Please do NOT include identifying information anywhere in the manuscript, as all readings will be blind.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but only one submission per author per category. Please notify Wordrunner eChapbooks if your work is accepted elsewhere. We prefer that you withdraw the submission from your Submittable account
Authors who have been published by Wordrunner eChapbooks, please wait a minimum of three years before submitting a new collection.
Authors receive payment. Annual anthology: $10.00 for poems, $15 to $25 for stories and essays. $125 for each fiction collection.
Wordrunner eChapbooks is primarily an online publication. Our one-author collections are also published as Kindles.
Submit ONE micro-fiction or micro-nonfiction, 200 words max (50-word minimum) on any topic. We want to read concise and powerful stories in which credible characters interact.
Please do NOT include identifying information anywhere in your manuscript, as the readings will be blind.
Your cover letter should include a bio of 50 words or less, though this will not be read until after we have made our selections. Indicate in the cover letter whether your submission is fiction or nonfiction.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but only one submission per author. Please notify Wordrunner eChapbooks if your work is accepted elsewhere. We prefer that you withdraw the submission, if need be, from your Submittable account.
Work should not have been previously published. No AI-generated or assisted writing, please.
Submissions are free. Send us your best, well-polished gem of a micro!
Submissions are open from September 1 through September 30, 2024.
There will be no payment for micro-prose, aside from the EDITOR'S CHOICE, which will be paid $25.
All rights revert to authors. We appreciate being credited as a first publication source.