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Variant Literature is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, and flash/short nonfiction, with a reading period for its Summer 2026 issue from March 1 to March 29, 2026.

Response time info: within two months; our average response time is closer to one month

Read the full guidelines at variantlit.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiterary

Authors should limit submissions to no more than 20 pages (5500 words). Summer 2026 issue: submit between March 1 and March 29, 2026.

flashLiterary

Send ONE piece of flash fiction or flash nonfiction (1200 words or less) or a connected series of THREE micros (250 to 400 words each). Longer nonfiction not accepted. Summer 2026 issue: submit between March 1 and March 29, 2026.

poetryLiterary

No format restrictions. Limit your submission to 5 poems totaling no more than 10 pages. Summer 2026 issue: submit between March 1 and March 29, 2026.

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