Your List of New Mags for April

Listen, I could do a whole thing here: crack an elaborate joke that you aren’t sure is a joke, but you’re pretty sure is a joke, because it is, after all, the first of April. Then, I could, I don’t know, say “Hahaha, April Fool’s,” even though absolutely nobody was fooled and, let’s be honest, the switcheroo probably wasn’t even all that funny.

So instead of all of that—or even a requisite, I can’t believe it’s April, time sure flies when you’re having the opposite of fun—I present to you, without further ado, this month’s list of new mags added to the Chill Subs database. You’re welcome.

SAD Magazine | Fee: No | Pay: CA$0-CA$125/piece | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | 10K+ followers | Canada | 2009 — "SAD Mag is an independent Vancouver publication featuring stories, art, and design. Founded in 2009, we publish local contemporary and emerging artists and writers with a focus on inclusivity of voices and news."

The Drunken, Lovely Bird → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Canada — "The Drunken, Lovely Bird is a journal composed of work from undergraduate students across Canada. We accept submissions of all genres, and sub genres. TDLB is currently open for submissions."

phenomena | Theme: Phenomena → Deadline: Apr 13 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | 2025 — "phenomena is named for observable events that provoke investigation and wonder–like an eclipse or a blood moon. We publish work that emerges from the discoveries of and departures from spirituality and belief."

Cygnus Magazine → Deadline: Apr 5 | Fee: Rs324 | Pay: Rs50-Rs200 flat | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "Literary Magazine Submit your poetry and essays!"

Guestbook | Theme: Issue One: Silt (Fiction) → Deadline: Jun 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $10/piece | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2026 — "A print zine of speculative prose that lives in melancholy. No happy endings. No overt cruelty. Just the gray ramblings of wayward souls scrawled between the lines of a college-ruled notebook."

Zine Machine → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $20 flat | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 3% | 1K+ followers | 2025 — "An online lit mag and literal vending machine for zines!"

Citywide Lunch | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 3 days | 400+ followers — "citywide – Philly name for a shot and beer. could be any beer and any liquor."

On a whim Magazine | Theme: Submit your Whims! | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "Whim: a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained."

The Fifth Corner → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: CA$29 | Pay: CA$1000 flat | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | Canada | 2026 — "$1000 CAD prize | Fiction. Publication in The Fifth Corner with commissioned artwork. Dark, literary, atmosphere-driven stories."

Burial Magazine | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 3K+ followers — "allies and enemies, welcome to Burial Magazine. congratulations on finding us, we barely exist; you have passed the first test."

After Brunch Journal | Theme: Shadows and Light: Reflections of humanity | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 1 days | Under 100 followers | 2026 — "We like speculative, uncanny, and formally daring work that lingers in the mind long after closing the tab. Send us your strangest poems, fictions, essays, and hybrid forms"

Tasbih Literary Magazine | Theme: Flash Fiction - "Dunya is a plaything" → Deadline: Apr 8 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 21 days | 400+ followers | Qatar | 2026 — "A Muslim literary magazine for poetry, prose, & flash fiction, based on substack."

WIRED | Fee: No | Pay: $1/word | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "WIRED is obsessed with what comes next. Through rigorous investigations and game-changing reporting, we tell stories that don’t just reflect the moment—they help create it."

The Serein Lark Review | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Norway | 2026 — "The word Serein is defined as the meteorological phenomenon when light rain falls from a clear sky just after sunset. Such simplicity is the heart of The Serein Lark Review, as we publish fiction and creative non-fiction that captures true life."

MIT Technology Review | Fee: No | Pay: $1-$2/word | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "MIT Technology Review is a trusted guide to the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We examine fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, energy and climate innovations, and computing."

Hungercandle | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | Under 100 followers — "A place through which I can wake myself toward you. A space to incarnate the turn."

Pacific Northwest Gothic → Deadline: Sep 1 | Fee: No | Pay: $25/piece | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "Pacific Northwest Gothic publishes fiction, poetry, and art rooted in the dark beauty of the region. We seek work that lingers—haunted landscapes, ecological unease, and the uncanny woven into everyday life."

Dreams and Dogwoods Zine | Theme: Queer Southern Poetry → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2026 — "A zine uplifting the intersections of identities from queer Southern voices."

Infocalypse | Theme: Issue Three → Deadline: May 22 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 20 days | Under 100 followers | Canada | 2025 — "A cyberpunk-leaning literary magazine publishing work at the intersection of literature, speculative thought, and real-world systems."

The Lyre → Closed | Fee: No | Pay: No | Publishes Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 5 days | A: 40% | 1K+ followers — "Publishing since 2010, The Lyre is an annual literary journal. Like the bird, we amplify the diverse and magnetic emerging literary voices, with the intention to challenge."

Amenia Free Review → Closed | Fee: No | Pay: No | Publishes Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "The Amenia Free Review exists to cultivate a socialist avant-garde in America."