Lots of places to send your long and short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

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34 Orchard – a literary journal that takes you dark places. Seeks fiction 1,000 – 5,000 words and poetry. "We like dark, intense pieces that speak to a deeper truth. We’re not genre-specific; we just like scary, disturbing, unsettling, and sad." Pays $50. 

Submissions open July 1. Deadline: July 15, 2023. Next submission window will be Jan 1 – 15. Full guidelines here.

 

Griffith Review publishes fiction and nonfiction. The current call-out is for nonfiction pieces on the theme of animal magic: “Whether it’s man’s best friend or the king of the jungle, animals occupy a central place in our social, emotional and cultural lives.

“This edition of Griffith Review visits habitats near and far, wild and domestic – the backyard and the dog park, the jungle and the desert, the field and the farm – to examine our complex interactions with creatures furry or scaled, four-legged or eight-limbed, winged or feathered.” 

Pieces should be less than 4,000 words – they can be much shorter.

Deadline: July 9, 2023. The Griffith Review will be issuing a call-out for poetry on July 24, and expect the next call-out after that to be for short fiction. Full guidelines here.

 

Mslexia publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction written by women.  There are 17 ways to submit, from a four-line poem to a 3,000-word lead article, from a 300-word bedtime story to a 700-word memoir performance piece – so there’s bound to be something to suit your kind of writing. Including big-name commissions and as-yet-undiscovered newcomers, we publish over 60 women in every issue. Pays £30.

Deadline: July 10, 2023. Full guidelines here.

 

Able Muse Press seeks book-length fiction, nonfiction, and poetry collections. Pays Royalties. 

Deadline: July 15, 2023. Full guidelines here.

 

Sasee is “looking for new, unpublished, first-person, nonfiction material that is for or about women. Essays, humor, satire, personal experience, and features on topics relating to women are our primary editorial focus. Diversity of subjects that reflect all age groups and variety of writing styles are invited.”

Articles should be 500 to 1,000 words.

Each month has a different theme:

“Wonder-fur World” deadline July 15, 2023

“Fight, Like a girl” deadline August 15, 2023

“Serve with a purpose” deadline Sept 15, 2023

Payment variable, not a fixed amount. 

Full guidelines here.

 

Quick Brown Fox welcomes your short stories, poems, and essays about reading, writing, favourite books, and libraries. Read a few essays on the blog to get a taste of what other writers have done (see here and scroll down).

Quick Brown Fox also welcomes reviews of any kind and of anything, anywhere or anybody. If you want to review your favourite coffee shops or libraries, babysitters or lovers (no real names please), go for it. See examples of book reviews here (and scroll down); other reviews here (and scroll down).

Submit to: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Include a short bio at the end of your piece and attach a photo of yourself.

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