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Fiction

Necessary Fiction

No closing date
Length
Up to 3,000 words
Pay
Unpaid
Fee
Not stated
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Original only

What they accept

Necessary Fiction publishes a featured short story each Wednesday and accepts unpublished fiction, not reprints, up to about 3,000 words through its submission manager. It also welcomes submissions of new translations of fiction where the translator holds the appropriate rights. Simultaneous submissions are fine.

Literary
Query after
90 days
AI policy
Necessary Fiction asks for writing that could only be made by a person.

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