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Seeking Submissions from Around the World

Rural Fiction Magazine would like to publish more writers from around the world, regardless of your country of origin.

RFM is seeking short stories, poems, reviews and press releases, on rural fiction books that reflect the beauty, tranquility, joys, anguish, sorrows, humor, tragedy, comedy, and drama of rural life. RFM believes that all stories are about people and that genre is secondary. Therefore, RFM is open to almost all genres such as mainstream, literary, romance, horror, western, mystery, thriller, historical, realist, coming of age (Bildungsroman for those who speak German), science fiction, magical realism, dystopian, etc, so long as they are connected to rural life and culture anywhere in the world.

Your work must be in English. It can a translation from your native language, but it must be in English, which is spoken around the globe and gives the work and author substantial worldwide exposure.

For more information on what RFM is accepting and on the submissions guidelines, please go to our submissions page.

Please note that there is no pay for this other than a publication credit and exposure to the American and English markets. However, all rights remain with the author.

Currently, RFM is publishing material within a few weeks of acceptance, though this may vary depending on the number of submissions.

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Pending Changes: Book Reviews and Press Release Opportunities

Just to keep you informed, two possible changes among the several being considered are the publication of press releases and review on new books that might be of interest to our readers. I have made no definite to that course yet, but the possibility is strengthening all the time.

If you have a book review you have written or a press release on a book you have written, please feel free to submit it. I will take it into consideration but can make no commitment to publish it depending on the needs and policies of RFM.

Please feel free to comment on this post or on anything you see in RFM. Suggestions for improvements are always welcome and will be considered.


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RFM on Hiatus from October 31, 2023 to January 11, 2025

RFM apologizes for the inconvenience. The hiatus was unexpected and unfortunately necessary.

Update: Even More Stories Coming

More wonderful stories are going up all the time.

January 25: “Put Him Down” Micro Fiction by J.D. Clapp. JD Clapp writes in San Diego, CA. His work has appeared in Wrong Turn Literary, The Milk House, The Whisky Blot, and several others. His story, One Last Drop, was a finalist in the 2023 Hemingway Shorts Literary Journal, Short Story Competition.

January 30: “The Shepherd’s Calendar” by Sarah Das Gupta. Sarah Das Gupta is a retired teacher from Cambridge, UK.Her work has been published in 12 countries: US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, Germany  and others

January 31: “Hell Hog” Hunting Fiction by J.D. Clapp. JD Clapp writes in San Diego, CA. His work has appeared in Wrong Turn Literary, The Milk House, The Whisky Blot, and several others. His story, One Last Drop, was a finalist in the 2023 Hemingway Shorts Literary Journal, Short Story Competition.

February 1: “Bids of a Feather” Poem by Sarah Das Gupta. Sarah Das Gupta is a retired teacher from Cambridge, UK.Her work has been published in 12 countries: US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, Germany  and others

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Update: More Stories Coming

More wonderful stories are going up all the time. Right now, four have been scheduled starting January 21st.

On January 21, “Rowan” a supernatural fantasy by Naomi Elster will appear. Naomi Elster’s writing has been published and performed almost 30 times, including in Imprint, Crannóg, and Meniscus, and at the Smock Alley Theatre. She has campaigned for reproductive justice and pay equality. She has a PhD in cancer and leads the research department of a medical charity. Originally from Laois, in the Irish midlands, she now lives in London. 

On January 22, the story will be “Water Pump” Fiction by Yuan Changming. Yuan Changming edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan. Credits include 16 chapbooks, 12 Pushcart nominations for poetry and 2 for fiction besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), BestNewPoemsOnline and 2109 other publications across 51 countries. Yuan began writing and publishing fiction in 2022, with his debut (hybrid) novel Detaching just released by Alien Buddha Press.

January 23 will feature “Flamenco” a fantasy love story by Mehreen Ahmed, Mehreen Ahmed is Bangladeshi-born Australian novelist. She has published ten books to date and works in Litro, BlazeVox, Chiron Review, Centaur Literature. While her novels have been acclaimed by Midwest Book Review, Drunken Druid Editor’s Choice, shorts have won contests, Pushcart, James Tait, and five botN nominations.

On January 24, you will find “The Spike Buck” a flash memoir by Maxwell Adamowski, Maxwell Adamowski is a Canadian survivalist and woodsman who lived alone for a year in the wilderness performing a series of rite of passage rituals. “The Spike Buck” is one of the first stories in his book, CarQuest.

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If you would like to be part of the Rural Fiction Magazine family, follow this link to the submissions guidelines