Radon's cursed thirteenth issue arrives in nine days on June 1. Artwork by the talented speculative artist @rezaafsharr.bsky.social Author reveals begin 5/25 and run through 5/28 as we lead up to the official launch.

COVER REVEAL - ISSUE 13

🌌 It's coming... 🌌 JUNE 1st @cpclemens.bsky.social @hvpatterson.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @colincalexander.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social

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ICYMI Radon wrote this lovely feature on I CAN’T DECIDE WHAT TO FEEL ABOUT THIS LIFE, with a great analysis of my poem. Check it out and then go browse the rest of issue 12!

Our feature on @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social, hope, and cats is up on Substack! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Just a reminder that there is no Submission Insights on our Patreon this month as it is production season for our June 1 launch. We're knee-deep in the final edits and copyediting for the print deadline and editors are not actively in the submission pile

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Science Fiction Poems feat. @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social @radonjournal.bsky.social @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Radon is looking to add fiction first readers to our team Typically 2-4 hours of reading a week, but no quotas. Requirements are experience reading sci-fi and an anti-capitalist ethos If interested, send an email explaining any prior experience and why you're interested. [email protected]

Our Issue 10 poem"Mannequin Mom" by Rebecca O'Bern is now a finalist in the 2026 Rhysling Awards 🎉 Re-feel the poem's turns on our site: www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/man...

Discover more about "HIDEY HOLE" in our author feature with Jared Oliver Adams! radonjournal.substack.com/p/jared-oliv...

Our feature on "HIDEY HOLE" -- a nail-biting story of home invasion in a near-future surveillance state -- is up now on Substack! substack.com/home/post/p-...

While I went in with an open mind, I was pretty sure who the winner of this award would be pretty quickly. The stories Radon published in 2025 were top-notch, the quality of their printed issues and art makes me jealous, and the community they’ve built is incredibly special, kind, and welcoming.

Radon Journal is the winner for Best Magazine of the Year in the inaugural Foofs Awards! @foofarawpress.bsky.social Going into production for June 1's issue 13, it gives us renewed zeal that what we're doing matters and the community appreciates both us and our authors

Today is May Day, so be sure to cause some trouble for the powers that be

And the moment you’ve all been waiting for… your nominees for best litmag of 2025!!! #litmag

Our Issue 9 flash fiction story "Thicker than Water" by @aerynrudel.bsky.social is a finalist in the inaugural Foofs Award

Foofaraw Press (@foofarawpress.bsky.social) has added two categories to their Foofs Award: 1) Magazine of the Year 2) Editor of the Year To be eligible, mags have to pay less than $0.08/word, charge no fee, allow sim subs, and respond within 90 days. Voting: tally.so/r/ZjGzqe

Our interview with Lara Messersmith-Glavin on her new book Ruiner, out from @akpress.org , is live now on our site! Messersmith-Glavin discusses the future, anarchism, and creating from your subconscious. www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...

New stickers came in from the UK

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I think I'm gonna die in this smarthome Our last feature from Issue 11! www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/fin...

15 days left to submit to Issue 13, which we are taking to calling our cursed issue. Limited space left, so the sooner the better

Radon will be at the Nebula Conference in June (sort of) Meaning we will not have a proper table or booth, but Aimer, our Editor-in-Chief, will be attending as a Nebula Award finalist in the Poem category He'll be bringing plenty of antifa bookmarks, stickers, and physical copies of Radon issues

We are proud that our Issue 10 story "The Oneiromantic Sheep" has made the shortlist for the Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...

It may be hard to pick a place to begin, but luckily a lot of poetry is available online! Like @hugobookclub.bsky.social mentioned, spaces like @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, @radonjournal.bsky.social and the SFPA's own Eye to the Telescope are wonderful places to start.

"When the growth erupts, give us a call..." @elisabethring.bsky.social's short story introduces us to Clay, a regular guy who's desperate for cash and signs up for a mysterious clinical trial. Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/lik...

