Our general submission window is open all this month!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction and nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Our general submission window is now open!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things science fiction, fantasy, and weird!
Our guidelines:
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 8¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $20 for poetry, and $125 for cover art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Now paying❤️🔥PRO RATES❤️🔥thanks to our Kickstarter!
Our general submission window is open for the next seven days only!
We pay 8¢/word for fiction, $20 for poetry, and $125 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Our general submission window is open till the end of this month!
We pay 8¢/word for fiction and nonfiction, $20 for poetry, and $125 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Please read the guidelines!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other underrepresented authors only!
We pay 8¢/word for fiction, $20 for poetry, and $125 for cover art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Our general submission window is open all this month!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction and nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
We're going to reopen to submissions tomorrow morning, and we're excited to see all of the amazing stories and poems you'll send us!
We're also revising our submission guidelines a little. It won't be anything major, but be sure to check those out before you submit!
Our general submission window is now open!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things science fiction, fantasy, and weird!
Our guidelines:
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Please spread the word!
Our general submission window is now open for the rest of June!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self reject! Submit, submit, submit!
I always love when we get a story that, as I'm reading it, I have this overwhelming urge to email the author before I've even finished it. YES, PLEASE, LET US PUBLISH THIS.
I'm about to buy a story for the March issue, and it's so good, y'all
We are open this month to submissions by authors of color and LGBTQIA+ authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Guidelines:
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Our Kickstarter launches tomorrow!
We are DETERMINED to get to 8¢/word for our authors, but we need your help! Please support the campaign and please please please spread the word!
Our general submission window is open for the entire month of April!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
WE DID IT!
Thank you all so much for backing the Kickstarter! We have 36 hours left, and there are still lots of amazing backer rewards available, but in the meantime, prepare yourselves for some amazing fiction and poetry in 2024 and keep being awesome!
Just to put this out there, and it's terrible we have to say, but Haven Spec is anti-fascist, anti-racist, and anti being a dick of any kind, whether systemically or personally.
Let's be kind out there, people.
We've just discovered that someone submitted a story to us that they plagiarized from House of Zolo.
We take plagiarism very seriously, and they're now banned from submitting again, but why don't you give the story a read anyway?
Support the real author!
Our general submission window is open for the entire month of April!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Haven Spec Magazine is 💖growing💖!
Please welcome our newest associate editors,
@RukmanWrites
,
@RSLjnr
, and
@eabroadbent
!
They'll be in charge of reading all of your amazing submissions, so send them your very best!
Very excited to announce that LP Kindred /
@LPKindred
is going to be guest editing the January 2024 issue of Haven Spec Magazine!
We will be considering stories for the January issue through the end of October, so send us all the things!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Please spread the word!
Our general submission window is still open all this month!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Our general submission window is open for the entire month of April!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Lots of exciting things afoot at Haven Spec!
We're in the process of putting together a Kickstarter to finally raise our author pay, and we're planning out some new anthologies, so keep an eye out over the next few weeks for more announcements!
We're three days through our general submission window, and we've gotten about 250 submissions so far!
We'll close to all submission at 11:59 PM EST, Sunday, April 7th. So, if you have anything you've been dying to send us, now is your chance!
Haven Spec Magazine is now part of Haven Spec Press, LLC!
To do our Kickstarter, we needed a bank account, which needed an EIN, which needed an LLC. Hoops and more hoops!
We're almost ready, though, and an LLC will let us launch our anthologies too!
All good things :)
Our Kickstarter goal is to raise author pay to 8¢/word, and I just sent out the first contract at that rate to someone we solicited a story from, and I'm super anxious about it!
It's all out of pocket for me until the Kickstarter is funded!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Issue seven of Haven Spec Magazine is here at last!
We've got an amazing TOC for our special double issue, with 80+ pages of fiction and poetry!
Read:
Buy:
Spending today getting stuff ready for our issues in the new year, and wouldn't you know it, we'll be paying pro rates!
Everyone who has something in our queue should hear from us by the end of the year, so stay tuned!
We've gotten notice that two poems we published last year have been nominated for the Rhysling Award!
Only one is on the list so far, but if you're reading for awards, why not check it out?
For the attention of my future self
Brian Hugenbruch /
@Bwhugen
Our general submission window is still open all this month!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction and nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Please give an enormous Haven Spec welcome to our newest associate editor, Evelyn Freeling /
@evelyn_freeling
!
A spec fic writer and editor, she'll be jumping into the submission queue with both feet, and we couldn't be happier to have her on board!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Have Spec Magazine has been selected as a "Project We Love" by Kickstarter!
Each day this week, we'll highlight one of our amazing anchor authors and add new rewards. If you haven't backed us yet, please help us get to 100%!
Kickstarter:
#ProjectWeLove
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Please spread the word!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self reject! Submit, submit, submit!
I spent 15 hours feverishly working on our new submissions system yesterday, and it's almost done!
It's called Acolyte, and it'll streamline our process so that we can spend less time organizing subs and more time reading them.
Huge shout out to
@HaleyGrunloh
who made the logo!
Our limited demographic window ends March 31st, after which our general submission window will be open for one week only!
That means we'll close to all submissions at 11:59 PM EST, Sunday, April 7th. If you have something you've been dying to send us, this is your chance!
Our general submission window is open for the entire month of February!
Today is for going through outstanding submissions, finalizing content for the upcoming issue, and drinking three liters of water because my doctor says I should
Send us your stuff!
Shout out to LP Kindred /
@LPKindred
, who is guest editing our May issue!
