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Posts by Thin Skin magazine

Just a quick reminder that we're closed to submissions till May 1st. If you (accidentally) submitted after April 14th, your work will not be considered until May. We're being lenient this time. Next time we'll be strict!

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One week left to submit for Issue 7! Closing on the 14th, reopening on 1st May. And don't forget, people, we'll be taking poetry from then too. Guidelines up shortly on thin-skin.com. In the meantime, if you haven't read Issue 6, you're missing out on some great work!

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And still looking for just a couple more readers for our wonderful and worthwhile magazine. We publish short stories and flash fiction, and will soon be adding poetry. For more details contact info@thin-skin.com

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And still looking for just a couple more readers for our wonderful and worthwhile magazine. We publish short stories and flash fiction, and will soon be adding poetry. For more details contact info@thin-skin.com

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We've recruited three lovely new readers but we'd like three or four more, particularly if you consider yourself underrepresented in the literary world. Not essential though. We just want good readers. Get in touch at info@thin-skin.com

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Exciting news! (For us, at least). From Issue 8 in July, we'll be taking poetry. More details to follow.

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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 info@thin-skin.com

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And we're looking for new readers! If you'd like to join our reading team or just want to know what it entails, please get in touch at info@thin-skin.com

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Welcome to Issue 6 Yup, writing can be a slog, an uphill climb, a walk in the dark - choose any cliché you want. Endless editing, self-doubt, rejection, more editing, more self-doubt, more rejection. But committed write...

Looking forward to the rest of 2026? No? Then console yourself by reading a cracking good collection of stories. Welcome to Issue 6.

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Still not too late to submit for Issue 6 - but hurry, submissions close on the 17th Jan!

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Oops! Meant Saturday 17th. Still not recovered from the festive season...

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Where does the time go? It's January already and we close to submissions for Issue 6 on Friday 17th. So 14 days to send us your masterpiece! (But do read the submissions guide first)

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May the New Year be fruitful (Photo by Emilio Sánchez Hernández: www.pexels.com/photo/ubeda-...)

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Delighted to announce our nominations for the Pushcart Prize. All can be read at thin-skin.com

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Fancy reading for Thin Skin? Drop us a line on info@thin-skin.com to learn more. All you need is a couple of hours a week and an enquiring mind. Look forward to hearing from you!

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How are you doing, writers? Submissions to Thin Skin for Issue 6 are open till Jan 17th. Why not make submission your pre-Xmas goal or your New Year's Resolution. We look forward to reading your work.

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Welcome to Issue 5 - our 1st anniversary issue! - Thin Skin Well, who'd have thought we would make it this far. And what a journey. Thin Skin was born after an impulsive tweet in December 2023, and within months we had five editors, ten readers and hundreds of...

It's here! thin-skin.com

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Are you a last-minute sort of person? You've got till midnight (in your time zone) to submit.

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Countdown. 24th October. Deadline for submission. Short fiction and flash. Thin Skin is waiting...

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10 days to go until submissions for Issue 5 close. Get those literary gems to us ASAP!

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It's October 1st. Know what that means? It means sending your submissions to Thin Skin. Closing date for Issue 5 October 24th. Make our first anniversary issue special 🥰

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And it's done.

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Just to let you know our website is down. We hope to have it up and running again ASAP.

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News! (Sort of). We're recruiting readers for Thin Skin. If you'd like to learn more, contact us at info@thin-skin.com.

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And please read the guidelines! We're going to be much stricter - no personal details on your submission!

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Hello authors! A word to the wise: if you're submitting to us now, you'll find the process a little different. Please remember to choose flash or short story in the dropdown menu, or else your story may end up who knows where.

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It's September 1st. What does that mean? It means submissions to Thin Skin are open for our first anniversary issue end October. Send us something special!

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Welcome to Issue 4 - Thin Skin % % Thin Skin Welcome to Issue 4 %

We did it. Enjoy. (No idea how the % % gets there, so please don't judge.)https://thin-skin.com/

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Counting down! Issue 4 coming out in 3 days' time. Just working on the last little finishing touches...

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Update: submissions close 15th August for Issue 4, but we're updating our submissions procees after that so PLEASE DON'T SUBMIT until it's in place (probably end August).

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