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Carsten ten Brink @carstentenbrink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Delighted to have a short piece of fiction in issue #24 of @stanchion.bsky.social, a terrific litmag that I've been following (and submitting to) for a while. Sadly, Stanchion will finish with #25. I wish Jeff Bogle all the best with his next projects. #iamwriting www.stanchionzine.com

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Stanchion Lit Zine is an exciting new quarterly literary zine and photography zine printed on elegant paper.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 14/06/2026

We are open for reprints now! Send us your lovely flash stories that would benefit from being out in the world again: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

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Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders

Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

God what a first line "I got home from school early to find a woman sitting on the sofa with a detonator between her legs." Helen Kennedy in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Submissions open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submission guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/aaPF9Im #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CallForSubmissions

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 09/06/2026

🚨 Emerging Writers Contest submissions are now OPEN for Electric Lit MEMBERS ONLY! The contest opens to the public on July 1. The submission fee is $20. ✨ Cash prizes, publication, literary agent review, iconic judges, and more—this contest has it all. Learn more: buff.ly/BvUr8BC

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Patrick ten Brink @patricktenbrink.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

In case you are unsure which novel to read next, an inspiring little list with helpful descriptions to help decide where to start: 10 21st Century Novels That Are Considered Masterpieces share.google/6JluBW4tZNHC...

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10 21st Century Novels That Are Considered Masterpieces

Undisputed, must-read modern masterpieces of fiction.

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Iron Horse Literary Review 🐴 @ironhorselitrev.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

We're extending the deadline for our Prose Chapbook Contest until March 25th. We hope you'll send us your fiction or nonfiction collections. We can't wait to read them! ironhorse.submittable.com

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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 16/03/2026

For those who have submitted stories to us for consideration, we are currently reading the Jan 20, 2026 submissions. You can always submit for free. But, if you want to submit, and skip the line, we also have a FAST PASS option. buff.ly/s6zPVfF

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We look fwd to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Carsten ten Brink @carstentenbrink.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Delighted to have a story in Issue 80 of Passager Journal: 'Others, Spies and Lovers' - In 1983, in Cold War Vienna young Daniel is preoccupied by a woman and by fears that the Cold War might soon become hot. Check it out here: passagerbooks.com/our-journal/...

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80: 2026 Passager Winter Issue - Passager Books

Soft cover | 152 pages Featuring 30 Poets, Memoirists & Fiction Writers The first thing you’ll notice about the issue is the cover art by Harriet

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The Massachusetts Review @themassreview.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

After a not-so-brief hiatus, we've re-opened submissions to our #WorkingTitles series, our digital e-book collection of works longer than can fit in our print journal. For a full set of guidelines, check out massreview.org/new-submissi...

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Submissions - The Massachusetts Review Submission Guidelines Submissions

The Massachusetts Review 2025 – 2026 Submissions Period is now open. If you have submitted to us online, please check that your spam filters do not block our email. You can add massrev@external.umass...

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Carsten ten Brink @carstentenbrink.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Absolutely delighted that the excellent @heimatreview.bsky.social has nominated my piece 'The Day I Probably Murdered the Dollar' for a #Pushcart prize. Check out its website and, by the way, it's open for submissions until mid February. www.heimatreview.com/nominations....

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Nominations

Best of the Net Pushcar t Best Microfiction Prize The Best Small Fictions

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jolibatrust.bsky.social @jolibatrust.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

It costs just £2.50 to provide someone with clean water that will last for many decades. It costs just £95 to plant an orchard which will provide an income to five people as well as improving their farmland. To make a donation that will go twice as far this Christmas visit www.jolibatrust.org.uk

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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Submissions close December 15th. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/3bpd8fr #writingcommunity

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Carsten ten Brink @carstentenbrink.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I was delighted to win the Latin American Travel Photography #Prize (at a dedicated #LatAm event from the lovely people at Bradt Travel Guides). A week sleeping in a tent in the village of Afukuri (in Brazil's Mato Grosso) gave me the chance to observe the Xingu's daily lives and their rituals

Xingu wrestler in body paint and ceremonial garb in front of an Afukuri village oca house in Brazil's Mato Grosso

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We’ve had a record year for submissions this year and will be closing our Regular Reading Period early! Send us your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and longform works by November 15, 2025 at 12pm EST for the chance to be featured in a future issue of Ploughshares. pshares.org/submit

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Hush, child, and Submit. The Urge is open for subs til Sept 22! engineidling.net

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Good morning! We are open to submissions for Issue Six! Please share (& what a good time to call up a friend and co-write a poem!!) 💃🏼 #writingcommunity

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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Submission Open 15th September to 15th of October 2025 Submissions are now open for issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The Editors are looking forward to reading the best of your poetry, fiction, and non fiction.

