Five Points ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, O. Henry Prize Stories.

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

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Five Points is a Georgia State University literary journal publishing fiction, poetry, flash fiction, literary nonfiction, and translations.

Response time info: four weeks to four months or more

Read the full guidelines at fivepoints.gsu.edu↗

Submission calls

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 1

The James Dickey Prize for Poetry accepts submissions September 1 through December 1; waivers are not available for this contest.

fictionLiterary

Fiction submissions open September 1, 2026; prose must be no longer than 7,500 words, and submit one prose work per submission. The page directs writers to Submittable for current reading-period dates.

flashLiterary

Flash fiction submissions open September 1, 2026; prose must be no longer than 7,500 words, and submit one prose work per submission. The page directs writers to Submittable for current reading-period dates.

nonfictionLiterary

Literary nonfiction submissions open September 1, 2026; prose must be no longer than 7,500 words, and submit one prose work per submission. The page directs writers to Submittable for current reading-period dates.

poetryLiterary

Poetry submissions open September 1, 2026; submit up to three poems per submission, with each poem no longer than 50 lines. The page directs writers to Submittable for current reading-period dates.

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