AMERICAN
weirdo
MAGAZINE
“Outside, a war begins and ends with each ping of my phone...“
-Cynthia Salinas Cappellano, WAITING ROOMS
write with nerve.
write with a pulse.
American Weirdo Magazine is a digital, 3x/year indie literary mag that publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that--at its core--couldn’t exist at another point in time. As our namesake suggests, AWM is particularly interested in documenting unabashedly modern American life from unique, unconventional perspectives. The weirder and the more ultra-specific, the better. Our definitions of modern, American, and weird are broad on purpose: we want exploratory work, genre-bending work, and work without borders. Submit your work here. Read our first issue here.
Keep an eye on this page--and follow us on Instagram @americanweirdo.mag--to know when the window opens for Issue No. 2 submissions. If you have any questions in the meantime, check out our FAQ page or email us at americanweirdomag@gmail.com!
SUBMISSIONs
MEET THE TEAM
KARMON CHRISTOPHERSON | LEAD EDITOR, FICTION EDITOR
MARIGNY BETER | FICTION EDITOR
CAROLE GILLEY | POETRY EDITOR
SYDNEY ELISE LITTLE | NONFICTION EDITOR
Karmon (he/him) is a trans-queer writer pursuing his B.A. in English Literature-Creative Writing at Agnes Scott College. His debut micro-chapbook, Beast Country, was published through kith books in 2024. His fiction has been featured in Dumbo Press and was an honorable mention at the 53rd Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival. He is currently working on a novella about queer nightlife.
Instagram: @karmon.kc
Marigny (she/her) is a writer, editor, and barista in her favorite city in the world, New Orleans. She is an alumni of Loyola University New Orleans, where she received the Outstanding English Writing Major award, and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Literature at UNO. Her work is inspired by Chuck Palahniuk, her Southern identity, horror movies, and dogs.
Instagram: @marigny_b
Carole (she/her) is a poet, screenwriter, and creative based in North Atlanta, Georgia. She is the creator and writer of two Substack publications, releasing essays under Lipstick Letters and short stories under JillRabbit Press. She was a 2024 Academy of American Poets College Prize Winner for her poem “i count.” She independently published a longer story, “Prettyboy,” in February 2025. Her interests and inspirations include multiracial identity, drag performance, low-budget 2000s films, and referencing the panopticon.
Instagram: @writtenbycarole
Sydney (she/her) is a music journalist writing for The Luna Collective. Georgia born-and-raised, she moved to Decatur for college and has made the city her home. She studied Creative Writing at Agnes Scott College, where she received the 2025 Bonnie Henderson Schell ‘66 Writing Award. She enjoys writing across genres and is currently working on various fiction projects.
Instagram: @sydl1ttle
faq + contact
HOW OFTEN WILL ISSUES OF AMERICAN WEIRDO MAG BE RELEASED?
AWM will operate on a 3x/year release schedule--approximately every four months. Issue No. 1 is out now!
WILL THERE BE A PRINT VERSION?
As of right now, our issues are going to be digital-only. However, having a print version in some capacity
is definitely a future goal!
CAN I SUBMIT MY WORK IN MORE THAN ONE GENRE?
Absolutely! If you write multiple genres, feel free to submit to as many genre categories as you’d like. However, you can only submit once per genre during each submission window.
MY WORK WAS REJECTED. CAN I SUBMIT TO A FUTURE ISSUE?
Yes! Don’t let rejection discourage you from submitting your writing again in the future.
IS THE SELECTION PROCESS ANONYMOUS?
To ensure fairness, our selection process is completely anonymous.
ARE WRITERS COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WORK?
As much as we would love to be able to pay our writers, we do not have the means to do so right now.