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Upcoming reading periods

General

Oct 25, 2023 - Oct 31, 2023

General

Nov 24, 2023 - Nov 30, 2023

General

Jan 25, 2024 - Jan 31, 2024

Guidelines

"We feature stories under 1000 words."

"We feature stories under 1000 words."

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time

145 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

2 genres

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

If you have micros -- each story < 250 words -- you can send up to five.

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

If you have micros -- each story < 250 words -- you can send up to five.

Statistics

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Track submission

73

Total submissions tracked

145 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

76 days

Fastest response time

218 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 532 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Writers may send one or two stories in a single document. (If you have micros -- each story < 250 words -- you can send up to five.)

Rights for published work

All rights revert to author upon publication.

Additional info

About the Magazine

Founded in 2008 | United States

We post new stories at least once a week for nine months of the year. Our summer break runs from late May until late August. Over the break we put up our annual, The Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions of the year.

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Scott Garson

Editor-in-Chief

Shome Dasgupta

Series Editor