Fiction
Reed Magazine
Closed
- Length
- Up to 5,000 words
- Pay
- Not stated
- Fee
- No fee
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal, based at San Jose State University, publishes one annual issue of fiction that exhibits craft, complexity, and creativity. Its general and contest fiction call takes stand-alone short stories of up to 5,000 words, in literary and experimental styles, from May 1 to October 1, and general submissions are free.
LiteraryExperimental
- Anonymous reading
- Remove your name from the manuscript
- AI policy
- Reed Magazine declines submissions that appear to be the product of generative AI tools, with an exception for pieces that interrogate the use of AI.
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