Confluence (Very Short Fiction)
The Flyfish Journal
No closing date
- Length
- Up to 500 words
- Pay
- Not stated
- Fee
- Not stated
- Simultaneous
- Not stated
- Reprints
- Not stated
What they accept
The Flyfish Journal is a fly-fishing quarterly built on documentary journalism and fly fishing's people, places, and culture. Its Confluence department takes very short fiction of less than 500 words; initial contact is by query email, and writers should allow at least 3 months before sending a follow-up inquiry.
Other / not listed
- Anonymous reading
- Not required
- Query after
- 90 days
- AI policy
- The Flyfish Journal will only publish authentic, 100-percent human-written stories and will reject outright any copy that has used generative AI at any point of the writing process, including editing and formatting.
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