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Variety Pack is an inclusive literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and interviews.

Response time info: Between the end of the reading period and the week before the release date of the issue

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Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Apr 1, 2027

Unthemed fiction call reopening April 1, 2027. Flash fiction is up to 1,000 words, with up to three pieces in one document; short fiction and novelettes are 1,001–9,000 words, with one piece per submission. One submission per reading period and one category per submission.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Apr 1, 2027

Unthemed nonfiction call reopening April 1, 2027. Submit up to three pieces, with a maximum of 5,000 words total; if submitting three creative nonfiction pieces, each should be no more than 1,500 words unless solicited. One submission per reading period and one category per submission.

poetryLiteraryOpens Apr 1, 2027

Unthemed poetry call reopening April 1, 2027. Welcomes ghazals, sonnets, haikus, senryu, diptychs, triptychs, prose poems, sestinas, pantoums, traditional forms, free verse, and experimental forms; up to four poems in one document. One submission per reading period and one category per submission.

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Reviews and interviews remain accepted by email at [email protected]. They cover books, albums/vinyl/EPs, television series, films, theatrical productions, and visual-art exhibits; the magazine seeks finished reviews rather than media to review. Reviews and interviews are unpaid.

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