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Fiction

Kill Your Darlings

No closing date
Length
2,000 to 5,000 words
Pay
Not stated
Fee
Reading fee
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Original only

What they accept

Kill Your Darlings, an Australian magazine, accepts short fiction from members year-round via Submittable, one active submission at a time, for stories of 2,000 to 5,000 words that are previously unpublished, with the author's name left off the document. Membership is required and is stated as $59.95, with no currency named on the page. Minimum payment is stated as $1000, with no currency named on the page.

Literary
Anonymous reading
Remove your name from the manuscript
AI policy
No AI-use policy stated in the guidelines checked.

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