Independent music and literary publication. Short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, and artist-written features. 

Turn & Work covers independent music and literature. Right now we publish one story a week, but want that number to go up.

We publish short stories and flash fiction from writers doing serious work in the form. Recent contributors include Emily Rinkema (Cambridge Prize, Lascaux Prize, The Sun, SmokeLong Quarterly), Travis Flatt (Sand and Gravel Press, Fractured Lit, HAD), Kelli Dianne Rule (Heavy Feather Review, BULL, Whale Road Review), Liz Rosen (North American Review, Pithead Chapel), and Amy DeBellis (Pushcart nominee, Wigleaf Top 50, X-R-A-Y, Passages North, CLASH Books).

We also publish creative nonfiction and essays. Every week we publish The Shortlist, a roundup of short-form writing we've discovered elsewhere on the web.

We're a small publication with a genuinely engaged readership. We read everything we receive.


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

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

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

Turn & Work

Accepting fiction and creative nonfiction, flash through short story length. No strict word count limits, but stories over 2,000 words should have a strong hook. Any genre and style accepted. Poetry submissions are welcome, preferably narrative verse resembling flash fiction. Reprints allowed with disclosure. No AI-generated or AI-assisted texts accepted. Submit as Word doc with a short bio. Simultaneous submissions allowed with notification if accepted elsewhere. First publishing rights requested. Response time about one month.

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