Pithead Chapel

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Pithead Chapel is a monthly online publication of literary fiction, nonfiction, and prose poetry.

Submission calls

fictionLiterary

Literary fiction under 4,000 words; flash fiction is accepted, but genre fiction is not. One story and one submission at a time; submissions may close early at 300 total per month and reopen on the first of the following month.

nonfictionLiterary

Personal, memoir, lyric, flash (short-shorts), and experimental essays under 4,000 words; critical essays are not accepted. One submission at a time; submissions may close early at 300 total per month and reopen on the first of the following month.

poetryLiterary

Prose poetry only: submit 1–3 prose poems in a single Word document; traditional and lineated forms are not accepted. One submission at a time; submissions may close early at 300 total per month and reopen on the first of the following month.

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