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We’re open for short fiction, essays, and poetry — for Litro Online and our next print issue.
Current Print theme: After the Flood
We’re looking for:
stories and essays exploring climate, renewal, resilience, and reimagining life after loss.
Polishing a Short Story?
Get professional feedback in 10 business days. Sharpen your draft before submitting to the current theme.
Working on a Full Novel?
In-depth assessment for book-length manuscripts. Structure, pacing, and readiness for agent submission.
Standard response: 14–18 weeks | Fast-Track: 10 business days (expedited response only)
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Theme: After the Flood (Print)
We’re looking for stories and essays exploring climate, renewal, resilience, and reimagining life after loss.
Categories & word counts
- Fiction: aim for ~3,000 words (exceptional pieces considered up to 5,000).
- Essays / non-fiction: up to 2,000 words.
- Flash: up to 1,000 words.
- Poetry: up to 3 poems per submission (max ~40 lines each).
Simultaneous submissions are welcome — if accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission from Litro immediately.
Art / Photography (Visuals)
Up to 4 JPEGs
Max 5MB each
JPEG only (for now)
We’ll request hi-res if selected
Submit photography, illustration, and visual art as a tight mini-series or a single standout image. If you’re submitting a sequence, think like an editor: cohesion + surprise.
A clean visuals submission includes:
- Title of the work/series + your name.
- Captions (optional) and any credits (if applicable).
- A short artist statement (1–3 sentences) that tells us what we’re seeing and why it belongs with Litro.
Rights note: Only submit work you own and can license for publication. If we take it forward, we’ll confirm final files, permissions, and credits.
Tip: Keep filenames tidy (e.g., Surname_Title_01.jpg, Surname_Title_02.jpg) — it speeds up review.
Litro Lab Podcast (Audio)
Litro Lab is our audio-led storytelling strand — short, atmospheric work built for listening.
- Length: ideally 3–8 minutes (max 10).
- Audio: MP3 preferred (clean audio, minimal background noise).
- Include: a text version of the piece with the submission.
If your submission route doesn’t yet include a “Litro Lab” option, submit under the closest category and label it clearly in the title as LITRO LAB.
Requirements
The essentials we apply to every submission — so your work lands cleanly in our reading queue.
Original work & publication status
Your submission must be your own and not previously published (print or online).
We do consider original translations if the work appeared in another language, provided you hold the necessary rights/permission.
Simultaneous submissions
You can submit elsewhere at the same time — just withdraw from Litro immediately if the piece is accepted elsewhere.
Length guidance (print space)
Print space is tight. Aim for ~3,000 words. Exceptional pieces may run up to 5,000 words.
One piece per theme
Please submit one piece per theme. You can submit to different themes at the same time.
If we publish you in an issue, we’ll usually wait before running another piece from the same author to make room for new voices.
Licence summary (plain English)
If accepted, you grant Litro an exclusive licence to publish the English language Work in print, audio and electronic form worldwide.
You retain the right to publish the Work in a book-length collection of your own writing, or as part of a volume from which the Work is an extract.
Read our full terms and conditions (PDF) .
Read our full terms and conditions (PDF) .
Formatting (so we can read fast)
Upload .doc, .docx, or .pdf. Put title + word count on page one. File name:
Surname_Title_Category.
Response times
Standard response is 14–18 weeks. Fast-Track aims for 10 business days (expedited response only; not a guarantee of acceptance).
FAQ
Can I submit more than once? One piece per theme. You can submit to different themes simultaneously.
Do you accept AI-generated work? No.
Can I query? Yes — after the response window, include title + date submitted.
By submitting, you grant Litro an exclusive licence to publish the Work in English (online, print, and audio) worldwide for 6 months from publication. During this exclusive period, the Work must not be published elsewhere in English without Litro’s written consent. After the exclusive period, the licence becomes non-exclusive and you may republish the Work, provided Litro is credited as the first publisher. You also grant Litro a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide licence to archive the Work on Litro’s platforms, to produce an audio version (including podcast use), to include the Work in future Litro print and/or digital anthologies, and to use excerpts for editorial and promotional purposes. We will notify you in advance of anthology republication where reasonably practicable and will credit you. Contributors are currently unpaid.
World Series 2026 — Digital Bundle
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