Wigleaf features stories under 1000 words.
Submissions are open during the final week of each academic month, with the exception of December. So: the final weeks of August, September, October, November, January, February, March and April.
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Scott Garson does the editing and design.
Marcelle Heath is the Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.
Shome Dasgupta is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.
Michelle Dove is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.
Tawnysha Greene is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.
Sean Lovelace is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.
Rion Amilcar Scott is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.
Meredith Alling, Damyanti Biswas, Casey Hannan, Kara Vernor and Sennah Yee lent a hand with the reading for the 2017 Top 50, and we’re grateful to them.
Rae Cline is the author of the short story collection The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals (Patasola Press, NY). Her debut novel is forthcoming from 7.13 Books in spring 2026. Her stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in print and online at The Paris Review, The Missouri Review, McSweeney’s, DIAGRAM, North American Review, Gargoyle and more. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have won prizes, scholarships and fellowships from Johns Hopkins, American University, Aspen Writers Foundation and North American Review. She earned an M.A. in Writing at Hopkins and received her M.F.A. in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction from American University, where she was the recipient of the Starr and Sartwell scholarships. She has lectured on campuses and other venues including Hopkins, American University, the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, St. Mary’s College of Maryland and others. Rae splits time between NYC and the Gulf of Mexico with her husband Rand and Havanese puppy Sophi. She is the founding editor of Eckleburg and is represented by Jennifer Carlson with Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency. Read more at raecline.com.
