We’d love to hear from you. Open for flash. micro, poetry, some kind of mix, some kind of wonderful, some kind of whatever it is you do best or are trying for the first time, or something else entirely. Surprise us. Surprise yourself. Ok? Ok!
Kurbs
Temple in a city
I aspire to this.
I have heard from writer friends that editors have directly told they don't want queer books right now, or have asked them to alter/remove queer characters, etc—a state of affairs which is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. Queer audiences exist and need to see themselves reflected in literature!
This sounds adorable. I definitely know some small people I need to buy this for!
Ooh hello!!
If you love writing, guess what? We’re open for subs until July 15. We’d love to hear from you
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Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here:
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Have you been thinking about sending us your work? We are at 600 submissions out of our cap of 1,000, so don’t wait too long. We’d love to read what you’ve been working on!
✅ 500-1000 words
✅ Plz anonymize your doc
✅ We allow simsubs!! ✨
✅ NO AI SLOP ❌
#writingcommunity
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Not posting v much right now as am immensely busy, but here are some gorgeous handspun & dyed yarns made by Lea, who I enjoyed nerding out with on all things ancient textile I've been writing about for #Matriarcha - look at that gorgeous blue, from indigo, already used in the Bronze Age 💙
Update 6/1/2026: We are OPEN to general submissionsWe are looking for complete 500- to 1000-word stories with crisp prose, well-developed characters, compelling plots, and satisfying resolutions. We w...
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Temple in a city
M.J. Jones
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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now!
The Hopeless Romantics -READ ROMANCE REF-
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Flash Fiction Online
Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Drawing, writing, gaming...
Reprints, reprints, reprints! Our upper limit on reprint flash fiction is a little more flexible - 1100 words. We'll be opening for your reprint gems this week!
