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Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash by Rebecca Tiger My mother is tangled in string lights like an artificial tree shrouded in a soft white glow and Christmas always meant toil for her, shopping, cooking, getting the house ready for kids who would…
Read More »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, Best Small Fictions, and Monarch Queer Literary Award.
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.
by Keith J. Powell I didn’t set out to desecrate the sanctuary, just to satisfy an itch tormenting me since my former fiancé called me dull. Why was Allison Raleigh
by Meg Pokrass Mom joined a gym called “Liberty Body,” whose membership card pictured Mom’s smiling face on the Statue of Liberty’s body. She packed, then unpacked, a suitcase. I
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.
