Your Impossible Voice

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Your Impossible Voice is a literary magazine publishing innovative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, flash, essays, reviews, and interviews from around the world.

Response time info: several months for most categories; within thirty days for online flash and micro submissions

Read the full guidelines at yourimpossiblevoice.submittable.com

Submission calls

fictionCloses Sep 30

Accepts short stories, flash, micro, translations, and novel excerpts; no minimum word count and rarely publishes work longer than 15,000 words; active reading periods are December through February and July through September, but submissions are accepted year-round (may take longer to respond…

nonfictionCloses Sep 30

Accepts essays, memoirs, flash CNF, micro CNF, translations, and excerpts from larger works; no minimum word count and rarely publishes work longer than 15,000 words; active reading periods are December through February and July through September, but submissions are accepted year-round (may take…

poetryCloses Oct 31

Accepts poetry submissions; active reading periods are January through May and August through October, but submissions are accepted year-round (may take longer to respond outside reading periods).

flash

Publishes flash fiction, creative nonfiction, or prose poetry online on an ongoing basis; 50-750 words per piece; multiple submissions allowed in a single document up to 750 words total; no payment; response within thirty days.

nonfictionPays: $50 for solicited book reviews and unsolicited in-depth author retrospectives or essays; no payment for unsolicited essays

Publishes new, previously unpublished critical essays on literature and essays on craft for the website; no preferred submission length but shorter pieces are favored; $50 for solicited book reviews and unsolicited in-depth author retrospectives or essays; no payment for unsolicited essays.

nonfiction

Publishes new, previously unpublished interviews with emerging and established writers and artists; no preferred length; no payment.

otherPays: $50 for solicited book reviews and unsolicited in-depth author retrospectives or essays; no payment for unsolicited book reviews

Prefers reviews of lesser-reviewed works published within the past year, especially small press releases, contemporary translations, and works by women, LGBTQIA+, and BIPOC authors; 500-2,000 words except for author retrospectives; $50 for solicited book reviews and unsolicited in-depth author…

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