Pacifica Literary Review

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

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Pacifica Literary Review is a literary magazine accepting poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, folios, and entries to its 2026 Poetry Contest.

Response time info: one to four months

Read the full guidelines at pacificareview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryPays: $25 per piece published

Accepts fiction, including stand-alone novel excerpts. Prose submissions must be under 5,000 words. The general submission period is open year-round with periodic closures in September, January, and May for editorial production.

flashLiteraryPays: $25 per piece published

Accepts flash fiction of no more than 1,000 words individually; submit no more than three pieces in a single document. The general submission period is open year-round with periodic closures in September, January, and May for editorial production.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: $25 per piece published

Accepts creative nonfiction. Prose submissions must be under 5,000 words. The general submission period is open year-round with periodic closures in September, January, and May for editorial production.

otherPays: $25 per piece published

Accepts folio submissions; see the Submittable directions. The general submission period is open year-round with periodic closures in September, January, and May for editorial production.

poetryLiteraryPays: $25 per piece published

Accepts poetry; submit no more than three poems in a single document. The general submission period is open year-round with periodic closures in September, January, and May for editorial production.

poetryLiteraryPays: $25 per piece published

Entries are accepted for the 2026 Poetry Contest; consult the Submittable directions for contest requirements.

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