Flight: A Literary Sampler

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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Flight: A Literary Sampler is a literary magazine featuring poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and rotating offbeat Brewer’s Choice submissions.

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fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: No payment; the magazine promotes contributors and nominates for industry awards.

Open to: social-media and personal-website sharing counts as publication. Previous contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

They want rich characters, engaging conflict, and a fresh hook; genre elements are welcome if they do not distract from the story. Submit one story of up to 2,500 words, double-spaced in Times New Roman. Submissions are currently accepted through the Google form for Flight 8.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: No payment; the magazine promotes contributors and nominates for industry awards.

Open to: social-media and personal-website sharing counts as publication. Previous contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

They seek creative nonfiction that asks an interesting question, confidently guides readers to an answer, uses clear and expressive language, and deepens perspective. Submit one essay of up to 2,500 words, double-spaced in Times New Roman. Submissions are currently accepted through the Google form for Flight 8.

otherHumorEligibility requirementsPays: No payment; the magazine promotes contributors and nominates for industry awards.

Open to: social-media and personal-website sharing counts as publication. Previous contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

Brewer’s Choice rotates to a different genre of writing or art each month and welcomes weird work that does not fit the other categories, including reviews, humor, lists, short plays, interviews, self-contained novel excerpts, photography, and comics. Prose is limited to 2,500 words. Submissions are currently accepted through the Google form for Flight 8.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: No payment; the magazine promotes contributors and nominates for industry awards.

Open to: social-media and personal-website sharing counts as publication. Previous contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

They seek poems with clear images and movement, including traditional, free verse, and experimental forms; submit 1–3 poems totaling up to 6 pages in one Times New Roman document. Submissions are currently accepted through the Google form for Flight 8.

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