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All submissions must be between 1 and 500 words. So, if you submit two poems, each poem must be 500 words or less. One piece of fiction, 500 words or less, and so on.

There is no submission fee for authors, and no cost for readers. All content will be publicly available within the INSTANT NOODLES website .https://instantnoodleslitmag.com/

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Devil's Party Free Tip Jar Option

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Closes on Sunday, June 30, 2024 11:59 PM UTC (in 103 days)

Just in time for the moody season of fall, DEVIL'S PARTY is our theme. Of course poet John Milton was said to be a member of the devil's party (meant like political party), so think about a devilish party of any kind, or the devil is in the details, devil's food cake, the devil take you, etc. Use your creativity and take our friend the devil out to play. NOPE, we are not looking for religious admonitions against the devil. Serious pieces are okay; religious rants or attempts at conversion are not, nor are we looking for devil worship (we respectfully leave that to the band Black Sabbath). We're not viewing the devil in the biblical sense here; we're thinking of it as a signifier, as, for example, devil's food cake is named that way to indicate the cake is very tempting. However if you write a short piece that includes the devil as a character in some way (horror, humor), that works, as long as it is not a religious lesson.

Submissions close JUNE 30, 2024 and the issue publishes September 1, 20241.

Please note:

Profanity should appear in the piece only when it adds to the impact or authenticity of the piece.

No hate: nothing that disparages people for things they cannot help like weight, gender, sexual orientation, pronouns, etc. This is not the place to complain that you don’t like something.

If your piece is off-topic it will not be accepted no matter how wonderful it is. Please be mindful of the themes. Same goes for length. Please be mindful of word counts/length for videos, etc. as they are indicated in the call.

We do not discuss why pieces are, or are not, accepted. If your piece is not chosen we simply state: this is not the piece we are looking for at this time.

Know your publication: you will do better submitting to Instant Noodles if you have read a recent issue.

Instant Noodles is always FREE to read and to submit. Many people volunteer their time to put it together, and those chosen are not paid for their submissions, but we do submit to Pushcart and Best of the Net awards annually.

Holiday Noods Free Tip Jar Option

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Closes on Monday, September 30, 2024 11:59 PM UTC (in 195 days)

HOLIDAY NOODS is our 2024 winter holiday theme. Give us your best holiday fails (any December holiday, from Hannukah, to Solstice, to NYE, etc.) or your best funny work about noodles that happens to ALSO be holiday-themed in some way. The point of the end-of-year issue is always to be light-hearted to downright silly.

This call closes 9/30/2024, and publishes 12/1/2024.

Please note:

Profanity should appear in the piece only when it adds to the impact or authenticity of the piece.

No hate: nothing that disparages people for things they cannot help like weight, gender, sexual orientation, pronouns, etc. This is not the place to complain that you don’t like something.

If your piece is off-topic it will not be accepted no matter how wonderful it is. Please be mindful of the themes. Same goes for length. Please be mindful of word counts/length for videos, etc. as they are indicated in the call.

We do not discuss why pieces are, or are not, accepted. If your piece is not chosen we simply state: this is not the piece we are looking for at this time.

Know your publication: you will do better submitting to Instant Noodles if you have read a recent issue.

Instant Noodles is always FREE to read and to submit. Many people volunteer their time to put it together, and those chosen are not paid for their submissions, but we do submit to Pushcart and Best of the Net awards annually.

INSTANT Free Tip Jar Option

Open

Closes on Sunday, March 31, 2024 11:59 PM UTC (in 12 days)

INSTANT is our theme for Spring, 2024 like an eye seeing a scene at one moment, like something thta happens so fast. In your cover letter write one sentence to explain how your work(s) relate to “Instant."

The genres wanted are flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and memoir (one work up to 500 words); poetry (maximum 2, up to 500 words), visual art (maximum 2, format: jpg, png, gif), and multi media/video (maximum 2, length up to 3 minutes and 30 seconds, format: mp3, give a link with file security that allows any viewer). You may only submit in one genre.

This call closes on MARCH 31, 2024, and publishes on April 30, 2024.

Please note:

Profanity should appear in the piece only when it adds to the impact or authenticity of the piece.

No hate: nothing that disparages people for things they cannot help like weight, gender, sexual orientation, pronouns, etc. This is not the place to complain that you don’t like something.

If your piece is off-topic it will not be accepted no matter how wonderful it is. Please be mindful of the themes. Same goes for length. Please be mindful of word counts/length for videos, etc. as they are indicated in the call.

We do not discuss why pieces are, or are not, accepted. If your piece is not chosen we simply state: this is not the piece we are looking for at this time.

Know your publication: you will do better submitting to Instant Noodles if you have read a recent issue.

Instant Noodles is always FREE to read and to submit. Many people volunteer their time to put it together, and those chosen are not paid for their submissions, but we do submit to Pushcart and Best of the Net awards annually.

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