Witness

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Witness is a literary and issue-oriented magazine publishing innovative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in print and online issues.

Response time info: Poetry: within four months; fiction and nonfiction: six months or longer; contact them after ten months if needed.

Read the full guidelines at witness.blackmountaininstitute.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Witness seeks original, innovative, broad-ranging fiction. Prose submissions should be 7,000 words or less; up to three flash fiction pieces of 1,200 words or less each may be submitted together. General submissions open in February, and themed Spring issue submissions open in September; dates may vary and windows may close early.

flashLiteraryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Witness accepts up to three flash fiction pieces of 1,200 words or less each in one submission. General submissions open in February, and themed Spring issue submissions open in September; dates may vary and windows may close early.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Witness seeks original, innovative, broad-ranging nonfiction. Prose submissions should be 7,000 words or less. General submissions open in February, and themed Spring issue submissions open in September; dates may vary and windows may close early.

poetryLiteraryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Witness seeks original, innovative, broad-ranging poetry; up to five poems may be submitted as one submission. General submissions open in February, and themed Spring issue submissions open in September; dates may vary and windows may close early.

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