New Issue! Words: @dallonwrites.bsky.social , @alexmiller77.bsky.social , @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social ,CHRISTOPHER NEGRI, KIMBERLY BRYANT, @liamcarnahan.bsky.social , EMMA HEATH & EVAN MURPHY, DAVID MCARTHUR, PATRICIA CASPERS, ANNE DUNCAN, SPENCER ECKART pitheadchapel.com/2026/02/01/v...

We are beyond thrilled to share that we have three pieces selected for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2026!! Congratulations to everyone on this list, and especially to @irrellavent.bsky.social , @francesorrok.bsky.social , & L. Soveiro

Our first issue of 2026 is officially live! pitheadchapel.com/2026/01/01/v...

All my other favorite stories, in order of reading... Four Words by @mbvalente.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/four-words/

We are thrilled to announce our 2025 Larry Brown Short Story Contest Results! Judge @andrewporter01.bsky.social Congratulations to all the winners: 1st: Anju Sharma 2nd: MC Schmidt 3rd: Cathy Adams 4th: Lyndsay Hall 5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)

“Mr. Palm Beach” may be my weirdest story yet, but it’s a good kind of weird, I promise. What do you think? Thanks to @kimmagowan.bsky.social and everyone else at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for giving it a great home! #AmWriting #ShortStories #MagicalRealism pitheadchapel.com/mr-palm-beach/

Our December issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-is... Words: J. CONDRA SMITH @rebecca-turkewitz.bsky.social @willwilloughby.bsky.social NICK REES GARDNER MAX LIN JASON FRALEY Cover art: DEEMS ORTEGA

We're chiming in today to announce our Best Small Fictions nominees! Congratulations and good luck everyone!

Please join us in congratulating our Pushcart nominees! Good luck everyone!

We're proud to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2025! Please join us in congratulating these stellar writers. Good luck everyone!

It's an honor to make top 10 in flash fiction and in the top 100 overall! Thank you for your work, Brecht, and thank you to our amazing writers and readers who make this possible.

Our November issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-is... Words: NINA Y. MORAGON HAL WRIGHT @meliseliz.bsky.social RACHEL EPHRAIM MAGGIE LEVANTOVSKAYA @mooninabucket.bsky.social JENNY CHU CAROL ROSE LITTLE Cover art: SUSAN POLLET

Hello dear writers! Today is the last day to submit to our annual short story contest (submissions close at midnight EST). We can't wait to read your work with this year's judge @andrewporter01.bsky.social! pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

Writers, don't wait! Our annual short story contest closes November 1st. pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

Time flies! Less than one week remains to send us your best short story. Details here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

Less than two weeks remain to submit your best unpublished short story to our contest! There are two fee-based submission options that support prizes and costs of running Pithead Chapel (and our general submissions are *always* free!). pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

Four weeks remain to submit to our annual short story contest! Read more: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

There's still plenty of time to submit to our annual short story contest! If you're curious, submission fees support winning prizes, guest judge honorarium, and the cost of running the journal (and as always, general submissions are open and free). See all details at pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

The October issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-10/ Words: @bizzycoy.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @johnwaddy.bsky.social JEFFREY FEINGOLD SARAH HARLEY ELIZABETH HASHIMURA BETH GILSTRAP SARP SOZDINLER YASHASVI VACHHANI Art: NATALIE NEE

Six weeks remain to send us your best short story! Read all details here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/

Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net 2026 Nominees! Good luck everyone!

If you're proficient in social media and possess a love for literary writing, get involved by volunteering for Pithead Chapel! Find application details at pitheadchapel.com/social-media-editor

Our September issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/09/01/v... Words: @aaronburch.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social CHARLES GROSEL @patrickobrienstrickland.com @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social ALLISON ZHANG E. FERRELL CHRISTOPHER NOTARNICOLA Cover art: AL KRATZ

Do you have a short story you're proud of and want to submit? Consider sending your piece to the Larry Brown Short Story Awards! Open now through October 31st. -First prize is $500. -Submission fee is $10 (or $5 for BIPOC writers) Full guidelines here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

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

Congratulations to Siamak Vossoughi for his story “Orange” (from PC 13.1) making Best of the Net 2025! bestofthenetanthology.com

Our August issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/08/01/volume-14-issue-8/ Words: THOMAS MIXON @francesorrok.bsky.social ROSS FEELER @lesliepwriter.bsky.social JOSIE BRAATEN MARY BIDDINGER Cover art: ERNEST WILLIAMSON III

Our submission window for our annual short story contest opens this Friday! This year, we welcome @andrewporter01.bsky.social as our guest judge. We're excited to share our Q&A with him on craft, writing, and more!

