Forge Literary Magazine ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best American Essays, Best of the Net, Wigleaf Top 50.
Open now for fiction and nonfiction.
Last checkedThe Forge Literary Magazine publishes unsolicited short literary fiction and nonfiction, including flash and microprose, selected through anonymous reading.
Response time info: Please wait four months to inquire about submission status; acceptance to publication generally takes three to four months, occasionally longer.
Read the full guidelines at forgelitmag.com↗Submission calls
Open to: previously unpublished, human-written work; former contributors may submit no more than once every six months and the magazine publishes a maximum of one piece per contributor per year.
Free submissions open on the first of each month from January through November, with 200 submissions accepted monthly; tip-jar submissions close mid-month. The magazine strongly prefers stories under 3,000 words but considers exceptional stories up to 3,500 words, including flash and micro, with only one piece per submission. Literary fiction/nonfiction only; genre elements are fine. Previously unpublished, human-written work only.
Open to: previously unpublished, human-written work; former contributors may submit no more than once every six months and the magazine publishes a maximum of one piece per contributor per year.
Free submissions open on the first of each month from January through November, with 200 submissions accepted monthly; tip-jar submissions close mid-month. The magazine strongly prefers pieces under 3,000 words but considers exceptional pieces up to 3,500 words, including flash and micro, with only one piece per submission. Literary nonfiction/fiction only; genre elements are fine. Previously unpublished, human-written work only.
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