Stirring

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

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Stirring is a long-running online quarterly literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews, and visual art from a wide range of voices.

Response time info: within six months

Read the full guidelines at stirringlit.com

Submission calls

fiction

Up to 5,000 words; submit in the body of your email; no previously published work or translations; all genres and styles welcome, including flash fiction.

nonfiction

Up to 5,000 words; submit in the body of your email; no previously published work or translations; memoir, narrative, lyrical, and other forms accepted.

other

Book reviews up to 700 words; submit via email; reviews only (not books for review).

poetry

Up to 5 poems; submit in the body of your email; no previously published work or translations; all genres and styles welcome.

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