Toasted Cheese Literary Journal ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best of the Net Anthology, storySouth Million Writers Award, Best of the Web Anthology.

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

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Toasted Cheese Literary Journal is a quarterly, advertising-free journal publishing poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews from writers worldwide.

Response time info: Shortlist notifications are sent by the 25th of the following month, with final notifications at the end of February, May, August, and November.

Read the full guidelines at tclj.toasted-cheese.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryMysteryHorrorScience FictionFantasyEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Pays: No remuneration other than recognition.

Open to: Submissions must be the writer's own, original, previously unpublished work; no simultaneous submissions or AI-assisted submissions.

One work of fiction, 500–5,000 words. Submissions are accepted for the March issue from October 1–December 31, June issue from January 1–March 31, September issue from April 1–June 30, and December issue from July 1–September 30. Shortlist notifications are sent by the 25th of the following month; final notifications arrive at the end of February, May, August, or November.

flashEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Pays: No remuneration other than recognition.

Open to: Submissions must be the writer's own, original, previously unpublished work; no simultaneous submissions or AI-assisted submissions.

One work of flash, 500 words maximum. Submissions are accepted for the March issue from October 1–December 31, June issue from January 1–March 31, September issue from April 1–June 30, and December issue from July 1–September 30. Shortlist notifications are sent by the 25th of the following month; final notifications arrive at the end of February, May, August, or November.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Pays: No remuneration other than recognition.

Open to: Submissions must be the writer's own, original, previously unpublished work; no simultaneous submissions or AI-assisted submissions.

One work of creative nonfiction, 500–5,000 words. Submissions are accepted for the March issue from October 1–December 31, June issue from January 1–March 31, September issue from April 1–June 30, and December issue from July 1–September 30. Shortlist notifications are sent by the 25th of the following month; final notifications arrive at the end of February, May, August, or November.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Sep 30Pays: No remuneration other than recognition.

Open to: Submissions must be the writer's own, original, previously unpublished work; no simultaneous submissions or AI-assisted submissions.

Up to five poems per submission. Submissions are accepted for the March issue from October 1–December 31, June issue from January 1–March 31, September issue from April 1–June 30, and December issue from July 1–September 30. Shortlist notifications are sent by the 25th of the following month; final notifications arrive at the end of February, May, August, or November.

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