Short Story Resources & Criticism

3:AM Magazine is a literary webzine created by Sorbonne lecturer Andrew Gallix. It features literary criticism, nonfiction essays, original fiction, poetry, and interviews with leading writers and philosophers.

Carve, named in honor of Raymond Carver, publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that respects the power of language and craft and elicits genuine emotional truths. We also strive to foster a sense of camaraderie among all writers and readers.

Electric Literature is a nonprofit digital publisher aiming to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. We are committed to publishing intelligent and unpretentious work, elevating new voices, and examining how literature and storytelling can help illuminate social justice issues and current events. We are particularly interested in writing at the intersection of different cultures, genres, and media.

Granta magazine and Granta Books share a remit to discover and publish the best in new literary fiction, memoir, reportage, and poetry worldwide.

Guernica is a nonprofit digital magazine that publishes everything from poetry to fiction, comics, interviews, and essays.

Joyland is based on the idea that fiction is an international movement supported by local communities. Our editors work with authors globally to highlight the most exciting voices in literary fiction and creative nonfiction.

Lightspeed is a digital science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.

LitStack publishes free short stories online for the love of all things wordy.

Midnight Breakfast is a free online literary magazine that publishes short stories, essays, and nonfiction.

Narrative is dedicated to advancing literature in the digital age by supporting the finest writing talent and encouraging reading across communities and generations, in schools, and around the globe. Our digital library of new literature by celebrated authors and by the best new and emerging writers is available for free.

Reedsy Prompts is home to the most extensive short stories collection.

Terraform (from Vice) publishes science fiction short stories. They argue that, although science fiction is prevalent in TV and movies, “there’s a distinct dearth of science fiction in its purest, arguably its original, form—short fiction.”

Original fiction, comics, poetry, book excerpts, and reprinted stories published on Tor.com.

A constant source of wisdom and solace, the magazine boasts the writing of the creme de la creme of the literary world. You can read short stories online or listen to their podcast (which also features short stories read by the author).

The Virginia Quarterly Review is a publication of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia and is published quarterly in Charlottesville, Virginia.