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Taking Submissions: Hickory Stump Magazine Fall 2018 Issue

Deadline: October 10th, 2018 Payment: $2 for 6 word story, $2 for 50 word story, $3 for under 1000 words, $5 for poetry, $15 for 1,000-20,000 words. One editor's choice winner will receive $50 Note: No Romance or Horror Our magazine is currently accepting short fiction and poetry for its Fall 2018 issue Writers…and readers: Publish in  a brand new literary magazine. The Hickory Stump is for you. Showcase your work. Experience the work of others. We are a quarterly periodical, without endowment or sponsors, for people who truly love creative fiction. The Hickory Stump is free online. We pay everything from our own personal pockets – writers, promotion, developers, hosting and more. We aim to establish close relationships with our writers, to the advancement of all concerned. Please submit by October 10th for inclusion in the fall issue. We take submissions in the following categories (all work must be unpublished unless otherwise specified): Short fiction Stories may be sad, funny, thought-provoking, or any other tone. Any genre is accepted, excluding romance and horror.  We need character-driven, thought-provoking stories. Insights into foreign lands and subcultures, alternative voices are welcome. Your story should either be unpublished, or else you should tell us all the details of the previous publication or publications. Truly excellent stories may be republished here. Please check your story for correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. When characters speak, they of course may use bad grammar if that is the sort of people they are (naturally first person narrator may also speak in whatever voice suits their personality). Stories will fall into the following categories: Short story 1000-20,000 words Payment takes the form of a mini-contest. This is NOT the same as the Hickory Stump Short Story Contest, which has different criteria and a much higher prize. $50 dollars for the winner, plus...