The Fiction Desk
Literary Magazine
The Fiction Desk is an independent short story publisher, specialising in new fiction. Our regular anthologies include stories from debut and established authors, from the UK and around the world. We even publish the occasional ghost story.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: within four weeks*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
2
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 10000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 10000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: £ 4
Payment: £25-250
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
Just a couple of lines, with anything relevant to the subject matter, or any previous publications.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
If possible, please submit your short story in .docx, .doc, or .odt format. (At a pinch, we can also use .rtf files. However, please avoid Microsoft Works or Apple Pages documents as we aren't always able to open these.
Author's rights
We ask for first serial rights on any story we publish. This means that the story should not have appeared anywhere else, either in print or online (which includes publication on an author's own website). When we publish a story, we ask for a brief period of exclusivity (usually six months), and the right to keep the story in print as part of the anthology. We don't ask for more rights than we need to produce our anthologies, or place any limits on what you can do with your story after the exclusivity period. Copyright always remains with the author.
Additional info
Please note that we do not consider novel excerpts, non-fiction, poetry, or anything with illustrations or photographs. The stories we publish are also eligible to enter the Writer's Award, a cash prize of £100 for the best story in each volume, as judged by the contributors.
Tracker statistics
29
Total submissions tracked
34 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
14 days
Fastest response time
87 days
Slowest response time
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About
The Fiction Desk is an independent publishing house based in the UK. We exist to encourage and promote new short stories, primarily through our series of new writing anthologies. We feature work from across the English-speaking world, as well as the occasional translated story.
Founded
Country
GB
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Editor-in-Chief