American Literary Review ★Has a Wikipedia article.
Open now for flash fiction, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Last checkedAmerican Literary Review is a national literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, with general submissions accepted during two annual windows and separate contests.
Response time info: approximately six to eight months
Read the full guidelines at americanliteraryreview.com↗Submission calls
Open to: Anyone who is or was associated with the University of North Texas in the last three years is ineligible to submit.
Flash fiction, nonfiction, or prose poetry under 1,000 words. The Flash Flood contest is open from the 1st to the 15th of September, October, November, February, March, and April.
Open to: Anyone who is or was associated with the University of North Texas in the last three years is ineligible to submit.
Distinctive, character-driven stories under 6,000 words; novel excerpts should stand alone. General submissions are open October 1–December 1 and January 1–May 1. Starting with the Spring 2027 issue, published stories receive $40.
Open to: Anyone who is or was associated with the University of North Texas in the last three years is ineligible to submit.
Creative nonfiction essays in all forms, including flash, and both traditional personal essays and boundary-pushing work; under 6,000 words. General submissions are open October 1–December 1 and January 1–May 1. Starting with the Spring 2027 issue, published essays receive $40.
Open to: Anyone who is or was associated with the University of North Texas in the last three years is ineligible to submit.
Poems of any form or subject; submit no more than five poems. General submissions are open October 1–December 1 and January 1–May 1. Starting with the Spring 2027 issue, published poems receive $15.
The ALR Awards contest accepts fiction from June 1–September 1.
The ALR Awards contest accepts essays from June 1–September 1.
The ALR Awards contest accepts poetry from June 1–September 1.
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