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 whose collections have been published by Wordrunner eChapbooks, please wait a minimum of three years before submitting a new collection.
Authors of published work (with the exception of micro-prose,) receive payment. Annual anthology: $10.00 for poems, $15 to $25 for stories and essays. $125 for each prose collection.
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The theme for the 2026 anthology is ENDINGS. Any kind of ending (love, life, work, friendship).
Surprise and delight us with fresh language and boundary-breaking daring. Show us something we have never seen before, but have always felt is true. Uncover or discover a new mode of expression, inextricably wed to its message.
Submit up to three poems (no longer than a page each).
Submit ONE FILE (Word doc or docx, RTF or ODT) per category, which includes title (or titles, if poems in the file name.
Please do NOT include identifying information anywhere in your manuscript, as the readings will be blind.
Your cover letter should include a bio and a list of some previous publications, though this will not be read until after we have made our selections.
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, if need be, from your Submittable account.
Payment for work published in anthologies: $10 for poems,
The theme for the 2026 anthology is ENDINGS. Any kind of ending (love, life, work, friendship).
We want emotional complexity and nuanced characters in CNF or memoir, as well as precise and telling language. Essays may be flash or longer, from 500 up to 5,000 words.
Submit one CNF piece or memoir excerpt up to 5,000 words or up to three flashes (500 to 1,000 words each).
Work should not have been previously published. No AI-generated or assisted writing, please.
Submit in ONE FILE (Word doc or docx, RTF or ODT) per category, which includes title (or titles, if poems or multiple flash fictions) in the file name. DOUBLE SPACE prose and use a standard font, such as Times Roman. Please PAGINATE prose submissions.
Please do NOT include identifying information anywhere in your manuscript, as the readings will be blind.
Your cover letter should include a bio and a list of some previous publications, though this will not be read until after we have made our selections.
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, if need be, from your Submittable account.
All selected submissions will be copy edited (including bios).
Payment for work published in anthologies: $15 (flash CNF) to $25 for longer CNF or memoir. The EDITOR'S CHOICE prose piece will be paid $50.
The theme for the 2026 anthology is ENDINGS. Any kind of ending (love, life, work, friendship).
We want emotional complexity and nuanced characters in prose pieces, as well as precise and telling language. We do not want genre fiction (horror, supernatural, fantasy). Science fiction is acceptable if it is character driven. Historical fiction is also of interest.
Submit one short story or novel excerpt up to 5,000 words or up to three flash fictions (500 to 1,000 words each).
Work should not have been previously published. No AI-generated or assisted writing, please.
Submit in ONE FILE (Word doc or docx, RTF or ODT) per category, which includes title (or titles, if poems or multiple flash fictions) in the file name. DOUBLE SPACE prose and use a standard font, such as Times Roman. Please PAGINATE prose submissions.
Please do NOT include identifying information anywhere in your manuscript, as the readings will be blind.
Your cover letter should include a bio and a list of some previous publications, though this will not be read until after we have made our selections.
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, if need be, from your Submittable account.
All selected submissions will be copy edited (including bios).
Payment for work published in anthologies: $15 (flash fiction) to $25 for stories and essays. The EDITOR'S CHOICE prose piece will be paid $50.