After 14 years of continuous publication, Nanoism is no longer accepting submissions.
Nanoism was a twitterzine, an online publication focused on nanofiction, which in this case refers to stories that clock in at a maximum of 140 characters (conforming to the original inherent limitations of the Twitter service).
@Nanoism accepted all genres of prose. However, we were most interested in literary fiction—stories that move us with their writing. We looked for staying power: pieces that leave an impression disproportionate to their length.
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Submit: Send stories of up to 140 characters (including spaces!) in the body of an email to editor@nanoism.net. Include your name, third-person bio (up to 134 characters), and subject line: “Nanoism Submission”
We don’t need titles, as we won’t be including them during publication. No attachments, please.
Rights: You own your story and can do with it whatever you wish after publication. We do retain the right to keep the story in our archive and to include it in future anthologies, electronic and/or print. By submitting you agree to give Nanoism these rights if published.
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Serials: Nanoism is not currently accepting unsolicited submissions for serialized stories. Serials were stories between 3-7 segments/episodes/tweets long and could (but do not need to) include a title. Each segment must stand alone as well as form part of the larger narrative. Due to this challenging constraint, we published very few serials.
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Payment: We believe in the importance of being paid—even a token amount—for your work. We paid $1.50 for stories and a flat $5 for serials. We also included a short bio with your story and were happy to link to your personal site and/or Twitter account (just fit it in the bio).
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Support: If you’d like to support Nanoism, you can do so somewhat effortlessly by clicking this link before shopping at Amazon.com. We will earn a small commission on the books and finery you purchase, and nothing happens to you (except for the good feeling inside from supporting a fine digital literary venue).