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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 12h

Your Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” editors want your multi-genre writing & creative work! Submit: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial! 👥
@lilrensing.bsky.social @courtlandavenue.bsky.social @willwriteforchai.bsky.social @mellindak.bsky.social @monapily.bsky.social @briannasmykreder.bsky.social @annleee.bsky.social

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 2d

#literary #journal Transparency Time!

On the 279th day of the year, Doric Literary has just received & responded to our 1000th submission since going live on January 1, 2025! 👀

No fee. Token payment. FAST RESPONSE!
Fiction: 1000-8000 words
Guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

Screen shot of Doric Literary's submission statistics from January 1 until today:

submissions: 1000
accepted: 28
withdrawn: 2 (after 8 & 10 days waiting)
upper tier decline: 121
standard decline: 833
lowest tier decline (sent work contrary to guidelines): 16 (began tracking lowest tier in April, after 446 submissions)

acceptance rate: 2.80%
longest response time - acceptance: 19 days (waited for requested rewrite)
longest response time - decline: 9 days
average response time: 1.63 days

Submission tracker stats:
Chill Subs: 0% acceptance rate, average response time: 2 days (11 reports)
Duotrope: 4.65% acceptance rate, average response time: 1.4 days (86 reports)*
Submission Grinder: 0% acceptance rate, average response time: 1.08 days (36 reports)

*Doric Literary's response time is the 5th fastest in Duotrope's fiction database!

Note: Doric Literary has not accepted any solicited work since going live on January 1, 2025.

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

Departures
by Dina L. Relles
handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.

I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.

I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.

You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 7d

I have a new short story in the wonderful Terrazzo Editions today called “Maybe Mary” & I’d be thrilled if you give it a read. so grateful to amazing editor Gina Nutt. you can find her interview with me here too www.terrazzoeditions.com/terrazzomag/...

title: Maybe Mary
author: Anna Vangala Jones

a mosaic pattern in blue, tan, and purple

title: Maybe Mary
author: Anna Vangala Jones

a mosaic pattern in blue, tan, and purple

quote from story: “She says she doesn’t want to talk about the disappearance. Anything but that is fine.”

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 3d

Find refuge - in Norway - during your Sunday reading!

"Refuge" by Franz Jørgen Neumann has stunning twists and spiraling consequences as it explores regret and redemption.
doric-literary.com/2025/10/01/r...

Refuge

Regret, he’s learning again, swells until it assumes the shape of sin.

doric-literary.com

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 3d

A perfect short story for Sunday reading!

"Collective Nouns for Poets in Therapy" by Mileva Anastasiadou @happilander.bsky.social fully delivers on the promise of its excellent and inspired title. It's a thoroughly entertaining read!
doric-literary.com/2025/10/01/c...

Collective Nouns for Poets in Therapy

Her friends are complicated but also simple. They are a mess too, the kind of yarn that’s impossible to untangle. They could do drugs. Instead, they write poetry.

doric-literary.com

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 4d

. . . and there we are on the @duotrope.com Smart Search List of the Day: Literary Short Story Journals that Pay!

Click the image below to see the list.
Click here to see our guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

Duotrope @duotrope.com · 4d

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

Smart Search List of the Day

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Literary Short Stories feat. @afterdinnerconversation.com @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-literary-short-stories-6Li0DX2X

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 4d

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

Smart Search List of the Day

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Literary Short Stories feat. @afterdinnerconversation.com @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-literary-short-stories-6Li0DX2X

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 7d

October 1: New fiction at Doric Literary!

"Refuge" by Franz Jørgen Neumann has stunning twists, and spiraling consequences, when a Norwegian man invites a distressed stranger into his home.

Check out this stunner about regret & redemption!
doric-literary.com/2025/10/01/r...

Refuge

Regret, he’s learning again, swells until it assumes the shape of sin.

doric-literary.com

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 7d

October 1: New fiction by Mileva Anastasiadou!

"Collective Nouns for Poets in Therapy" by @happilander.bsky.social is a hilarious new short story about the challenges a therapist faces from her client: a poet!

This one will brighten your day!

doric-literary.com/2025/10/01/c...

Collective Nouns for Poets in Therapy

Her friends are complicated but also simple. They are a mess too, the kind of yarn that’s impossible to untangle. They could do drugs. Instead, they write poetry.

doric-literary.com

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Dave Gregory @courtlandavenue.bsky.social · 9d

Being #editor of a #literary #journal listed on the @duotrope.com ranking of the "25 Fastest Fiction Publishers" is like a singer-songwriter having a song on the #Billboard Hot 100 music chart.

@doricliterary.bsky.social debuted at #11.

MY HUMBLE LITTLE JOURNAL IS NOW #5!!
doric-literary.com

Screenshot of Duotrope's list of the 25 fastest fiction publications, showing Doric Literary in the #5 position with a mean average response time of a mere 1.4 days.

