Vol.6 is full of unique bodies: 🌋 A brain that’s volcanic 🪩 A self that multiplies on a disco floor ✒️ A gut that strings itself into a ceremony Shop the whole issue here: anodynemag.com/vol6 #poetry #litmag #queerart

Happy Bisexual Visibility Day! 💜💖💙 Bi folks aren’t “half-and-half,” and no, we don’t have to pick a side. To all the bisexual FLINTA* friends — we see you and we celebrate you. #BiPride #BisexualVisibilityDay #FLINTA

ANODYNE means many things, but never just one. 📖🩵 Traditionally: to soothe, to numb, to be “harmless.” Our "anodyne" is LOUD, bright, unapologetic. We are a literary magazine for FLINTA* health, creativity, and resistance. 🌟 #AnodyneMagazine #FLINTA #HealthWriting #QueerArt #LitMag

Surreal hybrids, bathroom odysseys, lipstick-stained matriarchs: Vol.6 never plays it safe. 🐙 Serge Lecomte, "Sharing" 🎾 Titi Kusumandari, "Five Meters Away" 💄 Brandice Askin, "Fragmented Matriarch" Full pieces → anodynemag.com/vol6 #litmag #flinta #poetry #prose #queerart

IN VOL.6: Bodies carry faith, culture, noise. “Altar” by Haley Olds: religion collides with desire and guilt "Ascend/Descend” by Ping Wang: staircases illustrate belonging “Aubade for ADHD” by Christie Beckwith: the relentless pulse of a neurodivergent mind anodynemag.com/vol6 🩺 #FLINTA #LitMag

September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to The Trevor Project, 39% of LGBTQ+ youth considered suicide last year; half couldn’t access care. If you’re struggling: dial 988 (U.S.) or find global hotlines at iasp.info.
 Learn more about our health-centered stories at anodynemag.com

Ouch! is open to submissions from #lgbtq writers. www.ouchcollective.com

@pangyrus.bsky.social opens for submission in a few days. One of their categories, "In Sickness and In Health," is a perfect fit for our readers. Put it on your list. pangyrus.submittable.com/submit

Your heating pad isn’t just a heating pad. Your pill bottle isn’t just a pill bottle.
 A creative prompt for all art forms: turn an everyday health object into something else entirely—a weapon, a cathedral, or a love poem? Tag us w/ your response. Find inspo in Vol.6 → anodynemag.com/vol6 #prompt

@kwelijournal.bsky.social is open for submission for work from BIPOC writers who "sing the truth." Slay. #writingcommunity www.kwelijournal.org/submit

The Indiana Review (out of Bloomington) is open for submission for "carefully strange" work for a nominal honorarium. We fully support this mission. #writingcommunity indianareview.iu.edu/submissions/...

This anthology pays well for pieces by #trans and #intersex sex workers. #writingcommunity transactionalintercourse.carrd.co

IN VOL.6: “Misdiagnosis” by Ella Gage: gallbladder 16x normal size. “Eye Strain” by Jonah Barnett: laser surgeries turned into cyanotype art. “You definitely don’t have a learning disability” by Caitlin Thomson: words that hurt more than illness. Read the full pieces → anodynemag.com/vol6

This #OverdoseAwarenessDay (Aug 31), let’s get real: Bisexual women are over 2× more likely to misuse prescription opioids than straight women. Plus, LGBTQ+ folks face substance use rates 2–3× higher. Addiction is a public health crisis. Let’s fight stigma and demand better access to care.

The NonBinary Review by @zoeticpress.bsky.social is open for submissions. Current theme is metamorphosis. More here: www.zoeticpress.com/submit #writingcommunity

@hearthstories.bsky.social opens for submission in a few days. Will you be sending work this round? #writingcommunity hearthstories.org/submissions....

@vestalreview.bsky.social is currently open for submission! They're a paying market. 😉 Check out their guidelines and get your beautiful work in: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines

✨ New: our Super Supporter tier on Substack ($150/year). Support Anodyne’s work advocating for health equity + get editorial critique of your ongoing work. Join here: anodynemag.substack.com And don’t miss Vol.6, now in print & ebook! #LitMag #WritingCommunity

In Vol.6, our contributors write through bleeding bodies, healing botanicals, and the language of loss. ❤️‍🩹 Read their full work in Vol.6 (both print or ebook orders comes with audiobook): anodynemag.com/product/anod... #FLINTA #litmag #poetry

I am delighted that my piece was published in the latest issue of Anodyne Magazine. Winning reimagined in a patchwork of scars, blood, and medical tape.

Our guess is our followers have incredible stories to tell that advocate for underrepresented voices. This call for manuscripts is a great fit! #writingcommunity www.historythroughfiction.com/submissiongu...

Check out the beautiful essay by Brittany Micka-Foos published in our just-launched Vol.6 that engages intelligently with #taylorswift song "Hoax" as a medium for recovery. anodynemag.substack.com/p/the-hoax-u...

Special announcement on our Instagram page. 🩵 www.instagram.com/reel/DNbflRl...

