Every year, the magazine also launches three large international prizes for short stories, art, and poetry worth checking out and offers a grant for a charming, week-long stay at The Moth Retreat in Cavan to eligible artists and authors. Besides publishing short stories and poetry, each issue includes two interviews from exciting established writers, such as Sally Rooney, Colm Toibin, or Eimear McBride. Guess what, it’s illustrated! However, unlike Popshot or Firewords, The Moth focuses on fine arts - it is certainly the most serious publication on the list. The Mothįinally, let me introduce The Moth Magazine, a literary mag based in Ireland.
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The framework for the upcoming issue is Luck, so get your lucky writing socks on and your stories ready even if your submission is not successful, you will receive feedback from the editors - a true rarity in the publishing world! What is also worth mentioning is that Firewords has its own podcast featuring writing tips as well as discussing stories published in the magazine. Like Popshot, Firewords features dreamily illustrated, fiery short stories, flash fiction, and poetry that fits a given theme. If you find Popshot too intimidating, you will be happy to learn that there is a lesser-known yet equally beautiful alternative: the Scotland- based Firewords. Magazine Description: Popshot is an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. Yes, this also means that Popshot is the hardest-to-get-in magazine on the list - having tried countless times, unsuccessfully, I am speaking from personal experience.
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I remember when this journal still came out biannually and focused mainly on emerging writers - and let me tell you, Popshot has not just grown, it skyrocketed! By now, they have not only published numerous established authors, such as Joanne Ramos, Hollie McNish, or Jamil Jan Kochai, but also gained so much respect on the literary scene that a story “Saying Goodbye to Yang”, previously featured on the colorful pages of Popshot, is to become a film starring Colin Farrell. Many of you may know Popshot Quarterly, a beautifully illustrated magazine spitting out short and flash fiction as well as poetry revolving around a specific theme. Popshot is an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. I have chosen publications that I genuinely love to read (nothing here is sponsored and no links are affiliated!) and consider fresh alternatives to perhaps more reputable yet dusty journals no one actually buys: 1.