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.

Accepts compressed fiction prose, including fictional prose poems, up to 600 words. The journal does not consider line-break poetry, erotica, graphic sexual content, second-person stories, or previously published work. Reading periods are March 15-June 15 and September 15-December 15.

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

Open to: Previously published contributors must wait one year before submitting again.

Accepts compressed creative nonfiction prose, including creative nonfiction prose poems, up to 600 words. The journal does not consider line-break poetry, erotica, graphic sexual content, second-person stories, or previously published work. Reading periods are March 15-June 15 and September 15-December 15.

otherLiteraryFee: $29.00

Offers a Flash Fiction Piece Critique by Randall Brown for a single flash piece under 1,000 words, with in-line editing and developmental commentary. This is a paid critique service rather than a publication submission.

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