Fiction
West Trade Review
Closes 15 Dec 2026
- Length
- Up to 5,000 words
- Pay
- Not stated
- Fee
- Reading fee 3.00 USD
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
West Trade Review is a quarterly literary journal based in Charlotte, North Carolina, looking for original, unpublished fiction with a literary focus and psychological depth; it does not consider genre pieces. This call takes one prose piece of up to 5,000 words during its August 15 to December 15, 2026 reading period, for a $3 general submission fee, with free submissions on the first three days of each month.
Literary
- AI policy
- West Trade Review does not publish any content that was written by or with the assistance of generative AI.
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