The Journal of Being

An alterhuman zine
Submissions are OPEN. Deadline: 11/01/24 [DEADLINE EXTENDED!]. Word count: 500-8000

About

An upcoming zine with a focus on sharing alterhuman experiences through personal essays. It is open to all nonhuman, human-ish, otherkin/therian/fictionkin, plural, etc etc etc. If you're wondering if your experiences count, the answer is yes and we'd love to hear them! The zine does not have a defined prompt other than it must be a personal essay centered around alterhuman experience.

While submissions are expected to be personal essays, you do not have to worry about following specific essay presentation. This is not an English class.

The submission deadline is October 1st, 2024, while the zine is slated to be published around January 1st, 2025. The completed zine will be uploaded to itch.io for free.


Essay guidelines


Submission guidelines

Send your completed essay to counterfictional@gmail.com with the following in the body of the email: