Doric Literary

Submissions To submit, simply attach one short story, saved as an MS Word document, to an email and send it to: doric.literary@gmail.com No cover letter is required* but be sure to include your story’s t…

👀24-HOUR SUBMISSION WINDOW!👀

(7 days a week, 52 weeks a year!)😎

Doric Literary is always reading fiction, 1000-8000 words📚
No fee🆓
$10 payment💰
Fast response🏇
We nominate for major awards🏆
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Refuge Regret, he’s learning again, swells until it assumes the shape of sin.

“He wonders if all guardian angels are devils trying to lighten their burdens.”

Franz Jørgen Neumann for @doricliterary.bsky.social

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Welcome New Senior Flash Fiction Editor, Lisa Thornton We are pleased to announce that Lisa Thornton has been promoted to Senior Flash Fiction Editor!

We are pleased to announce that Lisa Thornton has been promoted to Senior Flash Fiction Editor!

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2026 Pushcart Prize nominations from Doric Literary. A black and white drawing of a Doric column, plus the names and story titles of our nominees: The Snake Stomper by Barbara E. Miner Sebastian by Niamh Mac Cabe Dallas, 1931 by Patrick Strickland The Skull Never Frowns by Damien Roos Callie the Cat by Dana Cann Down: An Excerpt by Hannah Grieco

Looking for some weekend reading? Every one of these stories is absolutely brilliant!

Doric Literary's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees.
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#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
@patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social

Submission fees waived. Today only!
I'd love to read your work on a Para/Social theme!

Thrilled to have a story in the new issue of @doesithavepockets.bsky.social! Amazing work here from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social, @sagetyrtle.bsky.social, @francinewitte.bsky.social, @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social, @fionamckay.bsky.social, and more!
#flashfiction #litmags

Congrats to our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees!

Green background with a small orange and green frog hanging on to a skinny twig. Big words in white at the top read “Best Microfiction nominations”. Scattered around the frog are 5 nominated authors: Timothy C. Goodwin, Andy Lopez, Amy Allen, Celia Knapp, and Elena Zhang. A small white Flash Frog logo (frog with glasses typing on a typewriter) is in the bottom right corner.

🚨🐸BEST MICROFICTION nominations are in!

Congrats to @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social, @ezhang77.bsky.social, Amy Allen, Celia Knapp, and Andy Lopez

Dallas, 1931 He pressed the lip of the weapon to my right eye, gently at first and then forcefully. “My name’s Dell Winford,” he said. “Just thought you got a right to know who’s killin’ you.”

Brilliant & utterly riveting new fiction now online at Doric Literary.

"Dallas, 1931" by @patrickobrienstrickland.com

Communism, the KKK, rallies, arrests, floggings, & a drowning, this piece reminds us of where we've been - & where we may return...
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The Skull Never Frowns Paul stepped into bright sunlight with sudden unease in his gut, that feeling like when the distractions fell off and life came roaring back. Different this time though, a hint of guilt, the sense …

New fiction at Doric Literary: a tragic mistake leads to horrifying consequences in a short story that examines regret, failure, & decay, while a steady barrage of military testing shakes the foundations.

"The Skull Never Frowns" by Damien Roos.

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2026 Pushcart Prize nominations from Doric Literary. A black and white drawing of a Doric column, plus the names and story titles of our nominees: The Snake Stomper by Barbara E. Miner Sebastian by Niamh Mac Cabe Dallas, 1931 by Patrick Strickland The Skull Never Frowns by Damien Roos Callie the Cat by Dana Cann Down: An Excerpt by Hannah Grieco

At last: Doric Literary's Pushcart nominations for 2026!
@pushcartprize.bsky.social
#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social @patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social

doric-literary.com/nominations/

An Herb Most Bruised - Exposition Review by Simi Modupeore Raji Stageplay   (Plain Text Version)       Simi Modupeore Raji (she/they) is an award-winning Nigerian American writer from New York City whose work blends myth, memory, and magic a...

It’s always a joy to get to publish works by young writers who attend our #ShareYourVoice! workshop (tinyurl.com/ExpoShare25), and this year’s @penamerica.bsky.social DREAMing Out Loud #ExpoContributor Simi Modupeore Raji’s stageplay reimagining Circe & Medea is Expo gold:
tinyurl.com/ExpoHerb.

