Subgenres: Flash Fiction

Quarterly West

Quarterly West looks for writing that is, exciting, challenging, risky, unpredictable, and different. Different stomps in. Maybe it seeps in. Sometimes, and in our favorite works, different is always already there and it strikes flint... Read more

Reading Period: 
Mar 15 to Mar 30
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

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

Nat. Brut

Nat. Brut’s (pronounced “nat broot”) principal mission is to showcase the work of writers and artists who have been historically devalued or pigeonholed by art and literary institutions. The publish work that has been buried, ignored,... Read more

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

Glint Literary Journal

Glint Literary Journal celebrates innovation in style and voice. It welcomes submissions in poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid genre, book reviews, and visual art from persons of diverse cultures, nationalities, and... Read more

Reading Period: 
Nov 1 to Apr 30
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

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 It accepts work from unpublished writers in addition to those who have an already established voice...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

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