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"We want to find Flash with emotional resonance and characters we care about, who come to life through their actions and responses to the world around them. We’re searching for Flash that investigates the mysteries of being human, the sorrow and the joy of connecting to the diverse population around us."

"We want to find Flash with emotional resonance and characters we care about, who come to life through their actions and responses to the world around them. We’re searching for Flash that investigates the mysteries of being human, the sorrow and the joy of connecting to the diverse population around us."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

2 months / 27 days

Acceptance Rate

1.46%

  • Payment

    Yes: $50-$75

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    Yes

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

2 genres

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Micro Fiction for Fractured Lit is 400 words or less. Flash Fiction is 401-1,000 words.

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Micro Fiction for Fractured Lit is 400 words or less. Flash Fiction is 401-1,000 words.

Statistics

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Track submission

162

Total submissions tracked

27 days

Average response time

1.46%

Average acceptance rate

4 days

Fastest response time

81 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 113 days, 123 days, 124 days, 126 days, 166 days, 173 days, 217 days, 429 days, 511 days, 690 days, 815 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

Cover letters are optional, but it's nice to know who is submitting to us. Please refrain from describing your stories. The work needs to speak for itself. Including the title and word count of each story is helpful for more efficient consideration of your work. Please include a brief third-person biography statement.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

Fractured Lit holds first serial publication rights for three months after publication. Authors agree not to publish, nor authorize or permit the publication of, any part of the material for three months following Fractured Lit’s first publication. For reprints, we ask for acknowledgment of its publication in Fractured Lit first.

Additional info

Active on social media Pays: 50$ for micro, 75$ for flash Accept previously published: "We will also consider previously published fiction, as long as the writer retains the rights or second-publication rights can be obtained. We do not pay for reprints." Expedited for BIPOC writers - 3 weeks or less

About the Magazine

Founded in 2020 | United States

Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance, with characters who come to life through their actions and responses to the world around them. We’re searching for flash that investigates the mysteries of being human; the sorrow and the joy of connecting to the diverse population.

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 :)

Tommy Dean

Editor-in-Chief