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Pithead Chapel

No closing date May close early
Length
Up to 4,000 words
Pay
Unpaid
Fee
Not stated
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Original only

What they accept

Pithead Chapel is a monthly online journal publishing literary fiction, nonfiction, art, and prose poetry. Its fiction call takes one story at a time, including flash, up to 4,000 words, does not consider previously published work or genre fiction, and does not pay contributors.

Literary
Languages
English
Anonymous reading
Not required
Query after
60 days
AI policy
The guidelines say not to use AI to create submitted work, stating that such pieces are not wanted.

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