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The Citron Review is a journal of brief literature publishing previously unpublished microfiction, micro-creative nonfiction, micropoetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 6Pays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Work must be original and previously unpublished; past contributors must wait two years from their last Citron publication before submitting again.

100-word microfiction; up to five micro selections per quarter. Submissions are read from February 1 until about December 6, with monthly brief closures possible when the Submittable limit is reached.

flashLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 6Pays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Work must be original and previously unpublished; past contributors must wait two years from their last Citron publication before submitting again.

Flash fiction of no more than 1,000 words; up to two selections per quarter. Submissions are read from February 1 until about December 6, with monthly brief closures possible when the Submittable limit is reached.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 6Pays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Work must be original and previously unpublished; past contributors must wait two years from their last Citron publication before submitting again.

100-word micro-creative nonfiction and creative nonfiction including memoir and essays; creative nonfiction may be no more than 1,000 words. Micro selections are limited to five per quarter and creative nonfiction selections to two per quarter. Submissions are read from February 1 until about December 6.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 6Pays: No payment for publication.

Open to: Work must be original and previously unpublished; past contributors must wait two years from their last Citron publication before submitting again.

Micropoems are haiku-sized; up to five micro selections per quarter. Poetry is currently closed but will reopen soon. Submissions are generally read from February 1 until about December 6, with monthly brief closures possible.

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