Fiction Submissions

Hybrid Ink is keenly interested in the stories we all have to tell and the unique ways we tell them. We are particularly focused on the publication and advancement of LGBTQIA+ writing.

Long form (novellas to novels) — Closed
Hybrid is not currently accepting novel queries.
Short form (short story/novelette collections) — Closed
Short story collections are now being considered. Please specify the unifying theme of the collection, provide a brief synopsis of each story, and the licensing status of each story.
Content restrictions
Hybrid has no restrictions on genre, but here are some of the things we enjoy:
  • LGBTQIA+ fiction
  • Experienced identity
  • Psychological struggles
  • Coming of age stories
  • Inventive writing styles and techniques
  • New takes on humanity: past, present, and future

Please don’t let this list stop you, but here are some things we’re wary of:

  • Gore, body horror, etc.
  • Slapstick
  • Alternate histories
  • Post-apocalyptic worlds

Hybrid Ink will not, under any circumstances, publish content that portrays any of the following without justification or in a positive light:

  • Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or other forms of discrimination
  • Pedophilia or sex with characters under the age of 18
  • Rape, torture, dubious consent, or forced seduction
  • Gratuitous violence, gore, or death

For more information, please see here, and remember that we're all governed by our code of conduct.

If you have any doubts about your content and these lists, please don’t hesitate to ask!


Submitting to Hybrid

Please submit via email to hybrid+submit@hybrid.ink.

Include your name and what you are submitting for in the subject line in the format [Submission type] Submission name (for X) by Author. For example, Jace Doe is submitting their story "Something Awesome," to the Great Stories anthology, they would use the subject line [Story] Something Awesome (for Great Stories) by Jace Doe.

Alternately, for longer work queries, if Anna Doe is submitting a query for her novel Holy Crap, Birds!, she would use the subject line [Query] Holy Crap, Birds! by Anna Doe.

Please submit the entire short work, or the first 10,000 words or so (about twenty pages) for longer work queries. If your work is longer than 10,000 words, please also submit a synopsis. We will accept the following formats: Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx), Open Document Format/LibreOffice/Calligra Words (.odt), Markdown, TeX of various flavors. We can also accept Google Docs, but would prefer a standalone file.

If you are submitting to a call for submissions, please be sure to note the following in your submission email:

We appreciate you following these guidelines, as they help all of us keep submissions organized! If you are submitting to an anthology and do not follow the email subject line guidelines, you will confuse our poor editors, those wily beasts, and we will have to coax them out of catatonia once more.

For published pieces we take non-exclusive print and electronic publishing rights. Bear in mind that most publications will not publish pieces that have been published in print, e-book, or on the web, so for all intents and purposes after your work is published by us it can only be marketed as a reprint. That is, while we accept reprints, that is hardly universal. It is up to you, the author, to decide if publishing your work in print and/or e-book formats is really what you want to do.