Fiction
Variant Literature
Closes 20 Nov 2026
- Length
- 1,200 to 5,500 words
- Pay
- 25.00 USD flat
- Fee
- Optional tip
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
Variant Literature is reading for its Winter 2027 issue from October 10 to November 20, 2026. Its fiction call takes one literary fiction or speculative fiction piece of 1,200 to 5,500 words, and a separate flash prose category takes one piece of 750 to 1,200 words; it pays $25 per accepted longform story and $15 per flash piece, through Submittable.
LiteraryOther / not listed
- AI policy
- Variant Literature does not accept any AI-assisted or AI-generated work.
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