Pithead Chapel

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Pithead Chapel is a monthly online magazine publishing literary fiction, nonfiction, and prose poetry under 4,000 words, with a strong preference against genre fiction.

Response time info: If you haven’t heard from us in two months then query us; otherwise, please be patient.

Read the full guidelines at pitheadchapel.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Aug 31Pays: none

Literary fiction only (no genre fiction); one story per submission, including flash fiction; max 4,000 words; only one submission at a time; wait one month after a decline before resubmitting.

nonfictionCloses Aug 31Pays: none

Personal, memoir, lyric, flash (short-shorts), and experimental essays; no critical essays; max 4,000 words; only one submission at a time; wait one month after a decline before resubmitting.

poetryCloses Aug 31Pays: none

Prose poetry only (no traditional forms); submit 1-3 prose poems in a single document; only one submission at a time; wait one month after a decline before resubmitting.

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