“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” — Albert Camus
Everyday Weirdness is an online magazine that will bring you morsels of weirdness, every day. Every day a new short story (flash fiction), poem, comic, artwork, audio, and/or animation will be published, that can be read or viewed in about 5 minutes.
Everyday Weirdness is a flash fiction market. For writing that means short poems (limericks, haiku, senryu, couplets, and sonnets) and short stories under 1,000 words. For audio and video, that means short clips, under 5 minutes. We look for images that we can distribute as wallpaper downloads (1920x1200, 1600x1200, & 320x480).
What’s weirder than a random collection of molecules suddenly, and inexplicably, gaining sentience—and even sapience? No matter what you send, make sure that tomorrow will be different than today.
I currently have an affinity for “mundane” weird, however, I want to see the full gamut, from “mundane” weird to “post-singularity-across-the-galaxy-weird-from-another-dimension.”
First Electronic (exclusive for three months) + Anthology rights.
Unsolicited submissions are paid the current rate of $5.42 per article (which includes 42¢ to defray the cost of mailing the contract), payable by Paypal only. Credit may be donated back to the magazine or used to purchase Everyday Weirdness fund-drive items at half-price.
Everyday Weirdness is currently closed. Any works previously submitted that we haven’t responded to are hereby released.
1st: New Year’s
6th: Ashura
13th: Lohri
14th: Makar Sankranti
15th: Pongal
19th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
26th: Chinese New Year
26th: Mauni Amavasya
31st: Vasant Panchami
1st: Imbolc
2nd: Groundhog’s Day
14th: St. Valentine’s Day
23rd: Mahashivratri
24th: Mardi Gras
4th: The Death of Franz Marc
8th: Daylight Savings Begins
9th-10th: Purim
11th: Holi
15th: The Death of H.P. Lovecraft
17th: St. Patrick’s Day
20th: Vernal Equinox, Ostara
1st: April Fool’s Day
3rd: Ram Navmi
6th: Bikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
8th-15th: Passover
9th: Hanuman Jayanti
12th: Easter
13th: Cambodian New Year, Baisakhi
22nd: Earth Day
27th: Akshaya Tritiya
30th: Beltane
2nd: Buddha’s Birthday
5th: Cinco de Mayo
9th: Vesak
10th: Mother’s Day
18th: Victoria Day
2nd: Ganga Dussehra
21st: Summer Solstice, Father’s Day, Litha
24th: Rath Yatra
1st: Canada Day
4th: U.S. Independence Day
7th: Guru Purnima
13th-15th: Bon Festival
1st: Lughnasadh
5th: Rakhi /Raksha Bandhan
6th: Mid-Sha’aban
14th: Sri Krishna Janmashtami
22nd (to September 20th): Ramadan
23rd: Ganesh Chaturathi
2nd: Onam
16th: Mexico Independence Day
18th: Rosh Hashanah
19th: Talk Like a Pirate Day
19th-27th: Navratras
21st: Eid ul-Fitr
22nd: Autumnal Equinox, Mabon
27th: Yom Kippur
28th: Dussehra
2nd-10th: Sukkot
8th: Karva Chauth
10th: Simchat Torah
12th: Columbus Day, Canada Thanksgiving
15th: Dhan Teras
17th: Diwali
18th: Govardhan Puja
19th: Bhai Duj
31st: Halloween, Samhain
1st: Daylight Savings Ends
11th: Veteran’s Day
26th: U.S. Thanksgiving
27th-30th: Eid al-Adha
11th-19th: Chanukah
17th: Wright Brother’s Day
18th: Islamic New Year
21st: Winter Solstice, Yule
25th: Xmas
26th: Boxing Day
26th (to January 1st): Kwanzaa
31st: New Year’s Eve
† Send reports of other major national and religious holidays to N.E. Lilly editor@everydayweirdness.com