What we’re looking for: Send us writing that you’re excited about. Send us work that took courage to begin and tenacity to complete. Send us your personal essay, your classic short story, your reboot of the villanelle, or your weirdest experimental text. Send us your flash fiction or nonfiction. Send your epistle, erasure, hybrid, prose poem, or micro memoir.
Whatever you send our way, please be sure you’ve read our guidelines with care. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines may be returned unread.
What we’re NOT looking for: We will not publish work that glorifies xenophobia, racism, homophobia, ageism, classism, sexism, religious prejudice, ableism, or that normalizes hatred of any marginalized group or individual, though submitted work may thoughtfully consider subjects of discrimination.
We do not publish academic papers or news writing.
General Guidelines:
We accept submissions only through Submittable. Submissions must be previously unpublished in print and on the Internet. We encourage simultaneous submissions but ask that you withdraw your submission immediately if it is accepted elsewhere. If part of a submission must be withdrawn, please notify the genre editor by using Submittable's "message" function on your submission.
We encourage submissions from writers of all backgrounds, including but not limited to LGBTQIA++ writers, writers of color, women writers, unpublished writers, writers with disabilities, and international writers.
We nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, and other awards.
Our Staff Readers review all submissions anonymously. No personal information (such as name, email, social media handles, etc.) should appear in your submission file, in the title field, or file name. Submissions with identifying personal information will be returned unread. We understand that nonfiction submissions sometimes contain the writer’s name and ask that you use your best judgment in these circumstances.
Staff Readers cannot view cover letters. However, our Editors enjoy cover letters and we ask that you submit yours addressed to the appropriate genre editor. In prose submissions, please include your word count in your cover letter.
Please send only one submission at a time. We do not accept multiple submissions and we cannot refund multiple submissions.
Submission Schedule:
We are open for nonfiction, fiction, and poetry submissions during three periods annually unless otherwise noted in Submittable: January 1-March 31; May 1-July 31; September 1-November 30.
We publish issues triannually in January, May, and September.
Writer Payment:
Fiction and Nonfiction writers will receive a $25 honorarium per published flash (1,000 words or fewer) and a $50 honorarium for work 1,001 words or more.
Poets will receive a $25 honorarium per published poem.
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