Sky Island Journal

Open now for flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal publishing poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction online.

Response time info: 9 days average; no submission waits longer than 18 days

Read the full guidelines at skyislandjournal.com↗

Submission calls

flashScience FictionFantasyHorrorLiteraryMysteryRomanceHumorYoung AdultEligibility requirements

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old and the work must be written primarily (50% or more) in English.

Flash fiction must be fewer than 1,000 words; all genres are welcome. Submissions are accepted year-round. Work must be primarily in English and previously unpublished; cover letters and bios are not wanted.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirements

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old and the work must be written primarily (50% or more) in English.

Creative nonfiction should be under 1,000 words and use literary devices to tell a factually accurate narrative vividly and compellingly. Submissions are accepted year-round. Work must be primarily in English and previously unpublished; cover letters and bios are not wanted.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirements

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old and the work must be written primarily (50% or more) in English.

Accepts all poetry. Submissions are accepted year-round. Work must be primarily in English and previously unpublished; cover letters and bios are not wanted.

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