I know as writers there is nothing like receiving that acceptance letter, but as an editor, gotta say falling in love with stories and then getting to send acceptance letters to their authors is easily as thrilling, if not more

You know what's really spooky? Missing a chance to win $2,000! If the deadline is a pendulum, and you're Poe's protagonist, then you'd better start finding some rats to chew thru your straps! (The rats being ur submission? Maybe? We'll work on the symbols, u work on submitting)

Congratulations to susanmchoi whose novel Trust Exercise won the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD (!) for fiction last night. Choi was a Mackey Chair Resident at Beloit College (home of BFJ) in 2015, where she taught creative… instagram.com/p/B5Jp0yBhcCY/…

9 days left to submit to BFJ! Head beloit.edu/fiction-journa… to submit to our general contest! Hamlin Garland submission deadline in 19 days.

May the odds be ever in your favor...

Vol 32. Hamlin Garland award winner "Knuckles" now available to read online beloit.edu/live/news/1025…

Vol 31. Hamlin Garland winner "The Alaska Girl" now free online! beloit.edu/live/news/1026… #shortstory #fiction #FictionAward #tuesdayvibes

Day three of Hamlin Garland Stories! Today we're releasing "The Resurrection of Rakesh Sharma," by @piaghoshroy, which won the HG award in 2017. We're thrilled to share it with you. LINK IN BIO ! . . . #bfj… instagram.com/p/B5YpnyEBjnN/…

Don't forget, #writers, December 10 is the deadline to submit stories of 7,000 words or less to #litmag Beloit Fiction Journal's (Beloit Fic Journal) Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story. $20 fee; $2,000 prize. This year's judge is Jesse Lee Kercheval. ow.ly/XHba50xllRZ

Read contributor @PiaGhoshRoy's THE RESURRECTION OF RAKESH SHARMA in Beloit Fic Journal: buff.ly/35VNsQs

Last day to submit to our Hamlin Garland award for print/online publication and $2,000 beloit.edu/fiction-journa…

Still constantly thinking about the Candyman scene in Willy Wonka (1971) when the candy store owner is just throwing loose candy to the kids, clearly not taking inventory... and Charlie can’t even go in cause he’s too poor? How are the other kids paying? Is it like a monthly fee?

Volume 33 of the Beloit Fiction Journal has been released! If you're at #AWP20 check it out at booth 559 and talk to some of our editors! Cover art by Jeremy Geddes

Awesome art by Jeremy Geedes on the cover of new issue of Beloit Fiction Journal #awp2020 #bfj table T559 —hi editors!!

Last day at #AWP20! Come pick up the new BFJ!

From now until the end of #AWP20 come get the new issue of bfj for only $5

Thanks to everyone you stopped by our table at #AWP20 we had a great time meeting everyone

Need some good, if small and personal, news right now? OK: my first fiction publication is happening!!! 🥰Beloit Fic Journal, vol. 34, spring 2021. The story's about sleepwalking, step-relations, and mayhem. Check out vol. 33 in the meantime, fresh off the press!

We are quite literally not being tested

One of my favorite perks of entering a writing contest is the ability to read on. Submission fees should ideally include an issue or subscription to the journal running the contest. Here's a nice example from Beloit Fic Journal I received in the mail this week.