THREE: a digital literary magazine of concise stories from women’s lives

Themed issues, three pieces per issue. Just enough to say something and say it well. Just enough to see yourself in others’ stories and then have the space to find yourself in your own.

Issues

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We want to hear your story in the next issue

Submissions now open

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Next Issue’s Theme

Boundless

Boundless heart. Boundless vision. Boundless voice. Bound-ary-less rights to dignity and safety and peace.

Submissions

  • Fiction or non-fiction

  • Previously unpublished short stories essays, vignettes, poems, or opinion pieces

  • 100-1500 words

  • Female and non-binary writers, established and emerging

  • Female or non-binary main character or narrator

Email info@thirdrailpress.org with “[THREE]” and the title of your piece in the subject line. No reading fees. $25 per selected piece.

Submissions close March 31, 2026.