A speculative magazine that offers a monthly $100 prize to the best submitted short story inclusive.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 13 | Founded | 6 months ago | Last Issue | 14 days ago |
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Debtors’ Prison by A.J. Hannigan
AJ Hannigan resides in Yalova, Turkey with his amazing wife. His work has been featured in Apocalypse Confidential.
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Debtors’ Prison
By A.J. Hannigan
Welcome to your new life. Do not be alarmed. You have died, but y...
September '26 Statistics for the Submission Pit
The statistics for September 2026 of ‘The Submission Pit’ are as follows:
Total Story Submissions: 200
Total Subscribers: 737 (from 595 in August, 805 including followers)
New Subscribers: 148
Free Subscribers: 723
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Three Volumes of Boetticher’s Official Guide to Gunslinging by Jon Gluckman
Retired English teacher Jon Gluckman writes in a small southern New Jersey town outside Philadelphia, PA, USA. He is grateful to share his life with his beautiful and brilliant wife, Barbara, and his two lovable, knuckleheaded rescue puppie...
August '26 Statistics
The statistics for August 2026 of ‘The Submission Pit’ are as follows:
Total Story Submissions: 297
Total Subscribers: 598 (from 487)
New Subscribers: 111
Free Subscribers: 583
Paid Subscribers: 15 (from 14)
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The Karst by Khen Julia
Khen P. Julia is an 18-year-old Filipino writer whose fiction, essays, and poetry have received international recognition. He is the recipient of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Essay Prize, the Pasatiempo Youth Nonfiction Priz...
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David Halpert is an aspiring writer and editor of various trade magazines in Toronto, Ontario. He has a Bachelors Degree from York University and a post-graduate Diploma in Book and Magazine Publishing from Centennial College.
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