Consequence Forum

Consequence is the print and digital publication of Consequence Forum, and addresses the human experiences, realities, and consequences of war and geopolitical violence through literature and art.

Short folktales and folklore-inspired fiction. These magazines specialize in traditional storytelling reimagined in contemporary flash fiction form.

Lit Mags Publishing Folklore Flash Fiction

Flash fiction meets speculative worlds. Science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, futuristic—anything that transcends reality in very short form.

Speculative Magazines Looking for Flash Fiction

A lot of folks publish magical realism, but we wanted to find those folks who are going above and beyond. The magazines listed below all nominate for prizes, accept simultaneous submissions, and have a <20% acceptance rate. Never a bad place to start.

Where to Publish Your Magical Realism

Consequence

We welcome any fiction that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.

Short story (1,000 to 5,000 words)
Excerpts (up to 5,000 words)

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal. If you work is flash (< 1,000 words), please submit it through the Flash Fiction portal.

Questions? Please contact our Fiction Editor at fiction@consequenceforum.org

Fiction

We welcome any flash fiction (<1,000 words) that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal. If your work is longer than 1,000 words, please submit it through the Fiction portal.

Questions? Please contact our Fiction Editor at fiction@consequenceforum.org

Flash Fiction

We welcome any nonfiction that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence. Specific forms would include but aren't limited to

Interviews
Personal Essays (up to 4,000 words)
Narrative Nonfiction (up to 4,000 words)
Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal. Also, we are currently not accepting unsolicited reviews.

Questions? Please contact our Nonfiction Editor at nonfiction@consequenceforum.org

Nonfiction

We welcome poetry that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.

You can submit up to three poems.

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal.

Questions? Contact our Poetry Editor at poetry@consequenceforum.org. Thank you.

(Prose Poetry, Sonnet, Villanelle, Ghazal)

Poetry

We welcome visual art that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.

For us, the term "Visual Art" has a broad meaning and would include graphic narratives, photo essays, and video essays. We're after pieces for our online Visual Art features, our eight-page print journal spread, and the covers of our bi-annual print journal.

NOTE: if you would like to be considered for our print journal spread, please submit ten to twelve images.

Questions? Please contact our Visual Art Editor at visualart@consequenceforum.org

Visual Art

For this young writers’ project, the journal is looking for nonfiction pieces (such as personal essays) from writers aged fifteen to twenty-four that in some way center around themselves and their relationships, as well as how those relationships have been impacted by the global crises of today and yesterday.

What political and military decisions—made perhaps before you were born or before you were even allowed to vote—are plaguing the most personal parts of your world? How are you dealing with them?

Questions? Please contact our Nonfiction Editor at nonfiction@consequenceforum.org

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