Folklore Review

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

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Folklore Review is a biannual folklore-inspired literary magazine seeking unique, weird, and previously unpublished writing, including fiction, flash, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Response time info: ~6 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at folklorereview.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

fictionHorrorFantasyEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 2

Open to: Previously unpublished work

Folklore-inspired short stories for the themed issue The Harvest | Nightmares; previously unpublished work only. Short stories should be 1001–5000 words. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. The call ends October 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM.

flashHorrorFantasyEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 2

Open to: Previously unpublished work

Folklore-inspired flash fiction for The Harvest | Nightmares; previously unpublished work only. Flash fiction should be 1000 words or less. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. The call ends October 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM.

nonfictionHorrorFantasyEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 2

Open to: Previously unpublished work

Folklore-inspired creative nonfiction for The Harvest | Nightmares; previously unpublished work only. Creative nonfiction should be up to 5000 words. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. The call ends October 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM.

poetryHorrorFantasyEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 2

Open to: Previously unpublished work

Up to five previously unpublished poems in one document, inspired by folklore and suitable for the themed issue The Harvest | Nightmares. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. The call ends October 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM.

fictionHorrorFantasy

The Micro Series accepts themed micro fiction; submissions must fit the current one-word theme. Micro fiction should be 150 words or less, with up to two works in one document. Calls cap at 100 submissions or one week after the call is made.

poetryHorrorFantasy

The Micro Series accepts themed micro poems; submissions must fit the current one-word theme. Micro poems should be 25 words or less, with up to two works in one document. Calls cap at 100 submissions or one week after the call is made.

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