The Itch Lit: The Itch | Micro Fiction & CNF | Under 400 Words Gold Star Program Gold Star Free Tip Jar Option

Free to submit

400 words or fewer.

We’re looking for tiny pieces that still feel whole.

Send us fiction or creative nonfiction with voice, tension, movement, surprise, emotional weight—or some other reason we keep thinking about it after the last line.

We like compression that creates pressure. We like implication.Strange little turns. Precise details. Work that trusts the reader.

A small piece does not have to be a small idea.

Guidelines

Fiction and creative nonfiction welcome
Submit one piece
400 words maximum
Previously unpublished work only
Simultaneous submissions are welcome
Please withdraw promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere
One submission at a time, please
No AI-generated creative work

There is no submission fee for this call.

If accepted, your work will be published in The Itch Lit.

Give us 400 words or fewer.

Make them itch.

Categories: Fiction/Nonfiction
File types: .docx, File-Sharing
Number of Pieces: 1 piece

Anonymous submissions are required (no identifying information in files).
Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Reprints are not allowed.
Multiple entries are allowed.
AI-assisted works are not allowed.

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