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1989 by vince omni the winner of the craft 2025 novelette print prize copies of phillip anderson s landing in andonia the winner of the craft 2024 novelette print prize and a selection of craft books from craft s curated bookshop org bookshelf note that shipping is only available for us and canada residents guidelines the summer feedback sprint is open to all prose writers please send fiction or creative nonfiction only international submissions are welcome work must be written primarily in english but some code switching meshing is warmly welcomed please adhere to the 6 000 word count maximum note that work that has received editorial feedback from craft is not eligible for submission to our contests multiple submissions are welcome though you must pay the 99 registration fee for each manuscript kindly double space and use times new roman 12 we do not consider or review ai generated or ai assisted work we strongly discourage simultaneous submissions in conjunction with editorial feedback if your piece is already under review by our team and you withdraw it we will not be able to offer a refund if you withdraw your piece before we have begun feedback we will be happy to let you substitute another piece of equal length we do not discriminate on the basis of age ancestry disability family status gender identity or expression national origin race religion sex or sexual orientation or for any other reason additionally we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we review work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review you will be refunded less fees we are always happy to answer any questions email us contact craftliterary com event partner literistic helps writers find filter and track submission opportunities without getting overwhelmed by endless lists of deadlines each month the literistic team curates a focused list of worthwhile contests publications residencies fellowships and other opportunities while the new literistic portal will let you search and personalize results based on your genre and goals write more search less editorial feedback team kate blakinger is a writer and editor her short stories and essays have appeared in alaska quarterly review epiphany the gettysburg review the iowa review the offing and other journals she is a tin house workshop alumna and holds an mfa from the helen zell writers program at the university of michigan the elizabeth george foundation macdowell jentel and the kimmel harding nelson center have supported her writing with fellowships she lives in philadelphia with her family b b garin is a writer living in buffalo new york her echapbook new songs for old radios is available from wordrunner press her work has appeared in hawaii pacific review luna station quarterly palooka 3rd wednesday crack the spine and more she is currently a prose reader and blog contributor for the masters review she continues to improve her craft at grubstreet writing center where she has developed several short fiction pieces as well as two novels connect with her online bb_garin eliana gruvman is a passionate reader editor and writer she graduated from fordham university with a degree in english and spanish language and literature she is currently a flash fiction editorial assistant at craft and previously interned for gallery books at simon schuster and for ladderbird literary agency her work has been published on fordham s platforms the ampersand mode magazine bricolage and relish and has been performed by free pizza sketch comedy jill kolongowski writes the substack tiny true stories and is also the author of the essay collection life lessons harry potter taught me ulysses press 2017 her work also appears in electric lit insider the los angeles review of books brevity river teeth and elsewhere her essays have won sundog lit s first annual contest series and the diana woods memorial prize in creative nonfiction at lunch ticket and she earned her mfa from st mary s college of california jill teaches writing at the college of san mateo and lives in northern california with her husband and daughter find her on twitter jillkolongowski val m mathews is a big hearted fun loving editor who teaches courses in developmental editing for the university of california berkeley extension queen s university in ontario canada and the editorial freelancers association in new york city val also freelances on the side and works as an editorial consultant for craft and the masters review previously she was an editor for the wild rose press a small traditional publishing house in new york she earned an ma in professional writing from kennesaw state university and a bfa from the university of georgia fun fact about val she s been an faa certified flight instructor for over twenty five years and in the past she flew lear jets for a living justine payton is an mfa candidate at the university of north carolina wilmington where she is a recipient of the philip gerard graduate fellowship and the bernice kert fellowship in creative writing she has been published or has work forthcoming in the bellevue literary review isele magazine the masters review the keeping room and others she is currently the managing editor of only poems an editor for ecotone and an editorial intern with tin house find her on instagram just_a_rose4 gage saylor is the assistant director of creative writing at oklahoma state university his fiction and poetry have appeared in passages north tampa review crab creek review iron horse and elsewhere he has won the katherine anne porter prize at nimrod and is a previous semifinalist for the kurt vonnegut speculative fiction prize at north american review he received his mfa at mcneese state university where he was awarded the robert olen butler prize for fiction creative nonfiction 1k 6k words guidelines for creative nonfiction 1k 6k words guidelines submit to creative nonfiction 1k 6k words welcome to craft 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nonfiction up to 1k words welcome to craft submissions for flash creative nonfiction are open year round and offer payment of 100 for accepted original work this free category is for essays and standalone excerpts fewer than 1 000 words see our longform creative nonfiction category for essays between 1 000 and 6 000 words as we have always done with our fiction each published work of creative nonfiction will include an author s note and an editorial introduction that both focus on the craft of the piece we review literary nonfiction but are open to a variety of styles our only requirement is that you show excellence in your craft if you have questions about submissions please send an email to contact at craftliterary dot com guidelines flash creative nonfiction submissions are open to all writers we accept flash creative nonfiction only in this category please no academic work we have a separate category for critical writing and interviews international submissions are allowed please submit work primarily written in english but some code switching meshing is warmly welcomed we adhere to a 1 000 word count maximum for essays between 1 000 and 6 000 words please choose the longform creative nonfiction category please send only one flash creative nonfiction piece between 401 and 1 000 words or up to three micros 400 words or fewer each fewer than 1 000 words total may be submitted in a single document this file counts as one submission we review literary nonfiction but are open to a variety of genres and styles including memoir lyric essays personal essays narrative nonfiction speculative creative nonfiction and experimental prose please submit previously unpublished work only we no longer consider reprints we allow simultaneous submissions writers please notify us and withdraw your piece if your work is selected for publication elsewhere if you withdraw your work you may submit another piece in the same genre we no longer allow multiple submissions please send only 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craft submissions for short fiction are open year round and offer payment of 200 for accepted original work this free category is for short stories and standalone fiction excerpts between 1 000 and 6 000 words see our flash fiction category to submit stories of fewer than 1 000 words we are thrilled to be able to pay for published stories but subsequently must be highly selective in our choices to serve our aim of exploring the art of fiction each published story includes an editor s introduction as well as a craft essay author s note by the writer this essay will be requested upon acceptance if you have questions about submissions please send an email to contact at craftliterary dot com guidelines fiction submissions are open to all writers we accept short fiction and standalone excerpts only in this category international submissions are welcome please submit work primarily written in english but some code switching meshing is warmly welcomed we adhere to a 6 000 word count maximum 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