Otherside (Originals) - Poetry
(Fiction) (Nonfiction)
Description
Limited Demographic: self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
Note: one submission (of multiple poems) per type per window.
Note: if your work has been accepted here, wait two submission windows to submit again.
OTHERSIDE publishes original, unpublished speculative fiction and poetry by self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
We’re looking for previously unpublished speculative poems. Our tastes are varied—we like free verse and fixed forms, experimental and traditional poems, and everything in between. With poetry, feel free to interpret “speculative” broadly. While we’re happy to read poems about spaceships and quests, we’d also love to read poems that experiment with genre and subvert our expectations. Science-fictional, fantastical, slipstream, weird, literary: send it our way, and please don’t self-reject!
Note: one submission (of multiple poems) per type per window.
Note: if your work has been accepted here, wait two submission windows to submit again.
OTHERSIDE publishes original, unpublished speculative fiction and poetry by self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
We’re looking for previously unpublished speculative poems. Our tastes are varied—we like free verse and fixed forms, experimental and traditional poems, and everything in between. With poetry, feel free to interpret “speculative” broadly. While we’re happy to read poems about spaceships and quests, we’d also love to read poems that experiment with genre and subvert our expectations. Science-fictional, fantastical, slipstream, weird, literary: send it our way, and please don’t self-reject!
This market is temporarily closed.
Market Submission Schedule
- Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community - Jul 1, 2026 thru Jul 7, 2026 (Begins 47 days from now)
- Submission Window - Jul 8, 2026 thru Jul 21, 2026 (Begins 54 days from now)
- Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community - Oct 1, 2026 thru Oct 7, 2026 (Begins 139 days from now)
- Submission Window - Oct 8, 2026 thru Oct 21, 2026 (Begins 146 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHorror
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Poetry
Any length
$50/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Market-Provided Data
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No Pending Submissions! (last updated Apr 30, 2026)
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 111 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 7.97 | Median: 7 | Max: 31
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
1.80% - avg 24 days
Rejected:
98.19% - avg 7 days
(18.34% of rejections are personal)
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Pending:
There are 1 pending responses.
(22 min | 22.00 average | 22 median | 22 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 27 August 2025
Last officially checked: 1 April 2026