Subgenres: Flash Fiction

Vestal Review

Vestal Review is the longest-running flash fiction magazine on the planet, published continuously since March 2000. It’s an online magazine coming out twice a year, and it’s eclectic, so a lot of different approaches work, provided they... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Feb 1 to May 31
Aug 1 to Nov 30
Genres Published: 
Fiction
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Cleaver Magazine

Founded in 2013, Cleaver is Philadelphia’s international quarterly literary magazine. It publishes cutting-edge contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, essays on craft and the writing life, and book reviews.

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

SAND

SAND is an international journal publishing risk-taking work from a diverse range of creatives making visual art, poetry, fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and translations. They look for work that subverts, crosses borders, and... Read more

Reading Period: 
Sep 10 to Sep 30
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

Gigantic Sequins

Gigantic Sequins is print-based and annual. Its black and white journal is known for its quality writing and its unique design/aesthetic. It accepts work from unpublished writers in addition to those who have an already established voice... Read more

Reading Period: 
Nov 1 to Jan 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

SmokeLong Quarterly

SmokeLong Quarterly, established in 2003, is dedicated to publishing the best fiction and nonfiction under 1000 words, whether written by widely published authors or those new to the craft.

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

Journal of Compressed Creative Arts

Matter Press is a community-based, nonprofit 501(c)(3) literary press that publishes an online literary journal, the Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, manages an annual short fiction and poetry chapbook contest, and supports a regular... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Sep 15 to Dec 15
Mar 15 to Jun 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature

Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature is a digital, open access, biannual journal of disability poetry, literature, and the arts.

Reading Periods: 
Mar 1 to May 1
Sep 1 to Nov 1
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

Wigleaf

Wigleaf publishes accomplished fiction under 1,000 words. Their stories appeared in the last two volumes of the Pushcart Prize annual. Feature interviews with their editor appeared in the 2021 volume of Best Microfiction and in the 2022... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Aug 26 to Nov 30
Jan 24 to Mar 31
Genres Published: 
Fiction
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