OFIC Magazine curates original literary fiction from fanauthors. Quarterly, you’ll have a whole issue of high quality, professionally edited work to read before bed each night, or on your commute to work, or while enduring a whole day of pointless Zoom meetings.
Highlights
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 90 days after submission*/Editor reported data84 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 8%*/Editor reported data27.55%*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
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
You must include some information about your relationship to fandom in your cover letter. This is a magazine for publishing the original work of fans. If you don't identify as a fan, we can't accept your work.
Eligibility
Over18
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
We take first North American serial rights. This means we can’t accept work that has been previously published in any way.
Additional info
We are able to offer our contributors a small honorarium in USD and a free copy (print AND digital) of the issue. Available in print (limited copies per issue)
Tracker statistics
14
Total submissions tracked
84 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
18 days
Fastest response time
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About
What’s special about the word “ofic” is that it’s short for “original fiction,” but only in contrast to fanfiction. The fanfic/ofic divide dichotomizes fiction into two categories: work that openly acknowledges the canon from which a work was transformed, and everything else. OFIC Magazine is a qu...
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Masthead
Beth Weeks
Editor-in-Chief
Amber
Managing Editor
Anna
Art Director
Hannah
Fiction Editor