Selected by senior editor Sommer Schafer.

Possession - The Forge Literary Magazine Possession, a short fiction by Brett Willis

Our story of the week is Possession by Brett Willis.

Selected by senior editor Sommer Schafer.

My Name in the Blue Hallway - The Forge Literary Magazine My Name in the Blue Hallway, a flash nonfiction by Holly Hunt

Our nonfiction story of the week is My Name in the Blue Hallway by Holly Hunt.

Selected by editor Fiona McPhillips.

Gloved - The Forge Literary Magazine Gloved, nonfiction by Helena Guerin

Our nonfiction story of the week is Gloved by Helena Guerin.

Selected by editor Katrin Gibb.

Wednesday Night Wiener Fights - The Forge Literary Magazine Wednesday Night Wiener Fights, a short fiction by Adam Straus

Our story of the week is Wednesday Night Wiener Fights by Adam Straus.

Selected by Founding Editor John Haggerty. @lesliepwriter.bsky.social

Consider Richard M. Nixon Drinking Navy Grog At Trader Vic’s, Capital Hilton, July-something, 1974, Washington, D.C. - The Forge Literary Magazine Consider Richard M. Nixon Drinking Navy Grog At Trader Vic’s, Capital Hilton, July-something, 1974, Washington, D.C., a short fiction

Our story of the week is Consider Richard M. Nixon Drinking Navy Grog at Trader Vic's, Capital Hilton, July-something, 1974, Washington, D.C. by Leslie Pietrzyk.

Okay, we are signing off now but if you missed us and would like us to answer a question, reply here and we'll get back to you.

You're welcome! :)

Hi Liz! I look for dazzling language and a strong plot, but I don't mind a quiet story either. It's hard to describe exactly - maybe it's that I like stories that seem to know what they're doing. Where it feels like the writer has put in their all - where only they could have written it.

It really varies - sometimes we only copyedit. Other times we fall in love with a story that we think might need to a bit more work from the author. We try to keep our own voices out of it - we believe our job is to support the writer in achieving their own vision for the work.

When stories come in they are assigned to readers who vote on the piece - positive votes go on to more readers. If they love it too, it ends up on our editorial table. A minimum of six editors will read every piece on our table, and our editors of the month get first dibs. We choose what we love.

Read some of our published stories. That weird thing you wrote that you love, send that! Join a writers group. Put a story away for a little while and don't send us a first draft.

Hi Liz, thanks for asking! There definitely is NOT a "Forge" story, which is what I think makes us so interesting. We are diverse in our tastes and our published stories reflect that. We love to be surprised by a fresh voice.

Alright fabulous writer folks! If you have lit mag questions, we’ll do our best to give you some answers over the next hour! AMA! (That stands for Ask Managing-Editors-Sara-and-Sarah Anything.)

Tonight! To celebrate our tenth year, we want to answer your questions about all things lit mag @theforge.bsky.social ! Join me and @saracrowley.bsky.social and ask away!

TONIGHT 7-8 pm EDT (11PM
UK).

To celebrate 10 years of awesomeness, we want to answer your questions about the submission process, editorial decision-making, and all things lit mag. Our managing editors @saracrowley.bsky.social and @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social will be hosting an AMA here on 3/20, 7-8 pm EDT (11PM UK). Ask away!

To celebrate 10 years of awesomeness, we want to answer your questions about the submission process, editorial decision-making, and all things lit mag. Our managing editors @saracrowley.bsky.social and @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social will be hosting an AMA here on 3/20, 7-8 pm EDT (11PM UK). Ask away!

As part of @theforge.bsky.social 10 year celebrations you can ask FLM managing editors questions about the submission process, editorial decision-making, and all things lit mag. @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social and I will be hosting an AMA tomorrow 7 - 8 pm EDT 11 - 12 GMT.

#submissions #LitMags

Whoops, sorry everyone not on the East Coast of the US! That should be 7-8 pm EDT not EST!

@saracrowley.bsky.social @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social

Supporting writers is our passion at Forge! To celebrate 10 years, we want to answer your questions about the submission process, editorial decision-making, and all things lit mag. Our managing editors Sara Crowley and Sarah Starr Murphy will be hosting an AMA here on 3/20, 7-8 pm EST. Come say hi!

Selected by senior editor @valerieoriordan.bsky.social

Manzanita - The Forge Literary Magazine Manzanita, a short fiction by Vincent James Perrone

Our story of the week is Manzanita by Vincent James Perrone.

The Editors' Prize will replace our annual competition and means we we can consider stories up to 3,000 words, rather than focus purely on under 1,000 words. Don’t worry flashers, we still love you and your stories will continue to be considered every bit as seriously.
Send us your brilliant words!

We are excited to announce that every piece we publish in 2026 (our 10th anniversary) will be considered for our first annual Forge Editors’ Prize voted by our editors as story of the year. The announcement will be made in December and the prize will be $500.

@iamchrisscott.bsky.social