Short Story Connect discussion

We have media contacts with certain literary magazines so when we hear about a Call for Submissions, we’ll post them here. Please add to this thread if you hear of anything so we can give all writers a chance to get their work published and read. And for readers, you’ll know which magazines publish short stories :)

Magazine: Popshot
Theme: Time
Genre: None Specified
Word Count: max 2,500 words
Deadline: July 25th 2014
Submission Guidelines: www.popshotpopshot.com/submit

Could you please add links to the magazine's website in these listings? That would be really helpful. (And cut down on google's server hits since I won't have to search. ^_^)

EDIT: Genres wanted/accepted would be good to have as well. I write mostly fantasy (and/or romance), so I don't want to waste an editor's time if the magazine isn't interested in that genre.

Of course, URL! We were so excited to share this information that we forgot to put the obvious! Thanks for the other suggestions, Lura! We'll pass on whatever information we get :)

Magazine: Humber Literary Review
Theme: None Specified
Genre: None Specified
Word Count: 4,000 to 6,000 words
Deadline: June 30th 2014
Submission Info: http://humberliteraryreview.com/submi...

Horror Novel Reviews has a writing contest for 100-word flash fiction. If you write flash fiction in the horror genre, this contest might interest you.

http://horrornovelreviews.com/2014/07...

Paula wrote: "Horror Novel Reviews has a writing contest for 100-word flash fiction."

Thanks for this, Paula! Definitely valuable information :)

My magazine, Geek Force Five, publishes one piece of genre fiction per month. Check us out at http://geekforcefive.com and then, if you think you have something that'd be right for us, submit at http://geekforcefive.submittable.com. Payment is 70% of the profits from the issue you're published in.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Paula wrote: "Horror Novel Reviews has a writing contest for 100-word flash fiction. If you write flash fiction in the horror genre, this contest might interest you.

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After going to read about this contest, I'm interested now. But I struggle with writing short stories, more so with flash fiction. I've never attempted one so short before. (I did write one that was 300 words a few years back, but it was a children's story. Those are a bit easier to do in fewer words.)

I also don't write horror very often, so that's another barrier. Still. I think I'm going to try to come up with something...

Lura, I found that writing a 100 word short story to be very difficult but an excellent way of training the creative mind to write really tight and to the point. Every word is so important. Good luck!

Paula wrote: "Lura, I found that writing a 100 word short story to be very difficult but an excellent way of training the creative mind to write really tight and to the point. Every word is so important. Good luck!"

Thanks. I think I'll need it.

A link you might try. http://www.newpages.com/classifieds/c...

They have a long listing.

Magazine: Carve Magazine
Theme: N/A
Genre: No genre fiction (thriller, horror, romance, etc.); literary fiction only. Novel excerpts only if it stands alone as a story.
Literary Magazine
Word Count: no minimum, max 10,000.
Deadline: Accept submissions year-round.

Magazine: One Story
Theme: N/A
Genre: literary fiction. (Cash prize)
Word Count: less than 500KB
Deadline: September 1st — May 31st

Magazine: American Short Fiction
Theme: N/A
Genre: contemporary literature
Word Count: under 2000 words
Deadline: accepted year-round

Does not publish poetry, plays, nonfiction, reviews, etc.

Horror Novel Reviews has ten 100-word flash short stories up on their web site.

Take a read: http://horrornovelreviews.com/2014/11...