Fee-Free General Literary Short Stories

We love work that is linguistically, intellectually, and emotionally demanding of the reader. We want literary fiction that grows in complexity upon each visitation. All writers tend to develop a scrap heap of brilliant writing - sharp dialogue that has been cut in service of a plot, a philosophical tirade that can't quite be couched in a narrative, a stunning imagistic landscape of linguistic pyrotechnics that seeks an audience..…
Genres: General.
Lengths:     Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette, Novel Excerpt.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 76.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

BULL is dedicated to rewriting modern masculinity from the voices that most often get drowned out amongst the shouting and posturing—voices that often struggle in silence and shame. We're looking for anybody with a story to tell about masculilnity. Whoever you are, whatever you identify as, and wherever you come from, we want to hear from you…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 25.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

Eckleburg is a literary and arts journal publishing original works from both emerging and awarded writers, poets, artists and musicians including Roxane Gay, Rick Moody, Cris Mazza, Steve Almond, Stephen Dixon, Moira Egan and David Wagoner.
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 144.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

The idea for Flight: A Literary Sampler, was born 30,000 feet above Los Angeles. One of the editors was hungover, flying back from AWP, still dreaming about the flight of beers they had at a sketchy bar the night before. The idea was to launch a literary site that would offer just four pieces in each edition: one poem, one story, one essay, and one…something else. By the time the plane landed, they had a page full of notes, a co-editor, and plan…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 23.4 days.
Acceptances: Average. 9.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

J Journal seeks new writing – fiction, creative nonfiction (1st person narrative, personal essay, memoir) and poetry – that takes on justice. Our most powerful pieces relate tangentially to the justice theme, though we do occasionally publish work that speaks directly of crime, criminal justice, law, and law enforcement. As a literary project, however, J Journal is less likely to publish straightforward genre fiction. We look for writing brave enough to find the justice question in the ordinary.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 42.0 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 14.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

Named after the Pine Hills neighborhood in Albany, Pine Hills Review is an online literary journal with a national focus that publishes artful, honest, and compelling work by new and established writers, from fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to visual art, interviews, and experimental, cross-genre work. We love irreverent, fun, different, and surprising work that tries to do something new. Established in 2014 in association with The College of Saint Rose as part of its M.F.A…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 12.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.4% of fiction submissions accepted.