OVERVIEW/OPEN DATES:
ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY:
ENDINGS IS OUR FINAL ANTHOLOGY. The previous 15 annual anthologies may be found in our Archives: over 200 stories and poems for your reading pleasure by 150+ authors.
PROSE/POETRY COLLECTIONS:
We are no longer accepting submissions for one-author collections. Henceforth, publication of prose or poetry collections will be by invitation only. Check the Archives to read our 41 fiction, CNF/memoir and poetry eChapbooks.
MICRO PROSE:
In 2024, we added a new micro-prose feature. Our third micro issue may be read HERE. Submissions to Issue 4 will be open August 1-31, 2026.
NOTE: When submitting to Wordrunner eChapbooks, you will have the opportunity to sign up for our emailed announcement of newly published echapbooks (four emails a year). We will never give out your e-mail to anyone else. You can always opt out of the mailing.
GUIDELINES FOR MICRO PROSE SUBMISSIONS:
Submit ONE micro-fiction or CNF (creative nonfiction) or essay, 200 words max (50-word minimum) on any topic. Prose poems are also of interest. We prefer concise and powerful stories in which credible characters interact.
Submissions will be open August 1-31, 2026.
Please do NOT include identifying information anywhere in your manuscript, as the readings will be blind.
Your cover letter should include a bio of 50 words or less, though this will not be read until after we have made our selections. Please indicate in your cover letter whether the micro is fiction or nonfiction.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but only ONE submission per author, please. Do not withdraw a submission in order to re-submit it; i.e., get it right the first time!
If your work is accepted elsewhere, notify Wordrunner eChapbooks. We prefer that you withdraw the submission, if need be, from your Submittable account.
Work should not have been previously published. No AI-generated or assisted writing, please.
Submissions are free. Send us your best, well-polished gem of a micro! Submit Word docs, RTF or Open Office files, no pdfs.
There will be no payment for micro-prose, aside from the EDITOR'S CHOICE, whose author will be paid $25.
All rights revert to authors. We appreciate being credited as a first publication source.
