The Long & The Short of It
The Long and The Short of It Literary Mag examines how themes can be explored across genre and form, and how the chosen form helps shape our artistic impulses and responses.
- Happy Thursday! “Haunted Rooms,” by Claire Wittlieff is our first publication in our third issue! We very much enjoyed this short creative nonfiction piece and hope you do as well! longandshortlit.substack.com/p/haunted-ro...
- Our February Volume is here! Our Poetry Editor, Joshua Zeitler, addresses the publications and what we’re developing! Enjoy their lovely words to you all. longandshortlit.substack.com/p/letter-fro...
- Time to share our final piece of the year---a flash fiction piece by Rowan Tate! Happy holidays to all who celebrate and we’ll see you in the new year! 2026! PS - We are now open for general submissions! Send us your work! Read Here: longandshortlit.substack.com/p/seating-ar...
- The Long and the Short of It is now open for rolling submissions on any theme! That’s right—any genre, any theme, any time. Just send us work that fits our word limits and makes us want to be your best friends (but not in a creepy way). longandshortlit.substack.com/p/submissions
- Happy Thursday! The Long and The Short of It is excited to share our second piece for Sweater in the Attic! A short creative nonfiction piece by Katherina Grace Thomas, “Kora.” Read here: longandshortlit.substack.com/p/kora
- It’s the first Thursday of a release month! Please read and enjoy the first publication of our December issue: “I will never meet Robert Redford,” a poem by Lyndie Blevins. Read Here: longandshortlit.substack.com/p/i-will-nev...
- Volume II from The Long and The Short of It drops this week! Our Fiction and CNF editor, Mary, addresses our December publications and exciting news for upcoming issues! Read at the link below, and please subscribe to our Substack! longandshortlit.substack.com/p/letter-fro...
- GREAT NEWS! We’re extending our submissions for the upcoming December issue, Sweater in the Attic! Deadline extended to 11/10–next Monday! Send us your work! open.substack.com/pub/longands...
- The Long & The Short of It presents the final piece in our October issue, Playlist for the Apocalypse, long-form creative nonfiction by Matty Weaver called, “Gainesville.” longandshortlit.substack.com/p/gainesville Please read and share and remember to submit your work by 10/31!
- Our third publication for Playlist for the Apocalypse is live! A flash fiction piece, "Somewhere in the Dirt," by Jackie Reilly. Read at the link below! longandshortlit.substack.com/p/somewhere-... PS - Submissions for Sweater in the Attic close October 31st! Send us your work!
- Our first long-form fiction piece from this month's issue, Playlist for the Apocalypse, is here! Please enjoy "What Lies Between," by August Reeves. longandshortlit.substack.com/p/what-lies-...
- We're excited to share the first piece from our October theme, Playlist for the Apocalypse---a short poem titled, "Soft Metal Tween teaches me about myself," by EJ Haley. Enjoy and watch for our next publication one week from today! longandshortlit.substack.com/p/soft-metal...
- Our October publications are coming your way! Here’s a letter from one of our editors—Joey Lamson Meyer—on our first issue: Playlist for the Apocalypse! longandshortlit.substack.com/p/letter-fro...
- Issue II of The Long and the Short of It, themed “The Sweater in the Attic,” is OPEN for submissions Sept. 15-Oct. 31, 2025. What’s in your attic? Who’s in your sweater? What keeps you warm, or haunts your dreams? longandshortlit.substack.com/p/decembers-...
- Submissions for our October Issue—Playlist for the Apocalypse—closes September 10th September 10th! Submit now! open.substack.com/pub/longands...
- The Long & The Short of It is featured today on Alma College’s site! Thank you to Tim Rath for the article! Reminder: We are OPEN for submissions! Visit the link in our previous post or on our Substack to submit or read our guidelines! www.alma.edu/news/alma-mf...
- Submissions are open until September 10th for our inaugural October theme, Playlist for the Apocalypse. We want your fiction, your creative nonfiction, your poetry, your hybrid work, very short or very long, just absolutely not in moderation. Visit the link in our bio to submit!
- Meet Joshua—The Long & The Short of It’s Poetry Editor! Joshua Zeitler is a queer, nonbinary writer based in rural Michigan. They received their MFA in poetry from Alma College, and their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, Foglifter, & More! @thejayestofzees.bsky.social
- Meet Cash---A Creative Nonfiction and Visual Art Editor at The Long & The Short of It! Cash Whitney (he/him) is a trans graphic artist, writer, and teacher living in Metro-Detroit with his dog, Marlon. He likes long walks, coffee, plants, and pizza.
- Meet Joey Lamson Meyer—Creative Nonfiction & Fiction Editor at The Long & The Short of It! Joey Lamson Meyer is a neurodivergent writer and journalist from Durham, North Carolina. He holds a BA in Creative Writing from Susquehanna University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Alma college.
- Meet Mary Chuey Bishop—Creative Nonfiction & Fiction Editor here at The Long & The Short of It! Mary Chuey Bishop earned her MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction Creative Writing from Alma College, and presently writes, reads, loves, learns, and worries in Maryland with her family.
