The Forge Literary Magazine

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The Forge Literary Magazine publishes one prose piece a week. Literary excellence is our only criteria. https://forgelitmag.com/

Graphic that reads: Forge Literary Magazine 2025 Pushcart Nominations: Fiction: Beyond Guernica - R.A. Morean Dust Bridges - Garima Chhikara On Backsliding - Victoria Chen Nonfiction: The Word for Rain - Sandra Carlson Khalil Qurbani Eid - Rhahd Abir What Remains - Nancy Huggett
Graphic advertising LitCrawl that reads: The Forge at Litcrawl San Francisco! Saturday, October 25, 6:30-7:30, The Sycamore, 2140 Mission Street, Join us!
An advertisement for The Forge's Flash Competition. At the top is a photo of an anvil, hammer, and hot piece of iron with the logo "The Forge Literary Magazine." Below, on a yellow background, text reads: The Forge 2025 Flash Fiction and Nonfiction Competition, September 1-14. Winners Awarded $1000. $5 Submissions. (no-fee options available)
Graphic that reads: Forge Literary Magazine: Juneteenth Writing Call 6/19/25, Free for Black Writers. Text continues: Fiction or creative nonfiction, any topic. Regular submission guidelines apply. Please only submit once. We will close at the end of the day or when we meet our submission cap. We are so excited to read your work! Forgelitmag.com. Text is white superimposed over bright read background with abstract black circles and a lightbulb hanging down from the left corner.
Text reads: Forge Literary Magazine Best Small Fictions Noms 2024. (Stories are listed separated by horizontal lines.) The Promise of Water - Paige Kaptuch, The Waver - Will Musgrove, A Hole in the Glass - Abhishek Sengupta, History Lessons - Arthur Mandal, Mother of Pearl - Dawn Miller. The background is dark with orange fiery sparks, and there are small decorative stars around the text.
Text reads: Forge Pushcart Noms! Fiction: The Boy in my Kitchen by Shawn Nocher, Breaking by Kevin McDermott, Captive Monsters by Michelle R. Brady. Nonfiction: My father asks me what I mean when I say "Alternate Universes" by Sarah Carson, Birdsong #1 by Elizabeth Bolton, Standing in a TJ MAXX Selecting a Suitcase for my Dad's Ashes by Amy Strong.
A photo of a pencil, the tip on fire. Text reads: Forge Flash Competition Winners. Fiction: Mother of Pearl by Dawn Miller. Nonfiction: Standing in a TJ Max Selecting a Suitcase for my Dad's Ashes by Amy Strong.
A photo of a forged golden rose. The text reads: Forge Flash Competition Shortlist. Fiction: The Mainland Girl, Mother of Pearl, Ken & Sirina, Lucky Boy, Between Earth and Heaven. Nonfiction: Standing in a TJ Max Selecting a Suitcase for my Dad's Ashes, When the Tearing Comes, if the Tearing Comes, october, And So She Runs, Inquiry Acknowledged, What Matricide Makes People Say.
Image of an anvil, hammer, and hot piece of iron, under the banner The Forge Literary Magazine. Text underneath reads: "Flash competition update: free submissions for nonfiction still available. Tip-jar fiction. $1000 prize."