Image Design by Laurie Marshall
Image Design by Laurie Marshall
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine publishes microfiction stories that are exactly six-sentences with no more than 400 words (excluding the title). We enjoy microfiction stories that are like gooseberry pie: Tart, Messy, and Satisfying, but leave us wanting more. We strive to showcase the finest microfiction online, featuring work from both well-known authors and emerging voices alike.
Gooseberry publishes original artwork (photography, drawings, illustrations, etc.). Our needs are diverse since the artwork will appear on our monthly cover or alongside our published stories.
Upon the publication of their work, contributors receive a complimentary print edition. We group three monthly issues into one print volume, shipping them out at the end of each quarter. Winter: October, November, and December. Spring: January, February, and March. Summer: April, May, and June. Fall: July, August, and September.
We nominate for awards including Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fiction.
We publish new issues of the magazine on the second Thursday of each month. The May issue includes our annual writing competition winners.
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine is always open for submissions, never a fee. Click Here For Submission Guidelines.
Photo by Vinh Thang on Unsplash by Ella Hormel While Mom is in bed, I drive my little brother around the city looking for a store that’s open on Christmas Eve so we can put tangerines in our stockings. It’s a family tradition…
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photo by N Pavlov Pexels.com by Mike Itaya Spotting Carol “Credenza” work the floor at Rooms to Go Ezekiel, MS (in her beige, faux-stealth wealth pant suit and barn red
Photo by Manuel bonadeo on Unsplash by Sheila E. Murphy Hilda wields a curious power with her ritually unhappy face. She knows she is surrounded by people pleasers who cringe as they watch
Jeff Harvey grew up near Memphis. He has lived in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Madrid, and San Diego. He’s an editor and writer with work published or forthcoming in MoonPark Review, trampset, Madrid Review, Bright Flash Lit, Your Impossible Voice, Ghost Parachute, Moon City Review, SoFloPoJo, Claudine, ELJ, Bending Genres, Bull, Whale Road Review, and in numerous other litmags. His work has appeared on the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist and nominated for Best Microfiction. Jeff’s novella-in-flash Life Would Be Perfect If (Bottlecap Press) was released October 2024.
