Radon Journal
@radonjournal.bsky.social
Publisher of short prose & poetry relating to science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, and cyberpunk dystopia. Pays semi-pro rates. Simultaneous Times partner. CLMP member. Like Black Mirror but more political.
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How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Only one week until @philconconvention.bsky.social and Radon editors appear in the wild for the first time.
Our EIC, Managing Editor, and four other editors will be there in the dealer's room Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
We're bringing more books, stickers, and merch than we were told we should.
Our EIC, Managing Editor, and four other editors will be there in the dealer's room Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
We're bringing more books, stickers, and merch than we were told we should.
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Only one week until @philconconvention.bsky.social and Radon editors appear in the wild for the first time.
Our EIC, Managing Editor, and four other editors will be there in the dealer's room Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
We're bringing more books, stickers, and merch than we were told we should.
Our EIC, Managing Editor, and four other editors will be there in the dealer's room Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
We're bringing more books, stickers, and merch than we were told we should.
Issue 12 starting to take shape. 4 poems and 3 short stories so far. Expecting a number of acceptances to go out after our editorial meeting Thursday.
We read until the end of Dec but we'd like to get almost all the decisions by mid-December. Submitting in the next month would be best for authors
We read until the end of Dec but we'd like to get almost all the decisions by mid-December. Submitting in the next month would be best for authors
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Issue 12 starting to take shape. 4 poems and 3 short stories so far. Expecting a number of acceptances to go out after our editorial meeting Thursday.
We read until the end of Dec but we'd like to get almost all the decisions by mid-December. Submitting in the next month would be best for authors
We read until the end of Dec but we'd like to get almost all the decisions by mid-December. Submitting in the next month would be best for authors
We're a bit behind on the slush pile, sorry about that. But two new poetry acceptances went out tonight. Fiction folks, nows your chance to impress us. That tightly written 2-4k story full of space rage? That's for us and you know it
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We're a bit behind on the slush pile, sorry about that. But two new poetry acceptances went out tonight. Fiction folks, nows your chance to impress us. That tightly written 2-4k story full of space rage? That's for us and you know it
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Pretty great mail day @radonjournal.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pretty great mail day @radonjournal.bsky.social
We're kicking off our story/poem spotlights with ABSOLUTION by Jared Chen-Wynn!
Eerie and haunting, just in time for Halloween.
If you could start over with a clean slate, would you also accept a clean brain?
Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/abs...
Eerie and haunting, just in time for Halloween.
If you could start over with a clean slate, would you also accept a clean brain?
Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/abs...
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We're kicking off our story/poem spotlights with ABSOLUTION by Jared Chen-Wynn!
Eerie and haunting, just in time for Halloween.
If you could start over with a clean slate, would you also accept a clean brain?
Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/abs...
Eerie and haunting, just in time for Halloween.
If you could start over with a clean slate, would you also accept a clean brain?
Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/abs...
Some very scary, very Radon, and also very gay movie recs as Halloween approaches — as selected by our editors!
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Some very scary, very Radon, and also very gay movie recs as Halloween approaches — as selected by our editors!
▶️ INITIATING SEQUENCE:
Radon Journal, Issue 11
Check out the full slate of poems and fiction in our jam-packed fall issue.
Everything free to read below:
www.radonjournal.com/issue11
Radon Journal, Issue 11
Check out the full slate of poems and fiction in our jam-packed fall issue.
Everything free to read below:
www.radonjournal.com/issue11
October 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
▶️ INITIATING SEQUENCE:
Radon Journal, Issue 11
Check out the full slate of poems and fiction in our jam-packed fall issue.
Everything free to read below:
www.radonjournal.com/issue11
Radon Journal, Issue 11
Check out the full slate of poems and fiction in our jam-packed fall issue.
Everything free to read below:
www.radonjournal.com/issue11
Our Submittable was impacted by the large-scale AWS outage last night. The issues appear to be resolved, and it is ready again to receive your words
October 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our Submittable was impacted by the large-scale AWS outage last night. The issues appear to be resolved, and it is ready again to receive your words
We've been approved for and bought our table for Philcon next month. Our first official vendor table as a journal. Marks a big step up in effort and visibility
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We've been approved for and bought our table for Philcon next month. Our first official vendor table as a journal. Marks a big step up in effort and visibility
Print copies of Issue 11 are appearing out in the wild
October 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Print copies of Issue 11 are appearing out in the wild
Our Editor in Chief was the guest editor on the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's latest Eye to the Telescope issue.
The chosen them was "cyberpunk" and the poetry community responded in droves. If you enjoy Radon poetry, you'll absolutely enjoy these twenty poems
The chosen them was "cyberpunk" and the poetry community responded in droves. If you enjoy Radon poetry, you'll absolutely enjoy these twenty poems
Check out the latest Eye to the Telescope edited by @caseyaimer.bsky.social!
Issue 58's theme is Cyberpunk and it's LIVE and free to read now:
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...
Issue 58's theme is Cyberpunk and it's LIVE and free to read now:
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Our Editor in Chief was the guest editor on the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's latest Eye to the Telescope issue.
The chosen them was "cyberpunk" and the poetry community responded in droves. If you enjoy Radon poetry, you'll absolutely enjoy these twenty poems
The chosen them was "cyberpunk" and the poetry community responded in droves. If you enjoy Radon poetry, you'll absolutely enjoy these twenty poems
**Journal Pay Change**
Poetry payments are increasing from $20 to $25 per accepted poem!
