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Bellevue Literary Review Fees

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Bellevue Literary Review is a literary arts organization that uses storytelling and poetry to deepen understanding of health, illness, and healing through its award-winning literary journal, education, and dynamic public programming—connecting a community of readers, writers, patients, clinicians, and caregivers through shared stories…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $150.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 80.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Dodge

The Dodge is an eco-writing literary magazine based in Wooster, Ohio, at the College of Wooster.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 79.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Fish Barrel Review

Our Mission: We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic writers. Young, old, just starting out, or been at this for decades–we want to see the drive and passion that compels you to create. We want work that challenges and inspires. We want work with empathy. We want work with urgency, work the world needs to see. We like grey spaces and mystery. Funky line breaks are always welcome. Traditional, experimental, free verse, surrealist: we want to see you on the page.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 72.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Harvard Review Fees

Harvard Review publishes new poetry, essays, fiction, drama, criticism, book reviews, and interviews. From its beginnings, the journal has been committed to showcasing the work of emerging writers alongside established voices, or, as we like to think of it, publishing writers who will be famous next to writers who already are…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 187.9 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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J Journal

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. 40.2 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 13.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Liars' League

Liars' League is a themed short fiction performance night based in central London (UK), where the stories are written by emerging authors, read by professional actors, & watched by a literature-loving crowd. Liars' League stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, published in award-winning print anthologies by our partners Arachne Press, & performed at festivals and events up and down the UK, & our alumni have gone on to write bestselling novels in the UK and US…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novel Excerpt.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: GBP £20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 40.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Moonflake Press Online Wildcard

Moonflake Press was born from the love of writing and the desire to read more magical, scientific, sexual, funny and horrifying words. We want to read the work you've spent months on and the work you wrote half an hour before sending to us. As a team with WOC ourselves we know how difficult it can be to find homes for work that is heavily influenced by our cultures. Moonflake Press wants all your hard to pronounce names and all your customs and traditions…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 42.0 days.

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Nashville Review

Nashville Review seeks to publish the best work we can get our hands on, period. From expansive to minimalist, narrative to lyric, epiphanic to subtle: if it’s a moving work of art, we want it. We hope to provide a venue for both distinguished and emerging artists.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $100.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 259.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Post Road Magazine Fees

Post Road accepts unsolicited poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short plays and monologues, and visual art submissions.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 127.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Troublemaker Firestarter

Troublemaker Firestarter is a literary magazine specializing in LGBTQIA+ and feminist topics. Our goal is to excite readers. We welcome the uncomfortable and controversial. New, bold, and proud writers and artists should find their home here.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 19.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 12.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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