Mystery Tribune

Open now for flash fiction and nonfiction.

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Mystery Tribune is a crime, mystery, noir, and suspense publication accepting fiction, daily/flash fiction, and nonfiction submissions in English.

Response time info: Within 12 months, generally within 24 months; lead time may extend to two years

Read the full guidelines at mysterytribune.com↗

Submission calls

flashHorrorMysteryEligibility requirementsPays: Generally unpaid.

Open to: Work must be written in English and previously unpublished.

Publishes flash fiction with dark underlying themes or crime, mystery, noir, and suspense stories for its website and mobile apps. Unsolicited flash fiction is generally unpaid.

nonfictionMysteryEligibility requirementsPays: Unpaid for unsolicited website or mobile-app contributions; print nonfiction is currently limited to commissioned work.

Open to: Work must be written in English and previously unpublished.

Accepts daily online nonfiction essays, stories, interviews, and reviews on mystery and suspense; pitches or submissions are preferred to pieces written on spec and should be under 2,000 words. Unsolicited submissions are unpaid.

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Accepts original, previously unpublished fiction in English for print and online editions; most submissions are 3,000-6,000 words, though there is no set minimum or maximum and submissions over 10,000 words are unlikely to be read.

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