Their website says, “Deceleration is a nonprofit online journal producing original news and analysis responding to our shared ecological, political, and cultural crises.
We write at the intersection of environment and justice—journalistically, academically, and creatively—with emphasis on our home communities and bioregion (the watersheds of San Antonio, South Texas, and the Gulf South, broadly).” “Once a quarter we also solicit creative responses (poetry, prose, visual art, sound) to specific themes or topics. … This summer, Deceleration invites flash fic and nonfic, poems, songs, & images that offer counterimaginaries to official celebrations of the U.S. 250th. In a world rent by the weight of colonial violence, how do we continue walking and working together toward another possible world—“un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos” (a world in which many worlds fit)?”
Pay ranges from $25 for creative pieces up to $0.50/word for long-form investigative journalistic work. The submission deadline for this theme is 2nd August 2026. Details here.
 

Deadline: August 2nd, 2026