Literary Garage

About

A home for writing that’s a little off the beaten path. Think rock-and-roll garage bands from the ’60s and ’70s (plus the turbo-charged ’80s versions) – storytelling with purpose, no fluff, no filler. Imagine Elmore Leonard with a Ramones soundtrack. Hemingway with three chords and a driving beat. Hunter S. Thompson in a convertible, blasting Warren Zevon on an endless highway. Bukowski. Kerouac. Jack Ketchum. Jim Harrison. Virginia Woolf. And if that doesn’t excite you, picture Quentin Tarantino on stage, doing a monologue, with Red Hot Chili Peppers cranked to 11 behind him – fast, loud, a little off-kilter. Like a pulp novel with a funk beat and just enough blood on the page.
Edgy, unique, hard-hitting, with attitude to spare. Writing with a serrated edge.
And yes…we love noir.
Jim Thompson. William Ard. David Goodis. James Ellroy. James Cain. Just a handful of the dark, twisty geniuses who inspire us.
We want Literary Garage to be the place where readers can kick back with a story that grabs them, discover both rising voices and literary heavyweights, and walk away thinking, Wow…that’s gonna stick with me.
For writers, we’re the garage where you can cut your teeth, take risks, experiment, and publish pieces that don’t always fit the polite mold elsewhere. Shorts, flashes, weird ideas…all welcome. If it’s got grit, soul, and a pulse, we want it.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Literary Garage's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.
More Approachable: Literary Garage's overall acceptance rate is higher than most magazines.
More Responsive: Literary Garage's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 3,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Expand section Nonfiction Closed

Expand section Poetry Closed

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Literary Garage Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 19 reports from 18 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

0 min | 20.8 mean avg | 18.0 median | 68 max days (20.4 std dev)

Responses

100.00 %

Acceptances:

57.89 % of submissions accepted (19.1 avg. days per acceptance) | 55.56 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

42.11 % (21.7 avg. days per rejection) | 37.5 % personal, 50.0 % form, 12.5 % unspecified | 5.3 % rewrite requests

Non-Responses

0.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

Withdrawals

Pending

3 responses are pending (32 min | 47.3 mean avg | 53.0 median | 57 max days waiting | 13.4 std dev) from 3 different members

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 28 days. (31.6 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 28 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 35 days have passed.
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 07 Sep 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 24 Aug 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 07:10 UTC (2 hours, 36 minutes ago).
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Dates

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2026

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