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"The Icarus Writing Collective publishes flash fiction and short fiction. We are dedicated to telling stories that retell, adapt, or transcend literary classics and mythology. We encourage writers to come together to bring the “then” to our “now.”"
Introduction
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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2 weeks after close / 75 days
Average acceptance rate
50%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $5

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      No

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Short Fiction: 1k-5k Word Count, 1 allowed per cycle.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash Fiction: Less than 1k Word Count, 3 allowed per cycle;

literary

folklore

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Art

Max pieces: 3

We accept all two-dimensional mediums, digital and traditional. Unfortunately, we cannot accept sculpture pieces. A photograph of a sculpture is entirely okay.

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Photography

Max pieces: 3

Photographers must also include written or digital permission from models at the time of submission. Any photographed objects must be in the public domain, taken in public areas, or free-to-use.

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Hybrid

Hybrid prose is considered if it matches the theme of the magazine and issue; authors are encouraged to explain why this piece is a good fit.

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Short Fiction: 1k-5k Word Count, 1 allowed per cycle.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash Fiction: Less than 1k Word Count, 3 allowed per cycle;

literary

folklore

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 3

We accept all two-dimensional mediums, digital and traditional. Unfortunately, we cannot accept sculpture pieces. A photograph of a sculpture is entirely okay.

photography genre icon

Photography

Max pieces: 3

Photographers must also include written or digital permission from models at the time of submission. Any photographed objects must be in the public domain, taken in public areas, or free-to-use.

hybrid genre icon

Hybrid

Hybrid prose is considered if it matches the theme of the magazine and issue; authors are encouraged to explain why this piece is a good fit.

Magazine

Founded in 2021 | United Kingdom

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 :)

Kyle Ross
Editor-in-Chief
Elizabeth Zarb
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

5

Average acceptance rate

50%

Average response time

75 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

76/74 days

Fastest response time

63 days

Slowest response time

85 days