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    Fatal Flaw

    www.fatalflawlit.com

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    We seek work that finds poignancy in unexpected places, confronts the status quo and, most importantly, prompts discussion about the human condition in these uncertain times. Give us fractured inner monologues, messy reckonings, imperfect catharses. Show us the fatal flaw and the beauty inherent within it.

    Highlights

    • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
    • Response time:
      60 days after submission*
      Editor reported data
       / 
      49 days*
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    • Acceptance rate:
      ?*
      Editor reported data
       / 
      19.35%*
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    Publication

    • Accepts simultaneous submissions

      What's that?

      When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

    • Accepts previously published

      What's that?

      When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

    • Nominates for prizes

      From the editors

      Best Of The Net, Pushcart

    • Active on social media

    • Available in print

    • Provides contributor copies

    • Has examples online

    How to submit

    • Processs

      Submittable

    • Cover letter

      In your cover letter, please include the word count of your piece (for prose, no need to do so for poetry), your name, the title of your work, any relevant previous publications, and any applicable social media links.

    • Eligibility

      No specific eligibility requirements

    • Formatting

      When formatting prose, please double space, use Times New Roman font and 1" margins, number your pages and include your name and the title of your work on the first page of the document. When formatting poetry, please put all poems into one single-spaced document. Each poem should start on a new page with titles and lines left aligned (unless the poem involves special formatting, in which case, do your thing – we love seeing space on a page reenvisioned). For visual art and photography JPEGs work best for photos, and PDFs for other work. Please submit at 300 dpi for all images. Please include titles or label work(s) as "untitled.

    • Author's rights

      Fatal Flaw retains First Serial Rights, but otherwise the work and the rights belong to you, meaning that we’ll publish it first, but once we do, feel free to include it in that short story collection you’ve been wanting to put together!

    • Additional info

      We especially encourage submissions from those who identify as persons of color, multiracial, indigenous, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and anyone belonging to a community of underrepresented voices. We currently offer free submissions to BIPOC and other underrepresented writers and artists in all genres. Please only submit once to one category during each submission period.

    Tracker statistics

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    Total submissions tracked

    49 days

    Average response time

    19.35%

    Average acceptance rate

    12 days

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    About

    Fatal Flaw is a 501(c)3 nonprofit online literary magazine based in New York City. Three times a year, we publish unexpected, topical poetry, prose, photography, and visual art that considers the world through a cracked lens. We seek work that finds poignancy in unexpected places, confronts the stat...

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    Founded

    2020

    Country

    US

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      Editor BRENNA MCPEEK avatar

      BRENNA MCPEEK

      Editor-in-Chief

      Editor ABIGAIL WESSEL avatar

      ABIGAIL WESSEL

      Editor-in-Chief

      Editor SHANNON ELWARD avatar

      SHANNON ELWARD

      Fiction/Nonfiction Editor

      Editor CHELSEA FANNING avatar

      CHELSEA FANNING

      Poetry Editor

      Editor MOLLYE MILLER SHEHADEH avatar

      MOLLYE MILLER SHEHADEH

      Visual Art Editor