The Good Life Review

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

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The Good Life Review is a literary magazine publishing original fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, flash, and experimental writing, with seasonal issues and a Micro Monday feature.

Response time info: one to three months

Read the full guidelines at thegoodlifereview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 20Fee: $4Pays: $60 per piece published in a seasonal issue.

Open to: Current UNO MFA students/affiliates and recent (within the last 3 years) UNO MFA graduates/affiliates are not eligible.

Submissions are open through October 20, 2026. The magazine wants polished, confident, well-developed or experimental fiction; stories may be up to 5,000 words, and pieces under 1,000 words should use the flash category.

flashLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 20Fee: $2.50Pays: $60 per piece published in a seasonal issue; $25 for Micro Monday features.

Open to: Current UNO MFA students/affiliates and recent (within the last 3 years) UNO MFA graduates/affiliates are not eligible.

Submissions are open through October 20, 2026. Flash should feature quick transformations or revelations, compelling characters, and a thought-provoking narrative; flash is 400–1,000 words and micro is no more than 400 words.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 20Fee: $4Pays: $60 per piece published in a seasonal issue; $25 for Micro Monday features.

Open to: Current UNO MFA students/affiliates and recent (within the last 3 years) UNO MFA graduates/affiliates are not eligible.

Submissions are open through October 20, 2026. The magazine seeks artful, clear, cadent essays with traditional or experimental structures; essays should not exceed 5,000 words, and pieces under 1,000 words should use flash CNF.

otherLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 20Fee: $4Pays: $60 per piece published in a seasonal issue; $25 for Micro Monday features.

Open to: Current UNO MFA students/affiliates and recent (within the last 3 years) UNO MFA graduates/affiliates are not eligible.

The magazine accepts translation, hybrid, experimental, and collaborative writing that does not fit neatly into a single genre. Submissions are open through October 20, 2026.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 20Fee: $4Pays: $60 per piece published in a seasonal issue; $25 for Micro Monday features.

Open to: Current UNO MFA students/affiliates and recent (within the last 3 years) UNO MFA graduates/affiliates are not eligible.

Submissions are open through October 20, 2026. The magazine seeks boundary-pushing poetry with textured imagery, strong sound and voice, experimentation, traditional form, or free verse; send up to 5 poems and 10 pages total, with no individual-poem length limit.

poetryLiteraryOpens Oct 21

The annual HoneyBee Poetry Prize accepts submissions October 21 through April 20 for the Summer Honeybee Poetry Prize Issue; the fee is $18, and final decisions are made in June.

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