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The Forge Literary Magazine was founded by volunteers from the Fiction Forge, an international online writers’ forum, which counts amongst its members and alumni winners of numerous literary awards, including the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Bridport Prize, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Pinch Literary Award in Fiction. Former members’ novels have been published by Bloomsbury, Chatto & Windus, Sceptre, Headline and Little, Brown. Our staff share editorial duties equally, we pay our contributors, and our taste is wide-ranging and eclectic.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for some submissions. They charge fees for "tip jar" and post-quota submissions. The fee is USD $3.
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Country of Publication & Year Established

International Established in 2016

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 52 x per year.

Fiction Temp Closed

Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 01 October 2024* (approx. 22 days from now) through 31 October 2024. 2

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Open to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres
Lengths:
Flash Fiction Flash FictionUp to 1,000 words.
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 3,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Details: $100.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


Nonfiction Temp Closed

Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 01 October 2024* (approx. 22 days from now) through 31 October 2024. 0

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Narrative Nonfiction Narrative NonfictionUp to 3,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Details: $100.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


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The Forge Literary Magazine Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
This project ranks among the 25 Most Challenging Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 357 reports from 241 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported0 min | 18.2 mean avg | 11.0 median | 235 max days (23.1 std dev)
Responses95.52 %
Acceptances2.80 % of submissions accepted (31.6 avg. days per acceptance) | 4.15 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections92.72 % (16.7 avg. days per rejection) | 22.1 % personal, 54.4 % form, 23.6 % unspecified | 0.6 % rewrite requests | 1.4 % shortlisted
Non-Responses4.48 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded0.28 % (235.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals4.20 % (28.2 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending9 responses are pending (4 min | 89.9 mean avg | 38.0 median | 213 max days waiting | 86.9 std dev) from 9 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 120 days. (0.8 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 120 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 120 days have passed.
The most common submission fee paid: USD $3.00. (41.0 % of reports specified whether they paid a fee; of those, 80.4 % paid fees.)
Most submissions are acknowledged within one day.
Most recent response reported was received on 30 Aug 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 06 Aug 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 04 Sep 2024
Last Audited: 11 Jul 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 01 Jan 2016

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