Chestnut Review

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

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Chestnut Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing poetry, flash (fiction and nonfiction), and prose (fiction and nonfiction), with a focus on beautiful language and narrative.

Response time info: 30-day turnaround. We notify all artists of their status within 30 days.

Read the full guidelines at chestnutreview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Fee: See Submittable for current prices.Pays: $120 per piece

Open to: Must be at least 18 years of age.

Submit one piece of prose (fiction or nonfiction) between 1000 and 5000 words. No excerpts of longer works.

flashEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Pays: $120 per piece

Open to: Must be at least 18 years of age.

Submit one piece of no more than 1000 words. Both fiction and creative nonfiction accepted. Flash submissions are free.

nonfictionEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Fee: See Submittable for current prices.Pays: $120 per piece

Open to: Must be at least 18 years of age.

Submit one piece of prose (fiction or nonfiction) between 1000 and 5000 words. No excerpts of longer works.

poetryEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Fee for some submissions; free option for up to three poems. See Submittable for current prices.Pays: $120 per piece

Open to: Must be at least 18 years of age.

Submit up to six poems (three for free submissions). Length and format are open. No absolute length limits, but longer poems must justify their length. Poems should be single-spaced and begin on a new page.

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