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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
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Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes: $50-$75
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
Yes
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
2 genres
Fiction
No specific limitations
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 2
Micro Fiction for Fractured Lit is 400 words or less. Flash Fiction is 401-1,000 words.
Fiction
No specific limitations
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 2
Micro Fiction for Fractured Lit is 400 words or less. Flash Fiction is 401-1,000 words.
Statistics
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162
Total submissions tracked
27 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
4 days
Fastest response time
81 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 113 days, 123 days, 124 days, 126 days, 166 days, 173 days, 217 days, 429 days, 511 days, 690 days, 815 days
How to submit
Process
We use Submittable.
Cover letters
Cover letters are optional, but it's nice to know who is submitting to us. Please refrain from describing your stories. The work needs to speak for itself. Including the title and word count of each story is helpful for more efficient consideration of your work. Please include a brief third-person biography statement.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Rights for published work
Fractured Lit holds first serial publication rights for three months after publication. Authors agree not to publish, nor authorize or permit the publication of, any part of the material for three months following Fractured Lit’s first publication. For reprints, we ask for acknowledgment of its publication in Fractured Lit first.
Additional info
Active on social media Pays: 50$ 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
Examples
5 pieces from Chill Subs people