He's working through a bunch of stories and picking out his favorites, so stay tuned next month for a spectacular May issue by an amazing writer/editor/human being!
Thank you, LP!
Our Kickstarter is at 60% with less than 4 days to go, so we wanted to show you how we calculated our goal of $10,400.
73% of it goes to our lovely authors and artists, 4% is for swag and admin, and 23% is for tax.
Help us pay folks what they deserve!
Our Kickstarter is at 25% with 18 days to go! We need your help to get to 100% and pay our authors pro rates!
🔥backer rewards🔥
We have story critiques, signed books, meet-ups, and more! Please spread the word!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Don't self reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Our December issue is finally ready!
We've got loads of great authors, and on Saturday I'll send a digital copy of the issue as a special bonus to everyone who supported our Kickstarter! Everyone else can read it Wednesday :).
Today is my birthday, so to celebrate, I've personally donated $1000 to the American Indian College Fund, as promised during our successful Kickstarter campaign!
I hope this helps in some small way to support tribal college education!
Today is Native American Heritage Day. People might not know, but I'm a member of the Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb.
If our Kickstarter is success, I'll personally donate $1000 to the American Indian College Fund in the name of my tribe!
Please support:
Ai Jiang /
@AiJiang_
is a world-class writer, and we can't wait to publish her story in 2024!
Plus she's supporting our Kickstarter with some 🤩🤩amazing rewards 🤩🤩, including a signed copy of Linghun, an online meetup, and more!
Check them out here:
Thanks to the hard work of our readers and editors, we've now gone through every poem and short story up to August 1st!
I sent acceptances on twelve poems today, and we can't wait for you to read them!
Check out November's amazing cover art by Martins Deep /
@MartinsDeep1
!
The issue is still coming together, but with such beautiful art, it'll be worth the wait!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Please spread the word!
Things have been tough on my end the last couple of months, and I haven't worked on Haven Spec much, but I'm back at it as of today. Sorry if you're still waiting to hear from me, but it shouldn't be long, and thanks for your patience
I have finally finished the online version of the March issue, but it's gotten too late to post it today, so stay tuned for the issue to be free to read tomorrow morning instead!
If we reach our Kickstarter goal, I will personally donate $1000 to the American Indian
@CollegeFund
!
I'm a citizen of the Louisiana-based Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb, and I'm the first in my family to go to college, and theirs is a cause I believe in.
✨Big news!✨
If we reach our funding goal, we will publish a brand new piece of short fiction by the incredible John Wiswell /
@Wiswell
!
We have 10 days left, so please pick up some great rewards and help us get to pro rates!
Support now:
🤩New Backer Reward!🤩
Lindz McLeod /
@lindzmcleod
is a prolific writer and editor with stories in Apex, Catapult, Pseudopod, and many others, and she'll give two lucky backers of our Kickstarter a one-on-one coaching session, complete with feedback!
We got 27 fiction submissions in the first 24 hours of our general submission window, and another 11 so far today!
We can't wait to read everyone's stories, so please send us more!
Haven Spec has come to World Fantasy!
On today's agenda: hole up in my room and catch up on the mountain of Haven Spec work that still has to be done. Also panels.
A huge thank you to the 93 people who've backed our Kickstarter so far! We're at 55% funded with one week to go. Let's get to a 100 backers today!
Please check out the campaign and spread the word!
We sent out two contracts for short stories yesterday, and I plan to finalize two more stories today and tomorrow!
The December issue will be about twice as long as normal, but that's a good thing 😁😁😁!
Good news!
We have big plans for 2024, so thanks again to everyone who supported the Kickstarter. I've reached out to almost everyone about rewards, and we should have everything in place by the 1st!
Can't wait :).
Christi Nogle /
@ChristiNogle
is the writer of the Stoker Award-winning first novel Beulah, plus an author from our 2nd issue!
We'll publish another of her stories in 2024, so check out the ⚡️fantastic rewards⚡️ she's donated, and help us pay pro rates!
We got over 100 fiction submissions in the first seven days of August!
Today is for finishing the June submissions, making a dent in the July submissions, processing the 20 fiction holds we have, and catching up on the super-behind poetry holds and submissions.
So much to do!
Our general submission window is now open!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things science fiction, fantasy, and weird!
Our guidelines:
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
Submissions this month are open to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and ESL/EFL authors only!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things SFF and weird!
Please spread the word!
We've gotten 168 fiction submissions in the last 10 days, but there's 5 days left of our general submission window to get your stories in!
This week is for finishing off the holds/older pieces in the queue and answering our backlog of emails.
Excelsior!
Big things are afoot for Haven Spec, but the most important thing right this moment is that our November issue is going to be a *double* issue!
Twice the word count for double the fun!
Our Kickstarter ends at midnight tonight, and we are so very grateful for the support of our community. We have dreamed of being able to pay our authors pro rates, and now with your help it is finally possible.
Expect great things in 2024!
🤩New Backer Reward!🤩
Anna Madden /
@anna_madden_
is an Acquisitions Editor for Dark Matter Magazine and Dark Matter INK (in addition to being an incredible writer), and she'll give ✏️short story feedback✏️ to three lucky backers of our Kickstarter!
Our general submission window is now open!
We pay 1¢/word for fiction & nonfiction, $5-10 for poetry, and $35 for art, and we love all things science fiction, fantasy, and weird!
Our guidelines:
Don't self-reject! Submit, submit, submit!
We are closing to submissions for the next two weeks in order to catch up with our backlog, but in the meantime, keep an eye out for our newest issue dropping soon!