LitMag Online

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, and poetry.

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LitMag is a literary magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in both print and online editions, with regular submissions currently closed but three annual contests open for fiction, flash fiction, and poetry.

Response time info: within nine months

Read the full guidelines at litmag.com↗

Submission calls

fictionPays: $2,500 first prize + publication + agency review

Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction: contest open; first prize $2,500 + publication + agency review; see Submittable for full guidelines; results posted August 2026.

flashPays: $1,250 first prize + publication + agency review; $100 for three finalists

Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction: contest open; first prize $1,250 + publication + agency review, three finalists win $100 each; see Submittable for full guidelines; results posted August 2026.

poetryPays: $1,500 first prize + publication + agency review; $100 for three finalists

Emily Dickinson Award for Poetry: contest open; first prize $1,500 + publication + agency review, three finalists win $100 each; see Submittable for full guidelines; results posted August 2026.

fictionLiterary

Regular submissions for fiction are closed until further notice due to volume; online and print editions accept up to 4,000 words for online, up to 15,000 for print; see blog post of 3/3/26 for details.

nonfictionLiterary

Regular submissions for nonfiction are closed until further notice due to volume; online and print editions accept up to 4,000 words for online, up to 15,000 for print; includes creative nonfiction, essays, biography, memoir.

poetryLiterary

Regular submissions for poetry are closed until further notice due to volume; up to three poems per submission; no restrictions on style or form.

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