THE FIFTH DI...

The Fifth Di... has returned to Nomadic Delirium Press.
The 2026 issue is now full, so we are closed to submissions until we are ready to read for the 2027 issue.

The Fifth Di... will, for now, be an annual magazine that will be published in both print and electronic formats. The next issue will be released in March of 2026.

RESPONSE TIMES

Our current response time is two months, but we will try to respond faster whenever possible. If you change your e-mail address, please let me know. There are always a few submissions that never get responses because the contributor changes their address.

FICTION

Fiction must be science fiction or fantasy, no horror, no exceptions. We're looking for original stories of at least 2,500 words. We will consider reprints, but the story will really have to blow us away. We will not consider simultaneous submissions.
To get a feel for what we publish, check out https://books2read.com/u/mvLnQq

FICTION PAYMENTS

Payment for first rights will be $25 on publication.
Payment for reprints will be $10 on publication.
All payments will be made via PayPal, so authors must have a valid PayPal address. Each author will receive one print copy, which will be shipped from Amazon, so every author must also have a valid shipping address.

BONUS PAYMENTS

This is small press, so we don't expect to sell tons of copies, but if the zine is able to sell more than 500 copies (print and electronic combined, but not including authors' copies), we will pay an additional $10 for each story.

ART

We are not currently seeking artwork.

FORMATS

All submissions must be sent as attachments in Word or rtf. We will not read submissions that are sent pasted into messages. Every submission must contain the word "Submission" in its subjct line, or it will be flushed with all of the spam. We hate to start getting anal, but given the amount of Spam we have to sift through, it just makes our job easier, and a happy editor is always a good thing. Also, all submissions must follow standard ms guidelines...if you don't know what that means, please find out. Your name, byline, and address MUST appear on the submission. All submissions MUST have page numbers. If you want something italicized, please italicize it in the submission. Also, please include a bio with your submission written in the third person. Also, please note that the editor of this zine is J Erwine, not Tyree Campbell...so please address your submissions to J.

FINAL NOTES

Don't send work that is based in other people's universes. All works must be original with no threat of copyright infringement. Under no circumstances will we accept fiction that has been created by AI or that the author has used AI to help them create. Write your own stories. Don't steal other people's work by using AI.
All submissions should be sent to fifthdi at yahoo dot com.

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