About Us
Welcome to CRAFT
Established in 2017 as a literary magazine for fiction, CRAFT expanded in 2020 to publish creative nonfiction as well. We explore how writing works, reading pieces with a focus on the elements of craft, on the art of prose. We feature previously unpublished creative work weekly, with occasional reprints, as well as weekly critical pieces including essays on narrative craft, interviews, book annotations, and more. All published creative pieces include an author’s note and an editorial introduction that both discuss stylistics in the work.
We do not charge fees for our fiction or creative nonfiction submissions, or for our various craft categories, and we are a paying market. Our general submissions are open year-round with no capacity limits. We value accessibility—keeping CRAFT free to read and free to submit to is our priority. We work with all writers, established as well as emerging. All creative work published in CRAFT comes through submission; we do not solicit fiction or CNF.
We offer editorial feedback on short prose, as well as fast response categories whenever possible.
Our Values
As a tenet of our editorial philosophy, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, disability, family status, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation, or for any other reason. Additionally, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication. Work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review. We reserve the right to refuse service to bigots—in some cases, we may ban writers from submitting work to us again.
Further, we actively recognize that publishing needs to better-reckon with its systemic racism. Structural inequality must be dismantled. Diversity is not enough—we need inclusion, equity, and reparations. We add our voice to the chorus of those in the anti-racist global movement seeking justice and change. We support and uplift the work of marginalized and historically mis- and underrepresented writers. See our page in support of Black Lives Matter for more. And please visit our Resources page for more information on anti-racism, representation, and inequality in publishing.
Further still, while the original VIDA/CLMP #saferLIT program no longer exists, we support survivors and agree with the program’s original intent: “To believe victims who come forward about their experiences, and to do what [we] can to assist in getting help and address the situation immediately. To not deny the experience, gaslight, or dismiss those who come forward.” To that end, we will deplatform writers we’ve published if we learn of their bigotry or harassment elsewhere.
Send Writing
CRAFT is open year-round to all writers. We currently feature two separate submission categories each for fiction and for creative nonfiction, based on the length of the work submitted: flash fiction and flash creative nonfiction, for work fewer than 1,000 words; and short fiction and creative nonfiction, for work up to 6,000 words. For more information, please see our submit page.
We also conduct several contests each year.
Contact
All inquiries can be sent to: contact@craftliterary.com
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Editor in Chief: Courtney Harler
Associate Editor: Suzanne Grove
Section Editors:
Creative Nonfiction—Jacqueline Doyle
Flash Fiction—Melissa Benton Barker
Short Fiction—Albert Liau & Kathy Ngoc Nguyen
Interviews & Craft Essays—Sam Risak
Editor at Large: Katelyn Keating
Editorial Consultants (Editorial Feedback): Melissa Benton Barker, Alyse Burnside, Henry Christopher, Kyle Cochrun, Alexa Doran, Paige Patterson Duff, Ross Feeler, B. B. Garin, Suzanne Grove, Katelyn Keating, Christian Kiefer, Val M. Mathews, Gabriel Moseley, Jesse Motte, Sam Risak, Austin Ross, Gage Saylor, Vandana Sehrawat, Chloe Chun Seim, David K. Slay
Editorial Assistants:
Creative Nonfiction—Jamie Etheridge & Shara Kronmal
Flash Fiction—Elizabeth Bluth & Jahzerah Brooks
Short Fiction—Jesse Motte & Marguerite Alley
Interviews & Craft Essays—Henry Christopher
Art & Marketing Assistant: Sam Risak
Readers: Shedrack Akanbi, Marguerite Alley, Melissa Benton Barker, Amy Barnes, L. Shapley Bassen, Elizabeth Bluth, Jahzerah Brooks, Alyse Burnside, Allison Carr, Henry Christopher, Kyle Cochrun, Matt Dube, Paige Patterson Duff, Jamie Etheridge, Bronwen Keyes-Bevan, Joelle Kidd, Zachary Kocanda, Namrata Kolachalam, Shara Kronmal, Emma Margraf, Jesse Motte, Sam Risak, Austin Ross, Rowena Leong Singer, David K. Slay
Founding Editors: Laura Spence-Ash and Kim Winternheimer
Former Editors: Kristin Tenor, Editor in Chief 2021 & Flash Fiction Section Editor 2020–2021; Katelyn Keating, Editor in Chief 2018–2021; Laura Spence-Ash, Editor in Chief 2017–2018; Alex Berge, Associate Editor 2019–2020 & Short Fiction Section Editor 2018; Tommy Dean, Flash Fiction Section Editor 2018–2020; Jennifer Jellen, Short Fiction Section Editor 2018–2019
Assistant Hall of Fame: Claire Lobenfeld, Short Fiction Editorial Assistant 2021-2022; Anthony Cardellini, Art & Marketing 2021; Thomas Ferriello, Flash Fiction Editorial Assistant 2020–2021
Reader Hall of Fame: Rascher Marie Alcasid, Andrea Auten, Jakob Bailey, Nicole Barney, Cameron Baumgartner, Matt Biundo, Melissa Bowers, Winston Bribach, Dana Cann, Anthony Cardellini, Lena Crown, Rebekah Daniel, Peter Dennis, Alyson Mosquera Dutemple, Thomas Ferriello, Catherine Findorak, Téa Franco, Rosemary Graham, Troy Graham, Mike Goodwin, Natalie Harman, Kristen Havens, Rose Heredia, Hannah Jackson, Ryanne Kap, Mike Keeper, Nneoma Kenure, Kristen Zory King, Wilson Koewing, Kurt Kroeber, Janice Leagra, Claire Lobenfeld, Laura Marshall, Claudia McCarron, MJ McGinn, Corey Miller, Priyanka Moorjani, Dev Murphy, Barathi Nakkeeran, Hayley Neiling, Elizabeth Ochsner, Ashley Paul, Vandana Sehrawat, Leslie Shen, Tom Shute, Timi Sanni, Casey Smith, Mary Thompson, Mary Vensel White, Kori Wood, Angela Workoff, Cynthia Zhang, Tanya Zilinskas
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