National Poetry Month is in full bloom on the page. This poster was sent to us from the Academy of American Poets We hope everyone's celebrating by trying to write a speculative poem a day. Just think of how many poems you'll have to submit to us and places like Uncanny by the end of the month

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Free Verse feat. @neologismpoetry.bsky.social @radonjournal.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

For our final month of reading, we're needing shorter prose works. So if you submit 1-2,500 words you'll have a higher chance of making Issue 14. For poets, if you simply submit a poem that's science fiction in nature, you're already in the top 25%

Don't miss "The Strings and Roots that Guide and Speak," one of the most haunting stories from #11. www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/the...

If you haven't voted for the Hugo yet please consider the following for Semipro: Simultaneous Times @utopiascifi.bsky.social @radonjournal.bsky.social @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social

Was just browsing the current issue of @radonjournal.bsky.social to see what sort of writing they have, and this one hit me emotionally in a way that's tough to describe. I love it. It's pretty short; give it a read. www.radonjournal.com/issue-12/at-...

If you've been wondering where the best Radon content is in-between issues, it's here in our free Substack. Not only detailed write-ups on our published work and peeling back the authors, but plenty of pity paragraphs about the industry and our world. radonjournal.substack.com/p/elizabeth-...

Our author feature for Bryn Farrar's techno-bio-horror story is up on Substack! Dig the chips out of your arms.... radonjournal.substack.com/publish/post...

Me: oh, I love popping in on Alex's short fic recs! Let's see who's recommended this mo-- Me: Me: That my name 👁️👄👁️ Me: That my name, that my story,, *clears throat* THRILLED by this lovely rec for "Uncontrolled Emotion"! <3 And you can read that story right here at @radonjournal.bsky.social

Yes!!! It is always a treat to receive the physical copy:) Thanks again @radonjournal.bsky.social 🥰 #writingcommunity

Note that submission databases won't perfectly line up with our current pay rates. Most cannot display decimals (which is frustratingly odd), and so on some we will appear as 2¢/word, and others will show 3¢\word. But know that we're now 2.5¢/word

The price of meeting the rich, aspirational version of yourself is a lot of class rage Read @parkeriswriting.bsky.social's speculative story and our deep dive here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

As we enter the second half of Issue 13's reading period, we would love to see more transhumanist or cyberpunk flash fiction. We have a fair number of longer dystopian works, and want to round out with our futuristic meat and potatoes

🙂 Smile 🙂 through 🙂 the 🙂 pain!!! We're returning to author features and finishing up Issue #11! @parkeriswriting.bsky.social gives a multidimensional twist to capitalist envy in "Instructions for Self Reflection."

Wonderful to meet all the Radon authors (and some readers) at AWP this past week. It's nice to be reminded that the journal we put out while scattered across the digital world has real-world impact The introverts only emerge every once in a while, and it's nice to emerge among similar others

@radonjournal.bsky.social a poem by @lisatimpf.bsky.social Lisa Timpf. (CW: AI superseding human writing) www.radonjournal.com/issue5/the-d...

Our EIC will be at AWP manning the SFWA table (T346). Come by for speculative poetry talk and some Radon copies and bookmarks out of a trenchcoat

Got my physical copy of @radonjournal.bsky.social Issue 12 last week! It’s such a beautiful issue, and I’m still incredibly happy to be amongst so many phenomenal pieces! Feat. a whimsical cappuccino

Huge congratulations to the two Radon poems nominated in this year's Rhysling Awards: 1) "Mannequin Mom" by Rebecca O’Bern (Issue 10) 2) "Mend Your Broken Bow and Aim It at the Sky" by @virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social (Issue 10) sfpoetry.org/wp/rhysling-...

Ingram dragged their feet printing, but all the print copies of Radon Issue 12 should have arrived to you by today

Looking for help nominating for the Nebula Poetry Award? Below is a thread of Radon's eligible 2025 sci-fi poetry you can explore Also check out @strangehorizons.bsky.social, @smallwondersmag.com, @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, @heartlines-spec.com for the best (free) spec poetry you can find online

Radon Journal's fiction pay rate is increasing to 2.5¢/word! We are also implementing a $15 minimum for fiction to ensure micro-fiction authors are taken care of. Cheers to the authors who refuse to remain quiet or complicit.