Litro Magazine

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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Litro Magazine publishes fiction, flash, essays, nonfiction, poetry, and audio-led storytelling, with general submissions reopened from 1 September 2026 and a current Breaking Borders II call.

Read the full guidelines at litromagazine.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiterary

General submissions reopened on 1 September 2026; categories appear on Litro’s Submittable as they go live. Fiction is around 3,000 words, with exceptional work considered up to 5,000 words. Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

flashLiterary

General submissions reopened on 1 September 2026; categories appear on Litro’s Submittable as they go live. Flash is up to 1,000 words. Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

nonfictionLiterary

General submissions reopened on 1 September 2026; categories appear on Litro’s Submittable as they go live. Essays/nonfiction are up to 2,000 words. Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

otherLiterary

Breaking Borders II, part of Litro World Series 2027, is open now on Submittable. It seeks strong fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and audio exploring borders between countries, languages, races, genders, classes, generations, citizens and migrants, public and private, and humans and machines.

other

General submissions reopened on 1 September 2026; categories appear on Litro’s Submittable as they go live. Litro Lab considers short audio-led storytelling, ideally 3–8 minutes and up to 10 minutes, with a written version included.

poetryLiterary

General submissions reopened on 1 September 2026; categories appear on Litro’s Submittable as they go live. Submit up to 3 poems, around 40 lines each. Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

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