Blue Crystal Literary Magazine

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, poetry, and other work.

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Blue Crystal Literary Magazine is a young literary publication accepting poetry, fiction, drama, novels, novellas, and poetry anthologies, with seasonal challenge issues.

Submission calls

fictionCloses Nov 30

Winter challenge issue themed around winter, snow, vacation, or Christmas; submit up to three short stories, each 1,000–4,000 words. Submissions close November 30, 2026; publication is planned for Christmas 2026.

flashCloses Nov 30

Winter challenge issue themed around winter, snow, vacation, or Christmas; submit no more than three flash-fiction pieces, each up to 1,000 words. Submissions close November 30, 2026; publication is planned for Christmas 2026.

poetryCloses Nov 30

Winter challenge issue themed around winter, snow, vacation, or Christmas; up to three poems may be submitted, with no line limit. Submissions close November 30, 2026; publication is planned for Christmas 2026.

otherLiterary

Drama submissions may include one play of approximately 100–200 pages; novels or novellas, short stories, and poetry anthologies may each be submitted as one work of approximately 100–200 pages. The page marks this general submission manager as currently open.

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