The Rag magazine is still accepting submissions for its semi-annual fiction contest.  The Rag is accepting submissions for its regular publication.  Published stories are paid $0.05 a word.  See guidelines for more.

Writers are invited to submit fiction, either one short story (1,500-10,000 words) or flash fiction (5 pieces per submission or 2,000 words total, whichever comes first. Flash fiction is defined as short fiction under 1,500 words).  See guidelines for more.

Prize: $500 + publication in The Rag

Fee: $15 (contest; includes issue of The Rag)/$3 (regular submissions)

Deadline: November 17, 2014 (contest)/rolling (submissions)

Our mission is to seek out powerful new literary voices and bring them to light. We see electronic publishing as an opportunity to turn back time to an era of affordable distribution and open competition, and it allows us to reach a broader audience and inject new life into the literary market.

We think literature is and always will be important to our culture, and a vibrant literary community requires writers who can afford to write. Bylines don’t pay the bills. So, we always pay our writers. This helps draw in the talent, and that’s the ultimate goal, discovering and publishing talented new writers, and creating a magazine worth reading.

See more at:

https://raglitmag.submittable.com/submit

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