Thin Skin
Description
Limited Demographic: new writers over 50 or slightly younger (they do not define "slightly younger")
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Note: if your work is rejected, wait two months to submit again.
Note: if your work is accepted, wait six months to submit again.
We’re looking for literary fiction that shows mastery of the craft and we welcome submissions from writers of any background, anywhere in the world. Your work can be written in standard English, non-standard English or dialect, as long it’s comprehensible to the general reader. We’re open to works that are naturalistic, experimental, surreal, comical (we do like a bit of humour) or any other style you can think of, as long as it’s polished till it shines.
Note: remove identifying information from manuscript for anonymous judging.
Note: if your work is rejected, wait two months to submit again.
Note: if your work is accepted, wait six months to submit again.
We’re looking for literary fiction that shows mastery of the craft and we welcome submissions from writers of any background, anywhere in the world. Your work can be written in standard English, non-standard English or dialect, as long it’s comprehensible to the general reader. We’re open to works that are naturalistic, experimental, surreal, comical (we do like a bit of humour) or any other style you can think of, as long as it’s polished till it shines.
Market Genres
Genres
GeneralHumor
Literary
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
Non-Paying
Short Story
1000 to 3000 words
Non-Paying
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 56 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 56 days
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Submission Timeline for Thin Skin
Submission Timeline
2024/03/15
2024/04/24
2024/06/03
2024/07/14
2024/08/23
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Listing added: 13 March 2025
Last officially checked: 13 March 2025