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 8d

Sharing this Jaiya John quote as a reminder…We open for submissions tomorrow!
“Art is very dangerous thing to oppressors.”
Share your resistance with us 💪
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #jaiyajohn #resist #artasresistance #theypersisted

Quote by Jaiya John: “Art is very dangerous thing to oppressors. It humanizes the people who oppressors desperately need to be dehumanized in the eyes of the world.”

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Mileva Anastasiadou 🍉 @happilander.bsky.social · 9d

I have a story coming up in a couple days on the wonderful @doricliterary.bsky.social and I couldn't be more excited!
It's been so nice working with @courtlandavenue.bsky.social on it! So grateful for everything 💖💖💖

Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 9d

Coming October 1 to Doric Literary!

We are breathlessly awaiting the release of wonderful new work by @happilander.bsky.social

You are going to love it!
doric-literary.com

In white text on a sky blue background is a quote from Mileva Anastasiadou's new story "Collective Nouns for Poets in Therapy."

"Her friends are complicated but also simple. They are a mess too, the kind of yarn that’s impossible to untangle. They could do drugs. Instead, they write poetry."

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Dave Gregory @courtlandavenue.bsky.social · 9d

Being #editor of a #literary #journal listed on the @duotrope.com ranking of the "25 Fastest Fiction Publishers" is like a singer-songwriter having a song on the #Billboard Hot 100 music chart.

@doricliterary.bsky.social debuted at #11.

MY HUMBLE LITTLE JOURNAL IS NOW #5!!
doric-literary.com

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 9d

September has been great at Doric Literary. We've published 2 brilliant new works & opened up 2 wonderful stories to an online audience for the 1st time. For well-written, collection-worthy fiction, with solid plotlines & satisfying conclusions, visit us:
doric-literary.com

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 9d

Coming October 1 to Doric Literary!

We are breathlessly awaiting the release of wonderful new work by @happilander.bsky.social

You are going to love it!
doric-literary.com

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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · Jul 8

"He knows she'd never allow him into her life but he dreams of her tripping into his: reveling in sloth on her days off, nothing but eating, napping, masturbating, binging TV—the rewards for making it through another week’s shifts." - Franz Jørgen Neumann mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 9d

Coming October 1 to Doric Literary!

Set in Norway, "Refuge" by Franz Jørgen Neumann, is a hopeful and beautifully written story about regret and redemption, split-second decisions and spiraling consequences.

Do not miss this one!
doric-literary.com

Image shows white text on a sky blue background; a quote from Franz Jørgen Neumann's short story, "Refuge."

"Regret, he’s learning again, swells until it assumes the shape of sin."

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 10d

Doric Literary is open for fiction submissions (1000-8000 words).

We're approaching our 1000th submission of the year.

Free to submit
We nominate for major literary awards
Acceptance rate: 2.93%

We respond QUICKLY!!
We are now #5 @duotrope.com

Guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

Screenshot of the fiction publishers with the top five fastest response times at Duotrope, showing Doric Literary at number five, with an average response time of 1.4 days.

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11d

Very pleased for the opportunity to nominate "America, Flooding", Sage. Thank you for sending it our way @sagetyrtle.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction #BestoftheNet

Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 11d

SO HAPPY to be nominated for Best of the Net by the wonderful Fictive Dream!

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11d

Thrilled to announce our nomination for Best of the Net 2026: America, Flooding by Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social #flashfiction #BestoftheNet. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance...Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/11/29/a...

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Dion Luvs Makeup+ @makeupbydionluvs.bsky.social · 11d

Flash Frog: Now Seeking Submissions - authorspublish.com/flash-frog-n...
#PublishingOpportunities
#WritingCommunity
#FlashFiction

» Flash Frog: Now Seeking Submissions

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11d

Thrilled to announce our nomination for Best of the Net 2026: America, Flooding by Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social #flashfiction #BestoftheNet. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance...Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/11/29/a...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11d

We're delighted to announce our nomination for Best of the Net 2026: Bark by D.B. Miller
@dbmillerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction #BestoftheNet. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance...Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/03/16/b...

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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 13d

Shower skullduggery in mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas....
#flashfiction

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 14d

Had such a great time in Pennsylvania these last few days, hanging at Pocket Books with @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social and H&H Books with @samuelashworth.bsky.social. Got to hug @jamiebeth.bsky.social and a bunch of @barrelhouse.bsky.social friends. 🥰

Now I have to teach today. Wtf.

An outdoor chalk sign that says Grieco vs Ashworth, with two arms wrestling. One arm says "short story" and the other says "novel."

Magnet with a cute bird saying "Things just got super weird--it's my time to shine."

Tara, Jamie Beth, and me. Looking cute af.

Me sitting at a table like a real life author, signing books and talking to people.

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