This December let’s give ourselves permission to sit & read a good book for a half hour when the mood strikes. Even though we have so much to do. Even though work is a lot. Just set down the phone, put aside the to do list, & give yourself this gift. 2025 has been hard. We deserve a treat. ☕️ 📚

My second #Pushcart nomination this year! Thanks to @courtlandavenue.bsky.social for the honor and for including my story in this wonderful magazine @doricliterary.bsky.social

💃 I'm so very proud of this! Thank you Dave, and congratulations to my marvellous fellow nominees 🥳

This morning has been good for my soul. 🥰

2026 Pushcart Prize nominations from Doric Literary. A black and white drawing of a Doric column, plus the names and story titles of our nominees: The Snake Stomper by Barbara E. Miner Sebastian by Niamh Mac Cabe Dallas, 1931 by Patrick Strickland The Skull Never Frowns by Damien Roos Callie the Cat by Dana Cann Down: An Excerpt by Hannah Grieco

At last: Doric Literary's Pushcart nominations for 2026!
@pushcartprize.bsky.social
#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social @patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social

doric-literary.com/nominations/

The Skull Never Frowns Paul stepped into bright sunlight with sudden unease in his gut, that feeling like when the distractions fell off and life came roaring back. Different this time though, a hint of guilt, the sense …

New fiction at Doric Literary: a tragic mistake leads to horrifying consequences in a short story that examines regret, failure, & decay, while a steady barrage of military testing shakes the foundations.

"The Skull Never Frowns" by Damien Roos.

doric-literary.com/2025/12/01/t...

Dallas, 1931 He pressed the lip of the weapon to my right eye, gently at first and then forcefully. “My name’s Dell Winford,” he said. “Just thought you got a right to know who’s killin’ you.”

Brilliant & utterly riveting new fiction now online at Doric Literary.

"Dallas, 1931" by @patrickobrienstrickland.com

Communism, the KKK, rallies, arrests, floggings, & a drowning, this piece reminds us of where we've been - & where we may return...
doric-literary.com/2025/12/01/d...

I'm thrilled to have work in Switch Magazine once again. Thank you editors for showing "Slip Sliding Away" so much love! Thanks, too, to @megpokrass.bsky.social in whose workshop this piece got its start. 🙏💜🙏
Read the issue here: www.switchonline.org/about-1

Two doric pillars against a dark blue background. Between them is the journal name: Doric Literary. Beneath that is the following blurb from the short story "Dallas, 1931" by Patrick Strickland: He pressed the lip of the weapon to my right eye, gently at first and then forcefully. “My name’s Dell Winford,” he said. “Just thought you got a right to know who’s killin’ you.”

The excitement is palpable at Doric Literary!

Tomorrow, December 1, we'll announce our 2026 #Pushcart nominations & present stunning new fiction to leave you breathless.

"Dallas, 1931" by Patrick Strickland
@patrickobrienstrickland.com
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Two doric pillars against a dark blue background. Between them is the journal name: Doric Literary. Beneath that is the following blurb from the short story "The Skull Never Frowns" by Damien Roos: “Maybe his wife left him,” the lady said. “Or maybe his dog died,” mused the bartender, prompting another round of laughter.

We've got brilliant new fiction coming your way tomorrow, December 1!
We'll also announce our #Pushcart nominations.
Plan accordingly!

"The Skull Never Frowns" by Damien Roos.
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Title: “A Love Story Told in Nine Lives” Author: Anna Vangala Jones An illustration of a man walking past a cafe window. Inside the cafe a woman is sitting and drinking coffee at a table by the window and the man is looking at her as he walks.

I have a new story in Short Story Long! many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social, a wonderful editor who always makes my writing better, the incredible Zoë Petersen for her beautiful original art, & all of you who take the time to read this one ♡ ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-love-sto...

ICYMI we're open for submissions of #microfiction. Please click on the link for our guidelines #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions #submissionsopen fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Notes on the Kingdom of Eleutheria Fergus was sitting with some other fathers of aborted children, and they were all laughing . . . as though this was the biggest joke on earth.

Voting is currently underway for the @chillsubs.bsky.social Best Lit Mag Awards!

You Can Vote.
It Takes Less than a Minute!

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But first, don't forget to read the brilliant work we published earlier this month:
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Front and back cover of Pardon Me for Moonwalking: A black set of studio headphones on a crimson background.

In a twist of fate, my first full collection and a new member of our family are due on the same day--December 2nd!

Callie the Cat She lay on her side, and the girls ran toward her, across the Schaeffers’ weedless lawn, oblivious to the breach of property, the concept of trespass, and the possibility that Donna and Steven Scha…

On December 1: We'll publish 2 brand new stories (the 32nd & 33rd of our 1st year) & we'll announce our 2026 Pushcart nominees! 🍾🎉

But don't forget to read the brilliant work we published earlier this month:

"Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social

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Submissions To submit, simply attach one short story, saved as an MS Word document, to an email and send it to: doric.literary@gmail.com No cover letter is required* but be sure to include your story’s t…

We respond quickly!

Out of 1110 short stories received so far this year, 472 were responded to ON THE SAME DAY THEY WERE SUBMITTED!

Number of responses that took more than 2 weeks: 1
(we were waiting for a requested re-write)

Submission guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

Smart Search List of the Day The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Short Stories feat. @hudsonreview.bsky.social @prairiefiremag.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-short-stories-0yEDiBS2

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Short Stories feat. @hudsonreview.bsky.social @prairiefiremag.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Something about a Short Story, Long story: I discovered Jennifer Savran Kelly through SSL and am currently reading her novel Endpapers.

one of the best kinds of responses to editing a lit journal