The Spotlong Review

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

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The Spotlong Review is an eclectic literary journal publishing fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art, with a focus on emotionally truthful, experimental, queer, feminist, and philosophical work.

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fictionLiterary

Accepts original fiction, including flash fiction up to 1,000 words; prefers submissions under 5,000 words. No excerpts unless they stand alone, and no extremely violent work or sexual or physical abuse.

flashLiterary

Accepts flash fiction up to 1,000 words. No excerpts unless they stand alone, and no extremely violent work or sexual or physical abuse.

flashLiterary

Accepts flash creative nonfiction up to 1,000 words. No excerpts unless they stand alone, and no extremely violent work or sexual or physical abuse.

nonfictionLiterary

Accepts original creative nonfiction, including flash creative nonfiction up to 1,000 words; prefers submissions under 5,000 words. No excerpts unless they stand alone, and no extremely violent work or sexual or physical abuse.

poetryLiterary

Accepts original poetry with no set minimum or maximum length within reason; up to five poems may be submitted at a time. Song lyrics are not accepted.

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