Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st century audience. We love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach us, that touch us, that leave us wanting more.
Highlights
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 70 days after submission*/Editor reported data50 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data?*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
From the editors
Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
How to submit
Processs
Form
Cover letter
We will also accept a limited number of previously published poems, so please indicate on the form if your submission is a reprint.
Eligibility
Bipoc, LGBTQ+
Formatting
All submissions must use the Shunn manuscript format (we prefer Courier New) and be either .rtf, .doc, or .docx.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Our submission cycle is split into two categories, where every other month is explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups. Pays! 1¢ per word for fiction, non-fiction and translations, $5 for poems under one page (standard formatting) and $10 for longer poems. $35 for cover art We favor submisions that have not been published before (including on your own website), though we do accept a limited number of reprints
Tracker statistics
83
Total submissions tracked
50 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
3 days
Fastest response time
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We publish six issues every year, two of which (the DRY Issue and the WET Issue) are focused exclusively on the climate crisis and themes of displacement (very broadly defined). The crisis facing our planet is immediate and all-encompassing, and it will affect people of color, people living in pove...
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Leon Perniciaro
Editor-in-Chief