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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Our annual short story contest is open NOW through October 31st. Send us your best! Find all guidelines here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

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Hayden's Ferry Review @haydensferryreview.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

HFR is open for submissions! ✏️📩🎨 Send us your poems, stories, flash, and creative nonfiction! hfr.submittable.com/submit

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap40

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ANMLY Submission Manager

**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...

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Leon Literary Review @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Let the countdown begin! 3 days left in our submission period! Send us your flash, fiction, poetry, and cnf! And be safe out there, oh fearless makers of a more beautiful world. We love you all. leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/

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Carsten ten Brink @carstentenbrink.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Delighted to have a piece of personal writing, "The Day I Probably Murdered the Dollar" in @heimatreview.bsky.social Issue 9. This narrative weaves two visits to a small African country, that of an explorer relative, with my more recent visit on his trail. www.heimatreview.com/the-day-i-pr...

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The Day I Probably Murdered The Dollar

By Carsten ten Brink May 5, 2025

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Leon Literary Review @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Intrepid writers of poetry, fiction, flash, and cnf - send us your daring, dreamy, provocative, poignant, gorgeous work! Show us what could only have come from you! We are open for submission until June 15th. leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/

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Mississippi Review @mississippireview.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

✨OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS✨ Send us your poems, stories, and nonfiction pieces by June 30. Contributors will receive publication in Mississippi Review 53.3, $50*, and two free copies!

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Just saw that ANMLY made this list! And now we're open for new work!!

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Carsten ten Brink @carstentenbrink.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Delighted to have my short story 'Polished' in @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social Vol X "In the Company of Strangers" #amwriting static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...

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Leon Literary Review @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

We are open for submissions! Please send us your beautiful, heartbreaking, haunting, hilarious, unexpected, honestly awesome flash, fiction, and, and poetry! We can’t wait to read what could only have come from you :) leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/

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Carsten ten Brink @carstentenbrink.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Delighted to have 'The Spring Mare, a Cold War Fable' published by @thin-skin.bsky.social. In Japan, too young to know about the #PragueSpring, I listened to US Armed Forces radio as my only English language station. The #ColdWar was never far away. #amwriting thin-skin.com/shortstory/t...

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The Spring Mare - Thin Skin

I was five years old that spring. The clacks and scratches of twigs landing on and then sliding down the roof tiles woke me, as they did every day, and I listened as the pre-dawn winds flew their last...

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

btw we open for new work on may 1 💜

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

We're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #flashfiction #shortstories and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 15/04/2025

Submissions for The Commuter and Personal Narrative open in one week! Get ready to send us your best. buff.ly/5jrE0YZ

blue background with yellow & gold highlighting. Text: Electric Lit Submissions Call: The Commuter & Personal Narrative. Open 4/21 - 4/27 or until cap is reached. Each capped at 750 submissions. More info on EL's Submittable page

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We're open to submissions of microfiction up to 400w so why not check us out #microfiction #translations #writingcommunity. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Ink In Thirds @inkinthirds.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Submissions Open! #comelaydownINK Send us your weird, obscure, hybrid, or work you're unsure what to do with. We want to take a look. We like different; give us something with a new take! Submit here: inkinthirds.org/submissions/

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Carsten ten Brink @carstentenbrink.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Delighted to have two short pieces out this week in #Coalitionworks. The theme: "Joyfully Absurd", so don't expect anything dark or serious. #amwriting coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/2025/03/31/c...

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The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Whales compose songs, crows hold grudges, and bees do geometry. If nature’s creativity inspires yours, send us your eco-art. Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art! thedodgemag.com/submissions

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

We're open to submissions of fiction up to 2,500w #microfiction #flashfiction #shortstories #translations #writingcommunity. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Libre @librelit.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Nothing in life comes for free except the occasional Libre free submissions window. Bad weeks, even badder allergies. Send us your stuff—the fee’s waived happily away, and we’re smiling, crying a little awkwardly out of the corner of our right eye. librelit.com/submit

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Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Submissions to Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine are free and open all year long! www.doorisajarmagazine.net/submissions We especially want to get more visual art, short plays, and book reviews! Send us your best today! #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews #writingcommunity

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Submissions

Door is a Jar is a print and digital literary magazine of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama, art and book reviews. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers.

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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Submissions for short fiction, flash prose, micro series, and poetry currently open! Submissions are always free. variantlit.com/submit/

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So to Speak @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

our subs are open for our summer digital issue until may 1!!!! 🦩 sotospeak.submittable.com/submit

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Outlook Springs @outlooksprings.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Call for Submissions! We have room in Issue 9 for more creative nonfiction! If you've got an essay burning a hole in your pocket, we have asbestos pockets! This extension is only open for two weeks (ending on April Fools is timing, not a cheap joke!) outlooksprings.submittable.com/submit/32359...

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Outlook Springs - OS 9 Nonfiction Extended Call!

We love creative nonfiction in all its forms and variations. Send us your memoirs. Send us your Montaigne-esque ramblings. Send us your travel narratives, your lyrical essays, your personal essays, ...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We're open to #microfiction so why not check us out? We're looking forward to reading your work #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

We're open for #microfiction #flashfiction #shortstories inc. #translations #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The best way to acquire a whale, as Courtney has done, is by submitting work to...The Dodge Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art! www.thedodgemag.com/submissions

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