Our annual contest opens for submissions August 1st! This year's guest judge is Andrew Porter. Keep an eye out for our Q&A with Andrew soon. Find more details about our contest here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/

Our July issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-7/ Words @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social @kimchinquee.bsky.social RENESHA DHANRAJ WYLEY FROHLICH JUNGERMAN TROY ANDERSON @danbillyc.bsky.social @theresegleason @claudiamonpere.bsky.social BRITTANY REDD TARA SHEA BURKE Art JACELYN YAP

Ohmygosh! Thrilled to see my name on the @Wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 Longlist! Thank you to @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for publishing "Watching Home Decorating Shows In The Hospital Waiting Room." And thank you @samanito.bsky.social, @laughingyeti.bsky.social‬, & all the readers!

Congratulations to Gwen Kirby, Felicity Landa, Daniel Miller, Claudia Wair, and Addison Zeller for making the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist!

Our June issue is live! pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-6/ Words: @prissybippus.bsky.social J.D. STRUNK STELLA LEI @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social PATRICK CHILDRESS JEN HALLAMAN NAOMI DEMARINIS @seanthomasd.bsky.social @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social TIFFANY PROMISE Cover art: TAMMY HIGGINS

Correction: Our *May* issue is live :) Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/05/01/volume-14-issue-5/ Words @lumchanmfa.bsky.social LAUREN WOODS @sagetyrtle.bsky.social ANNABELLE TAGHINIA SARA SCHIFF TOPAZ WINTERS BRIDGET HAYES Cover Art COURTNEY BURTON

Our April issue has arrived! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/04/01/volume-14-issue-4/ Words: NATALIE VILLACORTA @irrellavent.bsky.social @melissabowers.bsky.social CARLY ALAIMO ALLISON KIRKLAND @pyontek.bsky.social OLIVIA BROCHU AL ORTOLANI AUGUST REID Cover art: ALEXANDER LIMAREV

Happy release day to our EIC @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross! DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY is available now! eastoverpress.com/book/dont-ta...

Our March issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-is... Words: @aniking.bsky.social @olangela.bsky.social Ben Gibbons @olangela.bsky.social Claire Hopple Matthew Thomas Bernell Cover art: Heather D Daigh

Our February issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/02/01/volume-14-issue-2/ Words by @davidyourdon.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social L. Soviero Sarah Perrin Sarah Carson Shome Dasgupta Kristina Garvin Mark DeCarteret Barbara Westwood Diehl Nora Nadjarian Cover art by Nuala McEvoy

Congratulations to Pithead Chapel contributors Sarah Freligh and JW McCollum for their inclusion in Best Microfiction 2025!

Happy New Year from Pithead Chapel! Kick off the year by reading incredible writing selected by Danielle Lazarin for the Larry Brown Short Story Award contest issue. Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/01/01/v... @reemarp.bsky.social @mbvalente.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the 2024 Larry Brown Short Story Award! Please join us in congratulating these incredible writers: @reemarp.bsky.social @mbvalente.bsky.social You can read their stories in the forthcoming January issue!

Our December issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2024/12/01/v... Words: MICHELLE ROSS JAMES KEITH SMITH ANNE LOUISE PEPPER ANDREW ROE JOSHUA VIGIL @lucywilde.bksy.social JEFFREY HERMANN @ccrussell.bsky.social @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social Cover: LAURIE HOLLMAN

Congratulations to our 2024 Pushcart nominees: Carrie Grinstead Meg Toth Carmen Leñero Tyler Gebauer Naana Eyikuma Hutchful Leslie Harrison Ace Chu Good luck everyone!

Join us in congratulating our Best Small Fictions nominees! Good luck everyone. @gwenekirby.bsky.social @glennorgias.bsky.social

Our November issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-13-issue-11/ Words: JUNE GLASS @graythebruce.bsky.social CHRISTY STILLWELL CURTIS SMITH REBECCA TIGER LESLIE HARRISON FRANCINE WITTE Cover art: DONNA VORREYER

Today is the last day to submit to the Larry Brown Short Story Awards!

Our October issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-13-is... Words: RYAN GRIFFITH STEPHANIE FRAZEE JEFF KARR CAROLYN MIKULENCAK ALLISON WEISSMAN STEVE HIMMER ACE CHU Cover art: KEITH HOOD

We’re pleased to share our nominations for Best of the Net! Many thanks to our writers and artists for sharing their incredible work. Please join us in congratulating them and wishing the best of luck!

Our September issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-13-is... Words: CAROLINE PLASKET ADAM MCOMBER CAMERON MACKENZIE MEG TOTH BRIAN BENSON MICHAEL COPPERMAN DAVID FOWLER MRITYUNJAY MOHAN JAMES KING Cover art: JULES FENNELL