Fiction
The Great American Western
Closed
- Length
- Up to 5,000 words
- Pay
- 0.01 USD per word
- Fee
- Not stated
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
The Great American Western is a Substack-based publication of Western writing that publishes one short story a month as its Campfire Tales feature. Its fiction call takes one original, unpublished Western short story per writer per reading period, up to 5,000 words, set in the era of the American West from colonial days until 1910, and pays $0.01 USD per word on publication. Submissions are currently closed; the next reading period is June 1–30, 2027, by email, and simultaneous submissions are welcome.
Western
- Anonymous reading
- Not required
- Query after
- 60 days
- AI policy
- The Great American Western publishes work written entirely by human authors; AI-generated or AI-assisted submissions will not be considered.
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