The Barcelona Review

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The Barcelona Review is an international literary magazine publishing contemporary short fiction and creative non-fiction with a preference for gritty realism.

Response time info: twelve weeks

Read the full guidelines at barcelonareview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryFantasyPays: No payment; publication only

Short fiction up to 5,500 words; all genres and styles considered, but gritty realism preferred over fantasy, magic realism, or slipstream; no tales, fables, re-worked fairy tales, vignettes, or novel extracts unless self-contained; simultaneous submissions allowed.

nonfictionPays: No payment; publication only

Creative non-fiction (personal essays, memoir, think-pieces) up to 5,000 words (under 3,000 preferred); must fit the review's style; no literary criticism or academic pieces; submit as for fiction.

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