Markets

Emerald City Ghosts is a digital magazine publishing flash fiction, short stories, and poetry with a paranormal or ghostly element, often themed monthly.

Everyday Drabbles Presents… Dragons! is a themed zine seeking exactly 100-word drabbles (fiction or nonfiction) about dragons, for its first issue.

Altar is a literary magazine seeking poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, reviews, recipes, spells/rituals, and other creative writing aligned with the theme 'Golden Hour' for its second issue.

Carmen et Error is a quarterly literary magazine publishing poetry and very short fiction, with a focus on concise work and a playful approach to mistakes.

Cranked Anvil runs year-round quarterly competitions for short stories, flash fiction, and audio playwriting, open to all writers.

CRUMBS is a semi-monthly, themed drabble (100-word story) contest from Quotidian Bagatelle and Emma Burnett.

Miracle Monocle is a university-affiliated literary journal publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, experimental/hybrid work, and art, with eclectic tastes and a focus on original, unpublished work.

Pacifica Literary Review is a literary magazine accepting poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction year-round except for brief closures in September, January, and May, paying $25 per published piece.

Perseid Prophecies is a Canadian speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished speculative fiction, flash fiction, original art, and topical nonfiction science articles.

Reckoning is a magazine publishing creative writing on environmental justice, seeking work from a diverse range of writers worldwide.

The Bookends Review is an online literary magazine seeking creative and intellectual work in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and related genres, with two annual reading periods.

The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction is an annual international flash fiction competition for stories up to 250 words, open to writers worldwide aged 16 and over, with cash prizes and anthology publication.

Waxwing is a triannual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translations, with a strong focus on cultural diversity and international voices.

Open to: Must be 18 years or older.

WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly international contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction, open to all styles and genres, with cash prizes and optional critiques.

Sunspot Literary Journal publishes a wide range of prose (including fiction, nonfiction, scripts, and screenplays), poetry, and translations, accepting both genre and literary work up to 49,000 words.

SmokeLong Quarterly publishes flash fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid narratives up to 1000 words, and runs an annual micro contest for pieces up to 250 words.

Open to: Entrants must be 18 or older.

Your Impossible Voice publishes innovative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, flash, essays, reviews, and interviews from around the world.

Muleskinner Journal is a literary magazine seeking unpublished poetry, flash/micro fiction, short stories, and creative nonfiction for themed issues, currently open for submissions on the theme 'Curio.'

Burningword Literary Journal is a triannual print and digital publication seeking poetry, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and visual art, with a modest submission fee and complimentary contributor copies.

The Icarus Writing Collective is a themed literary magazine publishing short fiction and flash fiction with a speculative focus, offering a small honorarium.

Fahmidan Journal is a quarterly online literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and flash, with a focus on diverse, thought-provoking, and existential writing.

Open to: Must be at least 18 years old; present and past staff members prohibited.

Hellbender Literary Journal is currently open for submissions of flash prose (fiction and creative nonfiction), poetry, and visual art for its Fall/Winter 2026 issue.

A-Minor Magazine publishes flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and poetry with a focus on concise, evocative work.

Chestnut Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing poetry, flash (fiction and nonfiction), and prose (fiction and nonfiction), with a focus on beautiful language and narrative.

Open to: Must be at least 18 years of age.

Flash 500 runs a quarterly flash fiction competition with cash prizes for stories up to 500 words.

South Florida Poetry Journal is a quarterly online literary magazine publishing poetry, flash fiction, essays, and occasional contests, with a focus on well-crafted, emotionally nuanced work.

Open to: Must be at least 18 years old.

Toasted Cheese Literary Journal is a quarterly publication accepting poetry, flash, fiction, and creative nonfiction with a focus on quality writing and a diversity of voices.

Viridine Literary is a literary magazine that publishes flash and other short works.

elsewhere is a literary magazine seeking short, unlineated prose works that blur genre boundaries, including flash fiction, prose poetry, and nonfiction.

phoebe is a biannual literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with both a winter print issue and a spring contest issue, and pays contributors.

Open to: No submissions from current or former students of George Mason University’s creative writing program or any other affiliates of George Mason University.