LitMag Online ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize, The Pushcart Prize.

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, and poetry.

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LitMag Online publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in print and online, along with fiction, flash-fiction, and poetry contests.

Response time info: within nine months

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Submission calls

fictionLiteraryPays: First prize: $2,500 plus publication and agency review.

The Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction contest is open. First prize is $2,500 plus publication and agency review; results will be posted in August 2026.

flashLiteraryPays: First prize: $1,250 plus publication and agency review; three finalists receive $100 each.

The Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction contest is open. First prize is $1,250 plus publication and agency review; three finalists receive $100 each. Results will be announced in September 2026.

poetryLiteraryPays: First prize: $1,500 plus publication and agency review; three finalists receive $100 each.

The Emily Dickinson Award for Poetry contest is open. First prize is $1,500 plus publication and agency review; three finalists receive $100 each. Results will be announced in September 2026.

fictionLiterary

Regular fiction submissions are closed due to submission volume. Print fiction includes short stories and novellas, with a limit of 15,000 words; online fiction is limited to 4,000 words. Previously unpublished work only; reprints are rarely considered under stated conditions. LitMag pays $100 online or $100-$300 in print depending on length.

nonfictionLiterary

Regular nonfiction submissions are closed due to submission volume. LitMag seeks creative nonfiction; essays on literature, art, culture, and music; biography; and memoir, with a print limit of 15,000 words and an online limit of 4,000 words. Previously unpublished work only. LitMag pays $100 online or $100-$300 in print depending on length.

poetryLiterary

Regular poetry submissions are closed due to submission volume. LitMag accepts poetry with no restrictions on style or form, up to three poems; the print limit is 15,000 words and the online limit is 4,000 words. Previously unpublished work only. Print poetry pays $100 per poem or group of short poems.

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