swamp pink

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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swamp pink, formerly known as Crazyhorse, is an online literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and flash fiction, with an emphasis on exceptional work and payment for contributors.

Response time info: 12-16 weeks

Read the full guidelines at swamp-pink.cofc.edu↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Dec 31Pays: $0.05 per word for prose, with a maximum payout of $200.

Accepts previously unpublished short fiction up to 7,500 words. General submissions are accepted September 1-December 31 and February 1-May 31; January is reserved for the swamp pink Prizes. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.

flashLiteraryCloses Dec 31Pays: $0.05 per word for prose, with a maximum payout of $200.

Accepts previously unpublished flash fiction up to 1,500 words; writers may send up to three flash pieces in a single document. General submissions are accepted September 1-December 31 and February 1-May 31; January is reserved for the swamp pink Prizes. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Dec 31Pays: $0.05 per word for prose, with a maximum payout of $200.

Accepts creative nonfiction in forms including letters, lists, biography, memoir, ekphrasis, critique, flash, and long-form, up to 5,000 words. General nonfiction submissions are capped at 300 entries per reading period; submissions are accepted September 1-December 31 and February 1-May 31. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 31Pays: $40 per poem, with a maximum payout of $200.

Seeks poems that reckon with internal and external worlds; submit a set of 3-6 poems. General submissions are accepted September 1-December 31 and February 1-May 31; January is reserved for the swamp pink Prizes. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.

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