The Zemblan Review

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.

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The Zemblan Review is an online literary magazine seeking fiction, creative nonfiction, and flash fiction for its inaugural issue.

Response time info: 2-3 weeks, often sooner

Read the full guidelines at zemblanreview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryHumorScience FictionEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 30Pays: No payment.

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old.

One short fiction story up to 4,000 words; the magazine welcomes confident, funny, moving, experimental, absurd, dystopian, and realist work. Submissions are open through November 30, 2026.

flashLiteraryHumorScience FictionEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 30Pays: No payment.

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old.

One to three flash fiction stories, up to 1,000 words each; the magazine welcomes confident, funny, moving, experimental, absurd, dystopian, and realist work. Submissions are open through November 30, 2026.

nonfictionLiteraryHumorEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 30Pays: No payment.

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old.

One creative nonfiction story up to 4,000 words; the magazine welcomes moving, experimental, humorous, and personal work. Submissions are open through November 30, 2026.

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