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Weird Lit Magazine is a quarterly online "platform for the weird and boundless," publishing short fiction and artwork that has elements of humor, horror, surrealism, absurdity, and the avant-garde. Stories should be 3,000 words maximum. Editors say, "The hardest truths are magically made palatable when probed through make-believe."
Source: https://www.weirdlitmag.com/read
Categories: Magazines and Literary Journals, Humor Literary
Prizes: $3,750
Deadline: Apr 1, 2026
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Prizes: $12,000
Deadline: May 1, 2026
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Deadline: Jul 1, 2026
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Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
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