About Animal
by Ashley Inguanta
Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine is an online lit mag where artists of word and image explore the ephemeral boundary between human and animal. Each month we publish one story, one poem, and one essay that teeter on the divide between wild and domestic. We create a space where readers, viewers, writers, and artists expand the human experience by engaging their imagination with other creatures.
Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine 
15 Responses to “About Animal”
Any way to sign up on “watch” so I am notified of the current issues?
We publish on the first of every month.
I really enjoy this website. It is filled with interesting stories that involve one of my favorite subjects in the world, animals and makes my imagination wonder. Some are hard for me to get though due too the intricate styles and poetry but that is a small price to pay for enjoying creativity.
What is the response time for submissions?
We aim for one-three months. It depends on how many submissions we have.
I’m so pleased I found Animal, heaps of interesting reads!
What do you pay for stories?
We are not a paying market.
Do the rights to a story you accept revert to the author, and if so, after how long?
Rights revert after first publication, but we ask that you acknowledge the publication in Animal in future publications.
Dear Animal — may I ask if your 5000 word limit is firm or would a few hundred words over be acceptable? I have a piece I would dearly love to show you but I feel cutting those hundreds may be at the cost of some very beautiful passages, and I’d rather not if there’s no graven-in-stone need to do so.
We’d have to really love those extra few hundred words. 🙂
Many thanks — in that case I’ll go ahead and submit, and trust to quality to win out!
Hi there! How long has Animal Literary Magazine been around for? Are you affiliated with any University Creative Writing Programs! Love this magazine and what is published, doing a research paper on this magazine and just need some info! I appreciate y’all!
Hello,
Animal has been published for seven years. We are independent of other universities.