Flash Frog
Literary Magazine
An online flash fiction magazine featuring stories under 1,000 words. We like our stories like we like our dart frogs: small, brightly colored, and deadly to the touch.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1 week on average*/Editor reported data4 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 1.5% */Editor reported data1.16%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$25 per piece
Find more details in the Genres section
FeeNo
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
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary, Absurdist, Experimental, Humor, Magical Realism
Payment: $ 25 per piece
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary, Absurdist, Experimental, Humor, Magical Realism
Payment: $ 25 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Cover letters are okay, but please do not explain or set up your story. Let it speak for itself. Please do include a third-person bio (100 words max) in the body of the email.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please attach the story as .doc, .docx, or .rtf.
Author's rights
We ask for the right to display the work for the duration of the journal. Copyright remains with the writer in all cases. If your work is subsequently reprinted elsewhere, please acknowledge Flash Frog as the site of first publication.
Additional info
Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Multiple submissions are not okay. Please send only one story at a time and wait until you hear back before sending another. Flash Frog pays $25 per story upon publication.
Tracker statistics
187
Total submissions tracked
4 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
0 days
Fastest response time
12 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 14 days, 14 days, 15 days, 15 days, 15 days, 17 days, 17 days, 22 days, 23 days, 26 days, 30 days, 40 days, 54 days, 65 days, 74 days, 694 days, 708 days
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Submission calls
All genres
General
Flash Frog is open year round
Read moreAbout
Flash Frog is an online flash fiction magazine established in January 2021, featuring stories under 1,000 words. We like our stories like we like our dart frogs: small, brightly colored, and deadly to the touch. Our stories have been selected for Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, and the Wigle...
Read moreFounded
2021
Country
US
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Eric Scot Tryon
Editor-in-Chief