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*Trump voice* Radon Journal stories have the best opening lines, folks. A space tumor on a ship that's made of flesh and has a sex drive, can you believe that?

Our next spotlight is "THE OUTERNAUT" my Matthew Gheorghe.

Not to brag, but our team has called it the most perverted story we've yet published!

All aboard the flesh spaceship: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/the...

JARED CHEN-WYNN does jujitsu with guns and knives Author feature — Issue #11

Our first author feature for Issue #11 is live on Substack:
Jared Chen-Wynn and his futuristic medical-noir story "Absolution".

Tunes, how he finds inspiration as a writer, and taiho-jutsu within.

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The aesthetics of this poem are fantastic

Hugo Award for Poetry Will Be Presented by LAcon V LAcon V organizers today announced “Best Poem” will be the optional additional category for the 2026 Hugo Awards being presented at the 84th World Science Fiction Convention. The Hugo Awards, creat…

Excited that spec poetry is getting the recognition it always deserved.

Don't forget that Radon publishes some of the highest-quality genre poetry in the industry. Unlike many others, SpecPo is and always has been our main focus, equal to its fiction counterpart

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The anarchistic scifi journal will not be having a capitalistic Black Friday sale today. That's more of a May Day thing, perhaps.

But we do aim to have a write-up about Philcon posted tomorrow

Do you have a favorite design among our swag?

We have a rage box live at the Radon table today. Tell us what pisses you off in the world and be entered to win swag and books.

Come read stories about murdering your boss with crows, at Philcon

Anyone know the hours and prices?

Find us in the Dealer's Room all weekend! We're live at #Philcon with more books and stickers than we know what to with. We're your favorite sci-fi journal you haven't read yet

Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.

Chill Subs' 3rd annual 'Favorite Lit Mag' voting is live. It's entirely free and you can select your top 5. Maybe Radon is your #1, maybe we're #6, entirely up to you.

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Get more from Radon Journal on Patreon creating an online literary journal

You may support us via Patreon for dual subscriptions, physical copies, merch, behind-the-scenes information, professional editing services, and more: www.patreon.com/radonjournal (10/10)

We are proud of the supportive and unique #scifi writing community we have built. We believe what we are doing is more important than ever as a small part in the fight against fascism, and we will keep going for years to come. (9/10)

2025 overall Summary:

Radon cost $3,079 ($3,277 in 2024)

Radon took in $2,177 ($1,553 in 2024)

Radon's deficit was $902 ($1,724 in 2024)

(8/10)

2025 funding summary:

$1,877 net from Patreon ($1,355 in 2024)

$300 net from print sales ($22 in 2024)

$0 from Ko-fi ($175 in 2024)

$0 grants ($750 CLMP website upgrade grant in 2024)

(7/10)

In 2025, Radon made $300 in book sales. This is a combination of copies sold online and in person at anarchist bookfairs within England and Wales.

Bookfair sales beat out all others worldwide 2:1. The vast majority of our print copies are sent to authors and bookstores at-cost. (6/10)

Radon currently has $196/month pledged on Patreon and had $165/month when 2025 started.

Patreon takes 11% and all merch reward costs are deducted from our account. Last month we upped our poetry pay rates to $25/poem. True full funding via Patreon alone would need around $275/month. (5/10)

Our additional costs:

- Website hosting + domain: $294/year.

- Business and email newsletter features from web host: $120/year.

- Submittable: $290/year.

- CLMP membership: $125/year.

- Canva Pro: $120/year. (4/10)

We publish three times a year (~20k words of prose and 8 poems an issue) and maintain one artist-in-residence slot.

Our semi-pro rates for the 2025 issues were $20/poem, 2¢/word, $160/art.

The Issue 11, 10, and 9 individual costs were $730, $700, and $700—or $2,130/year. (3/10)

Our journal has no formal grants or yearly fundraising venture, existing off our Patreon supporters and print-edition sales. 2025 was our first full year selling print copies of each issue. 2024 had only Issue 8 at the tail-end available in print. (2/10)

How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025

Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)

Submission Insights – November 2025 | Radon Journal Get more from Radon Journal on Patreon

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My take on the damage to the human psyche:

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Hello, This is Automatic Antigrief: What Problem Can I Solve for you Today? Originally in @naturefutures.bsky.social, reprinted (and accessible for free) in @radonjournal.bsky.social

Only one week until @philconconvention.bsky.social and Radon editors appear in the wild for the first time.

Our EIC, Managing Editor, and four other editors will be there in the dealer's room Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

We're bringing more books, stickers, and merch than we were told we should.

Issue 12 starting to take shape. 4 poems and 3 short stories so far. Expecting a number of acceptances to go out after our editorial meeting Thursday.

We read until the end of Dec but we'd like to get almost all the decisions by mid-December. Submitting in the next month would be best for authors

Anarchist talk is the best kind of talk