Submit to NonBinary Review
The first thing to know is that we’re looking for speculative work - poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. If you’re not sure what that means, here’s our definition.
NonBinary Review is open for submissions in February, May, August, and November. See our submission page for general information. All submissions go through Duosuma. You don’t have to have a paid Duotrope account to submit through Duosuma.
And here are our future themes, so you can get your submission ready ahead of time!
Issue #44: Saying Goodbye to Yesterday (early submissions open 15 January 2026, regular submissions open 1-28 February 2026)
Issue #45: Films (early submissions open 15 April 2026, regular submissions open 1-31 May 2026)
Issue #46: Metamorphosis (early submissions open 15 July 2026, regular submissions open 1-31 August 2026)
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Submit to 4 L P H 4 N U M 3 R 1 C
We're looking for speculative poetry and prose that work best when read out loud. Stuff that's unimpressive to the naked eye, but a treat for the naked ear. The kind of works that might fall flat on the page, but come alive with the right reader. Nouns that sing. Verbs that dance. Adjectives whose eyelids flutter. Adverbs that play the bongos while wearing a beret and cat-eye sunglasses. You know what we're saying.
Prose pieces are limited to 1500 words, poetry pieces to 50 lines - both are paid at $15 per accepted piece.
Each episode is made up of multiple pieces, both prose and poetry. Accepted pieces will be read by the buttery-voiced Zoetic Press staff, although we are happy to have our mellifluous authors read their own works, provided that they can produce a recording of the necessary volume (quality we can usually fix, but it's hard to pump up the volume on someone who sounds like their microphone was in another room).
The 4 L P H 4 N U M 3 R 1 C podcast drops twice monthly on the 10th and 25th of each month.
Become an Editor at Zoetic Press
As of January 2026, we have a full complement of editors. If you’re interested in working with us, please email info@zoeticpress.com to be placed on our waitlist.
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Q: When will the issue come out?
A: NonBinary Review comes out March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1. You can get the ebook from the Zoetic Press store. You can get the Kindle version or paperback from Amazon.Heathentide Orphans comes out on the first day of Heathentide (the full moon before 25 December), and is only available in hardcopy on Amazon.
Q: Why can’t I screen shot my piece and post it to social media?
A: There are two reasons. First, because the contract you agreed to specifically prohibits social media sharing. Second, and more importantly, we don’t charge a reading fee and we pay our authors. We’re not affiliated with a university and get no corporate funding. We completely depend on sales to offset our costs (which, if we’re honest, it doesn’t even come close to doing). If you post your piece on social media, you’ve just eliminated any incentive your friends and family have to actually buy the issue.Q: Why is the print version so expensive?
A: We use Amazon print on demand for our hardcopies because right now, we don’t have enough sales, staff, or space to do traditional printing and fulfillment ourselves. Amazon charges us according to the book’s page count, deducting that amount from the purchase price. Of the remainder, Amazon takes their commission (between 40% and 60%, depending on the market) and we get whatever’s left. If you buy the ebook bundle from our website, we get a little over $4. If you buy the print version from Amazon, we get less than $3. If we made it any cheaper, we’d lose money on every copy.Q: When will my 4LPH4NUM3R1C2.0 be posted? Where can I find it?
A: You should have received an email telling you the post date of your piece. Once it’s live, you can find it on our 4LPH4NUM3R1C2.0 page.Q: When/where will my interview be posted?
A: Interviews are posted on the issue’s author page, under your author bio. Normally, we wait until we get half a dozen or so and then post them all at once, although there are times (like right around publication time) when other tasks take precedence. Once your interview is posted, it’ll always be there, so please be patient.Q: Do I have to have Paypal or Venmo to get paid?
A: You do. See above, about how one person does all the admin work here - that work includes payments. Signing up for more payment processing services/apps involves more time and, often, expense. Zoetic Press doesn’t make a penny from NonBinary Review (in fact, we’ve been in the red for every issue we’ve ever published), so we need to keep our expenses (in both time and money) to a minimum.Q: When will I receive payment?
A: We process payments within ten days of publication. If you have not received payment by that time, by all means let us know. If we tried to process your payment and couldn’t (Paypal and Venmo can be temperamental, especially for accounts outside the United States), we are either trying to resolve the issue on our end, or we’ve already emailed you. Check your spam folder.Q: Why does the print version of my poem look different than the ebook version?
A: Pretty much everyone uses some version of a word processor whose default page is a letter-sized piece of paper (8.5”x11” or A4). Our print books are slightly less than half that size (5.5” x 8.5” for NonBinary Review, 5” x 8” for Heathentide Orphans) so if the lines of your poem are more than half the width of a standard sheet of paper, it will break to a new line in the print version. We can reduce the font size to 11 point, but we can’t go below that. If that doesn’t resolve the issue, lines that break are slightly indented to indicate continuity.