Frazzled Lit is now open for FREE submissions to Issue 4, and we’re amped up and ready to read your amazing short stories, flash fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction.
Below are some articles to help you join the Frazz Family!
The alchemy of the opening
So here we are, Laura and I, preparing for a new round of submissions, laying the groundwork for Issue 4 and hoping we’ll receive work that we will love so much, we’ll want to publish it. Without you, literary artist that you are, Issue 4 would consist of cover art and some snazzy editorial comments from me. Because what…
Hurt us a little
I’m very excited for Frazzled Lit to open again in October because one of the things I love more than anything is reading other people’s work, especially poetry. To open a piece we’ve been sent and be dazzled by the wit and imagery, the perfectly crafted stanzas, the richly textured layers of meaning… well, all I can say…
What sort of stories work for us?
What are we really looking for in prose submissions? Is it complex, rarefied prose with deep themes and angst-ridden characters who constantly bemoan their fate in this world and swoon a lot?
In Your Own Voice
Today’s guest post comes from Seán McNicholl, a good friend and an excellent writer. You can read Seán’s Pushcart-nominated story A Different Day in Issue 1 of Frazzled Lit.
Hey, have I got your attention?
When we read a short story, the writer presents us with a narrative and a series of events - which may or may not be linear - that take us on a journey from start to middle to the end of the tale. The protagonist may be altered in some way by this journey, or they might not. They will encounter challenges and conflict, an…