Subgenres: Short Fiction

Thriller Magazine

The editors focus on short fiction in the thriller, mystery, and suspense genres.

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Fiction
Subgenres: 
Mystery, Short Fiction

Pictura Journal

Pictura Journal seeks work that offers a vivid snapshot of its creator’s world—work that complicates the mundane through concrete images and language grounded in a strong sense of place.

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry

The Core Review

The Core Review is engaged with environmental justice, postcolonial feminism, queerness in all its humanizing and messy forms, and supports writers' expansion beyond these topics in ways that move them. The publication values... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jul 1 to Sep 30
Jan 1 to Mar 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry

Flash Phantoms

Flash Phantoms publishes horror fiction of 1,000 words or less and micro horror of 100 words. They feature a Story of the Month and an interview with the winning author.

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Fiction
Subgenres: 
Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Young Writers Journal

Young Writers Journal is an online literary journal for writers around the world regardless of race, gender, location, or age. They feature writers on their Instagram account weekly, and awards are given to the top submissions of the... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction

All Existing

A literary magazine dedicated to all things strange and beautiful. Read more

Think: secrets in exchange for stories, children born as bears, houses coming to life at night, singing love songs to the earth, praying to Birds... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Sep 23 to Nov 15
Sep 30 to Mar 14
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry, Young Adult

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