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About the magazine

Perhaps Magazine is an independent online publication founded in 2020 that publishes poetry, fiction, essays, and hybrid work. Its founding ethos centers on the idea of 'perhaps' as a space of possibility, doubt, and inquiry, welcoming writing that resists easy categorization and embraces the unfinished or the speculative. The magazine aims to foster a community of readers and writers who value experimentation and emotional precision over market-driven trends.

Editorial focus

perhaps is a magazine devoted to wondering, asking questions, and exploring topics that deserve slow and careful consideration. The editors publish long- and short-form essays, fiction, artwork, and visualizations that spend time with a subject, offering not authoritative views but explorations, provocations, and engagements. From the environment to communities, from artifacts to metaphysics, to literary fiction and visual art, perhaps is an open space to explore ideas.

PoetryFictionCreative Nonfiction

Submitting your work

Reading periodJan 1 to Dec 31
Reading feeNo
PaymentContributor copies only
Response time3 to 6 months
Simultaneous submissionsYes
Unsolicited submissionsYes

Submit 3-5 poems or up to 3,000 words of prose. We welcome simultaneous submissions but ask that you notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not charge submission fees and aim to respond within 6-8 weeks. Please read the magazine before submitting to understand our aesthetic, which favors work that takes risks and avoids cliché. We are particularly interested in voices from marginalized communities.

Can you draw meaningful connections across disparate topics? Can you make us rethink something in a new way? Can you make something visible that has largely remained hidden? Can you write voice-driven fiction that pulls us into a character’s unique world? Drop us a line. We’d love to hear your ideas. Please submit a proposal (max 300 words) and we’ll let you know if it sounds like a fit for perhaps . You may submit complete pieces (up to 5,000 words) for consideration. Submissions will be considered for the website and print edition.

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