because we’ve all been there. 🥲🚗

#writingcommunity #litmag

→ Where to publish that piece you wrote crying in your car that is actually good for some reason.

• No Tokens Journal #Work that is felt in the spine
• Luna Luna Magazine #Lush poetics, rever dreams, and the dark ecstatic
• WILDNESS #Work that moves you, surprises you, bowls you over
• Poet Lore #America's oldest poetry magazine
• Lost Balloon #For the small, sad, and whimsical moments in life
• Honey Literary #BIPOC-focused journal built by women of color
• The Fiddlehead #Atlantic Canada's international literary journal
• filling Station #Innovative magazine of experimental literature
• Fictive Dream #Devoted to the traditional literary short story
• Fruitslice #Queer-run lit mag documenting the present and building the future
• Dust Poetry Magazine #Unsolicited and international poetry
• Nat. Brut #Playiul, experimental, and socially conscious
• ONE ART: a journal of poetry #Home for good poems
• Lucent Dreaming #Beautiful, strange and surreal work from worldwide contributors
• Fahmidan Journal #Diverse voices and their cacophonous words
• Waxwing Literary Journal #Tremendous cultural diversity of contemporary literature
• Mulberry Literary #Boundless creative work in its every form

Check out our link in bio for this list + more recommendations!

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 27d

This is your reminder to go through all those snippets in your notes app 📝 How did we know they were there? ✨Magic✨

Click here to submit: www.chillsubs.com/lists/corner...

#writingcommunity

Quiet corners of the internet that want your notes app masterpieces

• Constellations #Fresh voices and new constellations
• Empty House Press #Previously inhabited spaces and memory
• Taco Bell Quarterly #Raging against the gatekeepers and tastemakers
• miniskirt magazine #Flirtations, sweet confections, and lush love
• carte blanche #Voices to help make sense of life and the world
• beestung #Non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit work that's sweet and stings
• Thimble #Armor found in the oddest of places
• Ghost City Review #Online indie lit community-building
• Okay Donkey #The odd, the beautiful, and the surprising
• Gone Lawn #Sincere, imaginative, unconventional work
• Exposed Bone #Uncanny fiction and poetry

Check out our link in bio for this list + more recommendations!

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you so much for the support! 🫶🫶

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · Sep 13

Ohhhh my god 🥹

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · Sep 13

Couldn't have done it without you guys 💞 thank you so so much for your support!!!!

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Sep 11

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the Literary Magazine Incubator Project!

Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · Sep 10

About 3 months ago, we launched a lit mag incubator to give $1000 to 5 mags willing to try something new, serve underrepresented communities, and prove ethical publishing can actually work.

Today we picked our 5 (okay, and 10 finalists) and it’s time to CELEBRATE THEM✨

15 Lit Mags That Are About to Change Everything
Chill Subs Incubator Winners & Finalists
Winners
• Folly
• NWF Journal
• Dreamworldgirl Zine
• Notch Magazine
• Space and Time
Finalists
• Paratextos
• Gather
• OTHERSIDE
• OyeDrum
• Ubwali Literary Magazine
• Pafuera
• Silly Goose Press
• Zine Machine
• Chabutra
• Stanchion
CHILL SUBS®

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · Sep 13

You absolutely are!!! 💞🎀

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