Contribute to BLAXXKY
BLAXXKY explores the intersections of the future, space, the weird, and unknown.
Contributions can take many forms: research paper, speculative fiction, podcast interview, opinion piece, anomalous experiencer story, fashion, photography, poetry, comic, music, fictional advertisement, code, visual art, and more.
Issue No. 1: Theme, Schedule, How to Submit
BLAXXKY #1: THE FUTURE, SPACE, THE WEIRD & UNKNOW asks what it means to inhabit an apokalypsis: the unveiling of forces long hidden beneath ordinary perception. From Eros as cosmological force, to consciousness as experimental variable, to time travel already occurring through retrocausal feedback loops. Psi research buried by intelligence agencies. Aliens as inhabitants of adjacent temporal strata rather than distant stars. What fire are we stealing now? And what exactly is being revealed?
Read the full breakdown of Issue 1’s questions
Schedule
Proposals Due: No later than March 31st, 2026 (the sooner, the better)
Rolling Acceptance: Now until April 10th
Article Drafts Due: No later than April 30th
Final Article Submission: No later than May 30th
How to Submit
Email proposals to mail@blaxxky.com with your name or pseudonym, a short bio (280 characters) and a longer bio, a waist-up photo in 16:9 ratio (minimum 1920x1080px), and website and/or social media profiles. Bonus points for weird or interesting photo backdrops.
For article proposals, include an abstract (half to one page) and estimated word count. For poetry, comics, and multimedia, attach submissions directly or via a publicly accessible link through a file sharing service.
Interested in being interviewed on BLAXXKY Superluminal? We curate most guests but welcome inbounds: mention it in your email. Note: everyone who writes for us gets interviewed regardless.
Before submitting, please complete reading the rest of this Contribute page, in addition to the About page, which includes further details on our Luminary membership model.
Licensing Terms
We prioritize unpublished work, though simultaneous and previously published submissions are welcome too. For unpublished work, submitting means you’re granting BLAXXKY first publication rights with a one-year exclusivity window after we publish. After that, we hold a non-exclusive license to keep your work in the issue it originally appeared in (forever, basically, as part of the archive). We may also pull excerpts, images, bios, or photos for promotional use tied to that issue. Everything else stays yours.
Open Submissions
Missed the deadline? We always accept proposals on a rolling basis. If we can place it, we'll figure out when and what magazine issue. Email us anytime, following the guidelines above, and expect to hear back within 4-6 weeks.
2026 Contributor Rewards Model
This is a work-in-progress model and will be finalized by March 31st, 2026 for Issue No. 1 and Issue No. 2 contributors. We will periodically review our rewards model and make updates as necessary.
All contributors receive: One year Luminary membership (digital + print benefits)
Podcast interview: Luminary year. No revenue share.
Article under 2,000 words: Luminary year. No revenue share.
Article 2,000+ words, open access: Luminary year + 10% of subscriber fees from subscribers who convert directly from your article, for 12 months, paid quarterly.
Article 2,000+ words, paywalled: Luminary year + 20% of subscriber fees from subscribers who convert directly from your article, for 12 months, paid quarterly.
Subscriber conversions tracked via Substack. Payouts quarterly.
NFT & Collectible Splits
When BLAXXKY releases magazine issues as NFTs or collectibles, 30% of net sales go to contributors, distributed using a weighted point system. Each contribution type is assigned points, and your share of the pool is proportional to your points relative to all contributors in that issue.
Point weights:
Podcast (transcribed) — 1 pt
Article under 2,000 words — 2 pts
Art submission — 3 pts
Article 2,000+ words, open access — 5 pts
Article 2,000+ words, paywalled — 8 pts
Example: If your paywalled article earns 8 points out of 40 total points across all contributors, you receive 20% of the contributor pool (8/40), which is 20% of 30% of net sales.
Music & Multimedia Collaboration Splits
In most cases, when BLAXXKY co-produces a music or multimedia NFT with an artist, proceeds are split as follows:
Artist — 60%
BLAXXKY — 20%
Superluminal Catalyst grants pool of artist’s choice — 20% (artist selects which Superluminal Catalyst pool their share is directed toward, funding technology or science related to the work’s theme)
In equal effort collaborations where both BLAXXKY and the artist are co-leading the creative work, proceeds are split as follows:
Artist — 40%
BLAXXKY — 40%
Superluminal Catalyst grants pool of artist’s choice — 20%
If the artist has collaborators, they can decide how to share their split with them.
For more details on Superluminal Catalyst, read our About page.
Note: These splits do not apply when BLAXXKY is the lead creator working with artists as contractors. Those splits are negotiated on a per-project basis.