Flash fiction, micro fiction, art, poetry, letters. Like a favourite book you’ve scribbled all kinds of notes in, we’re interested in the book but also the scribbles. Show us your marginalia.

TiaC is an online literary journal for micro, flash, poetry, art and letters.
We’re a kind of 'I am here' graffiti. Our intention is to be fully human and real. Defiant and ephemeral as paint sprayed on a wall. 

We're here for a right now that is more alive and visceral than any remembered past or unknown future. 

What does that all mean practically? We don’t know. Maybe nothing. Let’s find out. 



We asked, you guys answered. Here are more of the community's spring 2026 favorites for you cool kids, weird kids, very serious adults, etc.

Want to check out Parts 1-3? We've un-paywalled them for you guys, so get them before they're gone.
Part 1: https://www.chillsubs.com/lists/cool_kids_3
Part 2: https://www.chillsubs.com/lists/Cool_kids_2
Part 3: https://www.chillsubs.com/lists/cool_kids_pt3

Where The Cool Kids Are Submitting Their Writing: Part 4

Online publications putting forward exceptional short stories for Best of the Net.

Fiction Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

A targeted resource for short story placements with potential for Pushcart recognition.

Fiction Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

Specialized publications that recognize exceptional brief fiction through Pushcart nominations.

Digital publications advancing very short fiction for Best of the Net consideration.

Flash Fiction Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Best Microfiction, edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, celebrates the art of the extremely brief narrative. These publications have editorial teams with particular sensitivity to the craft.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best Microfiction

Identifies publications that put forward outstanding online work for this respected digital anthology established in 2006.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Publications that nominate work for this respected anthology series founded in 2015 by Tara Masih to celebrate fiction under 1,000 words.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best Small Fictions

A comprehensive guide to journals that regularly nominate work for the Pushcart Prize.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

These magazines have the fastest response times, so you won't be left hanging for months. No more endless waiting. Just, you know, regular waiting.

Literary Magazines with the Fastest Response Times

Explore the all-time most competitive speculative fiction literary magazines. These magazines are revered in the fiction world for their editorial rigor.

Most Competitive Speculative Fiction Magazines of All Time

Check out the all-time most popular speculative fiction literary magazines. These publications have a long-standing reputation for quality speculative fiction.

Most Popular Speculative Fiction Magazines of All Time

Digital publications nominating outstanding essays and creative nonfiction for Best of the Net.

Nonfiction Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Highlights publications that regularly put forward essays, memoirs, and other creative nonfiction for Pushcart consideration.

Nonfiction Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

Online journals that specifically champion poetry for Best of the Net consideration.

Poetry Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Focuses specifically on poetry journals with established histories of Pushcart nominations.

Poetry Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

Temple In A City

Send us what you love, not what you think others might. Micro, flash, poetry, art or letters, or a combination.

Issue 9 submissions

Sometimes words are too timely to wait. If your submission relates to something vital NOW add Timely to your subject line. Open in this category for flash fiction, poetry and letters.

TiaC Timely, urgent words for urgent times

We're looking for little flashes of joy to add to our ongoing Joy pop-up. This started as a one-off micro issue but why mash joy  into a box so we're making it a library instead. Flash fiction, micro, poetry, art, anything joyous counts. The smaller the better (joy usually arrives in micro moments). Always open for consideration.  
Rejections are not joyous but will happen (we're sorry). Browse the issue to get a sense of what we're looking for but don't be constrained by it. Joy comes in many forms and we're happy to receive as many as possible. And if darkness is your thing, don't worry, our regular issues are there for you too. 

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