Stanchion

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Stanchion is a literary magazine and small press publishing short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, poetry, reviews, and black & white visual art, with a focus on original, energetic, and honest work.

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fiction

Unpublished short stories (4000-ish word max), flash fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, book reviews, poetry, prose poems, black & white photography, black & white drawings, black & white collage art, and mixed media visual art in black and white. No theme. No AI-generated work. Submissions reope

other

Elegant Variations: Online weekly feature for unpublished short stories (1000-ish word max), flash fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, poetry, prose poems, stray thoughts, monologues, interviews with inanimate objects, reviews of everyday items and moments. Writing only, no visual art or photograp

other

Manuscript submissions for chapbooks (40-90 A5 pages) and full-length books (100-240 A5 pages) of novels, novellas, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, essays, or hybrid writing. All genres considered. No submission fee. Authors receive $200 for first 100 copies sold, escalating by $50 per additio