Reading Periods:
September 1 – December 1.
March 1 - June 1.
What We Publish:
No limitations on genre. Just send us your best fiction. See our home page for a weirdly detailed example of the many genres we'll consider. But then again, the whole point of that list is that we'll consider pretty much anything.
We welcome flash fiction, longer stories, hybrid, and experimental stuff you can't quite define. We publish a new story every two weeks. Help us keep our readers on their toes.
Note: We'll publish fiction in any genre as long as we love it, but we draw the line at AI-generated prose. We'll take humans writing about robots—but we don't want robots writing about humans. Please: No AI. We absolutely will NOT consider anything promoting hate or divisiveness.
What We Pay:
We pay $25 via PayPal upon publication.
Word Count:
500 – 3,000 words is our preferred range, but you can submit up to 5,000 words maximum. Please submit only one story at a time. If you have a dozen flash fiction stories, please send us one of them. We respond very quickly, so if we pass, feel free to submit again. Note: We have nothing against microfiction, but since we publish one standalone story every two weeks, we will not consider stories less than 500 words in length.
Format:
We love hard-to-define fiction, but we also love easy-to-read fonts. All work should be double-spaced and formatted somewhat traditionally.
Miscellaneous:
- No Multiple submissions. One at a time.
- We accept simultaneous submissions. Please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- No Reprints. Original, unpublished stories only.
Cover Letter:
- Please include the word count.
- Publishing under a pseudonym is fine — be yourself in the cover letter and let us know the name under which you'd like to publish.
- We don't care how the cover letter is addressed. Some journals are weird about this, which seems weird to us. You can address it however you see fit.
Rights:
Wallstrait asks for One-Time, First Serial and Electronic Rights. All rights revert back to the author upon publication.
Response Times:
Our goal is to be one of the fastest-responding literary journals in the industry. Occasionally we’ll respond the same day.
If you get a quick “pass,” it is not a reflection of your writing but rather a reflection of our commitment to responding quickly.
In most cases, we'll notify you within 10 days if your submission has been elevated by an editor for further consideration and discussion.
If you don’t hear from us within two weeks, feel free to inquire with the subject line “Status of Submission: [Title]”. We’ll look into it and get back to you.
Editorial Feedback:
We try to offer occasional feedback in the unlikely event that it's useful. Sometimes, it just helps to have a second set of eyes on something. That said, there are a lot of editors out there. We all have different opinions and different tastes, and feedback from any of us should be taken with at least a grain of salt—perhaps two or three. In many cases, it's safe to just ignore us altogether.
If we liked your overall premise but feel like the prose could be tightened to heighten the effect, we'll say something along those lines. Positive and constructive: that's what we're about. If you just get a simple form letter, it's not because we have nothing nice to say — it's because we're a small journal trying keep response times fast.
Note: All journals have a specific feel they're looking for, and we're no different. Please don't revise and resubmit unless we specifically ask for it.
If you don’t want editorial feedback, please opt out when completing your submission.
Tip Jar Submissions:
Every cent we receive from Tip Jar submissions goes toward paying writers, and every writer we publish comes from our submissions pool.
As long as both of those statements are true, our Tip Jar category will remain open.
STANDARD NOTE: Although we greatly appreciate your support, submissions in the Tip Jar category will be evaluated the same as regular submissions.
What We Publish:
No limitations on genre. Just send us your best fiction. See our home page for a weirdly detailed example of the many genres we'll consider. But then again, the whole point of that list is that we'll consider pretty much anything.
We welcome flash fiction, longer stories, hybrid, and experimental stuff you can't quite define. We publish a new story every two weeks. Help us keep our readers on their toes.
Note: We'll publish fiction in any genre as long as we love it, but we draw the line at AI-generated prose. We'll take humans writing about robots—but we don't want robots writing about humans. Please: No AI. We absolutely will NOT consider anything promoting hate or divisiveness.
What We Pay: $25.
We pay via PayPal upon publication.
Word Count:
500 – 3,000 words is our preferred range, but you can submit up to 5,000 words maximum. Please submit only one story at a time. If you have a dozen flash fiction stories, please send us one of them. We respond very quickly, so if we pass, feel free to submit again. Note: We have nothing against microfiction, but since we publish one standalone story every two weeks, we will not consider stories less than 500 words in length.
Format:
We love hard-to-define fiction, but we also love easy-to-read fonts. All work should be double-spaced and formatted somewhat traditionally.
Miscellaneous:
- No Multiple submissions. One at a time.
- We accept simultaneous submissions. Please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- No Reprints. Original, unpublished stories only.
Cover Letter:
- Please include the word count.
- Publishing under a pseudonym is fine — be yourself in the cover letter and let us know the name under which you'd like to publish.
- We don't care how the cover letter is addressed. Some journals are weird about this, which seems weird to us. You can address it however you see fit.
Tip Jar:
Every cent we receive from Tip Jar submissions goes toward paying writers, and every writer we publish comes from our submissions pool. As long as both of those statements are true, our Tip Jar category will remain open.
STANDARD NOTE: Although we appreciate your support, submissions in this category will be evaluated the same as regular submissions.
What We Publish:
No limitations on genre. Just send us your best fiction. See our home page for a weirdly detailed example of the many genres we'll consider. But then again, the whole point of that list is that we'll consider pretty much anything.
We welcome flash fiction, longer stories, hybrid, and experimental stuff you can't quite define. We publish a new story every two weeks. Help us keep our readers on their toes.
Note: We'll publish fiction in any genre as long as we love it, but we draw the line at AI-generated prose. We'll take humans writing about robots—but we don't want robots writing about humans. Please: No AI. We absolutely will NOT consider anything promoting hate or divisiveness.
What We Pay:
We pay $25 via PayPal upon publication.
Word Count:
500 – 3,000 words is our preferred range, but you can submit up to 5,000 words maximum. Please submit only one story at a time. If you have a dozen flash fiction stories, please send us one of them. We respond very quickly, so if we pass, feel free to submit again. Note: We have nothing against microfiction, but since we publish one standalone story every two weeks, we will not consider stories less than 500 words in length.
Format:
We love hard-to-define fiction, but we also love easy-to-read fonts. All work should be double-spaced and formatted somewhat traditionally.
Miscellaneous:
- No Multiple submissions. One at a time.
- We accept simultaneous submissions. Please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- No Reprints. Original, unpublished stories only.
Cover Letter:
- Please include the word count.
- Publishing under a pseudonym is fine — be yourself in the cover letter and let us know the name under which you'd like to publish.
- We don't care how the cover letter is addressed. Some journals are weird about this, which seems weird to us. You can address it however you see fit.