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Fiction

New Letters

No closing date
Length
Up to 5,000 words
Pay
Not stated
Fee
Reading fee
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Not stated

What they accept

New Letters reads fiction all year through Submittable only, charging a small fee that is waived for current subscribers, and takes one short story per submission. It generally publishes stories of no more than 5,000 words and states no preferences as to subject, style, or genre; a separate category takes novellas of up to 30,000 words. It says it pays contributors modestly without stating an amount, includes two copies of the issue, and aims to respond within six months.

Literary
Anonymous reading
Not required
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