Fiction
The Metaworker
Closed
- Length
- Up to 3,000 words
- Pay
- Unpaid
- Fee
- Not stated
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Reprints welcome
What they accept
The Metaworker is an online literary magazine that considers any genre and publishes literary as well as genre fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other forms. Its general call takes up to two prose pieces totaling about 3,000 words, accepts simultaneous submissions and reprints published at least two years earlier, does not pay contributors, and runs themed submission windows, most recently September 1 to 30, 2026, with a response time of three to six months.
- Query after
- 180 days
- AI policy
- The Metaworker does not accept text written, co-written, or assisted by generative AI or LLMs. Spell check and basic grammar check are okay.
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