The Apple Valley Review ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best Microfiction.

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

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The Apple Valley Review is an international online literary journal publishing poetry and prose semiannually in spring and fall.

Response time info: up to two months; whenever possible, approximately three weeks

Read the full guidelines at applevalleyreview.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryPays: Unpaid; published work is eligible for the annual Editor’s Prize.

Submit one short story of up to approximately 4,000 words. True genre fiction such as horror, science fiction, and mysteries is not published, but genre elements such as fabulism and magical realism are welcome; self-contained novel excerpts are accepted. Submissions are read year-round, with general deadlines of March 15 for the spring issue and September 15 for the fall issue.

flashLiteraryPays: Unpaid; published work is eligible for the annual Editor’s Prize.

Submit up to three flash-fiction pieces of up to approximately 1,000 words each; microfiction or linked stories may include up to six pieces, limited to 4,000 words total. True genre fiction is not published, but genre elements are welcome. Submissions are read year-round, with general deadlines of March 15 for the spring issue and September 15 for the fall issue.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: Unpaid; published work is eligible for the annual Editor’s Prize.

Longer essays should be approximately 1,000 to 4,000 words, with one essay per submission; flash essays and other short nonfiction may contain multiple pieces totaling 4,000 words. Scholarly, critical, inspirational, newspaper-style, and research writing is not accepted. Submissions are read year-round, with general deadlines of March 15 for the spring issue and September 15 for the fall issue.

otherLiteraryPays: Unpaid; published work is eligible for the annual Editor’s Prize.

Translations of contemporary poetry and prose are welcome when permission has been granted; the English translation must be unpublished, and the relevant poetry, fiction, or essay guidelines apply. Submissions are read year-round, with general deadlines of March 15 for the spring issue and September 15 for the fall issue.

poetryLiteraryPays: Unpaid; published work is eligible for the annual Editor’s Prize.

Poetry of any length is considered, with preference for short, non-rhyming poems under two pages; submit up to six poems. Submissions are read year-round, with general deadlines of March 15 for the spring issue and September 15 for the fall issue.

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