Otherside (Originals) - Poetry
(Fiction) (Nonfiction)
Description
Limited Demographic: self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
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OTHERSIDE publishes original, unpublished speculative fiction and poetry by self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
We’re looking for previously unpublished speculative poems.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: 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OTHERSIDE publishes original, unpublished speculative fiction and poetry by self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
We’re looking for previously unpublished speculative poems.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!
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Market Submission Schedule
- Submission Window - Jan 1, 2026 thru Jan 14, 2026 (Begins 17 days from now)
- Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community - Jan 15, 2026 thru Jan 21, 2026 (Begins 31 days from now)
- Submission Window - Apr 1, 2026 thru Apr 14, 2026 (Begins 107 days from now)
- Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community - Apr 15, 2026 thru Apr 21, 2026 (Begins 121 days from now)
- Submission Window - Jul 1, 2026 thru Jul 14, 2026 (Begins 198 days from now)
- Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community - Jul 15, 2026 thru Jul 21, 2026 (Begins 212 days from now)
- Themed Submission Window - Oct 1, 2026 thru Oct 14, 2026 (Begins 290 days from now)
- Limited Demographic Themed Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community - Oct 15, 2026 thru Oct 21, 2026 (Begins 304 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
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Listing added: 27 August 2025
Last officially checked: 21 November 2025