SunSpot Lit

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

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Sunspot Lit is a literary journal accepting a wide range of prose, poetry, and genre fiction, with multiple submission categories based on length and type.

Response time info: Most responses are sent within one week (Fast Flux option); otherwise not stated.

Read the full guidelines at sunspotlit.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

fictionCloses Dec 31Fee (amount not stated)

Fast Flux: Any category or type of work (prose or poetry) up to 49,000 words, with a 1-2 week response time. Fee varies by length.

fictionCloses Dec 31Fee: $8.00

Single works of fiction or nonfiction, including scripts and screenplays, from 7,501 up to 17,500 words. Collections are not accepted. $8 fee.

fictionCloses Dec 31Fee: $6.50

Single works of fiction or nonfiction, including scripts and screenplays, between 3,501 and 7,500 words. Collections are not accepted. $6.50 fee.

fictionCloses Dec 31Fee: $5.00

Single work of fiction or nonfiction up to 3,500 words, including essays, memoir, travel, teleplays, film and stage scripts. $5 fee.

fictionCloses Dec 31Fee: $10.00

Single works of fiction or nonfiction, including scripts and screenplays, from 17,501 to 29,000 words. Story, essay, and poetry collections are not accepted in this category. $10 fee.

flashCloses Dec 31Fee: $5.00

One or two pieces of flash fiction or nonfiction; total length not to exceed 1,000 words. $5 fee.

poetryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5.00

Up to three poems, each poem starting on a new single-spaced page; max 30 lines per page; total submission not to exceed three pages. $5 fee.

otherFantasyHorrorScience FictionRomanceYoung AdultFee (amount not stated)

Fiction Feedback: Feedback on genre fiction, especially fantasy, paranormal, light sci-fi, contemporary romance, and YA. Up to 5,000 words (short feedback) or up to 12,500 words (long feedback). Submissions capped each month.

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