Fiction
Tension Literary
Closes in 11 days
- Length
- Up to 6,000 words
- Pay
- Unpaid
- Fee
- Optional tip 5.00 USD
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
Tension Literary publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, writing with an edge. Submissions for Issue VI: Winter Blues are open from October 15 to November 15, 2026, by email; fiction must be no longer than 6,000 words, submissions are free with an optional $5 donation, simultaneous submissions are accepted, only previously unpublished work is considered, and the journal does not currently pay writers.
- AI policy
- No AI-use policy stated in the guidelines checked.
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