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"Bright Flash Literary Review is a home for flash and short fiction. We’re here to provide a space for all voices, the heard and unheard. There is nothing more beautiful than a perfect collection of words. "

"Bright Flash Literary Review is a home for flash and short fiction. We’re here to provide a space for all voices, the heard and unheard. There is nothing more beautiful than a perfect collection of words. "

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

1 month / 3 days

Acceptance Rate

23.81%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes: Twitter: Yes | Instagram: No

Accepted genres

3 genres

Fiction

Max words: 1500

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Nonfiction

Max words: 1500

Fiction

Max words: 1500

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Nonfiction

Max words: 1500

Statistics

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Track submission

31

Total submissions tracked

3 days

Average response time

23.81%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

7 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable and Duosuma.

Cover letters

Please include a short third-person biographical statement at the end of your story, in the event that your work is accepted. Stories without a bio will be declined.

Eligibility

18+

Formatting

Page numbers: no Headers: no

Rights for published work

Bright Flash Literary Review obtains first Northern American rights. All rights revert back to the author upon publication. Writers are strongly advised to honor other publication’s guidelines concerning previously published work. If your piece is accepted by another journal after publication in Bright Flash Literary Review, please ask for first publication attribution to BFLR.

Additional info

If your work is declined, please wait 30 days before submitting again. If your work is accepted, please wait 60 days before submitting again.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2020 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Kristen

Editor-in-Chief