The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts

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The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts publishes highly compressed fiction and creative nonfiction, including prose poetry, and pays $50 per accepted piece.

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fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 15Pays: $50 per accepted piece and signed contract

Open to: Previously published contributors must wait one year before submitting again; no more than three submissions per genre per reading period.

Compressed prose, including fictional prose poems, of no more than 600 words; prose poetry must have no line breaks. The journal excludes erotica and strong graphic sexual content, second-person stories, and work featuring Jesus, God, or other holy beings. Submissions are accepted during the stated March 15-June 15 and September 15-December 15 reading periods.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 15Pays: $50 per accepted piece and signed contract

Open to: Previously published contributors must wait one year before submitting again; no more than three submissions per genre per reading period.

Compressed creative nonfiction prose, including creative nonfiction prose poems, of no more than 600 words; prose poetry must have no line breaks. The journal excludes erotica and strong graphic sexual content, second-person stories, and work featuring Jesus, God, or other holy beings. Submissions are accepted during the stated March 15-June 15 and September 15-December 15 reading periods.

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