The Fabulist accepts submissions across multiple creative forms by invitation only or during periodic open calls. You can access details about submissions opportunities and guidelines for each via the following links. 

• Flash Fiction (up to 1,000 words): Open on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of each month
• Visual Art: Temporarily closed to submissions
• Poetry: By invitation only
• Nonfiction: By invitation only

What we’re looking for: The Fabulist is widely interested in the possibilities of speculative and  fantastical literature, poetry, visual art and related nonfiction. We love genre, though genre should not be considered a constraint. We do not publish mainstream or realist creative works — some element of the fantastic or speculative must be present to be a good fit for our pages.   

In particular, we’re concerned with art as a means toward liberation, though this can express itself in a myriad ways. The bottom line for us is creative work that tells us something about what it means to be human. This is a broad mandate for creators to reach for the proverbial brass ring …

Policies: Visit our website to view our general publishing policies, which include our nondiscrimination statement, a link to our AI policy, and details on payments, contracts and more.

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HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK: Submissions are only accepted via Submittable during open submissions windows.