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, international literary journal publishing poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews.

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

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: No remuneration other than recognition.

Open to: Writers may submit only their own original, previously unpublished work; no simultaneous submissions or AI-assisted submissions.

One work of fiction, 500–5,000 words. Submit once per submission period; the March issue period is October 1–December 31, June is January 1–March 31, September is April 1–June 30, and December is July 1–September 30. Shortlists are notified by the 25th of the following month and final notifications arrive at the end of February, May, August, or November.

flashLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: No remuneration other than recognition.

Open to: Writers may submit only their own original, previously unpublished work; no simultaneous submissions or AI-assisted submissions.

One work of flash, 500 words maximum. Submit once per submission period; the March issue period is October 1–December 31, June is January 1–March 31, September is April 1–June 30, and December is July 1–September 30. Shortlists are notified by the 25th of the following month and final notifications arrive at the end of February, May, August, or November.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: No remuneration other than recognition.

Open to: Writers may submit only their own original, previously unpublished work; no simultaneous submissions or AI-assisted submissions.

One work of creative nonfiction, 500–5,000 words. Submit once per submission period; the March issue period is October 1–December 31, June is January 1–March 31, September is April 1–June 30, and December is July 1–September 30. Shortlists are notified by the 25th of the following month and final notifications arrive at the end of February, May, August, or November.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Pays: No remuneration other than recognition.

Open to: Writers may submit only their own original, previously unpublished work; no simultaneous submissions or AI-assisted submissions.

Up to five poems per submission. Submit once per submission period; the March issue period is October 1–December 31, June is January 1–March 31, September is April 1–June 30, and December is July 1–September 30. Shortlists are notified by the 25th of the following month and final notifications arrive at the end of February, May, August, or November.

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Reviews of published books or non-anthologized pieces are 250–750 words and must concern an author with an existing connection to Toasted Cheese; review requests require a connection to the journal and willingness to provide a review copy.

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