Cherry Tree

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Cherry Tree is a literary journal seeking image-rich, sonically adventurous poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction marked by whimsy, wit, risk, and urgency.

Response time info: By the end of November

Read the full guidelines at washcoll.edu↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Aug 1, 2027

Accepts up to 20 total pages of prose in a single file, with a tendency to publish shorter, well-voiced prose; submissions are open August 1-October 1 and may be considered for the Literary Shade feature. Only original, unpublished, non-generative-AI work is accepted.

flashLiteraryOpens Aug 1, 2027

Accepts no more than 5 flash prose pieces in a single file and tends to publish shorter, well-voiced prose; submissions are open August 1-October 1 and may be considered for the Literary Shade feature. Only original, unpublished, non-generative-AI work is accepted.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Aug 1, 2027

Accepts up to 20 total pages of prose in a single file; submissions are open August 1-October 1 and may be considered for the Literary Shade feature. Only original, unpublished, non-generative-AI work is accepted.

poetryLiteraryOpens Aug 1, 2027

Accepts no more than 5 poems in a single file; submissions are open August 1-October 1 and may be considered for the Literary Shade feature. Only original, unpublished, non-generative-AI work is accepted; reading fees help pay authors.

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