Wondering what to submit? This week we’re especially interested in: cyclicality, abduction, maple syrup, the job market, flowers, Bullet Train, goodbyes, long titles, houses, bugs, dystopia, medication, indie games, the color blue, stations of all kinds, graffiti, and D&D
GET READY:
“Crawling” by Marc Isaac Potter is out this Saturday! You can read this short lil story then using the link below.
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Hey All! We’ve got a new longform story dropping in about a week. You can read “Little Black Boxes” by hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social on May 1st using the link below.
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OUT NOW:
You can read “Ths Msg Wll Slf Dstrct” by Jonathon Medeiros now using the link below. Check it out!
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ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Our Flash Fiction contest longlist is here! Congrats to all the writers who advanced. Your fate now lies with our guest judge.
Shortlist and winners announced May 15.
GET READY:
New poetry this Tuesday: “Ths Msg Wll Slf Dstrct” by Jonathon Medeiros. You can read it then using the link below.
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Nothing is holding you back from doing your worst
Submit to Stanchion on April 27. No fees, bit of cash.
www.stanchionzine.com/submissions
OUT NOW:
“Close Enough” by yimiwriting.bsky.social is available now! You can read it using the link below.
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Flash fiction contest longlist has been decided. 👀👀👀
GET READY:
“Close Enough” by yimiwriting.bsky.social is out this Saturday! You can read it then using the link below.
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OUT NOW:
“Evolutionary Biology and the Wonder of it All; or, Why I Want to Fuck Charles Darwin” by shannonfrostgre.bsky.social is out now! You can read it using the link below.
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GET READY:
New poetry tomorrow. We’ve got “Evolutionary Biology and the Wonder of it All; or, Why I Want to Fuck Charles Darwin” by shannonfrostgre.bsky.social coming your way! Read it then using the link below.
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OUT NOW:
“Buskers” by B.P. Gallagher is out now! You can read it using the link below.
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A poem with the opening line, It's spring and everyone's joking about killing themselves again. Full text can be found on our website, Link in the next post
For National Poetry Month, we would like to remind you that we publish all time bangers, such as Staircase wit by Rhiannon McGavin, from TBQ6:
GET READY:
Our newest short story drops this Saturday! You can read “Buskers” by B.P. Gallagher then using the link below.
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OUT NOW:
Features are back with “Summit View Ct.,” a poem by Mandy Prell. You can read it using the link below.
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GET READY:
Features return this week with a poem titled “Summit View Ct.” by Mandy Prell. You can read it on Tuesday using the link below
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In case you missed it. 👇🏻
SUBS OPEN!
It’s April, and our inbox is taking applications for publication. Whatever you’ve got, we’re interested.
Send us your stuff! Link in bio.
Because it's not socially acceptable to just vomit everywhere uncontrollably: become a writer and put it in your book
Everyone check out all these great magazines! 🫶🏻🧅
Where the cool kids are submitting their writing (spring 2026 vol. 2) The Hooghly Review - Highlighting emerging & underrated creatives BULL lit mag - Rewriting modern masculinity fifth wheel press - Very queer lit & art publishing space Michigan Quarterly Review - Creative urgency & cultural relevance Rat Bag Lit - Fiction that crosses genres & blurs the lines electric pink - For language that lingers Trash Cat Lit - The unexpected place for treasured words Citron Review - A journal of brief literature Electric Literature - Making literature more exciting, relevant, & inclusive Cleveland Review of Books - A port of call for cultural exchange Dodo Eraser - Not academic, not alt lit, but a secret third thing Bottle Rocket - Work that soars before bursting into wild sounds & colors Scapegoat Review - Work that actively engages with the audience Saw Palm - Capturing the unique experience of Florida lives La Rotonde Review - Passionate, timeless poetry & prose poetry 34 Orchard - Dark, intense pieces that speak to a deeper truth Iterant - Sublime poetry and artwork quarterly online The Bloomin' Onion - A literary magazine with layers root smoke - A space for writing & reflection Temple In A City - Exploring what it means to be alive
We got so many recommendations that we obviously had to make a sequel <3 Thank you to everyone who sent in their favorite mags!
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/cool_k...
#writing
Submissions are OPEN for our summer issue, Descent ⛷️📉. As always we're looking for short #fiction and #poetry related to the theme of descent + #nonfiction pieces about creative writing. Full submission guidelines available here 👉 penstricken.com/submissions
HAPPY APRIL! 🧅🧅
Today, submissions for our flash fiction contest have closed. Watch the website for the announcement of the longlist.
Also, ISSUE THREE: BLOOM is here! You can read all the stories and poems now using the link below.
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LAST CALL. 📣
This is your final reminder to submit to our flash fiction contest.
Subs close in THREE HOURS.
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