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Quilvo for short fiction writers.

Stories move fast - drafts, markets, exclusivity windows, reprints, response dates, and payments, all visible. And when your stories share a world or a cast, that lives here too.

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StoriesMarketsSubmission pipeline
Stories

One record per piece.

Drafts, word counts, notes, genre, rights, and history stay attached to the story.

FlashStoriesReprints
Markets

Know where to send.

Build a private directory of magazines, anthologies, contests, and wishlist tiers.

TiersPayResponse
Alerts

Never miss the window.

Long-pending submissions, exclusivity ends, reopens, and follow-ups surface before they slip.

ReopensFollow-upsRights

01 - Plan the story

When your stories share a world.

Standalone flash needs none of this. But if you write linked stories, a recurring cast, or a shared universe, Quilvo's planning tools keep the connective tissue in one place.

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Characters & castReuse a character across every story they appear in.
Worldbuilding codexShared places, factions, and lore across the collection.
Story timelineSet the chronology behind a linked cycle of stories.
Relationship mapSee how a recurring cast connects across pieces.

02 - The desk

Every story, every state.

Short fiction work lives between the draft table and the submissions table. Quilvo keeps both sides connected.

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ProjectsShort fiction
Lighthouse YearShort story - submitted
6,800 wds - at market
Under review
Headlands, ReturningStory - accepted
Payment pending
Accepted
The Mercury CoastReprint - available
Rights clear
Ready
A Borrowed LightFlash - revision
980 wds - 82%
Revising
Words today1,247/ 1,500

83% of target - writing before the day gets loud.

Current goalFinish Draft 2

109 days left - pace updated after every session.

Quick log+842

Revision session saved against the right project.

03 - Sessions and goals

Built for writers with many pieces moving.

When ten stories are out at once, the system needs to remember response times, exclusivity, reprint rights, and money without making you hunt.

  1. 01

    Market matching by genre, length, pay, response time, and wishlist tier.

  2. 02

    Status history drafted, submitted, held, accepted, rejected, published, reprint.

  3. 03

    Smart alerts for long-pending pieces, reopens, exclusivity, and scheduled sends.

  4. 04

    Payment tracking with amount, currency, contract status, and due date.

04 - The career

A pipeline that knows the life of a story.

See the work from drafted to published, including the boring details that usually live in three different spreadsheets.

Preparing4
A Borrowed Lightcut to 1,000 wordsflash
Salt Hourline editstory
Submitted12
Lighthouse YearPloughshares118 days
The Mercury CoastTin House62 days
Published9
Headlands, ReturningpaidFNASR
The Old Cartographeraccepted$450

Across the app

The same quiet system, tuned to short fiction.

A single place for the story, the market, the deadline, and what happened next.

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