We are currently open for general site submissions in all categories. For inquiries and special presentation submissions email us at contact@apocalypse-confidential.com.
For general essay submissions, please send them to essays@apocalypse-confidential.com.
For general fiction submissions, please send them to fiction@apocalypse-confidential.com.
For general poetry and visual art submissions, please send them to contact@apocalypse-confidential.com.
“Our essays section is a screwball symposium and a disjunctive choir. We want freaked-out philosophy beside creative nonfiction that’s written from the Outside. Had DFW ceded his spot on that cruise ship to Deleuze or Novalis, an APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL essay would have been the result.” — essays editor, Eitan Benzion
Please send written submissions as a Word or Google doc, visual submissions as .jpg or .png files with how you’d like to be credited, a short bio in third person, and any links for promotion (blog, portfolio, social media, etc.). Include your Twitter handle if you wish to be tagged.
“Send us your best piece of genre writing that you believe would not be publishable elsewhere, especially if it’s due to length or content.” — fiction editor, Gwen Hilton
“If there’s a dog I want it shot. If there’s no gun you might consider adding one. Unless the world is before or after gunpowder.” — fiction editor, Conor Hultman
Simultaneous submissions are permitted, except for special presentations, though please let us know if your submission is accepted elsewhere. Reprints and excerpts are permitted as well, though we prefer to publish original work. Please limit general submissions to one email at a time per category (no multiple submissions).
“To paraphrase Frank O’Hara: Almost no poets are better than the movies. Send us poems that are better than the movies.” — former poetry editor, Tom Will
We are unable to pay for submissions at this time, but writers retain full ownership of their work. For fiction, we have no word-count maximum for general submissions, but our recommended cap is 10k-15k words. For poetry, please limit submissions to no more than 3 poems. For essays, our recommended cap for general submissions is around 3k words, though we’re willing to consider submissions that go beyond that and merit their length.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
We are currently open for manuscript submissions. Unsolicited manuscript submissions are closed as of August 5, 2025.
Please submit your polished manuscripts of FICTION, NONFICTION or POETRY to us via email (books@apocalypse-confidential.com) for future publication by APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL.
FICTION and NONFICTION submissions should be no less than 200 pages (using a standard A4 page, double spaced, 12 pt font size, and 1” margins on each side). Collections of POETRY should feature no less than 50 individual pieces.
Please submit manuscripts as both a .pdf file and a .docx file with your name, the name of your submission, and the date of your submission somewhere in the body text or name of the file. Please include a synopsis of your manuscript in your email.
If you would like to make COVER ART for one of our book offerings sometime in the future, please email us a short pitch along with three to five examples of your work. We will contact you when we find an author who best matches your philosophy.
We very much look forward to hearing from you.