The Stinging Fly
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Last updatedThe Stinging Fly is a prominent Irish literary magazine publishing new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by Irish and international writers, with a strong focus on new voices and the short story form.
Response time info: within four months of the closing date
Read the full guidelines at stingingfly.org↗Submission calls
Featured Poet slot: submit 8 unpublished poems; for poets resident in Ireland or who consider Ireland their home, with at least three publication credits in the past three years; submissions accepted in November each year.
Short fiction and novel extracts; work must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere; submit only one category per period; no stated word limits, but for the 2026 Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize, stories must be under 3000 words and only open to writers in Ireland who…
Nonfiction submissions; work must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere; submit only one category per period; no stated word limits.
General poetry submissions: up to 3 unpublished poems in one file per period; submit only one category per period.
2026 Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize: for writers living in Ireland or who consider Ireland their home, who have not yet published fiction with The Stinging Fly; story must be previously unpublished and under 3000 words; open June 16–30, 2026.
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