Established 1985 Chris Fink, Editor

The Beloit Fiction Journal publishes the best in contemporary short fiction. Work first appearing in the Journal has been reprinted in award-winning collections, including the forthcoming Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, the Flannery O'Connor and the Milkweed Fiction Prize collections and has received the Iowa Short Fiction award. The Journal has published work by Rick Bass, A. Manette Ansay, Dennis Lehane, Maura Stanton, and David Milofsky.

Index of Stories in BFJ 1985-2006

Writer's Guidelines

General Inquiries: bfj@www.beloit.edu (No email submissions accepted.)

Our reading period is from August 1st to December 1st only. We hope you will be kind enough to consider sending to us then. If you are interested in obtaining our newest issue, please send $15.00. For any back issues, please send $12.00 for a double issue or $6.00 for a single issue. Shipping is included in the cost. Subscriptions are $15.00.

We are open to literary fiction on any subject or theme, but we do not print genre fiction, pornography, political tracts, or religious dogma. Stories may be from one to sixty pages in length, though longer pieces will have a more difficult time finding acceptance than shorter ones. Fifteen pages seems to be about the optimum length.

We are always interested in new writers as well as established writers. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Please send us one story at a time and always include a self addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). No email submissions.

We obtain First North American Serial Rights only; payment is in copies.
Reporting Time: 8 weeks on average.

Send manuscripts to:

Chris Fink, Editor-in-Chief
Beloit Fiction Journal
Box 11, Beloit College
700 College Street
Beloit, WI 53511


For submissions and ordering information, write: Box 11, 700 College Street, Beloit, Wisconsin 53511. Phone 608-363-2079.