Fiction
Horizon Review
Closed
- Length
- Up to 5,000 words
- Pay
- 25.00 USD flat
- Fee
- Optional tip
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
Horizon Review accepts self-contained fiction of up to 5,000 words (no excerpts or chapters) from current residents of the Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah), one fiction submission per person per period. Submissions are free, reading is blind, and it pays $25 per accepted piece plus one free copy of the magazine; submissions for the Spring 2027 issue closed on November 2.
- Anonymous reading
- Remove your name from the manuscript
- Query after
- 180 days
- AI policy
- Horizon Review does not accept any works created with generative AI; pieces using AI will be rejected.
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