Thank you to our Patrons and print buyers in the UK for making this possible
Poetry payments are increasing from $20 to $25 per accepted poem!
Thank you to our Patrons and print buyers in the UK for making this possible
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
**Journal Pay Change**
Poetry payments are increasing from $20 to $25 per accepted poem!
Thank you to our Patrons and print buyers in the UK for making this possible
Poetry payments are increasing from $20 to $25 per accepted poem!
Thank you to our Patrons and print buyers in the UK for making this possible
Our Patreon now has the option enabled that allows for yearly subscriptions rather than just monthly. Comes with a 10% discount
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creating an online literary journal
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October 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Our Patreon now has the option enabled that allows for yearly subscriptions rather than just monthly. Comes with a 10% discount
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Have you seen how fucking cool our print front and back covers look, melded across the spine?
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Have you seen how fucking cool our print front and back covers look, melded across the spine?
Our latest issue is in print!
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In addition to the publisher link above, it's available on your preferred online book retailer worldwide
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In addition to the publisher link above, it's available on your preferred online book retailer worldwide
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Our latest issue is in print!
shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
In addition to the publisher link above, it's available on your preferred online book retailer worldwide
shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
In addition to the publisher link above, it's available on your preferred online book retailer worldwide
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"Cockle & Foxfire
built a spaceship
from endangered morpho
wings & pull-tabs secreted
from Polar Seltzer cans.”
Check out my poem "fritillary frigate" in @radonjournal.bsky.social #11! 🎈🦋💫
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/fri...
built a spaceship
from endangered morpho
wings & pull-tabs secreted
from Polar Seltzer cans.”
Check out my poem "fritillary frigate" in @radonjournal.bsky.social #11! 🎈🦋💫
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/fri...
fritillary frigate | Issue 11
Radon Journal Issue 11 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.
www.radonjournal.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Cockle & Foxfire
built a spaceship
from endangered morpho
wings & pull-tabs secreted
from Polar Seltzer cans.”
Check out my poem "fritillary frigate" in @radonjournal.bsky.social #11! 🎈🦋💫
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/fri...
built a spaceship
from endangered morpho
wings & pull-tabs secreted
from Polar Seltzer cans.”
Check out my poem "fritillary frigate" in @radonjournal.bsky.social #11! 🎈🦋💫
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/fri...
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My new poem "GPS Girl" about a navigation system slowly warping into sentience and...eventually depression..is out today💜 @radonjournal.bsky.social and look at that cover!!! This whole issue is filled with dark & strange & powerful words 🖤 www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
GPS Girl | Issue 11
Radon Journal Issue 11 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.
www.radonjournal.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My new poem "GPS Girl" about a navigation system slowly warping into sentience and...eventually depression..is out today💜 @radonjournal.bsky.social and look at that cover!!! This whole issue is filled with dark & strange & powerful words 🖤 www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
Issue 11 is live!
www.RadonJournal.com
This October issue features scifi body horror, AIs fighting to prevent execution, government-forced rebirth, underground rebellion, reclaiming your sexuality and name, critiques of Saudi Arabia, and much more.
www.RadonJournal.com
This October issue features scifi body horror, AIs fighting to prevent execution, government-forced rebirth, underground rebellion, reclaiming your sexuality and name, critiques of Saudi Arabia, and much more.
October 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Issue 11 is live!
www.RadonJournal.com
This October issue features scifi body horror, AIs fighting to prevent execution, government-forced rebirth, underground rebellion, reclaiming your sexuality and name, critiques of Saudi Arabia, and much more.
www.RadonJournal.com
This October issue features scifi body horror, AIs fighting to prevent execution, government-forced rebirth, underground rebellion, reclaiming your sexuality and name, critiques of Saudi Arabia, and much more.
Drumroll for our Best of the Net nominees
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Drumroll for our Best of the Net nominees
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
Issue 11 Infographic
Journal returned to normal submission numbers with about 1,430 split between fiction and poetry.
With 15 accepted poems and stories, we had about 1% acceptance rate.
For the first time, sci-fi and anarchist genres made up an equal number of published works.
Journal returned to normal submission numbers with about 1,430 split between fiction and poetry.
With 15 accepted poems and stories, we had about 1% acceptance rate.
For the first time, sci-fi and anarchist genres made up an equal number of published works.
September 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Issue 11 Infographic
Journal returned to normal submission numbers with about 1,430 split between fiction and poetry.
With 15 accepted poems and stories, we had about 1% acceptance rate.
For the first time, sci-fi and anarchist genres made up an equal number of published works.
Journal returned to normal submission numbers with about 1,430 split between fiction and poetry.
With 15 accepted poems and stories, we had about 1% acceptance rate.
For the first time, sci-fi and anarchist genres made up an equal number of published works.
Our final author reveal for Wednesday's Issue 11
We double-dip into the poetic mind of Mark Dimaisip, explore some wholesome space-love with
@marisca.bsky.social, and read an underground (literally) resistance battle with Bryn Farrar.
We double-dip into the poetic mind of Mark Dimaisip, explore some wholesome space-love with
@marisca.bsky.social, and read an underground (literally) resistance battle with Bryn Farrar.
September 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Our final author reveal for Wednesday's Issue 11
We double-dip into the poetic mind of Mark Dimaisip, explore some wholesome space-love with
@marisca.bsky.social, and read an underground (literally) resistance battle with Bryn Farrar.
We double-dip into the poetic mind of Mark Dimaisip, explore some wholesome space-love with
@marisca.bsky.social, and read an underground (literally) resistance battle with Bryn Farrar.