Toasted Cheese Literary Journal

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

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Toasted Cheese Literary Journal is a quarterly magazine publishing poetry, flash fiction, fiction, and creative nonfiction, with a focus on quality writing from diverse voices.

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

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

Submission calls

fictionCloses Sep 30Pays: Recognition only; no monetary payment.

Submit one work of fiction (500–5000 words). No simultaneous submissions. Submit only once per submission period: March issue (Oct 1–Dec 31), June issue (Jan 1–Mar 31), September issue (Apr 1–Jun 30), December issue (Jul 1–Sep 30).

flashCloses Sep 30Pays: Recognition only; no monetary payment.

Submit one work of flash (500 words max). Flash is defined as microfiction, sudden fiction, dribbles, drabbles, or twitterature, with a specific tone and style unique to the genre. No simultaneous submissions. Submit only once per submission period: March issue (Oct 1–Dec 31), June issue (Jan 1–Mar…

nonfictionCloses Sep 30Pays: Recognition only; no monetary payment.

Submit one work of creative nonfiction (500–5000 words). No simultaneous submissions. Submit only once per submission period: March issue (Oct 1–Dec 31), June issue (Jan 1–Mar 31), September issue (Apr 1–Jun 30), December issue (Jul 1–Sep 30).

poetryCloses Sep 30Pays: Recognition only; no monetary payment.

Submit up to five poems per submission period. No simultaneous submissions. Submit only once per submission period: March issue (Oct 1–Dec 31), June issue (Jan 1–Mar 31), September issue (Apr 1–Jun 30), December issue (Jul 1–Sep 30). No stated line or word limits.

otherEligibility requirementsPays: Recognition only; no monetary payment.

Open to: reviews of works by authors with an existing connection to Toasted Cheese are accepted.

Submit reviews of published work by authors with an existing connection to Toasted Cheese (e.g., previously published in TC, written for Absolute Blank, or active in the community). Reviews should be 250–750 words. No restriction on the number of reviews you may submit.

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