Beyond Words

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Beyond Words is an international print magazine and press publishing poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, short stories, and themed anthologies.

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Read the full guidelines at beyondwords.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryFee: $25

Issue 71 (July 2027) is open year-round for short stories; prose is limited to 1,000 words. Previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25.

fictionLiteraryFee: $25

SECRETS anthology seeks short stories about hidden truths and secrecy. Prose must not exceed 4,000 words; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25, and decisions are promised within 24 hours.

fictionLiteraryFee: $25

HUNGER anthology seeks short stories exploring forms of hunger. Stories must not exceed 4,000 words; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25, and decisions are promised within 24 hours.

flashLiteraryFee: $25

MEMORY anthology seeks flash fiction and flash nonfiction exploring memory. Stories must not exceed 4,000 words; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25, and decisions are promised within 24 hours.

flashLiteraryFee: $25

Issue 71 (July 2027) is open year-round for flash fiction; prose is limited to 1,000 words. Previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25.

flashLiteraryFee: $25

SECRETS anthology seeks flash fiction and flash nonfiction about hidden truths and secrecy. Prose must not exceed 4,000 words; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25, and decisions are promised within 24 hours.

flashLiteraryFee: $25

HUNGER anthology seeks flash fiction and flash nonfiction exploring forms of hunger. Stories must not exceed 4,000 words; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25, and decisions are promised within 24 hours.

nonfictionLiteraryFee: $25

Issue 71 (July 2027) is open year-round for creative nonfiction; prose is limited to 1,000 words. Previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25.

poetryLiteraryFee: $25

HUNGER anthology seeks poems exploring longing, craving, need, and obsession. There is no word-count limit for poetry; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25, and decisions are promised within 24 hours.

poetryLiteraryFee: $25

Issue 71 (July 2027) is open year-round for poetry, with up to three poems per submission; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25.

poetryLiteraryFee: $25

MEMORY anthology seeks poems exploring personal, collective, inherited, or imagined memory. There is no word-count limit for poetry; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25, and decisions are promised within 24 hours.

poetryLiteraryFee: $25

SECRETS anthology seeks poems about hidden truths and secrecy. There is no word-count limit for poetry; previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted. The listed fee is $25, and decisions are promised within 24 hours.

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