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BlazeVOX Online Journal Wildcard

Presenting fine works of poetry, fiction, text art, visual poetry and arresting works of creative non-fiction written by authors from around world
Genres: General.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 160.0 days.

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Five Points Fees

Since the publication of its inaugural issue in 1996, Five Points has become one of this country’s best literary magazines. Published three times a year by the Georgia State University Department of English, each issue features poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews with the most compelling writers working today. Philip Levine called Five Points “A refreshing combination of the old and the new…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 56.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Hopkins Review Fees

The mission of The Hopkins Review is to publish today’s vital voices and visions in literature, culture, criticism, public-facing scholarship, and the arts. We celebrate our 15th year of continuous publishing with a commitment to creative excellence and its dynamic, diverse, and inclusive present and future…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $100.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 165.6 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Indiana Review Fees

Indiana Review is a non-profit literary magazine published by the English Department at Indiana University Bloomington. We've been offering "carefully strange" literature since 1976.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $5 per page, with $25 minimum.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 73.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Jabberwock Review Fees

The Jabberwock Review is a literary journal published by students and faculty of Mississippi State University. The journal consists of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. The Jabberwock Review editors are faculty and students of MSU, and funding is provided by the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts & Sciences, the University Honors Program, the Department of English, fundraisers, and subscriptions.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 74.9 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Johnny America

Johnny America is a little print ’zine of fiction, humor, and other miscellany. It’s a web site too, freshened every-other Friday.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 19.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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New England Review

The mission of New England Review is to publish the most provoking and rewarding writing of our time from established and emerging writers across the globe. We are dedicated to inclusive excellence and believe writing that embraces “difficulty”—be it formal, conceptual, or linguistic—nurtures our democracy. NER strives to empower readers and writers to trust they already possess the skills necessary to experience and create powerful writing that mirrors the complexities of their everyday lives.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette, Novella, Novel Excerpt.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $20 per page, with a minimum of $50.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 98.3 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Ninth Letter

Ninth Letter is the award-winning literary arts journal edited and produced by the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The journal’s mission is to present original literary writing of exceptional quality, illuminated by cutting-edge graphic design…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $100 for prose.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 150.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Okay Donkey Magazine

Okay Donkey is a literary magazine that likes to read the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. We like work that’s funny, that’s sad, and that’s both funny and sad. We especially enjoy the experimental, the surreal, the magical realist, and the genre-bending.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per flash.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 15.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Pine Hills Review

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. 12.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

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