Last Girls’ Club: The Witches’ Cosmo Summer 2026 Issue’s Upcoming Theme:
Live and Die by Your Words

Submissions open April 1
Submissions close April 15
or when capacity is met.

Since most of us don't carry swords anymore, we can chose to live by our words(or not). Your word is your bond, words are spells, words create our reality, our destinies, our self-fulfilling prophecies. Last year in the USA, an inflammatory pundit was shot in the throat, while sitting onstage at a pro-weapons rally. In one breath, he said we should accept the death of children in school shootings as the price we pay to own guns then in his next breath he died from being shot. The Karmic whiplash was epic. His death inspired the theme. My belief is you kick snakes you eventually get bit. A friend disagreed stating that we should all speak freely without being attacked for our beliefs. I was conflicted, but still felt incendiary speech brings its own consequences. LIVE AND DIE BY YOUR WORDS.

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

  1. Authors must be 18+. Submissions from underage authors will not be considered.

  2. No previously published work will be considered.

  3. All submissions must be in English and free of grammar, spelling, or language issues.

  4. Submissions must be fiction or poetry and on theme. Nonfiction should be queried by email before submission.

  5. Word limits: fiction under 2,500 words, flash fiction under 1,000 words, poetry under 200 words. No exceptions.

  6. Main characters must be women or non-binary — stories centred on male protagonists will not be considered.

  7. No AI-generated content. AI authors will be permanently banned.

  8. No sex scenes used as a lead-in to violence. Sexual content may appear judiciously but must serve the story.

  9. Submissions whose sole purpose is to promote a book, blog, or product will not be accepted. Promotional links belong in your author bio.

  10. No more than one submission per category per submission period.

  11. All submissions must be sent as a .doc or .docx file, 12pt Times New Roman. Do not paste into the body of an email.

  12. Please include your name, a short author bio (50 words max), and a portrait-format author photo.

  13. Accepted work may be lightly edited for grammar, spelling, formatting, and readability. Heavy edits will not be made without author consultation.

  14. Send submissions through the Duotrope submission portal HERE

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

  • Short Story-2,500 words or less.

  • Poems-less than 200 words

  • Flash Fiction-less than a 1,000 words

  • Nonfiction/Reviews 1500-2500 words contact editor to pitch your idea.

I created this space for problematic fiction. It’s fearless, feminine, sometimes fairy-tale based, and usually ends with blood. My heroines are flawed, angry, not interested in being loved, and not afraid to get ugly. Fierce. You don’t have to identify as female to submit to us, but you best come proper. You’re in the halls of the goddess. Remember that.

I want stories from the female gaze (think Aliens, Resident Evil, Hereditary, Tank Girl). I’m tired of reading what men want to do to us. I want to read what we want to do to them. Bring me smart female protagonists whose first inclinations are not to seduce the guard to get out of situations; they’ve got skills, they can get violent easily. I’m fine with them developing over the course of the story into someone like that, but please don’t revert to clichés unless you have your tongue firmly in your cheek. Please don’t use graphic rape for fridging purposes. If it’s part of a character’s backstory or development, fine, but don’t shoot the damn dog just to piss off your main character.

My focus is horror, supernatural, and creeping dread. I’m not averse to extreme/slasher horror. I always love a bit of sci-fi or dystopia, but it’s not our focus, so if it’s your venue, make it scary. If you spackle a layer of women’s issues into it, even better; such as disenfranchisement, slut-shaming, violence against trans people, racism, misogyny, sex work exploitation, inequitable emotional work and housework, whatever exists in this world that pisses you off, feel free to put a metaphorical ax between its eyebrows.

OUR SUBMISSION WINDOWS:

  • Jan 1-15 

  • April 1-15

  • July 1-15

  • Oct 1-15

PAY RATES: 

  • Short Story 2,500 words or less - $0.015 USD per word/$37.50 USD max upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine issue

  • Poems less than 200 words - $10 USD upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine issue

  • Flash Fiction less than a 1,000 words - $0.015 USD per word/$15 USD max upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine issue

  • Nonfiction/Reviews 1500-2500 words contact editor to pitch your idea - $0.015 USD per word/$37.50 USD max upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine issue

  • All contributors are paid by PayPal or World Remit.

AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME: 

~5 weeks after submission window closes


Your story will be promoted on our Facebook and Twitter page on day of publication, but please take initiative and promote yourself on your own social media platforms. Let’s make this a community of writers and readers.

Please include your name, author pic, and a short bio (50 words max).

Cheers,

Eda Easter

Editor in Chief at Last Girls’ Club: The Witches’ Cosmo

Last Girls’ Club: The Witches’ Cosmo is a quarterly feminist horror magazine published digitally and in print. We publish stories, poetry and non-fiction from the female gaze. Welcome to the coven, where weird is the norm.