Five Minutes

Open now for nonfiction.

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Five Minutes publishes tightly focused 100-word memoir or personal prose pieces centered on an identifiable moment.

Response time info: within three months

Read the full guidelines at fiveminutes.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

nonfictionCloses Jan 1, 2027Pays: No payment.

Submissions must be exactly 100 words, with a title of no more than 15 characters and an identifiable moment as the crux. Submit one piece at a time; unpublished work only. Poetry and fiction are not accepted, though poetic prose and memoir masquerading as fiction may be considered. No line breaks.

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