---
title: Fiction 2026
description: >-
  Roanoke Review open call for one fiction story (up to 5,000 words);
  simultaneous submissions allowed.
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/programs/0a92d6fd-5bd2-4e09-8cc4-3ff423c0822e'
type: program
status: open
createdAt: '2026-09-29'
updatedAt: '2026-10-11'
programType: Open call
organization: Roanoke Review
organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/roanoke-review'
deadline: '2026-12-01'
location: 'Salem, VA, United States'
isOnline: true
disciplines:
  - fiction
---

# Fiction 2026

**Hosted by:** Roanoke Review

**Type:** Open call | **Location:** Salem, VA, United States | **Deadline:** December 1, 2026

## About This Program

### About This Call

Please submit only one story (up to 5000 words) during our reading period. Do not submit work previously published elsewhere. Word docs are preferred. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please withdraw work when appropriate to do so.

We use Submittable to accept and review our submissions.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Disciplines:** fiction
- **Note:** Work must not have been previously published elsewhere. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but withdraw the piece elsewhere when appropriate.

### Additional Requirements

- One story only, up to 5,000 words
- Not previously published elsewhere
- Word doc preferred
- Withdraw from this reading period if the story is accepted elsewhere

## Timeline

- **Opens:** September 29, 2026
- **Deadline:** December 1, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://roanokereview.submittable.com/submit/366851/fiction-2026