Burningword

Open now for flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Burningword Literary Journal is a triannual print and digital publication seeking poetry, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and visual art, with a modest submission fee and complimentary contributor copies.

Response time info: ~24 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at burningword.com↗

Submission calls

flashLiteraryCloses Sep 10Fee (amount not stated)Pays: One complimentary print copy

Flash fiction (microfiction, short-short story, sudden fiction, etc.), 300-500 words or less per piece, up to 2 pieces per submission, fewer than 5 pages, unpublished, simultaneous submissions allowed. Submission window for October Double Issue: open April 1 – September 10.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Sep 10Fee (amount not stated)Pays: One complimentary print copy

Flash nonfiction, 300-500 words or less per piece, up to 2 pieces per submission, fewer than 5 pages, unpublished, simultaneous submissions allowed. Submission window for October Double Issue: open April 1 – September 10.

poetryLiteraryCloses Sep 10Fee (amount not stated)Pays: One complimentary print copy

Poetry in any form or style, up to 3 poems per submission, fewer than 6 pages, unpublished, simultaneous submissions allowed. Submission window for October Double Issue: open April 1 – September 10.

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