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Fiction

Workers Write!

Closes 31 Dec 2026 May close early
Length
500 to 5,000 words
Pay
Not stated
Fee
Not stated
Simultaneous
Not stated
Reprints
Reprints welcome

What they accept

Issue 23 of Workers Write!, Tales from the Contingent Workforce, seeks fiction and poetry told from the perspectives of gig, temp and contract workers, with stories of 500 to 5,000 words submitted by email. The deadline is December 31, 2026, or until the issue is full; payment is between $10 and $50 depending on length and rights requested, and previously published material is considered.

Literary
AI policy
Submitted work must be the author's original work and must not have been generated or "co-written" by artificial intelligence.

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