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.
Winner of First Place in Gooseberry Pie's First Writing Contest April 2024 (tie) by Tara Isabel Zambrano CW: Domestic violence The thunderstorms came on suddenly that summer night, do you remember? We were lying on the bed as lightning lit…
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Longlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by Beth Sherman When I agreed to get married at the Long Island aquarium I didn’t think how confining it feels to
Photo by freshinc on Unsplash by Cath Barton Brian Portentous realised pretty quickly, as half-stifled giggles erupted around him in the restless crowd waiting at Gate 9 for the delayed flight to Dubrovnik,
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.
