Spelk is open for submissions.

Our current reading period is February 14 to March 12.

We will let you know by mid-March if your story has been accepted.

Submission guidelines: http://spelkfiction.com/submit-2/

Please keep the following in mind if you’d like to send us something:

• We publish flash fiction — 500 words, give or take.
• We’ll consider just about any genre: we’re not fussy if it’s “literary” or “non-literary.” If we like it, we’ll publish it.
• We don’t publish poetry or non-fiction.
• We post three stories a week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
• We want previously unpublished stories. If you’ve got something good, we want it to appear on Spelk first.
• We accept simultaneous submissions, but let us know if you place your story somewhere else.
• We don’t accept multiple submissions, so just one story at a time please.
• We don’t pay. Sorry.
• You retain all rights to your story, but we’d like to archive it on our site.
• Spell-check your story before you send it. Proof it. Make sure it’s the best you can make it.
• Send us a Word document and include a short bio at the end of your story. Let us know if you’re on Facebook or Twitter, or if you have your own website.
• Email your story to Gary Duncan at spelkfiction@gmx.com (subject line: SUBMISSIONS — “STORY TITLE”).