Thin Skin magazine

Another apology. Tech things are worse than we thought. If you submitted on or after 5th September, we will not have received it. We'll let you know when all is working again, at which point please do resubmit.

So sorry folks, we've had to suspend submissions due to major tech faults in our system. Please do not submit until it's fixed. If you haven't heard back from us about your submission, please be patient. We'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Welcome to Issue 8 - Thin Skin % % share.google/HRasb4ieJnsx...

We're closing to submissions for Issue 8 at midnight wherever you are on Tuesday 14th. After that we won't read submissions till early August. So get your masterpiece to us now!

Delighted that David Henson, one of our authors, is on the Wigleaf 50 longlist! Congratulations David! thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...

Apologies if we've confused you. For a while our submissions page said we couldn't take poetry due to a technical glitch but our posts said we could. All is now resolved and we are now definitely open to poetry. So get going!

We had a technical glitch for poetry submissions but it's all fixed, so...open to poetry! (But please read the submission guidelines first)

Yes, we've done it again, bang on schedule (you may not care about that but we do). Delighted to present Issue 7. thin-skin.com

Just a quick reminder that we're closed to submissions till May 1st. If you (accidentally) submitted after April 14th, your work will not be considered until May. We're being lenient this time. Next time we'll be strict!

One week left to submit for Issue 7! Closing on the 14th, reopening on 1st May. And don't forget, people, we'll be taking poetry from then too. Guidelines up shortly on thin-skin.com. In the meantime, if you haven't read Issue 6, you're missing out on some great work!

And still looking for just a couple more readers for our wonderful and worthwhile magazine. We publish short stories and flash fiction, and will soon be adding poetry. For more details contact info@thin-skin.com

And still looking for just a couple more readers for our wonderful and worthwhile magazine. We publish short stories and flash fiction, and will soon be adding poetry. For more details contact info@thin-skin.com

We've recruited three lovely new readers but we'd like three or four more, particularly if you consider yourself underrepresented in the literary world. Not essential though. We just want good readers. Get in touch at info@thin-skin.com

Exciting news! (For us, at least). From Issue 8 in July, we'll be taking poetry. More details to follow.

There's still time for you to join our reading team. We'd particularly welcome applications from male and ethnic minority/global majority people. Get in touch to find out more at info@thin-skin.com

And we're looking for new readers! If you'd like to join our reading team or just want to know what it entails, please get in touch at info@thin-skin.com

Looking forward to the rest of 2026? No? Then console yourself by reading a cracking good collection of stories. Welcome to Issue 6.

Still not too late to submit for Issue 6 - but hurry, submissions close on the 17th Jan!

Oops! Meant Saturday 17th. Still not recovered from the festive season...

Where does the time go? It's January already and we close to submissions for Issue 6 on Friday 17th. So 14 days to send us your masterpiece! (But do read the submissions guide first)

May the New Year be fruitful (Photo by Emilio Sánchez Hernández: www.pexels.com/photo/ubeda-...)

Delighted to announce our nominations for the Pushcart Prize. All can be read at thin-skin.com

Fancy reading for Thin Skin? Drop us a line on info@thin-skin.com to learn more. All you need is a couple of hours a week and an enquiring mind. Look forward to hearing from you!

How are you doing, writers? Submissions to Thin Skin for Issue 6 are open till Jan 17th. Why not make submission your pre-Xmas goal or your New Year's Resolution. We look forward to reading your work.

It's here! thin-skin.com

Are you a last-minute sort of person? You've got till midnight (in your time zone) to submit.

Countdown. 24th October. Deadline for submission. Short fiction and flash. Thin Skin is waiting...

10 days to go until submissions for Issue 5 close. Get those literary gems to us ASAP!

It's October 1st. Know what that means? It means sending your submissions to Thin Skin. Closing date for Issue 5 October 24th. Make our first anniversary issue special 🥰

And it's done.

Just to let you know our website is down. We hope to have it up and running again ASAP.

News! (Sort of). We're recruiting readers for Thin Skin. If you'd like to learn more, contact us at info@thin-skin.com.

And please read the guidelines! We're going to be much stricter - no personal details on your submission!

Hello authors! A word to the wise: if you're submitting to us now, you'll find the process a little different. Please remember to choose flash or short story in the dropdown menu, or else your story may end up who knows where.

It's September 1st. What does that mean? It means submissions to Thin Skin are open for our first anniversary issue end October. Send us something special!

We did it. Enjoy. (No idea how the % % gets there, so please don't judge.)https://thin-skin.com/

Counting down! Issue 4 coming out in 3 days' time. Just working on the last little finishing touches...

Update: submissions close 15th August for Issue 4, but we're updating our submissions procees after that so PLEASE DON'T SUBMIT until it's in place (probably end August).

One week to go! Submissions for Issue 4 close at midnight in whatever time zone you're in. After that, we're accepting submissions for Issue 5, in October - our first anniversary issue!

What should you do today? Why, submit to Thin Skin, of course!

Submission window opens tomorrow! Get your work to us by Aug 15th for Issue 4 and by Oct 15th for Issue 5!

Hooray! We're reopening to submissions for Issue 4 from 1st July, with a view to putting it out mid-end August. We'd love to make up the lost time and put out issue 5 in October as planned, so FLOOD US WITH SUBMISSIONS (but do read the guidelines first, please)

Not long till submissions reopen. Sharpen your quills and watch this space!

Call out for one more (at least) follower please 😬 😱 🤣.

A bit of bump in the road. We're going to close to submissions for a few weeks. Nothing terrible, but one of our editors will be absent for a while and the other editors can't pick up the slack because of 'real life' commitments. We'll let you know as soon we're open again.

It's a week since Issue 3 came and we're now working on Issue 4. Send us your best short stories and flash NOW!

We did it! It's out! thin-skin.com

Are you excited? We're excited! Issue 3 of Thin Skin will be out tomorrow. Don't miss it.

Thank you @duotrope.com for featuring Thin Skin

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