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 PRECIOUS UGLY, a debut novel (coming August 18, 2026 from 7.13 Books). She is also the author of the short story collection The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals. Her stories, essays, and prose poetry have appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, and more. She earned an M.A. in Writing from John Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction from American University. A teacher for thirty-five years, she taught writing and literature at the secondary level as well as at her alma maters, the International Writing Program at Iowa State University, and other campuses. She is the founding editor of Eckleburg, where she writes the Openings column, and the founder of the Warm Words Project, a homeless and domestic violence outreach initiative. Born in Ohio, she now splits her time between New York City and the Gulf of Mexico. PRECIOUS UGLY is now available for preorder. Read more at raecline.com.
