Fahmidan Journal is open—send us work that carries its own weather. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit

Submissions for issue 22 (autumn/winter 2026) are now open until 31 March! We’re looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays ✨ bansheepress.org/submit

If your work lives between genres, we want to see it. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit

Tonight - come write with me, it's going to be slightly mad & definitely fun! Still some free places left, please use them, I'd rather have you there than have you think you can't afford it. Details here, if you can't make it live, you'll get the recording after: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

There's still time for you to join our reading team. We'd particularly welcome applications from male and ethnic minority/global majority people. Get in touch to find out more at [email protected]

2 days until our 2nd birthday! 🎂 Join us on 11th Feb if you are in ✨️ Amsterdam ✨️ Berlin ✨️ Brussels ✨️ London ✨️ Madrid ✨️ Paris ✨️ Valencia✨️ Venice or want to join online We're writing and meeting and reading and 🍾

Still a week to send something for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology. Yes, you’ve got time to make your story sing. Yes, you’ve got time to work up that idea tickling your writing mind. Yes, me & @karjon.bsky.social can’t wait to read your #FlashFiction. All details here - please share👇🏼

We are open for free submissions in poetry, nonfiction, and fiction: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm... You can also send us reviews, as well as pitches for interviews for our blog.

Our general submission window is now open! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

The current submission window for 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, and 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 will close February 12th. ✍

Submissions Open We are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best!

YES WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN, but this time, it's for our brand new Multigenre + Chapbook team: our MG/C editor, @erinvachon.bsky.social, is looking for readers to join their 2026 MG/C reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED! More details forthcoming on the app, which will be available on Fri Jan 30!

Free micro submissions are open at X-R-A-Y, they close fast so submit your #writing today: xray.submittable.com/submit #WritingCommunity

Deadline 15 Feb, so still almost 2 weeks to get your entries in for National #FlashFiction Day. I'm guest-editing the anthology, w regular @karjon.bsky.social, & a *very* starry panel is judging the micro comp. Details, judge's interviews & tips on the website: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

>The Pride Roars - Flash Competition 2026<-- @theprideroars.bsky.social -Free to enter -Open to all women writers -1000 words max -Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap. theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...

Are you a flash writer? Flash-adjacent? We've started a free community space for All of the Flash Writers. It's run by SmokeLong, but it's for the world of flash. The Village. Follow The Village here @heyflashvillage.bsky.social and use the link pinned to the account to request citizenship.

Those of you who've been enjoying the Welkin shortlist, the vote for the People's Prize is now OPEN! 👇 And if you've not been reading these incredible micros, you can do so here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories

There's only ONE (1) WEEK LEFT to apply to be a reader for OKD! Now's your chance to be part of a kind and committed indie lit mag team. Don't let Sad Jack 🫏 continue being sad! Learn more and apply by next Saturday, Jan. 31st at forms.gle/kAQyzPW3oR8Y....

Reminder: one week left to hop in our inbox for the April Issue! Submissions always free! Microfiction & CNF

*Quick Response Submissions* We need more Fiction, CNF, and Brewer's Choice submissions for Flight 4! We are opening a quick response submission window: anyone who submits before 8pm AK time on Wednesday, January 14th will receive a response by the afternoon of Saturday, January 17th.

PRE-ORDERS OPEN In the Desert is available for e-book pre-order now from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. Any boosts are much appreciated! US: www.amazon.com/Desert-Barba... UK/Ireland: www.amazon.co.uk/Desert-Barba...

Submissions to our annual summer flash fiction series are now open!

And just like that and without any fanfare … Neither Fish Nor Foul is open for submissions. Closes 1 March 2026 or when 150 subs reached. 100-500 words, no theme. Likely will take a while to respond this time - up to 90 days. Agonising, sorry. duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Submissions are open. Send us a 6-sentence with no more than 400 words. Our response time is usually less than a week. gooseberry-pie.com/submissions/

New blog post! (It's actually about a blog post I did for Creative Future, but it's a start) coffeeandpaneer.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/r...

We are open to FREE submissions in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and critical book reviews or interviews.

HarperCollins Author Academy opens 8th January, a virtual, six-week, free programme for writers from underrepresented to have their manuscript considered across HarperCollins UK publishing divisions. Please share with anyone that might be interested. Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk

📣Calling writers: Gladstone’s Library is offering one funded place on The Six-Month Writing Course with @kitdewaal.com. For writers who would benefit from the course but may otherwise be unable to access it. We especially welcome those who feel marginalised within the industry. 1/3

jmww is looking for Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors! Applications open through January 31, 2026. jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/a...

Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

Want to be part of this issue? You can. Subs permanently open to make this popup micro issue an ongoing and growing apothecary of joy. You’re welcome to contribute to or just borrow and browse. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

It’s that time of year when I choose an artist whose work could, in some tangential way, be considered 'Yuletidey'. Expect something shiny and wildly colourful, deeply psychological and at times, totally immersive. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Book for Dec 15 here - tinyurl.com/mvfy3ncb

I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡 We want to read your previously published wonders! Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past! Full Guidelines can be found Here:

Asking for a thing: what are your favorite hermit-crab stories? (Can be "that you've written" or "by somebody else")

A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Any favorite flash fiction/short short stories?

Reminder that we are now open to submissions for flash fiction over the next month! Submission guidelines are below and it is a paid opportunity: www.dreamtheory.media/submission-g...

Subs are open for an unthemed issue! ✉️ Send us your gorgeous flash fiction, micros & prose poetry <1000 words Deadline: November 27 No fee Click thru for full details ettereview.com/submit/

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

Writers: what are your favorite flash stories with long titles? What about flash that borrows techniques from poetry (such as anaphora)?

It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!

You read that right! miCRo submissions are OPEN! Send us your best work of 500 words or fewer.

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

Blessèd Samhain, everyone! We're still looking for submissions for our micro-excerpt, #63. ≤200 words. If you can fit it in that little room, send it along! gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

We're nearly down to the wire for submissions of short stories, CNF, flash and poetry for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. Closes at midnight GMT tomorrow, so get those pieces in! www.frazzledlit.com/p/come-on-in...

One Story is hiring an Associate Director! This is a four-day-a-week salaried position with benefits that supports our staff in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Applications due tomorrow (10/28). For complete details visit bit.ly/3Lrt5EM

Want a submissions secret? 🤫 We get way fewer short-short and micro submissions than flash, so if you want to increase your chances, why not give one of those a try? Here’s a short-short from Issue 3 we love by @ezhang77.bsky.social inshortjournal.com/elena-zhang-2/