Press Pause Press

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

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Press Pause Press publishes experimental and socially engaged fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and multimedia work in print volumes and its online Family Room.

Response time info: ~84 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at presspausepress.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 donation per submission during May 1-August 31; free during January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31Pays: No guaranteed payment.

Volume 14 (Springish 2027) is open in all genres except poetry; Volume 15 (Summer/Fall 2027) is open in all genres. Prose submissions are typically up to about 20 pages, and full-length works are not accepted except through the annual Beautiful Pause Prize. Free reading periods run January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31; a $5 donation applies May 1-August 31.

flashLiteraryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 donation per submission during May 1-August 31; free during January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31Pays: No guaranteed payment.

The Family Room accepts flash in its online departments, including food writing, reviews, personal narratives, retellings, and other features. Submit up to three flashes in the same submission; there is no publishing schedule. Free reading periods run January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31; a $5 donation applies May 1-August 31.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 donation per submission during May 1-August 31; free during January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31Pays: No guaranteed payment.

Volume 14 (Springish 2027) is open in all genres except poetry; Volume 15 (Summer/Fall 2027) is open in all genres. Prose submissions are typically up to about 20 pages, and academic essays are not accepted. Free reading periods run January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31; a $5 donation applies May 1-August 31.

otherLiteraryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 donation per submission during May 1-August 31; free during January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31Pays: No guaranteed payment.

The Family Room seeks online features, columns, pitches, food writing, film reviews or commentaries, book reviews or interviews, retellings, and work responding to present global circumstances. There is no publishing schedule; pitch columns, features, or departments through the pitch form. Free reading periods run January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31; a $5 donation applies May 1-August 31.

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 donation per submission during May 1-August 31; free during January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31Pays: No guaranteed payment.

Volume 14 (Springish 2027) is closed to poetry, while Volume 15 (Summer/Fall 2027) is open. Submit up to five poems in a single document. Free reading periods run January 1-April 30 and September 1-December 31; a $5 donation applies May 1-August 31.

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