Variety Pack
Not currently open for submissions.
Last updatedVariety Pack is an inclusive literary magazine publishing fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, reviews, and interviews, with a focus on diverse voices and a new $3 submission fee (waivers available).
Response time info: We usually respond to submissions between the end of our reading period and the week before the release date of any given issue.
Read the full guidelines at varietypack.net↗Submission calls
Short Fiction/Novellette – Between 1,001 and 9,000 words. Submit only one piece at a time and only one submission per reading period. $23 payment per accepted prose piece. $3 submission fee (waivers available). Submissions open September 1st.
Flash Fiction – Up to 1,000 words. Up to three pieces in ONE document. Submit only one submission per reading period. $23 payment per accepted prose piece. $3 submission fee (waivers available). Submissions open September 1st.
Send up to 3 nonfiction pieces, maximum 5,000 words total (no more than 1,500 words per piece if sending three). Submit only one submission per reading period. $23 payment per accepted prose piece. $3 submission fee (waivers available). Submissions open September 1st.
Reviews and interviews (books, albums, TV, film, theater, visual art exhibits, and related artists/authors) are accepted via email only; no payment at this time.
Send up to 4 poems in ONE document. All forms and styles considered, though epic poems are a hard sell. $13 payment per accepted poem. $3 submission fee (waivers available). Submissions open September 1st.