Hellbender Magazine

Open now for flash fiction and poetry.

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Hellbender Literary Journal is currently open for submissions of flash prose (fiction and creative nonfiction), poetry, and visual art for its Fall/Winter 2026 issue.

Response time info: ~85 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at hellbendermag.com↗

Submission calls

flashCloses Sep 15

Submit 1 flash prose piece (up to 1,500 words in total). Both fiction and creative nonfiction (CNF) will be accepted, so please indicate which genre you are submitting.

poetryCloses Sep 15

Submit up to 5 poems (no more than 10 pages in total).

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