Call for Submissions from Writers 50 and Over: Thin Skin

WE’RE BACK! OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS FROM JULY 1ST

who should submit?

We favour submissions from new writers over 50 but will consider work by slightly younger writers if it fits with the ethos of the magazine.

what are we looking for?

We’re looking for literary fiction that shows mastery of the craft and we welcome submissions from writers of any background, anywhere in the world. Your work can be written in standard English, non-standard English or dialect, as long it’s comprehensible to the general reader. We’re open to works that are naturalistic, experimental, surreal, comical (we do like a bit of humour) or any other style you can think of, as long as it’s polished till it shines.

We do not publish genre fiction, eg sci-fi, fantasy, romance and we most definitely don’t accept work that is racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic, or peddles any kind of propaganda or hate. Equally, if you have used AI to create your work, it will be rejected.

Finally, we have a slight allergy to creative-writing-graduate first-person narratives written in the present tense documenting a moment by moment account of their internal world.
more details please

We publish short stories, maximum 3000 words, and flash fiction up to and including 1000 words. Please submit only one short story or one piece of flash fiction at a time, which should be sent as a Word document. We prefer you to use Times Roman 12, double spaced. If you choose a font or layout that is difficult to read, and is not integral to the story, we are likely to reject your work. We will consider work that needs a light edit, but at present we do not have the capacity to work with writers to bring a promising work up to a publishable standard.
who should submit?

We favour submissions from new writers over 50 but will consider work by slightly younger writers if it fits with the ethos of the magazine.
what are we looking for?

We’re looking for literary fiction that shows mastery of the craft and we welcome submissions from writers of any background, anywhere in the world. Your work can be written in standard English, non-standard English or dialect, as long it’s comprehensible to the general reader. We’re open to works that are naturalistic, experimental, surreal, comical (we do like a bit of humour) or any other style you can think of, as long as it’s polished till it shines.

We do not publish genre fiction, eg sci-fi, fantasy, romance and we most definitely don’t accept work that is racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic, or peddles any kind of propaganda or hate. Equally, if you have used AI to create your work, it will be rejected.

Finally, we have a slight allergy to creative-writing-graduate first-person narratives written in the present tense documenting a moment by moment account of their internal world.
more details please

We publish short stories, maximum 3000 words, and flash fiction up to and including 1000 words.

Please submit only one short story or one piece of flash fiction at a time, which should be sent as a Word document. We prefer you to use Times Roman 12, double spaced. If you choose a font or layout that is difficult to read, and is not integral to the story, we are likely to reject your work. We will consider work that needs a light edit, but at present we do not have the capacity to work with writers to bring a promising work up to a publishable standard.

when will i hear from you?

We aim to contact you within 8 weeks.

Submit your work here.