Flash Non-fiction Open Call
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At Hinterland we are committed to publishing the best in creative non-fiction from around the globe. We are always thrilled to feature work from established, well-known authors but have a particular interest in discovering new voices and in pieces that sit outside the usual categories: we ask only that it be a work of non-fiction.
We pay for all the work that we publish and receive interest from agents and publishers regarding our contributors.
As well as longer-form pieces, we are currently looking for 'flash' pieces of non-fiction; anything between 250 and 1250 words. PLEASE NOTE that any piece that does not comply with this word count will be immediately declined without being read. If you have a longer piece of work that you’d like us to consider, please submit this via our Non-Fiction Open Call, which opens 3-4 times a year.
- We warmly embrace writing on any topic, or from any genre, we ask only that it falls somewhere in the realm of non-fiction writing.
- All work should be new, previously unpublished material.
- We accept simultaneous submissions. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please kindly let us know.
- Please submit your work in a legible 12pt font and double-spaced.
- We define flash non-fiction as anything between 250-1250 words. Please also include the word count of your submission(s) in your cover letter.
- Your work will be considered for all upcoming issues; it might help you to know that we operate a 4- to 5-month editorial lead time.
- We pay £25 for each published flash piece.
- We charge a small readers' fee of £3 for all submissions. Please get in touch with us if this fee presents a hardship for whatever reason. Subscribers can submit their work to us for free.
- For flash non-fiction you can submit up to 3 articles as part of the same submission. Please do not submit the same piece to multiple calls – we will always consider a piece for all open calls, where appropriate.
- We regret that, due to the number of submissions received, we are not able to provide feedback.