Glimmer Train (a Top 10 Lit Journal)
We especially appreciate work that is both well written and emotionally engaging. Please let us read yours!
If it is chosen for publication in Glimmer Train Stories, you will be paid upon acceptance. Your story will be prepared with care, and presented in a handsome, highly regarded literary journal to readers all over the country (even a few in Ireland, England, and Australia).
If you've seen Glimmer Train Stories, you know that we go to some lengths to honor our contributors and their writing.
CLICK ON CATEGORIES, IN BLUE BELOW, for specific details on when you can submit work for each category, when you can expect to hear results, how much (if any) is required for reading fees, how much we pay for accepted pieces, and if there are particular restrictions, such as word count limitations.
In all cases: We are interested in original, unpublished pieces. We don't publish stories for children, and we don't publish poetry or novels.
Multiple submissions are okay. (You can send more than one submission per competition, if you like, or submit the same story for different categories, if it qualifies).
Simultaneous submissions are not okay, I'm sorry, especially in competitions. (It breaks our hearts to fall for a story we can't publish.)
We are happy to consider your stories whether they are submitted as competition entries or standard submissions. There are no reading fees for standard story submissions.
On the other hand, the monetary award paid to competition winners is more substantial than the already tidy $700 payment for accepted standard submissions, and agents seem to be on the lookout for competition winners.
ALL stories are read and appreciated and considered for publication by the same diligent readers either way. So relax and choose the category that suits you.
Please use our online submission procedure. Just click on the SUBMISSIONS button above to get started - it's easy and it saves postage and paper!
Please doublespace and use a 12 point font size to save our eyes; other than that, simple formatting is best for our system. See FORMATTING in the Need Help? Have Qs? section on the submissions page if you have concerns or questions.
To check results of any competition after the "results" date, go to www.glimmertrain.org and see the link to the Top 25 lists in the lower right portion of the page.
We are eager to see your work!
Please scroll down to view the categories and click on the category names for details.
Standard SubmissionsWelcome in January, April, July, and October. (Results within 12 weeks.)
Short-Story Award for New WritersEntry dates: Spring - February 1 through March 31. (Results on July 1.)Fall - August 1 through September 30. (Results on January 2.)
Very Short Fiction AwardEntry dates: Summer - May 1 through July 31. (Results on November 1.) Winter - Nov 1 through January 31. (Results on May 1.)
Fiction OpenEntry Dates:Summer - May 1 through July 15. (Results on October 15.)Winter - November 1 through January 15. (Results on April 10.)
Family MattersEntry dates: April - April 1 through April 30. (Results on September 1.) October - Oct 1 through Oct 31. (Results on March 1.)
Glimmer Train Press, Inc. • 1211 NW Glisan Street, Suite 207, Portland, OR 97209 USA
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