RLM Submissions
If you are interested in submitting to Rotting Leaf Mag, take a look at our guidelines below, then use the link to the submission form at the bottom of the page (if we’re open).
Guidelines
Submission windows will open once per month: For the first week of the month or until 50 submissions are received, whichever occurs first.
We do not currently accept poetry, but we will consider hybrid and experimental forms
Payment: $0.06/word ($30 minimum) + contributor copy of annual anthology
Words: 1,500 or less
Simultaneous submissions are allowed; multiple submissions are not
Submissions should be in a word doc file with a readable font
No reprints unless from markets that are now defunct (please indicate this in your cover letter)
Each published author will be offered an additional, optional by-line in the form of a mini-essay (500 words or less) to respond the the question: “What does ‘Eco-Fiction’ mean?”
Contract details: Full rights return to the author immediately upon publication, but RLM reserves print publishing rights for annual anthology
Things We Like
Eco-fiction (broadly defined)
Eco-Horror
Eco-Gothic/Antigothic
Haunted/Unhaunted Landscapes
Transcorporeality
Eco-Surrealism/Existentialism/Absurdism
Complex/Flawed characters
Interiority
Any other uses of Eco-Fiction that challenge, shift, or obliterate the nature-society binary
Things We Do Not Like
Racism/Sexism/Misogyny/Transphobia/Etc.
Misanthropy
Generative AI or LLMs
Eco-Fascism
Capitalism
Punching down
Things that are cool but probably a tough sell for us
Humor
Outer space / other planets
Solarpunk
Apocalyptic/Dystopian futures
Robots
Virtual reality
Ready to submit?
We have reached our quota for this submission period and are now closed. We’ll open again in January!
Contact
If you have any questions, we can be reached at rottingleaf[at]briefecology.com (make sure you whitelist this email so that you receive our response to your submission). We aim to respond to all submissions within 30 days. If it’s been longer, please query.