Citron Review

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

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The Citron Review is a journal of brief literature publishing previously unpublished microfiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.

Submission calls

fictionEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 6Pays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Submissions must be original and previously unpublished; past contributors must wait two years from their last Citron publication before submitting new work.

100-word microfiction; up to five micro selections per quarter. All genres read submissions from February 1 through about December 6, with brief monthly closures possible when the Submittable limit is reached. Previously unpublished work only.

flashEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 6Pays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Submissions must be original and previously unpublished; past contributors must wait two years from their last Citron publication before submitting new work.

Flash fiction of no more than 1,000 words; up to two selections per quarter. All genres read submissions from February 1 through about December 6, with brief monthly closures possible when the Submittable limit is reached. Previously unpublished work only.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 6Pays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Submissions must be original and previously unpublished; past contributors must wait two years from their last Citron publication before submitting new work.

Creative nonfiction, including memoir and essays, of no more than 1,000 words; up to two selections per quarter. All genres read submissions from February 1 through about December 6, with brief monthly closures possible when the Submittable limit is reached. Previously unpublished work only.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 6Pays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Submissions must be original and previously unpublished; past contributors must wait two years from their last Citron publication before submitting new work.

Up to three poetry selections per quarter. Poetry is currently closed but will reopen soon. All genres read submissions from February 1 through about December 6, with brief monthly closures possible when the Submittable limit is reached. Previously unpublished work only.

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