get picked.
little fruits is open from the 1st to the 7th of the month, every month for general submissions.
review our submission calls for what we’re especially craving.
send us the fruits of your labor.
we want your ripest writing. tart, rotten, or dripping with sweetness. please keep within word counts and genres.
when open, we accept:
flash fiction (max 1,000 words)
short fiction (max 2,500 words)
nonfiction (max 2,500 words)
oxford commas required.
follow manuscript format (see here), with author’s name and wordcount on the first page, double-spaced, times new roman (or similar), and page numbers.
submit via Google Form here.
we are honored to consider your little fruits.
the fine print
we don’t accept work that has been published or made with AI (ask your friend to edit instead). simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please email us if you’re accepted elsewhere. we do not accept work that is violent, derogatory, or graphic without purpose.
please limit your submissions to one little fruit per month.
by submitting to Little Fruits Magazine, authors agree to grant us first serial rights upon acceptance. this means we ask for the right to be the first to publish your work, whether online or in print. after publication, all rights revert to the author. we request acknowledgment if the work is republished elsewhere (e.g., "Originally published in Little Fruits Magazine").
since we are still little fruits, we do not pay. we also do not charge reading fees.
seasonal submissions
Tell us about the seeds you're burying in freshly turned compost, share the story of how dirt got under your fingernails as you dust yourself off and get ready for the spring. Little Fruits wants to get in the mud right beside you.
We accept flash fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction up to 2,500 words.
Call runs from March 1st through 7th.
sowing seeds
This call opens on the day of the Pink Moon, the first full moon of Spring. We will be pruning, weeding, and digging deep trenches to make space in the orchard for your newly sprouted seedlings. The Pink Moon symbolizes renewal and lights up low creeping flowers. Little Fruits wants your help to honor this time with stories from all genres, but especially about the fantasy and magic that shines under a full moon.
We accept flash fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction up to 2,500 words.
Call runs from April 1st through 7th.
pink moon
Workers of the world unite for a special edition of little fruits starting this May Day. We want your stories, essays, and flash fiction that connect the struggles of labor history with the hot labor summers of the last few years. Share with us how you or your imagination are fighting like hell for your dreams and the future of the working class.
We accept flash fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction up to 2,500 words. For this call, we will accept limited multimedia work celebrating labor history. Email us at littlefruitsmagazine@gmail.com with pitches for union memorabilia photo shoots, original labor-inspired artwork of all mediums, video footage from picket lines, and whatever else speaks to the struggle today.
Call runs from May 1st through 7th.