Wintermute Lit

Hello! We’re Wintermute Lit, a speculative fiction publication dedicated to fostering the voices of young and emerging writers. We’ve been around for almost a full year at this point and are now finally on Twitter! Submissions are always open, and we would love to see your work!

Enter Wintermute's 2023 speculative fiction #writingcontest, open to emerging writers only until July 31st!! Judged this year by author Wen-yi Lee @wenyilee_! Winners receive book prizes, publication, & more! wintermutelit.com/p/2023-writing… #specfic

Working through 2022 contest entries...our judge, Ms. Anya Ow, is officially selecting winners! #writingcontest #specfic #litmag

@jessiicable Emerging writers, we'd love to hear your work

trying to help out a friend! what are some lit mags who are friendly to young writers just starting out with publishing?

Reminder to submit to the 2022 Wintermute #writingcontest !! Deadline: Aug 14 wintermutelit.com/p/2022-winterm…

NO submission fee. Winners get cash prizes, books, and more. More info to come on our Instagram, wintermutelit. #speculativefiction #contest #specfic #literarymagazines #Submit #cashprizes

2022 WINTERMUTE SPEC-FIC CONTEST For the third year, WINTERMUTE invites emerging writers to submit to our speculative fiction #writingcontest. Deadline is Aug 14th, judged by ANYA OW. Keep us in mind as you write over the summer! More info here: wintermutelit.com/p/2022-winterm…

#FF! It’s Women’s History Month! To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these members of the lit community beginning with “W”: @wearetheana @whiptailjournal @wilderthingsmag @windupmice @WhiteWallReview @WintermuteLit @WSA_Nigeria @whisperingwick @westtrestle Cont ⬇️

so happy to be recognized along with my good friends @risrisyu and @SurinaVenkat! 💖

Thank you so much to all our submitters, and we hope to hold more contests soon. Our contest announcements will be posted soon on our Instagram.

And congrats to our 2021 Spec-Fic Contest winners! The haunting "Birdbath" by Iris Yu took first place, while the fairytale-twisting "And With Belief Came Wings" by Surina Venkat took second. A special honorable mention to Dana Blatte's magical "Reconstruction".

Wintermute is proud to announce our 2021 Best of the Net nominations. You can find the pieces and contributors here on Instagram: instagram.com/p/CUQbPHQrGpf/ And on our website: wintermutelit.com/2021/09/best-o…… Thank you to all contributors! #bestofthenet

@lumierereview Wintermute Lit's always open for subs! wintermutelit.com/p/submissions-… :)

obligatory tweet asking who'll be open for submissions in/ throughout august! we're compiling our monthly where-to-submit list! (p.s. deadlines and links would be really helpful!)

Our 2021 Wintermute Spec-Fic Contest is officially underway! Deadline is July 31st and winners receive cash prizes, books, and more. NO submission fee! Tell all your friends to enter! We want your best spec-fic work ;) wintermutelit.com/p/2021-winterm… Check our page for more info!

Wondering what to read this weekend? Here are some places we've read exceptional work this week: @wrongdoingmag @CrowKeys @FartherFrom @cult_imperial @BabelBoard @CobraMag @LogicNeuro @csustanpenumbra @fahmidanjournal Rested? Refocused? Great. Our inbox wants to hear from you.

Final June #FF Follow these fantastic mags! @perhappened @wondrousrealmag @VerseZine @dailydrunkmag @queerlings @SampaguitaMaria @LogicNeuro @SecondChanceLit @WhaleRoadReview @rejectionlit @GlobalYouthRev @RiverbedReview @AgapanthusCOLL @TheBitchinK

We don't always #FF, but when we do it's because we want you to follow our friends! @backslashlit @hexagonmagazine @tdotSpec @survivorlit @sledgehammerlit @IfTheresAnyone @BOMBFIRE13 @WintermuteLit @speculate_mag @uncharted_mag_

@lakelady2282 Ay!!! Happy to hear it :)

@WintermuteLit I just submitted ! #yay

Have you submitted to Issue 8 yet? Checkout our site for submission guidelines

@Chadpie We love seeing poetry submissions from teenagers!