Literary Journal

Grand Little Things

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About the magazine

Grand Little Things is an online literary and arts journal founded in 2018 with a commitment to concise, resonant work. Its name signals its curatorial focus: the small, the overlooked, and the quietly powerful. The journal publishes poetry, flash fiction, and short essays on a rolling basis, with an emphasis on precision and emotional clarity over length or spectacle. Since its inception, it has maintained a lean, editor-driven approach, favoring work that rewards close reading and re-reading.

Editorial focus

Grand Little Things caters to formalistic, stylized poetry, but is also welcome to invented/nonce forms as well.

Poetry

Submitting your work

Reading periodJan 1 to Dec 31

Reading feeNo

PaymentNo payment

Response timeLess than 3 months

Simultaneous submissionsYes

Unsolicited submissionsYes

Read several recent issues before submitting to understand the journal's tonal range—it favors understatement and specificity over grand gestures. Send only your most polished short work; the editors are known to reject pieces that feel padded or performative. Simultaneous submissions are generally acceptable, but notify promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere. Expect a response time of several weeks to a few months, and avoid querying before that window has passed.

Heck, as long as there is a strong sense of versification it will be considered. (Does the poem sing? Is the imagery vivid and does it serve a purpose? Does the poem have meaning? Or does it do away with such concepts?) However, GLT is not the best place for experimental poetry. Please send in two to three poems instead of just one (when possible). Understand the differences between prose and verse.

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