We teeter on the threshold of another mass extinction, driven by human-induced climate change. Club Chicxulub is a space to lament, to rage, to witness—and dare we try to spread some hope?—by way of dark and weird fiction and music. This is catharsis, dirge and celebration, submission and defiance.
We like sci-fi, slipstream, satire, steampunk, African- and Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurisms, gothic, ecological, pulp, fabulist, horror, New Weird, and genreless writing from a diversity of voices and identities. Listen to our previous productions and read our previous issue to get a feel of what we publish before sending us something.
We dislike homophobic, racist, misogynistic, ableist or otherwise prejudiced writing. Keep it to yourself and reconsider.
Please share your work. We are excited to hear and feel your presence. You are welcome in Club Chicxulub.
Our submission guidelines:
★ Read, view and listen to a previous issue before submitting to understand our aesthetic.
★ Artists worldwide are encouraged to submit writing, visual art, and hybrid work. Each issue usually features 10 authors and 3 visual artists. We choose 4 to 6 pieces to produce as audio productions with an original soundtrack embedded in the issue. We are looking for work up to 4,000 words, and for audio productions we generally choose work around 2,500 words that can be read by the author in under 20 minutes.
★ Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged! Let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere, and retract your submissions from other journals once we offer acceptance.
★ You can definitely submit to more than one category, but not multiple submissions to the same category. If you’ve been featured in Club Chicxulub recently, perhaps wait a few rounds before submitting again (we obviously still love you).
★ We will consider previously published work from non-defunct journals only if they are specifically being considered for audio production—we will not consider reprints for non-audio productions.
★ We do, however, have a soft spot for orphaned stories previously published in defunct digital journals. Let us know the details in your cover letter.
★ We typically respond to submissions within one month after submissions close, and production of the journal is generally completed about two months after submissions close.
★ We strictly read identity-hidden submissions only through the form submission below—submissions sent through email or with identifying information shall be cast away into the chilly void, forever unread.
★ Likewise, do not query our general email nor our individual editors to check on submissions or correct a submission error—this will obviously reveal your identity and disqualify your piece.
★ The most common story trope we receive are retellings of mythology, especially Greco-Roman mythology. We love ’em as much as any other writers, but definitely read our past issues to know what we’ve seen too often.
★ No need to submit work created partially or entirely by AI. Like, at all, to anyone ever.
