Fiction on the Web has been online and continuously publishing since July 1996, which makes it the oldest short stories website on the Internet. Thousands of stories have been enjoyed by millions of readers.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 30 days after submission*/Editor reported data8 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 10%*/Editor reported data28.57%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
From the editors
Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Best Of The Net, Best Small Fiction, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter necessary
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Accepted file formats: .doc .docx .rtf
Author's rights
- Non-exclusive permission to publish and archive your story online, and to promote the publication of your story using social media. "Non-exclusive" means you are free to submit and publish and promote your story elsewhere as well. This permission does not expire, but you can choose to revoke it by contacting me, in which case I will remove your story from Fiction on the Web (but note that your story may still appear on digital archives such as the Internet Archive). - One-time permission to email your story to Fiction on the Web subscribers. - If your story is selected for the Fiction on the Web audiobook project, you also grant Fiction on the Web non-exclusive time-unlimited worldwide audiobook rights, including the right to publish the audiobook version of your story on third-party platforms. - In all cases, you will be credited as the author of your story.
Additional info
Fiction on the Web is published by Charlie Fish in London, UK: ISSN 2054-894X
Tracker statistics
31
Total submissions tracked
8 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
0 days
Fastest response time
18 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 24 days, 21 days
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About
Fiction on the Web is a labour of love. Every single story on here is hand-picked and carefully copyedited by me, Charlie Fish. Any money I make from donations is ploughed back into the site and related projects. I do this because I want to give authors a chance to get their work out there, and I lo...
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Charlie Fish
Editor-in-Chief
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Associate Editor