Best Flash Fiction Lit Mags of 2024

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine publishes six sentence stories of less than 400 words. Fiction only. 

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine is published once a month, on the second Thursday of the month.


Community Favorites: Our 2024 Best Lit Mag Awards winners for flash fiction, selected entirely by community vote. Over 500 magazines nominated with thousands of votes cast.

Recently founded magazines with selective editorial standards and acceptance rates under 10%. These mags have a vision, and they're on the ball.

Most Competitive New Lit Mags

Flash fiction meets speculative worlds. Science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, futuristic—anything that transcends reality in very short form.

Speculative Magazines Looking for Flash Fiction

Quality magazines publishing magical realism that also nominate for prizes, accept simultaneous submissions, and maintain under 20% acceptance rates.

Where to Publish Magical Realism

Online publications putting forward exceptional short stories for Best of the Net.

Fiction Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Digital publications advancing very short fiction for Best of the Net consideration.

Flash Fiction Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Publications with narratives under 1,000 words selected for this anthology series. These journals consistently identify short-short fiction, exemplifying the artistry possible in compact narratives.

Lit Mags Featured in Best Small Fictions Anthologies

Best Microfiction, edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, celebrates the art of the extremely brief narrative. These publications have editorial teams with particular sensitivity to the craft.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best Microfiction

Identifies publications that put forward outstanding online work for this respected digital anthology established in 2006.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Publications that nominate work for this respected anthology series founded in 2015 by Tara Masih to celebrate fiction under 1,000 words.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best Small Fictions

These magazines have the fastest response times, so you won't be left hanging for months. No more endless waiting. Just, you know, regular waiting.

Literary Magazines with the Fastest Response Times

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Submission Guidelines are slightly different than our regular guidelines. Please follow these:

1. Submissions open April 1, 2026 and close on April 22, 2026. Our judge Dan Crawley will receive a short list by April 30, 2026 and will read the submissions blind. Dan will select 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize along with five honorable mentions.
2. Submit one story via Submittable with exactly six-sentences and no more than 400 words. Title does not count as one of the six sentences or towards the word count. Follow Dan’s prompt.
4. No previously published material. No AI.
5. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Notify us promptly if accepted elsewhere.
6. Contest is open to everyone, regardless of the date of your last submission or publication with Gooseberry Pie.
7. No submissions with hatred, prejudice or violence. 

Total of $1100.00 in prizes 

First Place: $500.00 (USD)
Second Place: $250.00 (USD)
Third Place: $100.00 (USD)

Five (5) Honorable Mentions: $50.00 (USD) Each

Prizes will be sent via PayPal or Venmo. Do not provide this information with your entry. We will contact you for that information if needed. You must have one of these accounts (PayPal or Venmo) in order to receive your winnings. 

Winners will be notified in early May, and winning entries will be published in a special issue of Gooseberry Pie on May 14, 2026.


Gooseberry Pie Lit-Annual Writing Competition

We publish fiction with exactly six-sentences and no more than 400 words.

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Art Submission Guidelines:
Submit your original artwork (photography, drawings, or illustrations) to be featured on our front cover or alongside our published stories.

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