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 publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and rotating offbeat Brewer’s Choice work.

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fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: No payment.

Open to: Previous contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

Fiction should feature rich characters, engaging conflict, and a fresh hook; genre elements are acceptable if they do not distract from the story. Send one story of up to 2,500 words.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: No payment.

Open to: Previous contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

Creative nonfiction should ask an interesting question, guide readers confidently toward an answer, and use clear, expressive language. Send one essay of up to 2,500 words.

otherHumorEligibility requirementsPays: No payment.

Open to: Previous contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

Brewer’s Choice features a different genre of writing or art each month and welcomes weird work outside the other categories, including reviews, humor, lists, plays, interviews, and self-contained novel excerpts. Prose is limited to 2,500 words; visual art is not included here.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: No payment.

Open to: Previous contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

Poems should bring clear images and movement; traditional, free verse, and experimental forms are welcome. Send 1–3 poems totaling up to 6 pages in one document.

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