Fiction
CutBank
Closes 1 Feb 2027
- Length
- Up to 8,500 words
- Pay
- 50 USD flat
- Fee
- Reading fee 5.00 USD
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
CutBank is a literary journal published at the University of Montana. Its print fiction call takes previously unpublished stories of up to 8,500 words from September 15 to February 1, charges a $5 reading fee, and pays contributors $50 per piece.
Literary
- Anonymous reading
- Remove your name from the manuscript
- Query after
- 90 days
- AI policy
- No AI-use policy stated in the guidelines checked.
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