F(r)iction
Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Last updatedF(r)iction is a literary magazine publishing short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry with a focus on unique, risk-taking, and genre-inclusive work.
Response time info: ~219 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
Read the full guidelines at frictionlit.org↗Submission calls
Short fiction for the print magazine; 1,001–7,500 words; all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; $2.50 fee; pays $25 per final printed page and two contributor’s copies.
Flash fiction for the print magazine; 1,000 words or less; all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; $2.50 fee; pays $25 per final printed page and two contributor’s copies.
Creative nonfiction for the print magazine; up to 6,500 words; all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; $2.50 fee; pays $25 per final printed page and two contributor’s…
F(r)iction Log blog: book and literary journal reviews (preferred 500 words, up to 1,000 words), personal or critical essays on genre storytelling and speculative literature; year-round; content is currently unpaid.
Poetry for the print magazine; up to three pages per poem, up to five poems per submission; all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; $2.50 fee; pays $25 per final printed…
F(r)iction Contests: short fiction (1,001–7,500 words), flash fiction (1,000 words or less, up to three pieces per submission if you select a “three-pack”); all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice…
F(r)iction Contests: flash fiction (1,000 words or less, up to three pieces per submission if you select a “three-pack”); all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; contests…
Dually Noted: short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 500 words; all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; held twice a year in spring and fall; free to submit; only the…
F(r)iction Contests: creative nonfiction (up to 6,500 words); all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; contests held twice a year, in the spring and fall; submission fees…
Dually Noted: short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 500 words; all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; held twice a year in spring and fall; free to submit; only the…
F(r)iction Contests: poetry (up to three pages per poem, up to three poems per submission if you select a “three-pack”); all genres welcome, especially work that celebrates the weird, takes risks with form and content, and is driven by a strong, unique voice; previously unpublished only; contests…
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