Pithead Chapel

Our July issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issu… Words: @MCzyzniejewski KIM CHINQUEE RENESHA DHANRAJ WYLEY FROHLICH JUNGERMAN @troigh  DAN CRAWLEY @theresegcarr CLAUDIA MONPERE BRITTANY REDD TARA SHEA BURKE Cover art: JACELYN YAP

Our annual contest opens for submissions August 1st! This year's guest judge is Andrew Porter. Keep an eye out for our Q&A with Andrew soon. Find more details about our contest here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/

Congratulations to five Pithead Chapel contributors on making the Wigleaf Top 50 longlist: Gwen Kirby, Felicity Landa, Daniel Miller, Claudia Wair, and Addison Zeller!

Our June issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issu… Words: @BurialMagazine J.D. STRUNK STELLA LEI ELIZABETH ROSEN @PatChildress JEN HALLAMAN NAOMI DEMARINIS SEAN THOMAS DOUGHERTY EMILY M. GOLDSMITH TIFFANY PROMISE Cover art: TAMMY HIGGINS

Our May issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/05/01/vol… Words @lumchanmfa LAUREN WOODS SAGE TYRTLE ANNABELLE TAGHINIA SARA SCHIFF @topazwinters BRIDGET HAYES Cover Art COURTNEY BURTON

Our April issue has arrived! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/04/01/vol… Words: @nvillaco ELLA HORMEL @melissabowers_ @carlyalaimo ALLISON KIRKLAND @pyontek @oliviabrochuwrites AL ORTOLANI AUGUST REID Cover art: ALEXANDER LIMAREV

Happy release date to our EIC @kimmagowan and Michelle Ross! DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY (@eastoverpress) is available today!

Our March issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issu…… Words: Ani King Angela James Ben Gibbons Jody Hobbs Hesler @clairehopple @ImmanentFlux Cover art: Heather D Daigh

It is snowing in the room and the tiniest of the creatures is humming a delicious tune, as delicious as white icing. When the creatures move, they make the sound of little trinkets shaken in a polished wooden box. @NoraNadj in @PitheadChapel

I am thrilled to have a story in the February issue of @PitheadChapel . It's called "The Beautiful Thing," and it's about a fire and a dog and what we do for love. pitheadchapel.com/the-beautiful-…

Our February issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/02/01/vol… Words by @davidyourdon @emilyrinkema L. Soviero @saraheperrin Sarah Carson @laughingyeti Kristina Garvin Mark DeCarteret @BarbaraWestwood @NoraNadj Cover art by  @mcevoy_nuala

Congratulations to Pithead Chapel contributors @sfreligh and JW McCollom for their inclusion in Best Microfiction 2025!

Happy New Year from Pithead Chapel! Kick off the year by reading incredible writing selected by Danielle Lazarin for the LBSSA contest issue. Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/01/01/vol… @finding_reemo @mediazauthor @shayla_who @mb_valente Jeanne Genis Photo by Tom Rankin

UPDATE (with correct tags): We are excited to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the 2024 Larry Brown Short Story Award! Please join us in congratulating these incredible writers: @finding_reemo @mediazauthor @shayla_who @mb_valente

We are excited to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the 2024 Larry Brown Short Story Award! Please join us in congratulating these incredible writers: @findingreemoo @mediazauthor @shayla_who @mb_valente You can read their stories in the forthcoming January issue.

Our December issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2024/12/01/vol… Words: MICHELLE ROSS @jameskeithsm1th ANNE LOUISE PEPPER @_AndrewRoe JOSHUA VIGIL LUCY WILDE JEFFREY HERMANN C.C. RUSSELL ROBIN TURNER Cover: LAURIE HOLLMAN

Congratulations to our 2024 Pushcart nominees: Carrie Grinstead @MegTothWrites @CleoLeero @tngmsp Naana Eyikuma Hutchful Leslie Harrison Ace Chu

We are excited to share our Best Small Fictions nominees! @glennorgias @graythebruce