Short Story (Substack)

Open now for fiction.

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Short Story is a Substack publication that selects and publishes one short story per month from submissions of any genre, offering a base payment plus a share of subscription revenue.

Response time info: Winner announced on the 15th of the following month

Read the full guidelines at shortstory.substack.com↗

Submission calls

fictionCloses Aug 31Pays: $100 base + 50% of subscription revenue

Any genre; submit stories of 6 to 10,000 words by the end of each month; reprints allowed if you retain rights; one story selected monthly for publication and payout.

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