Anodyne Vol.6 is here!
 21 #poems, 3 art pieces, 1 essay, 1 creative nonfiction, 1 visual animation, and 1 prose piece --- all FLINTA* voices resisting the “medical gaze” and reclaiming the self.
 Guest editor Maria McLeod calls it “a chorus of international voices” Get your copy anodynemagazine.com

Celebrate the launch of Anodyne Magazine Vol.6, hosted by guest editor Maria McLeod! Live reading and Q&A with our featured creators on 15 August at 18:00 CET / 12:00 EST. Free on Zoom plus a 10% discount on the issue. anodynemagazine.com/events #litmag #writingcommunity

We're pretty sure Anodyne readers and contributors will have something befitting this prize. Theme is "secrets" and they want private thoughts ro concelaled moments. No fee for prize entry! #writingprize #writingcommunity www.valwood.co.uk/val-wood-prize

Do you want to hear from Vol.6 contributors AND get 10% off the issue? Of course you do! Join us for our launch event August 15th, hosted by guest editor Maria McLeod, and hear from some of our contributors this issue. (RSVP below) anodynemag.com/event/vol-6-...

New zine alert for Black writers and historians! #writingcommunity lnk.bio/theblackordi...

"All My Relations" is looking for submissions from marginalized, gender-variant, and disabled contributors. www.talbot-heindl.com/relations#:~....

New Worlds Press is open for submission for trans + nb work. newwordspress.submittable.com/submit

Volume 6 cover reveal!!! What do you think? Is it cozy or what!? Can't wait for you to see the full issue on August 15th.

Vol.6 cover reveal tomorrow! Are you ready? Peep our Insta for it. 👀

Hey — @dogthroat.com has a great contest open right now with no fee to apply. Go get your #flashfiction ready! dogthroat.com/contest

A Long House is looking for submissions for its upcoming chapbook "Chronic" about living with #chronicillness. It pays a small honorarium. #writingcommunity More info: alonghouse.submittable.com/submit/32775...

@self.com also pays well for #mentalhealth and public health related articles. #writingcommunity www.self.com/story/how-to...

Another small paying market for those with #anxiety. #writingcommunity www.anxietyfoundation.com/contributors/

This is a well-paying market specifically looking for U.S. disabled voices in the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities. #writingcommunity tcf.org/disability-e...

Volume 5 of @anodynemag.bsky.social—which publishes writing and visual art on personal health experiences by FLINTA writers—features writing by Rose Cobb, Raegan Cote, Samantha Sharp, Kal Tayman, and more. Featured on our #PrideMonth reading list: anodynemag.com/product/anod...

@motleybloom.bsky.social is looking for pitches from neurodivergent writers. #writingcommunity www.motley-bloom.com

@iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social is open for submission specifically from margialized groups, including LGBTQ+ and disabled folks. Check out their guidelines: www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/submission-g...

Editing this issue be like…

New lit mag alert! Loom is an multidisciplinary journal looking for cross-medium work and PAYS. #writingcommunity loomlitmag.wufoo.com/forms/zh3ojj...

#OPENSUBS ENDS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT!😱 Hit ‘send’ on your #flinta health-related best. We can’t wait to see yours among the quality work we’re itching to read with our 4x #PushcartPrize nominated Vol.6 Guest Editor Maria McLeod. #writingcommunity #litmag

Attend our last #workshop of 2025‼️ Anodyne Co-Founder Veronica Kirin @vmkirin.bsky.social demystifies elevating your #bylines from smaller, lower-paying venues to more mainstream platforms.✍️ Learn what editors look for, how to develop a sellable #pitch, & WHY your #writing belongs on grand stages.

🚨IT’S THE FINAL WEEK OF OUR MAY OPEN SUBS!🚨 We’re down to the wire! Put the final touches on your #artwork and #writing and send out your FLINTA* health-related best to Anodyne and Vol.6 Guest Editor Maria McLeod for consideration for our sixth edition.

Vol.5 contributors Olivia Choung Brody, Alex Prince, & Natalie Fountain treat violence in far-ranging registers.🖤 Enjoy a wide variety of FLINTA* health-related art & #writing from our contributors when you order Vol.5. Order now: anodynemag.com/product/anod... #litmag #flinta #writingcommunity

Add Anodyne to your #bylines in 2025!!✍️ Our May #OPENSUBMISSIONS period is your last chance this year (now that we're bi-yearly😉) to send us your fresh #flinta health-related art & #writing. 🚨Deadline for all submissions is midnight on May 31st!🚨

SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR VOL. 6 FOR VISUAL ART & WRITING THROUGH MAY 31✍️ Send us your best FLINTA* health-related art & writing during our May OPEN SUBMISSIONS. We’re curating work for our sixth(!) issue, guest-edited by 4X Pushcart Prize nominee Maria Mcleod. Guidelines: anodynemag.com/submit/

Join Anodyne IRL on 11.05 for a picnic reading ft. a special visitor!🤭 Vol. 4 Guest Editor Charlotte Woolf charlottewoolf.bsky.social is stopping by Berlin & reading with us Sunday at the Prenzlauer Berg wassterturm. Experience our community in person. Feel free to bring snacks!🍪 #litmag #flinta

Writing about health can illuminate new ways of feeling.❤️‍🩹 Contributors Bethany Tap @bjtap.bsky.social , Pedro Hoffmeister, & Travis Stephens put words to powerful feelings in Vol. 5. Read their full pieces when you order the issue: anodynemag.com/product/anod... #litmag #flinta #writingcommunity